tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027045200173644956.post490906597009969637..comments2023-11-05T02:58:27.295-05:00Comments on Campaign Diaries: The February 5th delegate countTanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333289018970623022noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027045200173644956.post-57106878366772084022008-02-09T05:15:00.000-05:002008-02-09T05:15:00.000-05:00Why Alabama has such a low delegate margin for Oba...Why Alabama has such a low delegate margin for Obama?<BR/><BR/>Bad luck! Districts 1, 2 and 6 award 4 delegates each and unless I'm mistaking, they include Mobile, Montgomery and Birmingham respectively. If Obama ends up with 62% to Clinton's 38% in those districts:<BR/>0.62 * 4 = 2.48 which means 1.52 delegates for Clinton. These are rounded and end up as 2 delegates for each... so he'd have to break 62.5% to get 3 delegates to her 1 delegate, which is hard to do.<BR/><BR/>All other 4 districts award an odd number of delegates and whoever gets even one vote more, will have at least one more delegate.<BR/><BR/>But there are 18 delegates proportionally distributed at the state level and Obama should get 10 of those to Clinton's 8.<BR/><BR/>In summary, it may be bad luck but he may also get all 4 or 3 of the outstanding (not determined yet) delegates.<BR/><BR/>This happened in Nevada where Clinton won by 51% to Obama's 45% but Obama got 13 delegates to her 12, so it really is just luck (I'm an Obama supporter).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027045200173644956.post-21405918719448161772008-02-09T04:57:00.000-05:002008-02-09T04:57:00.000-05:00Answer to "Anonymous at 08 February, 2008 11:10"Q-...Answer to "Anonymous at 08 February, 2008 11:10"<BR/><BR/>Q- I still do not understand the "outstanding" and super delegate count.<BR/><BR/>A1- outstanding means some of the votes from Feb 5 have not been counted yet (probably absentee votes) and remaining delegates will be assigned once the count is over.<BR/><BR/>A2- Superdelegates are certain elected and non-elected Democrats (governors, congressmen, DNC people) who are delegates by default. They decide who to go for and are not awarded based on people's votesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027045200173644956.post-91923951292039946992008-02-09T04:00:00.000-05:002008-02-09T04:00:00.000-05:00Does anyone know if Alabama was subjected to gerry...Does anyone know if Alabama was subjected to gerrymandering by the GOP as far as congressional districts go? <BR/><BR/>This may be one reason why Obama's 56%-42% in Alabama translates to 25 to 23 delegate difference only, but HRC's win in California (52 to 42%) translates to bigger delegate ratio difference. <BR/><BR/>just wondering....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15327772562568589610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027045200173644956.post-38951146530450823842008-02-08T16:52:00.000-05:002008-02-08T16:52:00.000-05:00The fact that it takes this long to assign delegat...The fact that it takes this long to assign delegates or even count votes give me a great deal of confidence in our electoral system...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027045200173644956.post-31806634542688705002008-02-08T16:38:00.000-05:002008-02-08T16:38:00.000-05:00Eze: Sure lest do away with the super delegates, ...Eze: Sure lest do away with the super delegates, but hold on, aren't you the same people bitching about changing the rules in the middle of the game when the issue of sitting the delegates from Florida and Michigan was raised? So let me see how this works; if it benefits Obama, then is ok to change to rules, but if it benefit Hillary, well no, that is bad. Bad, bad Hillary! But see, Obambi got into the game with super delegates. Will the great hope monger change the rules to his benefit? Surely you don’t mean that. Or do you EZE?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027045200173644956.post-49639012774895393022008-02-08T16:09:00.000-05:002008-02-08T16:09:00.000-05:00People are only whining about super-delegates now ...People are only whining about super-delegates now because it could sink the hollow Obama ship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027045200173644956.post-83883719615457780782008-02-08T14:57:00.000-05:002008-02-08T14:57:00.000-05:00Thanks so much for this! The media is so myopic s...Thanks so much for this! The media is so myopic sometimes. They build these amazing storylines in the moment, but if it takes three or four days of hard work to verify their conclusions, they couldn't be bothered. Why isn't it a story when the two campaigns are fighting for every delegate? <BR/><BR/>I'll be checking back often for updates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027045200173644956.post-54162165273938860962008-02-08T11:49:00.000-05:002008-02-08T11:49:00.000-05:00If you think we should end the culture of super de...If you think we should end the culture of super delegates, sign this petition: www.myspace.com/endsuperdelegatesnowAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17003200299415619497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027045200173644956.post-20546903852320186202008-02-08T11:42:00.000-05:002008-02-08T11:42:00.000-05:00I agree fellow North Carolinian!High Country for H...I agree fellow North Carolinian!<BR/><BR/>High Country for Hillary! (right now I think it's only a club of one... me.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027045200173644956.post-42981676377088506452008-02-08T11:27:00.000-05:002008-02-08T11:27:00.000-05:00More fun on the way! More time to reel in spectato...More fun on the way! More time to reel in spectators to bash down the rightwing into rubble. I hope they do another dozen debates. This is great! How about a wide open debate with all five from both parties? That would be great for ratings!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027045200173644956.post-15693662044838020052008-02-08T11:10:00.000-05:002008-02-08T11:10:00.000-05:00Thanks for trying. I still do not understand the ...Thanks for trying. I still do not understand the "outstanding" and super delegate count.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027045200173644956.post-25403881819449257722008-02-08T11:07:00.000-05:002008-02-08T11:07:00.000-05:00Thanks Taniel. I've been trying to figure this ou...Thanks Taniel. I've been trying to figure this out myself, without a lot of success.<BR/>As a North Carolinian, I am so excited that my vote will count!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com