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To: Repeal The 17th; Jeff Head
Repeal & Jeff:

Here is the GOP web link for 2016 Nomination Process

Repeal: your list shows Wyoming next Tuesday, the GOP list does not. I think Jeff seems to match what is on their web site. (Web sites are not always right, though, even official ones).

Jeff: Here are the two crucial numbers you might want to put at the bottom of the "delegates" charts

Delegates to the Convention: 2,472
Delegates Needed to Win the Nomination (50%+1): 1,237

Also, note that like the Democrats, Team Elephant does have Superdelegates, though there are far fewer of them. In other words the GOP process is more determined by the voters and caucus goers, the Dem process is more weighted to the insiders. (A fun point to continue reminding Bernie Sanders supporters of)

Again, here are the details from the GOP web site on how the number of delegates is arrived at for the GOP:

At-Large Delegates (AL) are statewide delegates who are residents of that state and are selected at large. Each state receives 10 AL delegates plus additional AL delegates based on the state’s past Republican electoral successes. (10 delegates + bonus)

Congressional District (CD) Delegates must be residents of and selected by the congressional district they represent. Each state gets three CD delegates per district. (3 delegates per district)

RNC Members are automatically national convention delegates and include the state’s national committeeman, national committeewoman, and state chair. (3 delegates)


14 posted on 02/28/2016 10:17:51 AM PST by Jack Black ( "Disarmament of a targeted group is one of the surest early warning signs of future genocide")
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To: Jeff Head
Fantastic work. With all the professional news organizations and highly funded election organizations out there you would think this would not be needed. However it is, and your charts are the simplest and clearest I've seen. Well done.

Any chance of putting them somewhere easier to find than in a FR thread, like a web site?

15 posted on 02/28/2016 10:19:42 AM PST by Jack Black ( "Disarmament of a targeted group is one of the surest early warning signs of future genocide")
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To: Jack Black; Jeff Head

Thanks!
I will go back and review mine again.
You are right that not all of the websites agree.
It is especially difficult to find what happens to the
onesies and twosies in the delegate count for those candidates
who drop out (Bush, Fiorina, Huckabee, Paul), apparently
that is decided by the individual state party rules and
they can either be re-allocated or go to the convention “unbound”.


17 posted on 02/28/2016 10:23:51 AM PST by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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To: Jack Black; Jeff Head

OK, here is the asterisk at the very bottom of the page you inked to:
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* American Samoa (9 delegates), Colorado (37 delegates),
Guam (9 delegates), North Dakota (28 delegates),
Wyoming (29 delegates), and the U.S. Virgin Islands (9 delegates)
will not hold presidential preference votes in 2016.
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Thanks, again.


18 posted on 02/28/2016 10:28:44 AM PST by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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