BernieHund: The Political Watchdog

Lest we forget how the system works… when it works… the candidates aren’t winning STATES (in most cases) in these caucuses (or should that be cauci?) and primaries.  They are winning DELEGATES!  The man or woman, Republican or Democrat, will win their party’s nomination based on the total number of delegates.  Of course, I’m not sure anyone who didn’t win a single primary or caucus was ever nominated. 

I bring this up only because the national election is a winner take all when it comes to electoral votes… except in Maine and Nebraska. 

The point is that a candidate doesn’t have to win a state’s primary to gain delegate votes towards a party’s nomination to run in the national election.  A few states have opted for the winner-take-all method, but for the most part, candidates are gaining delegate support.  We could do into the unpledged delegates, the pledged delegates and the super delegates, but could become tedious and tiresome in this context.  That said, as we approach Super Tuesday, it is more and more important that voters continue to support their candidates and get out and vote in the primaries. 

One state caucus and one state primary can’t sew up the nomination unless the rest of the country falls asleep.  We each have a right to vote and this year, the primaries and caucuses will be almost as important as the national vote.