Slate's Delegate Calculator

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http://www.slate.com/features/delegatecounter/

For all the emphasis on words in this Democratic primary, it still comes down to a number: 2,025—the number of pledged delegates and superdelegates needed to command a convention majority and secure the nomination.

And with less than a week to go before Hillary Clinton's do-or-die day in Ohio and Texas, questions abound about how—or if—she can take the lead in pledged delegates. To help you explore all possible scenarios, Slate has created a pledged delegate calculator.

We've monkeyed around with it a little bit in the office, figuring out the average margin of victory Clinton needs in the remaining primaries to beat Obama in pledged delegates (16 points). Now it's your turn: Plug in your own guesses about victory margins and see how they alter the delegate count. Is it possible for Barack Obama to get a majority without the help of superdelegates? Could Puerto Rico's delegates really decide the nomination? How much would a narrow victory in Texas help Hillary? Unfortunately for Sen. Clinton, even if she wins every remaining primary by 100 percent, she can't hit the magic number of 2,025.

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Hmm if she gets 58% of the vote in each of the remaining contests, she wins the pledged delegate count.

She can still win. 58% is doable.

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Hmm if she gets 58% of the vote in each of the remaining contests, she wins the pledged delegate count.

She can still win. 58% is doable.

But not by enough to get 2025 delegates. That means a brokered convention or the superdelagates will decide this!

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Michigan and Florida are still lurking in the background. Remember theres a Clinton running

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Hmm if she gets 58% of the vote in each of the remaining contests, she wins the pledged delegate count.

She can still win. 58% is doable.

Yep. Even if Obama were to get 58% of all the remaining primaries, it only puts him just under 1800 delegates...over 200 shy of winning the nomination.

I doubt more than ever that Hillary will bow out unless he wins decisively in Texas and Ohio, which is unlikely.