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moriah

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6. I'm sure it does.
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 04:19 AM
Jun 2016

SDs theoretically exist in the case of a tight three-way primary, as otherwise you get what the Republicans could have gotten, a brokered convention where multiple ballots were required. There's usually a way to compromise and get enough uncommitteds or people backing the candidate that drops out first to get the "magic majority" for a nominee who won a plurality of the pledged delegates but not a majority.

They aren't supposed to decide two-way races just because they weren't 720+ delegate landide victories.

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