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Originally posted by RatedG²
Well just to point out, Hillary's lead over Bernie (even now) was always a much steeper climb than Trump's lead over his opponents based on the rules of proportionality. Even now Bernie has to win the rest of the states by around 30 points each to overtake her in pledged delegates. Cruz or Kasich winning by those margins would've overtaken him long before
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Like you mentioned, that is primarily due to different rules of delegation to each party's respective convention.
But, Bernie has consistently attained far bigger delegate numbers than both Cruz and Kasich (perhaps combined), of course that is counting proportion. Cruz had one half of Trump's delegate count, Kasich had on tenth of Trump's delegate count, while Bernie has 80% of Hillary's.
Of course the path would have been easier for Cruz/Kasich to secure the nomination if they had been pulling Bernie's numbers because of the winner-takes-all states on the Republican side, but that doesn't mean they had any chance of doing so, simply because they are just
not pulling Bernie's numbers.
Additionally, Bernie won 19 contests (also tied in a few) compared to Cruz's 9 and Kasich's 1. There is absolutely no comparison here. Bernie is certainly not desperate for staying in, especially after various consecutive March wins, an upset in Indiana last night, winning nearly half of the states on the map, being very close (
yet still far) to his target of pledged delegates, Hillary remaining under FBI investigation (though I'm still betting she'll probably be clear), generating positive momentum and enthusiasm around voters (as proven by his skyrocketing favorability numbers, especially in comparison to Cruz's in this situation), etc.
There are so many reasons to prove it isn't desperate for a candidate like him to stay in the race, but it's not like we have to convince people anyway, since the voters seem to agree!
but I kinda agree candidates shouldn't be taking delegates out to dinner and paying for their hotel rooms 
also mentioning Democrats are doing Sanders wrong with the Super Delegates.. 
Trump was already proposing "Free Healthcare" like Sanders and is now open for minimum wage. Sanders supporters will easily flock over in doves... King!