Binary Dean v Kerry Poll

[creativelcro]

Who gets more delegates ?

[girl gone mad]

1. who do we hope,

or who do we think?

[creativelcro]

2. Who do you predict ?

[KC21304]

4. There is a good chance that the one who wins the most primaries

and caucuses will get the most delegates. I know I am going out on a limb here, but I think Kerry is headed in the right direction.

[AndyP]

10. OK but,

I'm kinda new to paying attention to the primaries so this question may be a little dumb but: Lets say Kerry wins more primaries, but Dean has more delegates (kinda like it is now). Who would get the nomination??? Thanks this will clear up a lot

[creativelcro]

11. Whomever gets more delegates wins....

Winning primaries can get you more delegate if you have enough margin. But there can be a theoretical case in which one candidate never wins, the delegates are split among the other candidates in a way that they still have fewer delegates. The one with no wins would win... Interesting, uh ?

[AndyP]

14. interesting

So, why is it that when I look at the chart on cnn.com they have delegates already awarded to candidates in states that have yet to have a primary?

[arcos]

3. there's already a Binary Kerry v Dean...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=245745

I know the question is different "who gets more delegates"/"who do you prefer", but you may like to edit the title to clear it up. :hi:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. I'll Bet In Vegas

the odds are greater that Dean doesn't win one contested primary or caucus than that we wins the nomination...

[patricia92243]

6. what does "binary" mean?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. binary=either/or-no other choices...

the number system is binary...

[maddezmom]

8. here ya go

Main Entry: 1bi·na·ry
Pronunciation: 'bI-n&-rE, -"ner-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ries
: something made of or based on two things or parts: as a :

[creativelcro]

12. Binary is not only a noun. It is used here as adjective,

qualifying the missing, but implied, word "choice"... As in "binary choice"...

[Quixote1818]

9. Clark supporter who vited for Dean because Kerry sold out to Bush on

everything and Kerry acts like Walter Mitty http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=134

[murielm99]

13. I was really tired of the Dean bashing a few weeks ago.

I thought he did well with Russert this morning.

Now, I am equally tired of the Kerry bashing. I am concerned that we are doing the repukes work for them.

I remain uncommitted to either, and ABB.

[salin]

15. I hear ya

sadly it is a self-perpetuating cycle. Folks feel justified in their pokes because someone else poked earlier - I would bet that were a different candidate now in the front, they would now be receiving (and their candidates dishing out) the same thing. Sad. I think the dishing is more about high fiving and gotchas among candidate-partisan supporters than it is about any discussion at all. And the end result is further intra-party polarization - as folks feel completely righteous in their disrespect to candidates and to one another because someone else already said something they found to be disrespectful. I don't see it ending anytime soon.