The Latest: Wyoming splits delegates 7-7 to Clinton, Sanders

[LiberalFighter]

19. It was not over 12%. It was 11.4%

States do not allocate all of their delegates based on state-wide election results. If Wyoming had, then yes it would had been 8 for Sanders and 6 for Clinton. But udner DNC rules delegates are allocated into three categories. In this case, it was 8 at the district level, 4 at the at-large level, and 2 at the PLEO level. Only at-large and PLEO delegates are allocated based on state-wide election results. District delegates are allocated based on congressional district results. In the case of Wyoming with only one congressional district it is a state-wide result. In each case, using the same election result percent it amounts to a tie in delegates at each level.

Wyoming's problem is having one of the lowest Democratic voter turnouts for President in the past 3 elections.


Percent needed to avoid a delegate(s) tie.

8 delegates -- 56.26% (12.52 lead)
4 delegates -- 62.52% (25.04 lead)
2 delegates -- 75.10% (50.20 lead)