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Do you happen to have access to an accurate delegate count now that the race is down to Romney, Newt and Paul?
Now that Santorum as dropped out of the race, I do wonder where the Santorum delegates will go. Then there are the states that have had their primary but their delegates have not been assigned or bound to a particular candidate. I also wonder about the states where the status of their delegates being “winner take all” or “proportional” has not been decided.
There are still several states yet to have their Republican Primary so I really wonder how so many claim the race is over. Things might look a lot different by the end of June.
http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/delegates
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/republican_delegate_count.html
According to The NYTimes website, 1143 delegates remain in the upcoming primaries. Basically, we are at the half-way point.
Romney has 684, needs 460 more
Santorum has 270
Gingrich has 136, would need 1008 more
Paul has 52
1144 needed to win
Now that Santorum as dropped out of the race, I do wonder where the Santorum delegates will go.
Interesting as I doubt if there has been a serious attempt to determine the requirements of each state as to how to proceed once a candidate has halted the campaign. Some states allow for the delegates to become unbound once released by the candidate others vary in their rules. I don’t know that Santorum has released his delegates as of yet has he?
“Do you happen to have access to an accurate delegate count now that the race is down to Romney, Newt and Paul?”
The latest (April 6) Republican National Committee’s latest official delegate count: 1034 have been attributed so far. Mitt Romney has 573 bound delegates, Rick Santorum has 202, Newt Gingrich has 132, and Ron Paul has 26. 101 delegates are unbound.
1135 delegates still to be attributed in the primaries to come.
http://www.gop.com/index.php/comms/comments/updated_rnc_delegate_count1/
2012 Republican Delegates (GOP Popular Vote)
| State | Date | Delegates | Romney | Santorum | Gingrich | Paul | Delegate Allocation | Open/Closed | |
| RCP Total | - | 2,286 | 656 | 272 | 140 | 67 | - | - | |
| (RNC Official Delegate Count) | 573 | 202 | 132 | 26 | (101 Unbound Delegates) | ||||
| Iowa | Jan 3 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | Non-Binding Caucus | Closed | |
| New Hampshire | Jan 10 | 12* | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Proportional Primary | Open | |
| South Carolina | Jan 21 | 25* | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | Winner Take All Primary1 | Open | |
| Florida | Jan 31 | 50* | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Winner Take All Primary | Closed | |
| Nevada | Feb 4 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | Proportional Caucus1 | Closed | |
| Minnesota | Feb 7 | 40 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 9 | Non-Binding Caucus | Open | |
| Colorado | Feb 7 | 36 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 1 | Non-Binding Caucus | Closed | |
| Maine | Feb 11 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 8 | Non-Binding Caucus | Closed | |
| Michigan | Feb 28 | 30* | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Hybrid Primary2 | Closed | |
| Arizona | Feb 28 | 29* | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Winner Take All Primary | Closed | |
| Wyoming | Feb 29 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 6 | Non-Binding Caucus | Closed | |
| Washington | Mar 3 | 43 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 8 | Non-Binding Caucus | Closed | |
| Georgia | Mar 6 | 76 | 19 | 3 | 52 | 0 | Proportional Primary1 | Open | |
| Ohio | Mar 6 | 66 | 38 | 21 | 0 | 0 | Proportional Primary1,3 | Open | |
| Tennessee | Mar 6 | 58 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 0 | Proportional Primary1,3 | Open | |
| Virginia | Mar 6 | 49 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Hybrid Primary2,3 | Open | |
| Oklahoma | Mar 6 | 43 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 0 | Proportional Primary1,3 | Closed | |
| Massachusetts | Mar 6 | 41 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Proportional Primary1 | Open | |
| Idaho | Mar 6 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Proportional Caucus3 | Closed | |
| North Dakota | Mar 6 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 8 | Non-Binding Caucus | Closed | |
| Alaska | Mar 6 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | Proportional Caucus | Closed | |
| Vermont | Mar 6 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Hybrid Primary2 | Open | |
| Kansas | Mar 10 | 40 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 0 | Hybrid Primary2 | Closed | |
| Guam | Mar 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Non-Binding Caucus | Closed | |
| Northern Marianas | Mar 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Non-Binding Caucus | Closed | |
| Virgin Islands | Mar 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Non-Binding Caucus | Closed | |
| Alabama | Mar 13 | 50 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 0 | Proportional Primary3 | Open | |
| Mississippi | Mar 13 | 40 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 0 | Proportional Primary1 | Open | |
| Hawaii | Mar 13 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | Proportional Caucus1 | Closed | |
