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RockRaven

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4. In my state (CA) a portion of the delegates are divided proportionally based on total state vote,
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 12:51 AM
Mar 2020

and the same is done based on the vote outcome in each congressional district (only a handful of delegates up for grabs for each of the 50-some congressional districts, compared to 100-something for the state total). In the case of the state pool and each district pool separately, a candidate must have at least 15% of the vote in that pool to be included in the dividing-up process for that pool.

At least, that's how I understand it.

But the rules are decided state-by-state. A state could be winner-take-all. A state could be proportional by total state vote only. Etc.

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

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