CA is entirely winner-take-all. It’s like SC was, WTA by district. So if the vote splits up like FL, where one set of districts went Newt and one went Mitt, the delegates could still be split up between the candidates. I think Mitt only got 2 districts out of SC.
No, CA is truly WTA for the entire bloc of delegates. Always has been, both parties.
And it's a closed primary. Only registered Republicans can vote in the GOP primary.
If Newt gets on the stick, he should be able to take those districts from Romney and then some. Newt is, after all, the condidate most intimately connected with the Reagan legacy.
As I understand it, CA will award pledged delegates by districts. They have 53 districts with 3 delegates for each district. (And 10 at-large for the state.) (Plus 3 unpledged delegates who are party leaders.)
So the delegates are only “winner-take-all” by district. Hypothetically, if Gingrich, Romney, Santorum, and Paul each won at least 10 districts, then they’d be awarded at least 30 delegates each.
CA does not award all 169 of its pledged delegates to one winner, unless that candidate won all 53 districts. At least that’s my understanding.
As I understand it, CA will award pledged delegates by districts. They have 53 districts with 3 delegates for each district. (And 10 at-large for the state.) (Plus 3 unpledged delegates who are party leaders.)
So the delegates are only “winner-take-all” by district. Hypothetically, if Gingrich, Romney, Santorum, and Paul each won at least 10 districts, then they’d be awarded at least 30 delegates each.
CA does not award all 169 of its pledged delegates to one winner, unless that candidate won all 53 districts. At least that’s my understanding.