Remember folks, the winner of the popular vote may not win the most delegates on Feb. 5
BluegrassDem
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Tue Jan-22-08 07:17 PM
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Remember folks, the winner of the popular vote may not win the most delegates on Feb. 5 |
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I see a lot of uninformed posters cheering the fact that their candidate is polling ahead in a certain state. Delegates are awarded proportionately and the winner of the popular may not end up with the most delegates on Super Tuesday. For example, a congressional district may have 4 delegates and split them 2 a piece, even though a said candidate won by 10% or more.
So people need to chill about this candidate is ahead in 16 states or whatever. The popular vote means nothing. The delegate counts is what brings the nomination.
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Tue Jan-22-08 07:19 PM
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Tue Jan-22-08 07:21 PM
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Can this post be flagged somehow?
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Tue Jan-22-08 07:27 PM
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Just hit that alert button in the lower left corner. I imagine many already have.
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Tue Jan-22-08 07:20 PM
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2. If a candidate wins most of the states and is beaten in delegates. |
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Expect a fiasco of epic proportions.
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BluegrassDem
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Tue Jan-22-08 07:21 PM
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Bush won with the EC votes, even though he lost the popular vote. And the Dems ain't done shit about it except bluff.
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Tue Jan-22-08 07:21 PM
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3. New Slogan for the Obama campaign "Like Bush in 2000, we won't actually be the people's choice!" |
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Tue Jan-22-08 07:21 PM
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4. I Think We Understand That |
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It's not a perfect correlation but the delegate count usually follows the pop vote as the Electoral College usually follows the pop vote...
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Tue Jan-22-08 07:21 PM
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6. Exactly. Look at New Hampshire and Nevada. |
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Hillary won the popular vote, but Obama got more delegates.
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Tue Jan-22-08 07:22 PM
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8. You are exactly right. |
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Plus the super delegate thing. It is all very complicated and we should not get excited about polls or even if our candidate "wins" a primary. We will not know much until after Super Tuesday. As usual, the popular vote does not mean a thing. Thanks for the reminder to get our heads out of the clouds.
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Tue Jan-22-08 07:24 PM
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Tue Jan-22-08 07:27 PM
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11. Welcome to DU Dem MS!!! |
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Tue Jan-22-08 07:25 PM
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10. So, Clinton could be the Gore of 2008. |
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Tue Jan-22-08 07:29 PM
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13. More like the Bush of 2008 |
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Going to court to exclude voters in Nevada, for example....
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Tue Jan-22-08 07:31 PM
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14. this is a thread celebrating the ability of white people to choose the President... |
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no matter how few they become.
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