At Maine convention, Democrats to vote on eliminating superdelegates

[LiberalFighter]

82. Read my post a couple of posts down.

The math used to determine delegates and the method of allocating delegates based on election results does allocate delegates proportionally both when determining how many each state receives and allocated. The same for the automatic delegates.

The Green Papers has the math to determine how many delegates each state receives.

Check out states that have already completed their primaries. TGP shows the percent for each congressional district and the delegate split. One of the quirks is that districts with even number delegates of 8 or less can usually result in an even split. Most districts have 8 or less delegates. If a candidate has the most votes doesn't have more than 50.5% each candidate receives the same number of delegates. The winning candidate ends up losing a possible delegate while the other candidate stays even. They could all add up if the winner got it based on votes.

Unless a candidate is a John Edwards, Donald Trump, or other similar type candidate automatic delegates will not be a factor. They are going to do what is best for the party by weighing the factors. They did with Obama in 2008.

So what that really means is that how the pledged delegates play out will be the outcome of the nomination without the automatic delegates. It would have to be something drastic for Clinton's lead of nearly 290 delegates would disappear.