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George II

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7. This morning CNN put out the delegates won last night in New Hampshire, the beauty....
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 10:44 AM
Feb 2016

....of "proportional" primaries.

Just as in Iowa, where Sanders got just about the same number of raw votes as Clinton, but got 2 less delegates, last night although he got almost 60% of the vote, he got 13 delegates to Clinton's 11!

Many people don't understand that regardless of the level of votes in some districts, it doesn't earn more delegates. Sanders could have gotten 90% to Clinton's 10%, an exaggeration, that only got him one delegate. On the other hand, Clinton could have won another district by 50.5% to 49.5%, and got one delegate.

I'm sure the Clinton campaign is very happy with the delegate count, regardless of the actual votes.

So, after the tough states of Iowa and New Hampshire, two of Sanders' strongest, delegate-wise they are tied 35-35.

On to Nevada and South Carolina for big wins.

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