June is the last month of GOP Presidential primary elections and super delegates are ruining the Democratic Primary election. To win the Democratic nomination, a candidate must receive 2,383 delegate votes. Entering the month of June, there are only 905 votes left to claim. Sanders, trailing behind Clinton by 766 delegates, has 1,547 votes while Clinton has 2,313. Clinton is less that 100 votes from claiming this nomination. In retrospect, she has the nomination in the bag.
Differing from the Republican primaries, here are two types of delegate votes a Democratic candidate can receive during the primaries, pledged delegates and super delegates. Pledged delegates are based on state primary polls and allotted to each candidate based on their polling percentages. Super delegates on the other hand are considered "free votes" because they are unelected and can support any candidate.
Here are the votes as follows:
Hilary Clinton
Total votes: 2,313
Pledged delegates: 1,796 | Super delegates: 544
Bernie Sanders
Total votes: 1.547
Pledged delegates: 1,501 | Super delegates: 46
The 2016 Democratic Presidential nomination is an extremely close race between Sanders and Clinton. Pledged delegates are holding the race together, but super delegates represent the tip of the iceberg. This enormous 544-46 lead Clinton has over Sanders is outrageous, pulling the Democratic nomination towards Clinton. Given the games and the fight for power politicians experience, super delegates pledge their votes to the candidate that would benefit them most in position and power, rather than the people and state that they represent.
Clinton has lied many and multiple times and is currently facing criminal charges. How can American have a president whom they do not trust?
The 2016 GOP Presidential primary election is definitely one to remember and will impact America and its political parties greatly for years to come. And whether it be Sanders versus Trump or Clinton versus Trump, America will undergo drastic changes.
