I ripped off the following directly from the J-Walk blog because I found it so interesting. Apologies to John Walkenbach - but he's got a whole lot more readers than I do, so I'm sure this won't hurt his numbers.
In the presidential [primary] race[s], people elect delegates. The Democratic nominee is the candidate who gets the majority of the 4,040 delegates. The Republican nominee is the candidate who gets the majority of the 2,345 delegates.
Here's the current Democrat party results, according to CNN. Note that this site claims that there are 4,049 Democratic delegates.
After two primaries, how did Clinton get so many? She has 24 delegates from the primaries, and Obama has 25. The answer is Superdelegates.
Superdelegates are delegates to a presidential nominating convention in the United States who are not bound by the decisions of party primaries or caucuses. Superdelegates are elected officeholders and party officials.
The Democratic National Convention, where the Democratic presidential ticket is formally agreed upon, has 792 superdelegates. Superdelegates to the Democratic Convention include all Democratic members of the United States Congress, various additional elected officials, as well as members of the Democratic National Committee.
So, in theory, a candidate such as Obama could win the "popular vote" in the primaries, yet a different candidate (such as Clinton) could be the party's presidential nominee.
At least that's how I think it works. It's really complicated.
Here's the current Democrat party results, according to CNN. Note that this site claims that there are 4,049 Democratic delegates.
After two primaries, how did Clinton get so many? She has 24 delegates from the primaries, and Obama has 25. The answer is Superdelegates.
Superdelegates are delegates to a presidential nominating convention in the United States who are not bound by the decisions of party primaries or caucuses. Superdelegates are elected officeholders and party officials.
The Democratic National Convention, where the Democratic presidential ticket is formally agreed upon, has 792 superdelegates. Superdelegates to the Democratic Convention include all Democratic members of the United States Congress, various additional elected officials, as well as members of the Democratic National Committee.
So, in theory, a candidate such as Obama could win the "popular vote" in the primaries, yet a different candidate (such as Clinton) could be the party's presidential nominee.
At least that's how I think it works. It's really complicated.
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