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Question: Are delegates earned at Iowa "proportional" or "winner take all"?
1/30/16 | sff

Posted on 01/30/2016 1:36:44 PM PST by SoFloFreeper

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1 posted on 01/30/2016 1:36:44 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

proportional.


2 posted on 01/30/2016 1:38:36 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: SoFloFreeper

Neither.


3 posted on 01/30/2016 1:38:37 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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Neither????????


4 posted on 01/30/2016 1:38:53 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: SoFloFreeper

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.


5 posted on 01/30/2016 1:39:57 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: SoFloFreeper

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.


6 posted on 01/30/2016 1:40:17 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (Social and constitutional conservative)
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To: SoFloFreeper

They are now proportional tied the vote count.


7 posted on 01/30/2016 1:40:44 PM PST by Red Steel (Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
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To: SoFloFreeper

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.


8 posted on 01/30/2016 1:43:14 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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why are they all staggered?

why not all on the same day?

who invented all these rules?


9 posted on 01/30/2016 1:49:21 PM PST by dp0622
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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


10 posted on 01/30/2016 1:50:08 PM PST by smoothsailing
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All this weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth for a handful of delegates? Sheesh.


11 posted on 01/30/2016 1:53:18 PM PST by Nachoman (My guns and my ammo, they comfort me.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

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.


12 posted on 01/30/2016 1:54:09 PM PST by jwalsh07
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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.


13 posted on 01/30/2016 1:58:48 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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Ridiculous isn’t it?

But you gotta hand to Iowa, this is a goldmine for them.


14 posted on 01/30/2016 1:59:36 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: jonrick46

should have known it would go back to money.


15 posted on 01/30/2016 2:00:52 PM PST by dp0622
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To: dp0622

There has to be a simpler way.


16 posted on 01/30/2016 2:04:06 PM PST by DaveA37
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To: SoFloFreeper

Correction: Iowa has 30 Republican delegates, not 27.


17 posted on 01/30/2016 2:04:55 PM PST by smoothsailing
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thanks!


18 posted on 01/30/2016 2:05:37 PM PST by SoFloFreeper (Obama hates the three Cs: Christianity, Constitution, and capitalism.)
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To: Nachoman
All this weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth for a handful of delegates? Sheesh.

It's all about MOMENTUM ya know! LOL! I think New Hampshire has even fewer delegates. Not 100% sure....

19 posted on 01/30/2016 2:05:44 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: jonrick46

Only 13 states hold caucuses, 37 hold primaries.


20 posted on 01/30/2016 2:06:14 PM PST by smoothsailing
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