The Rutherford County Democratic Party will hold a convention to select delegates in support of presidential candidates on March 5. Democrats expect caucuses to be held in hundreds of towns. While those states each have higher populations – IL has almost 3 million more people than North Carolina, for example – they were awarded fewer delegates by the national Republican Party.
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Washington Republicans will gather for precinct caucuses Saturday, but they won’t count in the GOP presidential race.
“The State Chairman and the National Committee members in Charleston and Rock Hill, who are Cindy Costa and Glenn McCall, are also automatic delegates, but we are bound to the winners of the primary, just like all of the other delegates in SC”, says Moore.
North Carolina awards delegates on a proportional basis judged by a candidate’s percentage of the vote.
Democrats will use only their precinct caucuses on March 26 to decide delegates will be allocated to their presidential candidates.
Some political analysts have said Sanders’ landslide victory in New Hampshire caused worry within the Clinton campaign – and that Nevada will be the first state to show which Democratic candidate has more broad appeal among the Democratic voter base.
To participate, someone must be a registered voter, must sign a party declaration that he or she will not participate in the nominating process of any other political party and that he or she understands that his or her caucus participation is a matter of public record.
Those who attend must look up the caucus location for their voting precinct by checking the Cowlitz County Republican web site: http://cowlitzcountyrepublicanparty.nationbuilder.com/.
This year’s primary won’t take place until after the state GOP convention in Pasco on May 19-21.
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And though this year’s primary date is late, Sotelo said the unpredictable nature of the GOP presidential contest could make Washington relevant.
