It’s all about the delegates, so the Democratic candidate for president is still very much in play. The magic number to get the nomination is 2025, and because of the proportional representation rule in the Democratic party, the number of delegates going to national convention is divided up by percentage of the win. But even the losers win. That means that Obama will have delegates at the convention, Hillary will have delegates at the convention, and if I’m not mistaken, even Edwards will have delegates at the convention. If Hillary or Barack fails to reach the magic number of 2025 before the convention, you’re going to see a lot of deals being made at the convention between the camps so the Dems can nominate a presidential candidate. Republicans don’t bother too much with all that messy politics of inclusion. They have a winner-takes-all system in 10 states. Republican candidates still need to reach a magic number, but that number is 1191 and not 2025.
For political junkies, this is pretty exciting stuff!
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J
February 6, 2008 at 8:47 amPretty exciting stuff, and I was impressed that Edwards and Kucinich got as many votes as they did, seeing as how they bowed out already…
Py Korry
February 6, 2008 at 9:13 amEdwards really didn’t have a chance, but support for him WAS surprisingly high.
Lalunas
February 6, 2008 at 5:09 pmYeap, Yeap enough to make you peepee yourself. This is a very exciting race for the Demos.