Do you know if these are “all or nothing” states?
The Dems no longer have any winner take all states.
“Do you know if these are “all or nothing” states?”
Texas is not “all or nothing”, and the rules are very complicated. In addition, the rules are different for each party, with the Demo party rules being more complicated.
See here:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5528612.html
There are no winner take all democrat states.
Texas rewards Democratic delegates in a several step process. This mechanism only seems complicated the first couple times through it.
126 Senatorial District Level Delegates allocated by primary results.
These are done by district so most split evenly except for urban areas that will give extras to Obama. In some rural and Southern areas with odd amounts of delegates Clinton may pick up the extra one but I think that doesn’t balance out Houston, Galveston, Austin, Dallas, and East Texas. The actual delegates are chosen at the state convention but must reflect the primary vote.
42 At-Large Delegates allocated by the presidential preference of delegates attending the State convention (with a 15 percent threshold).
25 Pledged Party Leaders, Democratic Mayors and Legislators allocated by the presidential preference of delegates attending the State convention (with a 15 percent threshold).
Democrats have to be somewhat motivated to go out and vote in the primary. They have to be very motivated to stand up and be counted in front of their neighbors for a candidate and even more to go on to the next level and do it again and then go to Austin and do it. Their is a motivation and enthusiasm gap that exists among the candidates supporters in favor of Obama. Obama supporters have the fire and enthusiasm. Will the more experienced Clinton supporting politicians be able to stop it? Personally, I would be very surprised if Obama doesn’t get a majority in these two categories.
32 Super Delegates made up of Members of Congress, Members of the DNC, past House Speakers and former DNC Chairs.
Nearly all right now for Hillary but rumors of switches. On reflection, Texas Democratic politicians are considering how they will fair with Hillary or Obama leading the ticket, and reaching for another drink.
3 Unpledged Delegates (Add-Ons) elected through a three-tier, post-primary convention process.
Often used for the last demographic balance nudge. Who goes to the next level conventions must be close demographically to those who attended the lower level.
All the Democratic primaries are proportional.
The only Winner take all are Republican primaries.
The democrats do not have all or nothing states, it is all proportional based on the popular vote.