Well, you better think again.

There were 24 delegates to be allocated out of the New Hampshire Democratic primary, based on the vote statewide and by congressional district. Sanders, obviously, won more of those, 15 to her 9.

Add in the “superdelegates” who have already committed to a candidate, and Clinton moves up. Six of New Hampshire’s eight “superdelegates” have publicly said they will vote for Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in July. (Two are uncommitted.) So the final New Hampshire tally is: Sanders 15, Clinton 15. What?

Who are these superdelegates who play such an important role in the nominating process?

Comprised of party and elected officials, “superdelegates” have a vote at the national convention because of their position and are not elected by primaries or caucuses.

They are party insiders of all sorts — they include members of Congress and of state parliaments, as well as Democratic National Committee (DNC) members, the managers of the party.

So a little known DNC committee member might be a superdelegate, as well as former president Bill Clinton and Senator Sanders himself. And while state primary results help apportion the non-superdelegates, the superdelegates get to pick who they want.

There will be 4,763 delegates at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia in July, meaning that Sanders and Clinton will need 2,382 to win the nomination. There are 720 superdelegates, roughly one fifth of the entire convention.

More than half of these superdelegates have already committed to one candidate, mostly to Hillary Clinton: the former secretary of state and first lady has 362 of them and Sanders has 8 (eight).

Right now, after Iowa and New Hampshire and days before Nevada and South Carolina, here is the total delegate count, according to the Associated Press: Bernie Sanders has 44 delegates and Hillary Clinton 394. Yes, 394.

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