How the Delegate Count Stacks Up

The math is looking good for the front-runners
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 2, 2016 12:50 AM CST
How the Delegate Count Stacks Up
She won around 457 reasons to smile on Super Tuesday.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

With the dust settling on Super Tuesday's contests, analysts are taking a close look at the delegate math—and it doesn't look good for candidates not named Clinton or Trump. With 2,353 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton gained around 457 delegates on Super Tuesday, giving her 1,005 delegates, including superdelegates, according to the AP.

Bernie Sanders, who lost heavily in delegate-rich states such as Georgia and Texas, has a total of 373, including 286 won on Tuesday. On the Republican side, where 1,237 delegates are needed to win, Trump now has at least 285 delegates, including 203 won on Super Tuesday, compared to 161 for Ted Cruz and 87 for Marco Rubio. (More Super Tuesday stories.)

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