This sort of compression is called adiabatic. [Incidentally, this use of the term âadiabaticâ has nothing to do with an adiabatic process in quantum mechanics and, in fact, the meaning is almost the opposite.
The DNC's rules for next year's convention initially called for a total of 4,483 delegates, with a majority â 2,242 â needed to win the presidential nomination. If Clinton has more than 440 pledges, she is about 20 per cent of the way to victory.ATBIRD SEAT: Clinton may have as many as 440 'superdelegates' already committed to nominating her for the presidency â about one-fifth of what she will need â before a single vote is cast.
For example, if 100 delegates are at stake in a state's primary and Hillary Clinton wins 60 percent of the vote, with Barack Obama getting 25 percent and John Edwards 15 percent, Clinton will get 60 delegates, Obama 25 and Edwards 15. The Republicans don't have that rule and favor winner-take-all primaries.