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Fresh_Start

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16. no, that is the wrong conclusion

Reply to jg10003 (Reply #15)

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 06:21 PM

Feb 2020

from this data.

There is a fair representation problem....but that is not what this is demonstrating.
The number of delegates per district is NOT decided by the caucus.

The caucus merely allocates the number of delegates which were already assigned to the district.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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why doesn't the candidate with the most votes have the most delegates? [View all] jg10003 Feb 2020 OP

Districts. George II Feb 2020 #1

at each individual precinct the delegates are allocated Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #2

image two equal sized districts Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #6

Yay. An explanation that makes sense, but KPN Feb 2020 #10

thanks, that's a good explanation jg10003 Feb 2020 #11

How are they weighted? Hard to understand KPN Feb 2020 #7

image two equal sized districts with the same number of delegates to allocate Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #12

got it. it's very much like the electoral college, results are weighted jg10003 Feb 2020 #15

no, that is the wrong conclusion Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #16

ok, got it (I think) jg10003 Feb 2020 #17

Thanks. Now it makes sense -- at least as far as how KPN Feb 2020 #18

Others have compared it to the electoral college Hav Feb 2020 #3

And neither necessarily amounts to the most KPN Feb 2020 #19

Because the votes are in fact for delegates, not directly for candidates ... Odoreida Feb 2020 #4

Weighting, based on who knows what. elleng Feb 2020 #5

I think people... Mike Nelson Feb 2020 #8

My interpretation of what CNN said ... left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 #9

That sounds like it in a nutshell. Or you could describe it as Buttigieg had a better ground game KPN Feb 2020 #20

Because math. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2020 #13

Lol squirecam Feb 2020 #14