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Blue_true

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10. The Democratic Party awards delegated proportionally,

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 01:13 PM

Mar 2020

if a candidate gets 15% or more of the vote, that person gets some delegates. If Biden beat Sanders 67% to 20% in Florida, Sanders gets delegates in proportion to his popular vote in the state. The DNC also awards delegates by who wins congressional districts, since Biden won every Florida county and all except one in Illinois, Sanders won't get many congressional district delegates.

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

Nevertheless, most delegates are allocated proportionally in all 50 states. MineralMan Mar 2020 #9

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

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

In my state (CA) a portion of the delegates are divided proportionally based on total state vote, RockRaven Mar 2020 #4

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