Sanders had 41,075 votes in Nevada, and 24 national pledged delegates

As it became clear that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders was going to win the Nevada Democratic caucuses held on Feb. 22, the presidential candidate was declared the frontrunner. But a Facebook post published the next day wasn’t impressed with his big win.

"Bernie only had 3,444 votes in NV," it says. "There is more people than that waiting to pee at a Trump rally."

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Actually, Sanders snagged 41,075 votes, according to the Washington Post. He was followed by former Vice President Joe Biden (19,179 votes), former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (17,598) and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (11,703). 

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It’s possible that whoever created the Facebook post was citing preliminary results for how many county convention delegates Sanders had at the time. County convention delegates are the number of county delegates each candidate gets at the state Democratic convention. That, in turn, determines how many national pledged delegates each candidate gets. 

But even if that’s where this post drew its data, the figure is still wrong. In the end, Sanders had 6,788 county convention delegates and 24 pledged national delegates. 

To secure the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, Sanders (or another candidate) will need 1,991 national delegates. As of March 5, Sanders had 459, Biden had 513 and U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard had two. 

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