Why (or why not) to vote for Bernie Sanders

EDIT: I am making this a wiki so if any of these numbers turn out to be wrong anyone can correct them.

By my calculations, and speaking in terms of pledged delegates Bernie Sanders [With massive wins in Hawaii, Alaska, and Washington!] should now have 1,024 pledged delegates. So in comparison with Hillary (using my close but probably not 100% accurate calculations/numbers):

Bernie Sanders:

  • Pledged before today’s primaries - 920
  • Pledged after today’s primaries - 1,025 ± 1
  • Net gain - 105 ± 1

Hillary Clinton:

  • Pledged before today’s primaries - 1,223
  • Pledged after today’s primaries - 1,260
  • Net gain - 37

What all of this means is that Bernie sanders decreased Clinton’s lead over him in pledged delegates:

  • Clinton’s lead over Sanders before today’s primaries - 303
  • Clinton’s lead over Sanders after today’s primaries - 235 ± 1
  • Net loss in Clinton’s lead - 68 ± 1
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