Posted on 01/30/2016 1:36:44 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
Just wondering. Let's pretend Trump wins 51% of the vote on Monday and Cruz wins 49%...does Trump get all the Iowa delegates at the convention, or does he get 51% of the Iowa delegates and Cruz gets the other 49%?
proportional.
Neither.
Neither????????
Cruz could end up getting more delegates in that scenario......IF he actually has a wider spread of votes over the state instead of just concentration of votes in cities.
No one is going to get a majority. The top three—Cruz, Rubio, and Trump—are all likely to be in the 15%-35% range, with the others each getting a smaller percentage. But your question is a good one, about how delegates are awarded according to percentage.
They are now proportional tied the vote count.
The Iowa delegation to the Republican National Convention shall be bound on the first ballot to vote proportionally in accordance with the outcome of the Iowa Caucuses.
why are they all staggered?
why not all on the same day?
who invented all these rules?
Iowa has 27 delegates. Each candidate receives a portion of delegates based on his/her percentage of the total statewide vote.
Example: Trumps gets 30% of the statewide vote. .30 X 27= 8.1 . Trump gets 8 delegates
More info here...
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/IA-R
All this weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth for a handful of delegates? Sheesh.
Proportional to the statewide vote but they are only bound to that for the first ballot at the convention. Democrats have a more convoluted proportional system You know Democrats.
I am not sure why each state elects to hold their caucuses on different dates. Super Tuesday has 24 states holding caucuses. These states elected to hold their caucus on March 1, 2016 because they have determined that increases their state’s importance. I think this is a strategy by the states to have the candidates come to their state and stump for the electorate. That generates more money for the respective parties.
Ridiculous isn’t it?
But you gotta hand to Iowa, this is a goldmine for them.
should have known it would go back to money.
There has to be a simpler way.
Correction: Iowa has 30 Republican delegates, not 27.
thanks!
It's all about MOMENTUM ya know! LOL! I think New Hampshire has even fewer delegates. Not 100% sure....
Only 13 states hold caucuses, 37 hold primaries.
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