With Sanders victory in Indiana does he have a path to the nomination?

No. He’s still in denial, in dreamland.

A contested convention in which people come to their senses?

I know, I know, I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one.

He stands a very good chance, especially if his supporters don’t allow themselves to be talked out of voting for him.

@jak how? They will have to talk Clinton delegates in to changing their vote.

Path is much too optimistic. “Difficult climb” is more realistic.

The Democratic primaries earn you delegates proportionally. Sanders picked up 43 but Clinton also got 37.

The reporting has been annoying in ignoring that. Illinois was touted as a big win for Hillary, but the delegate split was 77/19. That’s a small victory.

California is polling heavily towards Clinton. If the results align with that, it’s over. Regardless, Bernie should stay in for the convention and keep pulling to the left. For one thing, a VP candidate who appeals to Bernie voters would be a lot better than a Clinton clone.

I agree. I also think there may be some surprises in California. I don’t doubt that Clinton will win the state, but it won’t be a rout.

@Call_Me_Jay This is the current update for Illinois

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No

I’m trying to keep myself optimistic because I still have no idea what I’m doing if Bernie doesn’t get the nomination.

I don’t see the point of “winning” states, either. You can win 5 small states but still be behind because your contender won one big state. It’s been really close between Bernie and Hillary anyway.

@Pandora 77/79, thank you, I mistyped that.

I was trying to show that headlines like “Clinton Wins Illinois!’ and “Bernie Takes Indiana!” are misleading, suggesting it’s winner-take-all.

All the Democratic primaries assign delegates proportionally.

He would have to get super-delegates joining his side.

No the Democrats have pretty much all proportional delegates in their elections , which, if you’re going to have that screwed up anachronistic system, is the way to do it.