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Democratic Primaries

angrychair

(8,698 posts) Mon Mar 16, 2020, 11:34 PM Mar 2020

Biden Wins Washington state

Biden wins Washington!!!

Biden: 37.9% (43)

Sanders: 36.4% (41)

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Biden Wins Washington state (Original Post) angrychair Mar 2020 OP

K&R stonecutter357 Mar 2020 #1

Who woulda thunk it? WA was supposed to be out of Biden's grasp. What a difference a few days.... Tarheel_Dem Mar 2020 #2

Well, I don't really know what that means. Does he get all the delegates or just a portion? captain queeg Mar 2020 #3

Delegates are always proportional angrychair Mar 2020 #4

stonecutter357

(12,697 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 11:35 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Tarheel_Dem

(31,233 posts)

2. Who woulda thunk it? WA was supposed to be out of Biden's grasp. What a difference a few days....

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:01 AM

Mar 2020

can make.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

captain queeg

(10,185 posts)

3. Well, I don't really know what that means. Does he get all the delegates or just a portion?

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 02:01 AM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

angrychair

(8,698 posts)

4. Delegates are always proportional

Reply to captain queeg (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 11:59 AM

Mar 2020

A candidate has to get 15% of vote to get any delegates.

After that it's a math formula to determine what the proportionality of delegates end up being.

In this case, Biden got 43 and Sanders got 41

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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