Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhat Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE is still on track to win the Democratic presidential nomination even after falling short to Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 Biden's fiscal program: What is the likely market impact? McConnell accuses Democrats of sowing division by 'downplaying progress' on election security MORE in Indiana on Tuesday.



With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Sanders led Clinton 52 percent to 48 percent in the state's primary, according to The Associated Press.



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But because Democrats award delegates proportionately, Sanders will only gain about a half-dozen delegates if that margin holds. The AP estimated so far that Sanders would be awarded 43 delegates, and Clinton would get 37.

Clinton will end the night with about 1,682 delegates and 520 superdelegates, bringing her total to 2,208, according to the AP. A candidate needs 2,383 delegates to win the nomination, leaving Clinton 175 short.

That means Clinton only needs to win about 19 percent of the 933 pledged delegates up for grabs between now and June 14, when the District of Columbia will close out the Democratic primary season.



Clinton is likely to clinch the nomination a week earlier, on June 7, when California and five other states cast ballots.



Sanders said after Tuesday night's election that he intends to upset Clinton and win the Democratic nomination. He has said he intends to take the fight all the way to a contested convention because Clinton won’t be able to win the nomination without the help of superdelegates.

Clinton would have to win about 75 percent of outstanding pledged delegates to reach 2,383 without the help of any superdelegates.



But Democratic candidates routinely rely on the superdelegates to put the leader over the top. That’s how it worked in 2008, when Clinton bowed out of the race before the convention rather than fight for the support of then-Sen. Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Senate Republicans face tough decision on replacing Ginsburg Cruz: Trump should nominate a Supreme Court justice next week MORE’s superdelegates.



Sanders trails Clinton by more than 300 pledged delegates and would have to win about two-thirds of the outstanding pledged delegates to catch Clinton.



That’s highly unlikely since Democrats award their delegates proportionately.



Unless Sanders can pull that off, there will be little reason for superdelegates to abandon Clinton and move to Sanders.



Furthermore, Sanders is 983 delegates shy of the nomination, with only 933 pledged delegates still up for grabs.



He would need to win all of the delegates awarded at primaries and caucuses and attract a few dozen superdelegates to reach 2,383.



Sanders continues to lobby Clinton’s superdelegates to move over and support him, but that's unlikely to happen.



Clinton has a 520-to-39 lead among superdelegates. There are still about 150 who have not publicly announced their support for either candidate.