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I.E the Triumph of the Identity Politics Plantation System.Hillary Clinton has secured the 2,383 delegates required to win the Democratic presidential nomination, becoming the first woman ever to become a major party's standard-bearer.
According to the Associated Press, Clinton has now garnered enough support from pledged delegates and superdelegates — party elites who can pick any candidate of their choosing — to defeat challenger Bernie Sanders.
Clinton's triumph comes one day before primary contests in New Jersey, where she leads Sanders by double digits, and California, where polls show a tight raceand Sanders hoped to upset the former secretary of state.
But Clinton's multiethnic coalition of voters powered her to victory in crucial nominating contests leading up to the race's denouement. Those wins allowed her to build a delegate lead that all but assured Clinton of the nomination regardless of the outcome in the Golden State. Victories in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands over the weekend further bolstered Clinton's advantage...hillary and america win
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