Quick Take: Clinton Clinches

The NPR Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 7 June 2016

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Hillary Clinton has secured enough delegates to be the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, according to an updated count by The Associated Press. She is the first woman ever to head a major-party ticket in the US. This episode: campaign reporter Scott Detrow, political editor Domenico Montanaro, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson. More coverage at nprpolitics.org. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:05.5	Hillary Clinton is now the Democrat's presumptive nominee for president.
0:10.3	That's according to account by the Associated Press.
0:13.0	We're here to talk a bit about what this news means for the Democratic race, just ahead
0:17.2	of big primary votes in six states, including California.
0:21.3	I'm Scott Detro, I cover the campaign.
0:23.4	I'm Domenico Montenegro, political editor.
0:25.3	I'm Mara Liesen, National Political Correspondent.
0:28.3	And we should mention that California, New Jersey, and four other states go to the polls
0:32.6	Tuesday.
0:33.6	Right now, it's about 10 o'clock on Monday night.
0:36.2	I'm here at NPR Headquarters, Domenico and Mara.
0:39.0	You are at the comfort of your own homes.
0:41.7	And Domenico, you have been the hashtag because math guy all along.
0:45.6	So help me understand this.
0:47.1	Nobody voted tonight.
0:48.2	What happened?
0:49.2	I'm not sure how my English major qualifications got me to be the math guy, but such as life.
0:54.6	No, look, the fact is tonight that Hillary Clinton was able to cross the threshold to
0:59.3	2,383 delegates that she needed because the Associated Press has been doing a comprehensive
1:05.4	thorough canvassing of all of those super delegates, 714 of those unpleashed party leaders and
1:12.3	elected officials.
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