Bernie Sanders loses New Hampshire's delegate count, despite winning the Vote count by a 20 percent margin over Hillary Clinton

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Written by Hugh Wharton

You may have heard of superdelegates before today, but you may not have realized how antithetical the idea is to democracy itself until now.

Bernie Sanders took 60% of the popular vote among the Democratic race on Tuesday, but because of the delegate process, Bernie Sanders will leave with a minimum of 13 delegates, but very likely 15. At the same time, challenger Hillary Clinton (who lost by more than a 20-point margin among the electorate) also walks away with 15.

So how does that work?

To break it down, New Hampshire has 24 “pledged” delegates determined by the vote, of which Sanders won 13 and Clinton won 9. However, the state also put forward 8 “Super-Delegates,” who are insiders in the State’s Democratic Party who are free to vote how they choose. Six of these are already pledged to Clinton, with the other two remaining undecided, meaning Sanders can only (at best) tie with Clinton, despite his commanding lead.

In the national race, Clinton already has 394 delegates out of a total of 4,763, compared to only 42 for Bernie Sanders. Of those pledged to Clinton, 360 are Super-Delegates, whereas Sanders has only picked up 8 in this category. 2,382 total delegates are needed to win the party’s nomination.

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