“winner take all”
Federal Court Orders April 3rd, 2012 Texas Primary Election – RPT Must Stand …
(note- I do not know this source)
I read your link but it didn’t answer my question. Instead, I read something from Talking Points Memo which says that originally the RNC declared that states holding primaries earlier than April 1 would have to divvy up their delegates proportionally to their vote totals but several states passed a loophole in which any candidates that wins by 50% or more would take the whole delegation.
The RNC hasn’t definitively said what states can do after April 1 but there may be more meddling before it is settled.
The rule is probably going to hurt Mitt Romney who only seems to get anywhere near 50% in New Hampshire, among early states (12 delegates) whereas Perry could take Texas and, in theory, add over 150 delegates.
Florida, by the way, was penalized half their delegate seats (from 99 to 50) by defying the RNC and doing their primary in late January.
In the big picture, if there are still three-way and four-way dogfights in March, you could see most states divvy up their delegates, leaving big states like Texas, New York and California with something to say about who wins the nomination.