Because of the 15% rule, the percentages from primary elections

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10. In our state, we vote both for a candidate and for up to 8 individual delegates

I've often wondered how that works. Most thinking people will chose the delegates connected to their preferred candidate's campaign. But there are weird (or not too bright) people out their who may select delegates other than the ones for their presidential choice. I know that sounds bizarre, but people can be pretty dense.

So how are the delegates awarded? According to the candidate's votes (over 15%), proportionally; or by the votes for individual delegates? There's a possibility that there could be a conflict between those two metrics. And if they're awarded by candidate vote only, why do we have to cast votes for individual delegates anyway? Is it just a legal thing? What if a delegate gets no votes?

Just pondering.