Wisconsin Votes And Gives Bernie Sanders A Victory

Posted on the 06 April 2016 by Jobsanger
Democrats in Wisconsin went to the polls on Tuesday to vote in their primary. And those voters preferred Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton by 56% to 43% -- a 13 point margin.
Bernie is to be congratulated on his victory, but he still has a very tall mountain to climb before the Democrats give their nomination. He only picked up about 10-12 delegates in Wisconsin. He needed to do much better than that.
The next state to vote is Wyoming. That state has a caucus, which favors Sanders -- but only 14 delegates are up for grabs there. The next delegate-rich state to vote is New York, which holds its primary on April 19th. It has 247 delegates up for grabs -- and the polls all show Clinton with a healthy lead there.
Here is how the delegate totals stand right now (from Bloomberg Politics):
Primary/Caucus delegates:
Clinton...............1274
Sanders...............1025
difference...............249
Total delegates:
Clinton...............1743
Sanders...............1056
difference...............687
There are now 1,966 delegates that are not yet allocated. Hillary Clinton needs to win 640 of them, or 32.6%. Bernie Sanders needs to win 1,327 of them, or 67.5%.