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02-06-2008, 11:48 AM
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Does anyone else really get a little crazy over trying to figure out how each state & each party decides their delegate distribution? It seems so unfair to me that California, with such a high population is "winner takes all" (at least for the Democrats). According to Yahoo!, Clinton took 52% and Obama took 42% of the vote, yet Clinton took all the delegates.
Can anyone recommend a really good map or list for each state, and the delegate distribution?
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02-06-2008, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by honeychile
Does anyone else really get a little crazy over trying to figure out how each state & each party decides their delegate distribution? It seems so unfair to me that California, with such a high population is "winner takes all" (at least for the Democrats). According to Yahoo!, Clinton took 52% and Obama took 42% of the vote, yet Clinton took all the delegates.
Can anyone recommend a really good map or list for each state, and the delegate distribution?
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Just about any of the news sites have maps; this is the link to MSNBC's:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21660914
What I find odd is that it seems that some states have their party primaries on different days?!?!?!?!?
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02-06-2008, 12:17 PM
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Just about any of the news sites have maps; this is the link to MSNBC's:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21660914
What I find odd is that it seems that some states have their party primaries on different days?!?!?!?!? |
Yes, but they rarely say State - Primary or Caucus - #Dem Delegates #Rep Delegates Winner take all/Congressional District/whatever.
I've explained how it's done in PA, and people are amazed.
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02-06-2008, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by honeychile
Does anyone else really get a little crazy over trying to figure out how each state & each party decides their delegate distribution? It seems so unfair to me that California, with such a high population is "winner takes all" (at least for the Democrats). According to Yahoo!, Clinton took 52% and Obama took 42% of the vote, yet Clinton took all the delegates.
Can anyone recommend a really good map or list for each state, and the delegate distribution?
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California is not a winner-take-all for Democrats. No state is. The DNC divides the delegates in each state based on congressional district and population. I'm not sure about the Republican side, if CA is a WTA state or not.
And I happen to like www.mydd.com for delegate counts. It keeps a list of the states and how many delegates each candidate has received. It also has a list of all the "superdelegates" that have endorsed and those who haven't yet.
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02-06-2008, 12:34 PM
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California is not a winner-take-all for Democrats. No state is. The DNC divides the delegates in each state based on congressional district and population. I'm not sure about the Republican side, if CA is a WTA state or not.
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That's what I always thought. Yet, both CNN & FoxNews said last night that it was.
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And I happen to like www.mydd.com for delegate counts. It keeps a list of the states and how many delegates each candidate has received. It also has a list of all the "superdelegates" that have endorsed and those who haven't yet.
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Thanks - I'll have to take a look.
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02-06-2008, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by honeychile
That's what I always thought. Yet, both CNN & FoxNews said last night that it was.
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I watched a LOT of Fox last night, and I don't recall them saying anything like this - in fact, they continuously pointed out how anything less than a win by huge margins (such as 25%+) would make CA, effectively, a wash . . . which guys were you watching?
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02-06-2008, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by honeychile
Does anyone else really get a little crazy over trying to figure out how each state & each party decides their delegate distribution? It seems so unfair to me that California, with such a high population is "winner takes all" (at least for the Democrats). According to Yahoo!, Clinton took 52% and Obama took 42% of the vote, yet Clinton took all the delegates.
Can anyone recommend a really good map or list for each state, and the delegate distribution?
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If you follow links on CNN's site, you find out a great deal:
http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/
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