We've finally got the final results following Super Tuesday. The delegates have been awarded and now we have a clear picture of where we are in this race.
Let's start by mentioning that the DNC accomplished their mission and Biden’s momentum from South Carolina along with the strategy to chase Buttigieg and Klobuchar from the race successfully propelled him to an overall Super Tuesday win. It’s also clear the race is down to only two viable candidates. Biden and Sanders. During the show yesterday, Bloomberg acknowledged as much by packing it in after having spent $700 million and only having American Samoa to show for it. Now, if Bernie Sanders is going to have a chance in this race, Elisabeth Warren needs to drop out. She stands to siphon voters away from Bernie that he can’t afford to lose if he’s to have a chance to pull out a win. But, the overall leader in this race remains a contested convention.
On Tuesday, Biden won Alabama, Arkansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. While Sanders only got California, Colorado, Utah, and Vermont. The Democrat’s road to the nomination is a delegate race to 1990 pledged Delegates. With Bloomberg, Buttigieg, and Klobuchar out, here’s who has what based on the current delegate allocations:
- Biden:573
- Sanders:508
- Warren:64
- Gabbard:1
By the time all Super Tuesday delegates are allocated, 38% of all available delegates will be accounted for in the Democrat’s race. Based on the currently allocated delegates Biden is still short of the pace needed to avoid a contested convention. He’s pacing 46.5%. His current pace would leave him 140 pledged delegates short of avoiding a contested convention.
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