What if Trump gets over 70% of the votes, he will still net one delegate, and Lyin’ Ted get 40?
Go Bernie!
“What if Trump gets over 70% of the votes, he will still net one delegate, and Lyin’ Ted get 40?”
No. The personal preferences of the “delegates” don’t count. The national convention chair counts the first ballot bound delegate votes of a state based on the primary election allocation, not by the delegate’s personal preference. Bound delegates don’t even need to attend to have their votes counted on the first ballot.
All the delegates have to support Trump on the first ballot if he wins today’s primary and goes into the convention either with 1,237 or very close. It’s all moot because he’ll already have 1,237 before the convention.
There’s a 20% floor in Washington to share in the 14 proportional delegates.
50% gets all 3 delegates of the 10 CDs. You have to hit 20% to get a delegate if a candidate falls below 50% in a CD.
Realistically, Trumps should sweep all 44 delegates under these rules.
Tuesday, May 24th is the date of the Washington State Presidential Primary!
If you have not turned in your ballot, be sure to do so by 8:00 pm tomorrow night. Your vote counts!
The state-wide Republican results will determine allocation of 100% of the delegates to
the Cleveland Convention. While delegates were elected this weekend at the state convention, their
personal preferences will not be considered. Instead, YOU the Primary voters will decide
the allocation of the 44 votes from Washington State.
So make your voice heard. Turn in your ballot on time and make it count!