The Democratic nomination race hasn't been competitive for over a month: Hillary Clinton has an insurmountable delegate lead. But what's remarkable is that the psychology of Democratic voters and most media outlets is detached from the reality of the math: Bernie Sanders's share of the vote doesn't seem to be eroding, even as his campaign gradually transitions from a competitive effort to a symbolic and cathartic one. As expected, Clinton carried four of five states on her Northeastern home turf Tuesday, winning all but Rhode Island. She remains far ahead of her targets. Yet she won an average of just 55 percent against one opponent, while Donald Trump won an average of 59 percent against two opponents. While Democrats seem to remain firmly entrenched in their camps, Northeastern Republicans appeared more anxious to rally around their front-runner. Clinton or Sanders would need to win 2,383 of 4,765 delegates to the Philadelphia convention to clinch the Democratic nomination. To help you keep track of who's ahead, the Cook Political Report has devised a delegate scorecard estimating how many delegates Clinton and

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