Delegates are representatives chosen by state political parties, who attend political conventions. A Democratic or Republican delegate is a representative of his or her state political party, who convenes with fellow delegates at the party's political convention to select a political candidate who will represent the party in upcoming elections.
2025 delegates are needed to win the democratic nomination. However, mre than 40% of the needed delegate are so-called "super delegates". This means they are free to pledge their votes to whomever they please, and don't have to vote for the winner of the given caucus or primary. This "safety valve" was implemented to prevent candidates from fundamentally changing the system.
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and its past voter support for party candidates (awarded bonus delegates)
The Democratic and Republican National convententions are where the delegates of each party meet to nominate their Presidential and Vice-Presidential nominees. The nominees get delegates by winning each state's primary or caucus.
1144 delegates are needed to win the 2012 Republican nomination.
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California does not allocate Republican delegates based on congressional districts. Instead, the state allocates its Republican delegates through a winner-takes-all system that is based on the outcome of the statewide vote in the Republican primary.
There are a total of 95 delegates for the state of New York.
74 delegates plus 18 super delegates democratic. 40 delegates republican
228 Delagates
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Texas has a total of 228 democratic delegates, 126 delegates will be chosen proportionately according to the primary vote, 67 delegates will be chosen by the caucus process, and 35 delegates will be "Super Delegates". The caucus process begins at the precinct conventions and is completed at the Texas Democratic State Convention. So if you live in Texas you must go to the primary and caucus.
Mitt Romney won 50 delegates in the 2012 Florida Republican presidential primary.
In normal circumstances, New Hampshire would have been represented by 24 delegates at the Republican National Convention. However, the date of the New Hampshire primary violated the guidelines of the Republican National Committee. Therefore, the New Hampshire delegation was reduced to 12 delegates.
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For the 2012 Presidential Contest, a Republican nominee for President must have 1144 delegates vote for them on the first Presidential ballot at the Republican National Convention, since that is a simple majority of 2286 delegates.