| American Samoa | Mar 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Proportional Caucus | Open | |
| Puerto Rico | Mar 18 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Proportional Primary3 | Open | |
| Illinois | Mar 20 | 69 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Direct Election | Open | |
| Louisiana | Mar 24 | 46 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Proportional Primary1 | Closed | |
| Wisconsin | Apr 3 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Winner Take All Primary1 | Open | |
| Maryland | Apr 3 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Winner Take All Primary1 | Closed | |
| District of Columbia | Apr 3 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Winner Take All Primary | Closed | |
| Missouri | Apr 21 | 52 | - | - | - | - | Non-Binding Caucus | Open | |
| New York | Apr 24 | 95 | - | - | - | - | Proportional Primary3 | Closed | |
| Pennsylvania | Apr 24 | 72 | - | - | - | - | Direct Election | Closed | |
| Connecticut | Apr 24 | 28 | - | - | - | - | Hybrid Primary2,3 | Closed | |
| Rhode Island | Apr 24 | 19 | - | - | - | - | Proportional Primary | Open | |
| Delaware | Apr 24 | 17 | - | - | - | - | Winner Take All Primary | Closed | |
| North Carolina | May 8 | 55 | - | - | - | - | Proportional Primary | Open | |
| Indiana | May 8 | 46 | - | - | - | - | Hybrid Primary/Caucus1 | Open | |
| West Virginia | May 8 | 31 | - | - | - | - | Direct Election | Open | |
| Nebraska | May 15 | 35 | - | - | - | - | Non-Binding Primary | Open | |
| Oregon | May 15 | 28 | - | - | - | - | Proportional Primary1 | Closed | |
| Kentucky | May 22 | 45 | - | - | - | - | Proportional Primary1 | Closed | |
| Arkansas | May 22 | 36 | - | - | - | - | Proportional Primary | Open | |
| Texas | May 29 | 155 | - | - | - | - | Proportional Primary1 | Open | |
| California | Jun 5 | 172 | - | - | - | - | Winner Take All Primary1 | Closed | |
| New Jersey | Jun 5 | 50 | - | - | - | - | Winner Take All Primary1 | Open | |
| South Dakota | Jun 5 | 28 | - | - | - | - | Proportional Primary | Closed | |
| Montana | Jun 5 | 26 | - | - | - | - | Non-Binding Primary | Closed | |
| New Mexico | Jun 5 | 23 | - | - | - | - | Proportional Primary | Closed | |
| Utah | Jun 26 | 40 | - | - | - | - | Winner Take All Primary | Open | |
| Unpledged RNC | - | 0 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Open | ||
1 Delegates are awarded by district and statewide
2 Some delegates awarded by district and statewide, some proportionately, some winner-take-all
3 Election becomes winner-take-all if a candidate meets a certain threshold (usually 50%)
* States have been penalized half their delegates
http://www.gop.com/index.php/comms/comments/updated_rnc_delegate_count1/
DELEGATE COUNT AS REPORTED BY STATE PARTIES
|
State |
Delegates |
Gingrich |
Paul |
Romney |
Santorum |
Unbound |
|
New Hampshire |
12 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
|
South Carolina |
25 |
23 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Florida |
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nevada |
28 |
6 |
5 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
|
Arizona |
29 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
|
Michigan |
30 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
14 |
0 |
|
Alaska |
27 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
3 |
|
Georgia |
76 |
52 |
0 |
21 |
3 |
0 |
|
Idaho |
32 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
|
Massachusetts |
41 |
0 |
0 |
38 |
0 |
3 |
|
Ohio |
66 |
0 |
0 |
38 |
21 |
7 |
|
Oklahoma |
43 |
13 |
0 |
13 |
14 |
3 |
|
Tennessee |
58 |
10 |
0 |
16 |
29 |
3 |
|
Vermont |
17 |
0 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
0 |
|
Virginia |
49 |
0 |
3 |
43 |
0 |
3 |
|
Kansas |
40 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
33 |
0 |
|
Guam |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
|
No. Mariana Islands |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
|
U.S. Virgin Islands |
9 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
|
Wyoming |
29 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
18 |
|
Alabama |
50 |
14 |
0 |
11 |
22 |
3 |
|
American Samoa |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hawaii |
20 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
|
Mississippi |
40 |
12 |
0 |
12 |
13 |
3 |
|
Puerto Rico |
23 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
|
Illinois |
69 |
0 |
0 |
42 |
12 |
15 |
|
Louisiana |
46 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
10 |
31 |
|
District of Columbia |
19 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
3 |
|
Maryland |
37 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
0 |
0 |
|
Wisconsin |
42 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
9 |
0 |
|
Total |
1034 |
132 |
26 |
573 |
202 |
101 |
The delegates attribution in three states may be disputed at the Convention: Florida, Arizona and (I forgot the third) made by the local RNC “winner take all”, contrary to the Party rule that all primaries held prior April the delegates attribution 1st MUST be proportional.
Gingrich would have netted 16 (for winning 31.5% of votes) delegates in Florida, instead of Romney “taking it all” 50.
Santorum only “suspended” his campaign (to be still able receive donations). If he officially drops out before the convention, his 202 delegates become unbound. If not, the delegates have to vote for him in the first round and are freed after that. He cannot “give” the delegates to anyone.