California Quote by Terry Gross
![“Based on the number that they found, The New York Times reported that Hillary [Clinton] had basically clinched the primary 'cause you added the superdelegates to the number of delegates you'd already gotten. But this was on the eve of the California and New Jersey primary.” quote by Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c0f/terry-gross-9637_california_based-on-the-number-that-they-found-the_2919691.jpg)
“Based on the number that they found, The New York Times reported that Hillary [Clinton] had basically clinched the primary 'cause you added the superdelegates to the number of delegates you'd already gotten. But this was on the eve of the California and New Jersey primary.”
About This Quote
Source Interview: Unknown source
Critiques primary election counting method involving superdelegates.
In simple terms: Superdelegates affect primary outcomes.
Key Takeaway
Understand electoral processes.
Themes
politics
election
processes
Mood
analytical
critical
Type
informative
reflective
When to use this quote
- media coverage
- political strategy
Key Concepts
delegates
vote counting
Questions to Reflect On
- How do superdelegates influence results?
- Are you informed about voting mechanisms?
A Different Perspective
Complex systems can be opaque.
![“When [Erwin Schrödinger] went to the Solvay conferences in Brussels, he would walk from the station to the hotel where the delegates stayed, carrying all his luggage in a rucksack and looking so like a tramp that it needed a great deal of argument at the reception desk before he could claim a room.” quote by Paul Dirac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3c4/paul-dirac-13270_argument_when-erwin-schr-dinger-went-to-the-solva_191459.jpg)
