Quick diary: Per Seth
1,299 to 1,105.
In just the past week, Sanders has cut Clinton’s delegate lead by 20 — by 12 in Colorado (Sanders +6, Clinton -6) and by four each in Nevada and Missouri (Sanders +2, Clinton -2) — without a single statewide primary or caucus being held, and even Nate Silver and his crew haven’t been able to amend their usually accurate delegate tallies fast enough.
And yes I know the MO numbers were taken back, not sure why Seth still quotes them, NV, WA and CO are all accurate though.
So it bears repeating: after recent second- and third-stage successes in Missouri,Nevada, and Colorado — that is, after continuing to compete in the second and third stages of delegate selection in these three states, in a way both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have either declined or been unable to do — Sanders has gained 20 net delegates on his Democratic opponent in just the last week, only a fraction of which are reflected in the current delegate count at FiveThirtyEight.com.
This comes after gaining four net delegates in Arizona the week before that.
This means that Clinton’s delegate lead has dropped by 24 in just the last two weeks, and in events barely covered by the media in four of the nation’s fifty states. If similar events were to occur at even a handful of the other 46 state party conventions, Clinton’s lead, even outside any remaining primaries and caucuses, could be greatly imperiled.
and Per Twitter:
So, as of this moment, going into NY Primary Bernie is within 200 delegates of Hillary. Now, before people bring up the Supers, just remember, they have NOT YET voted, so any and all totals including them are estimates, not factual.
Please stick to those facts. Thank you.
(And to all the Hillary supporters who kept making fun of one or two delegates here and there changing to Bernie, it all adds up, because it’s you know, math.)