How it works is the states doll out partisan delegates based on primary election outcomes and the person with the most at the end wins assuming it breaches a certain minimum threshold. Unfortunately SC appears to have an uncommon winner takes all approach so even though one of them earned enough to get one of the 55 delegates they were instead awarded to Biden.
Losing a single state isn’t a nail in anybody’s coffin, so they’re no worse off now than before the DNC primary began, which is to say they’ve never really had much of a chance against the incumbent.
Unfortunately SC appears to have an uncommon winner takes all approach so even though one of them earned enough to get one of the 55 delegates they were instead awarded to Biden.
Are you sure about that? I don’t remember any Democratic primary states doing winner take all. The allocation is different depending on the party. Republicans have a lot of states that work that way.
I’m just going by what I saw. 100% / 55 = 1.8% so by that logic one of the runner ups would have a delegate but for some reason it showed Biden had 55.
Well, yes, but actually no.
How it works is the states doll out partisan delegates based on primary election outcomes and the person with the most at the end wins assuming it breaches a certain minimum threshold. Unfortunately SC appears to have an uncommon winner takes all approach so even though one of them earned enough to get one of the 55 delegates they were instead awarded to Biden.
Losing a single state isn’t a nail in anybody’s coffin, so they’re no worse off now than before the DNC primary began, which is to say they’ve never really had much of a chance against the incumbent.
Are you sure about that? I don’t remember any Democratic primary states doing winner take all. The allocation is different depending on the party. Republicans have a lot of states that work that way.
I’m just going by what I saw. 100% / 55 = 1.8% so by that logic one of the runner ups would have a delegate but for some reason it showed Biden had 55.
Delegates aren’t awarded by simple percentage of vote. There are minimum amounts before you receive delegates.