Obama is closing in on victory
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008Senator Barack Obama says he is close to securing the Democratic Party’s nomination to run in the US presidential election in November.
Mr Obama looks set to win a majority of “pledged” delegates, allocated in primary elections, although he is still short of a confirmed overall victory.
Source: BBC News
Democratic Stats:
- Pledged delegates: 3,253
- Super-delegates: 797
- Total delegates needed for nomination: 2,026
- Delegates for Barack Obama: 1,956 (1,649 pledged, 307 super-delegates)
- Delegates for Hillary Clinton: 1,776 (1,497 pledged, 279 super-delegates)
- Source: Associated Press, as of 0630 BST on 21 May
