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If Biden wins 55% of pledged delegates going forward, he wouldn't clinch a majority till June.

If Biden wins 60% of pledged delegates going forward, he'd clinch around late May.

If he wins 65%, he'd clinch around early May.

Even if he wins most states, this could take a while
People are responding by pointing to Florida.

That doesn't accelerate things as much as you might think. Let's say Biden wins 85% of FL's delegates and 65% of all other delegates. Still takes till late April to hit the magic number.
This is what I wrote about the delegate math on March 15, 2016. Clear then that Clinton's lead was near-insurmountable vox.com/2016/3/15/1124…

But Democrats structure their nomination contest with proportional rules that make it very hard for someone to actually clinch till late
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