Comments on: Too Clever by Half

By: rw

rw — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:34:23 +0000

Like I said 1/2 votes.

By: Smitty

Smitty — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:44:10 +0000

The 2008 Michigan Republican primary took place on January 15, 2008. Mitt Romney came in first with 39 percent of the vote, followed by John McCain with 30 percent and Mike Huckabee in third-place with 16 percent. The victory was widely-viewed as critical for the Romney campaign, as a loss in Michigan, where his father was governor, would have resulted in a loss of momentum after two losses already in New Hampshire and Iowa.

National delegates determined: 30 out of 60

In accordance with Republican National Committee rules, Michigan was stripped of half its delegates for holding primary contests before February 5, 2008.

By: Smitty

Smitty — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:41:58 +0000

Democrats use a proportional method. Each candidate is awarded a number of delegates in proportion to their support in the state caucuses or the number of primary votes they won.

For example, consider a state with 20 delegates at a democratic convention with three candidates. If candidate "A" received 70% of all caucus and primary votes, candidate "B" 20% and candidate "C" 10%, candidate "A" would get 14 delegates, candidate "B" would get 4 delegates and candidate "C" would get 2 delegates.

In the Republican Party, each state chooses either the proportional method or a "winner-take-all" method of awarding delegates. Under the winner-take-all method, the candidate getting the most votes from a state's caucus or primary, gets all of that state's delegates at the national convention.

By: rw

rw — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:03:36 +0000

Republicans are also only giving Florida and Michigan half votes.
They're just quieter about it.

By: clever

clever — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:46:06 +0000

Too Clever by Half…

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