we are nearing interesting times
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Quote:Where exactly is this magical "5 times" Bill Clinton is spouting coming from?
It might be that each caucus gets to send delegates to the State convention, and if that caucus is not a representative portion of the population their nominating votes are unfairly allocated. Voting precincts are usually arranged with boundaries which are allocated into equal population zones. Imagine if, in addition to the normal population based caucuses in Michigan, that every auto plant was able to have its own delegates.

p.s. I found an article discussing the issue and the formula... link. The issue appears to be that beyond the population caucuses, States sometimes have "at-large" delegates. But it seems the issue is in designating their location which might favor a certain group of voters over others and inflate the number of at large delegates. When the race is so close, a 6% shift one way or the other will have a big impact.
”There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.

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we are nearing interesting times - by eppie - 01-03-2008, 12:43 PM
we are nearing interesting times - by Lissa - 01-03-2008, 04:07 PM
we are nearing interesting times - by eppie - 01-04-2008, 09:56 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by eppie - 01-04-2008, 10:38 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by eppie - 01-05-2008, 09:39 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by kandrathe - 01-05-2008, 08:47 PM
we are nearing interesting times - by Baylan - 01-06-2008, 01:31 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by DeeBye - 01-07-2008, 04:51 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by eppie - 01-07-2008, 08:06 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by kandrathe - 01-09-2008, 03:44 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by Munkay - 01-09-2008, 05:18 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by kandrathe - 01-09-2008, 06:52 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by DeeBye - 01-09-2008, 07:14 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by Jester - 01-11-2008, 04:47 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by kandrathe - 01-15-2008, 07:54 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by eppie - 01-15-2008, 11:11 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by kandrathe - 01-16-2008, 03:17 PM
we are nearing interesting times - by Jester - 01-16-2008, 07:21 PM
we are nearing interesting times - by Quark - 01-16-2008, 09:50 PM
we are nearing interesting times - by kandrathe - 01-17-2008, 12:51 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by kandrathe - 01-17-2008, 01:12 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by Munkay - 01-17-2008, 03:51 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by eppie - 02-01-2008, 08:53 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by Lissa - 02-01-2008, 01:23 PM
we are nearing interesting times - by Munkay - 02-01-2008, 02:53 PM
we are nearing interesting times - by eppie - 02-01-2008, 09:41 PM
we are nearing interesting times - by kandrathe - 02-02-2008, 02:29 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by Nystul - 02-02-2008, 03:00 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by kandrathe - 02-02-2008, 02:52 PM
we are nearing interesting times - by Jester - 02-02-2008, 06:35 PM
we are nearing interesting times - by Nystul - 02-03-2008, 04:02 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by kandrathe - 02-03-2008, 07:44 AM
we are nearing interesting times - by Quark - 02-08-2008, 01:13 AM
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we are nearing interesting times - by kandrathe - 02-26-2008, 04:41 AM
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