If We Had A Winner-Take-All System In Place, Clinton Would Have Won The Nomination Last Night

[THUNDER HANDS]

If you got all the delegates in the state, and you didn't need superdelegates to factor in, Clinton's win in California would have put her over the top.

OBAMA
Alabama = 52 delegates
Alaska = 13 delegates
Colorado = 55 delegates
Connectict = 48 delegates
Delaware = 15 delegates
Georgia = 87 delegates
Idaho = 18 delegates
Illinois = 153 delegates
Iowa = 45 delegates
Kansas = 32 delegates
Minnesoata = 72 delegates
Missouri = 72 delegates
New Mexico = 26 delegates
North Dakota = 13 delegates
South Carolina = 45 delegates
Utah = 23 delegates

TOTAL = 769 Delegates


CLINTON
Arizona = 56 delegates
Arkansas = 35 delegates
California = 370 delegates
Massachusettes = 93 delegates
Nevada = 25 delegates
New Hampshire = 22 delegates
New Jersey = 107 delegates
New York = 232 delegates
Oklahoma = 38 delegates
Tennessee = 68 delegates

TOTAL = 1046 Delegates.

That's a 277 delegate margin for Clinton. Take that state out of the equation and Obama would be ahead by 123 delegates.

[robbedvoter]

1. Dean changed the system - to get the nominee faster. Another good one!

[rox63]

2. You forgot Arkansas, which went to Clinton

I'm just as glad that we award delegates proportionally.

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. good catch....fixed.

[Capn Sunshine]

3. Dean didn't change anything- this was inherited from Mcauliffe

who works for Clinton btw.

And if we had a winner take all system, we would have run a different campaign
So many of you are just clueless about this process.

[Windy]

4. We have proportional delegates as the population of states differs

by precinct.

Proportional representation is the basis.

You can go with straight popular vote voting, but the issues in all states are different and they have different concerns.
If you went to a straight popular vote then Califonia and New York would control elections.

the interests of the manufacturing communities, farming communities, etc would not really have a say so in the direction of the country.

[harun]

6. We have that system because of Jesse Jackson and it helps

minorities have a voice. Which is why the winner take all system is used by the Repukes and in the GE, to drown out the minority voice.

[rateyes]

7. How does she get the nomination with 1046 delegates?

A candidate needs twice that amount to be nominated.

[THUNDER HANDS]

8. because she'd be so far ahead

that Obama couldn't catch her, unless he won every state from there on out.

[scheming daemons]

9. Um.... wouldnt the states to come ALSO be winner-take-all in your scenario?

Since Obama would be likely to win each of the next 7 states.... totalling over 300 delegates... then your premise breaks down.


Make *ALL* the states, both prior and to come, winner-take-all and re-do your math.

You have faulty assumptions, sir.

[TeamJordan23]

10. Tough argument you are making. Both campaigns would have had different strategies. nm