Do you understand how superdelegates work?
You understand that SD's are drawn and segregated from the master delegate pools afforded to states based on their population, since that is reflected in representation, right? They aren't materialized out of nothing. This explains why states like Georgia with 10.2 million people only distributed the same 116 delegates yesterday as Massachusetts despite that Massachusetts only has 6.8 million people.
Superdelegates concern themselves with internal party strategies, and with electability in the general election. Bernie has looked good in the most generalized polling of the GE, but the Democrats understand that they will need to dominate the minority votes in order to win the GE, since it isn't just a massive poll of Americans as one lump group, but a state-by-state battle for delegate supremacy, and Bernie showed zero health or viability in the South. The Democrats can't be afford to sacrifice swing states in the South. They can't afford to sacrifice the minority vote anywhere. That was reflected in the exit polls from ST.
Here, forget all that. Let me break this down in terms that aren't as friendly to self-delusion with yesterday's primary vote totals (since Bernie only appears to be close due to the same state-by-state protocol for distribution of delegates that will crucify him in the election). I've ranked the states in descending order according to overall population:
Texas
Clinton = 935,080
Sanders = 475,561
Georgia
Clinton = 543,008
Sanders = 214,332
Virginia
Clinton = 503,358
Sanders = 275,507
Massachusetts
Clinton = 603,784
Sanders = 586,716
Tennessee
Clinton = 245,304
Sanders = 120,333
Minnesota
Clinton = 73,510
Sanders = 118,135
Colorado
Clinton = 49,314
Sanders = 72,115
Alabama
Clinton = 309,928
Sanders = 76,399
Oklahoma
Clinton = 139,338
Sanders = 174,054
Arkansas
Clinton = 144,580
Sanders = 64,868
Vermont
Clinton = 18,335
Sanders = 115,863
Now add those up and tell me what you see.
