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キーワード：superdelegates　特別代議員

アメリカ大統領予備選挙の民主党の大統領候補者を決定する党大会において、特別に大統領候補者を決定する党内の選挙に投票することができる代議員のこと。民主党の場合、連邦議会の上下両院議員や州知事、党委員会のメンバーなどから構成される。原則として予備選挙や党員集会の結果に縛られずに投票することができる。民主党の特別代議員は現在７９６人。共和党にも似たような非拘束の代議員は各州の代表者から数人ずつ選ばれるが、数は民主党の特別代議員と比べ非常に少ない。

Superdelegates could make the final decision.
「特別な代議員が最終決定を担うかもしれない」

21歳の特別代議員


CNN アンダーソンクーパー360（Anderson Cooper 360°）


英語スクリプト
Now, count at the top of this map still an estimate; it has superdelegates involved. It's an estimate because a lot of the proportions take time to figure out.

Let's, for the sake of argument, this is unlikely to happen, but say Barack Obama runs the board. These are the states, the white states have yet to vote. I'll touch them, not in the order they'll vote, just they way they are in the map east to west. We're giving all of these to Barack Obama.

And watch this. Let me do this. Here's the finish line. This is Senator Obama. This is Senator Clinton here. We'll give you the rest of the states across the board to Senator Obama. It's programmed at a 55 percent to 45 percent margin.

Let's get them across the board to Senator Obama, watch this number grow. Senator Clinton is growing, too because of the proportional Democratic rules. But we're assuming a sweep by Obama. Now, again, it's just a hypothetical scenario, at 55-45.

Watch the numbers grow. Hawaii, we're now out of states. Look at this. If Obama runs the board winning 55-45 the rest of the way out, he still does not clinch the nomination.

Now these numbers could be adjusted. Let's say in the state of Hawaii, he wins by more. We can adjust the delegates a little based on the proportions that he moves up some. He would have to win by huge margins, 60/40, even higher than that to get to the finish line.

Unless this race breaks, you heard about Paul talking about momentum and the firewall in Texas. Unless the race breaks, you could conceivably see one candidate, if same Senator Clinton. If she ran the board the rest of way, she would end up at about the same spot.

So unless somebody starts winning by bigger margins, because of the Democratic proportional rules, this is the problem, the issue, the dilemma facing the Democratic Party. Somebody may get to the finish line at the end of the race, close, but not all the way across.

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