At the 2020 Convention Roll Call Biden Got 3,558 Delegates and Sanders 1,151, With Superdelegates Voting Because Biden Held a Pledged Majority
ABC News reported of the virtual roll call: “All pledged and superdelegates were able to vote on the first ballot since Biden secured a majority of pledged delegates in the primary.” Biden finished with 3,558 delegates against Sanders’ 1,151, and the “magic number” was 2,374.
What the rule did
The first-ballot restriction adopted in 2018 releases when a candidate holds a pledged-delegate majority. In 2020 that condition was met, so the restriction barred no one.
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DNC 2020 Day 2: Joe Biden gets enough delegates to clinch Democratic nomination for president
— ABC News via Good Morning America
· Aug 18, 2020
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The Cascade Ledger. “At the 2020 Convention Roll Call Biden Got 3,558 Delegates and Sanders 1,151, With Superdelegates Voting Because Biden Held a Pledged Majority.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, August 18, 2020. https://capturecascade.org/event/2020-08-18--2020-dnc-roll-call-biden-3558-sanders-1151-superdelegates-voted-because-pledged-majority-existed/