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Bernie Sanders Wins Missouri After All
http://progressivearmy.com/2016/04/10/bernie-sanders-wins-missouri-after-all/
On March 15, Hillary Clinton
narrowly won the Missouri primary with 49.6% of the vote, compared to Bernie Sanders’ 49.4% share of the vote. Since delegates are allocated proportionally, it was projected that Hillary Clinton would win
36 of the 71 pledged delegates, and Sanders would walk away with the other 35 delegates.
But the delegate selection process is not that simple. The voters in the primary do not
directly elect the 71 national convention delegates as one might think. Instead, delegates from each candidate who are selected proportionally
attend Mass Meetings on April 7 at the different wards, townships and counties across the state. The purpose of these meetings is to select District-Level delegates who would later elect the 71 pledged delegates to represent the candidates in the Democratic National Convention.
This process made sense more than half a century ago when communications were limited and technology nonexistent.
However, just like in Nevada, many Hillary Clinton delegates didn’t show up to these meetings and Bernie Sanders was able to snatch more District-Level delegates than what he was supposed to have.
Reported delegate allocation by the Missouri Democratic Party shows that 681 delegates (51.4%) were allocated to Bernie Sanders and 644 delegates (48.6%) allocated for Hillary Clinton.
There will be eight Congressional District Conventions on April 28 where 46 delegates will be selected for the National Democratic Convention. On May 7, 9 pledged PLEO (Party Leaders and Elected Official) would be elected based on the results of the primary. The voters would then select the last 15 pledged delegates on June 18. The table below shows that if all District-Level delegates show up to the upcoming conventions, Sanders should get 37 pledged delegates and Clinton would get 34 delegates.
With the change in the delegate count, Clinton is now leading by 204 delegates with 1,304 pledged delegates compared to 1,100 delegates for Sanders. This is much lower than the 250 delegate gap
reported by the Associated Press. It’s even lower than the 214 delegate gap
reported by the Sanders campaign.