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Democratic Primaries

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1. It's proportional.

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 12:39 AM

Mar 2020

If a state has 100 delegates and one candidate gets 67% of the vote and the other one gets 33%, they get 67 and 33 delegates respectively.

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

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why isn't he getting all the delegations for each state? [View all] demtenjeep Mar 2020 OP

It's proportional. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #1

This isn't true, either Aquaria Mar 2020 #6

No, its a proportional system. Firebrand Gary Mar 2020 #2

See "candidate threshold"... PoliticAverse Mar 2020 #3

The delegates aren't winner-take-all Aquaria Mar 2020 #5

Joe will likely pick up more delegates before the first ballot BidenBacker Mar 2020 #7

GOPers have a winner-take-all system. BlueMTexpat Mar 2020 #8

The Democratic Party awards delegated proportionally, Blue_true Mar 2020 #10