And here… we… go
Okay, it’s not officially official yet. The Democrats still need to go through the formality of holding a convention, be it in person or virtually, or at least have the DNC hold a confirmation vote if they can’t manage that. But as of yesterday, after the lion’s share of the final ballots from Tuesday’s primaries were tallied, Uncle Joe is projected to have enough pledged delegates to make it over the top on the first round without needing any superdelegate assistance. (More on that shortly.) It’s impossible to say which state actually put Joe over the top because they all technically voted on the same day. But some of the races that took the longest to count were in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. (NY Post)
Joe Biden has formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Friday.
“It was an honor to compete alongside one of the most talented groups of candidates the Democratic party has ever fielded,” Biden said in a statement Friday night.
“And I am proud to say that we are going into this general election a united party.”
The former vice president will go on to challenge President Donald Trump in the general election against the backdrop of immense challenges: the coronavirus pandemic, nationwide civil unrest and historic joblessness.
Before proceeding, it’s worth noting one thing about all of the mail-in ballots that were used in these primaries. The polls closed on Tuesday night. We didn’t obtain enough final counts in those nine races to project Biden’s margin until Friday night and some of them still aren’t at 99% reporting as of this morning.
