Posted by Jed Lewison on Wed Feb 6, 2008 at 1:52 PM Pacific

Crazy Magic Numbers

crazymoloch has a good post on what the magic number for the Democratic nomination should be.

His conclusion?

Either 1,614 -- which would guarantee a plurality of pledge delegates (assuming Florida and Michigan are not seated) or 1,771 -- which would guarantee a plurality of pledged if FL and MI are seated.

The formal magic number is 2,025, which includes super delegates, but I cannot imagine that the super delegates would go against the popular vote.

Crazy Magic Numbers

crazymoloch has a good post on what the magic number for the Democratic nomination should be.

His conclusion?

Either 1,614 -- which would guarantee a plurality of pledge delegates (assuming Florida and Michigan are not seated) or 1,771 -- which would guarantee a plurality of pledged if FL and MI are seated.

The formal magic number is 2,025, which includes super delegates, but I cannot imagine that the super delegates would go against the popular vote.

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