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(81,872 posts)Considering the score.
William769
(55,148 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,014 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)livetohike
(22,163 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)At it...Tuesday will be more of the same....
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)especially to the voters in SC who made their votes count.
Now on to Super Tuesday and, ultimately, to the General Election.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)NC votes in two weeks.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)Or am I just getting Old.
Thanks.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)A LOT of people confuse the two, or assume they're the same state. All is calm.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)what chart are you using?
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)William769
(55,148 posts)tarheelsunc
(2,117 posts)The math is also reasonable enough that it can be calculated at home (unlike caucuses which are just )
- Add together the vote shares of any candidate with over 15% of the vote.
- Refactor so that their vote shares add up to 100.
- Assign delegates based on percentage of refactored vote.
Raw percentages
Clinton - 73.5%
Sanders - 26%
Denominator
73.5 + 26 = 99.5
Refactored vote shares
Clinton: 73.5/.995 = 73.87%
Sanders: 26/.995 = 26.13%
100 percent divided by 53 delegates equals one delegate per 1.8868% of the vote
Clinton: 73.87/1.8868 = 39 delegates with a remainder of .1509
Sanders: 26.13/1.8868 = 13 delegates with a remainder of .8488
Sanders gets the remaining delegate due to having a higher remainder.
EDIT: Never mind, I did some research and looks like delegates in SC are assigned largely based on congressional districts and not by the statewide vote, so this math is pretty much meaningless.
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)tarheelsunc
(2,117 posts)but I don't know how they're coming to those numbers based on the math. 41 to 12 is better than 39 to 14 so if that's the actual final count I definitely will not be complaining.
George II
(67,782 posts)...award delegates based on districts won - some are Congressional Districts, others are aggregated election districts. Each state is different. That's why sometimes the delegate counts change a day or two after a primary. 39-14 or 41-12, I'll take either one.
tarheelsunc
(2,117 posts)I saw that the delegates in SC are assigned based on congressional districts instead of statewide vote. That definitely makes the math more complicated. Either way, it's a BIG win!
George II
(67,782 posts)...Sanders won big in a few areas, but Clinton won small in many more areas. That's how to win delegates.