Final Delegate Count from SC: Hillary 39, Bernie 14

[tarheelsunc]

[Renew Deal]

1. Sanders got too many delegates

Considering the score.

[William769]

2. I have the totals on my main page.

http://hillaryclintonsupporters.com/forum/index.php

[ismnotwasm]

17. Woot!

[stonecutter357]

3. K&R!

[livetohike]

4. YAY!

[beachbumbob]

5. A real thumping no matter how you look

At it...Tuesday will be more of the same....

[Agnosticsherbet]

6. Outstanding. Congratulations to Secretary of State Clinton, her campaign staff, and

especially to the voters in SC who made their votes count.

Now on to Super Tuesday and, ultimately, to the General Election.

[jmowreader]

11. SC not NC

NC votes in two weeks.

[Agnosticsherbet]

13. Betrayed by my own finger.

Or am I just getting Old.
Thanks.

[jmowreader]

14. Fret not, kind person

A LOT of people confuse the two, or assume they're the same state. All is calm.

[DURHAM D]

7. If you don't mind...

what chart are you using?

[Godhumor]

8. Try here

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/SC-D#0227

[DURHAM D]

10. Thank you. nt

[William769]

9. Those are the same numbers CNN is using.

[tarheelsunc]

15. I got the numbers off of CNN.

The math is also reasonable enough that it can be calculated at home (unlike caucuses which are just )

- Add together the vote shares of any candidate with over 15% of the vote.
- Refactor so that their vote shares add up to 100.
- Assign delegates based on percentage of refactored vote.

Raw percentages
Clinton - 73.5%
Sanders - 26%

Denominator
73.5 + 26 = 99.5

Refactored vote shares
Clinton: 73.5/.995 = 73.87%
Sanders: 26/.995 = 26.13%

100 percent divided by 53 delegates equals one delegate per 1.8868% of the vote

Clinton: 73.87/1.8868 = 39 delegates with a remainder of .1509
Sanders: 26.13/1.8868 = 13 delegates with a remainder of .8488

Sanders gets the remaining delegate due to having a higher remainder.


EDIT: Never mind, I did some research and looks like delegates in SC are assigned largely based on congressional districts and not by the statewide vote, so this math is pretty much meaningless.

[Gothmog]

12. WOW

[George II]

16. These things aren't certain until the state Democratic Party confirms it, but Politico has it 41-12.

[tarheelsunc]

18. It would be nice if true...

but I don't know how they're coming to those numbers based on the math. 41 to 12 is better than 39 to 14 so if that's the actual final count I definitely will not be complaining.

[George II]

19. The actual formulas are more complicated than just proportional to the votes. Most states...

...award delegates based on districts won - some are Congressional Districts, others are aggregated election districts. Each state is different. That's why sometimes the delegate counts change a day or two after a primary. 39-14 or 41-12, I'll take either one.

[tarheelsunc]

20. I was just researching after I posted this...

I saw that the delegates in SC are assigned based on congressional districts instead of statewide vote. That definitely makes the math more complicated. Either way, it's a BIG win!

[George II]

21. Yes, and these formulas are why Clinton got several more delegates in Iowa than Sanders....

...Sanders won big in a few areas, but Clinton won small in many more areas. That's how to win delegates.

[Cha]

22. Awesome, tarheelsunc!