2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI am very confused by the 51% to 38%..
Bernie currently has 112,000, Hillary has 79,000 (I'm rounding the numbers) which makes a total of 191,000. But according to The Guardian, 219,000 votes have been counted. Who got the other 28,000 votes?
Any ideas?
Renew Deal
(81,889 posts)AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)The remaining 8 National Convention delegates consist of
8 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
6 Democratic National Committee members.
1 Member of Congress (1 Senator and 0 Representatives).
1 Governor.
0 Distinguished Party Leaders.
These 8 delegates will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".
If the so-called super delegates go to the Nat'l Convention officially "unpledged," why are the being counted into the tally now? It is unprecedented and, frankly, dishonest.
Renew Deal
(81,889 posts)They are discussed every cycle. Most of the honest news outlets will mention the details. But we take the delegates at their word and the process is rarely close overall. It was close in 2008 and Hillary still dropped out after the last primary.
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)They were kept separate in 2008 and 2012. The implication of adding them into the tally now is that they were earned when, in fact, they are not officially cast until the convention. Bottom line is until a candidate reaches the magic number of earned/pledged delegates, there is no nominee in which case a nominee will be decided at the convention.
onenote
(42,799 posts)CentralCoaster
(1,163 posts)also running
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)CentralCoaster
(1,163 posts)Vote2016
(1,198 posts)Hiraeth
(4,805 posts)lol
frylock
(34,825 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)lmbradford
(517 posts)The others are non-viable so those votes will be divided proportionally between Clinton and Sanders. That is my understanding.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)The 15 percent rule applies separately across the 3 congressional districts for the 20 district level delegates (districts 1 and 2 have 7 delegates each, district 3 has 6 delegates) and across the state as a whole for the 3 PLEO and 6 At-Large delegates. So if any candidate crosses the 15% threshold in any congressional district then they would be in the running for a district level delegate. At one point earlier tonight "Other" was at 19% in district 3. I don't know how the breakdown between other candidates were though. I'm still waiting on the remaining counties to tally up the district level results.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)Was it next to Clinton or next to Sanders or not next to either of their names?
RichVRichV
(885 posts)I'm just going off the posted results and the rules in the delegate selection plan.