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.
Her campaign's aides told Bloomberg that she has commitments from about 130 superdelegates already, more than five months before results from the primary contests in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina will set the tone for the ensuing state-by-state battles.ut Bloomberg reported, based on private conversations in Minneapolis, that Hillary's delegate haul may be more than 440. 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.