Republicans need 1,237 delegates to win the nomination. The idea was that after the party favorite gained a footing in SC, only a candidate with huge financial resources, major party endorsements, and access to the substantial media coverage would be able to pull off victories. Delegate support for the candidates will be determined at the Democrat State Convention in Loveland on April 16. Most of the races allot their delegates proportionally, meaning strong second and third place finishers can take home at least some delegates.
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While essentially forfeiting their role in the early stages, the move would give Colorado Republican delegates freedom to support any candidate at the national convention next July in Cleveland.
What to watch for the Democrats: Gov. Terry McAuliffe is a long-time ally of the Clintons, and Robby Mook, her campaign manager, also ran his successful campaign here. They are free to vote however they want at the national convention this summer.
Other Democratic delegates will include 20 at-large and a dozen party leaders and elected officials. Many of these “super delegates” are pledged to Mrs Clinton, but they can switch their allegiance if they see voters embracing another candidate. There is no fixed number of superdelegates because the group is defined by various categories whose members change from one election cycle to another.
All Democratic members of Congress; Democratic Governors; the Democratic President and Vice President of the USA; former Democratic Presidents and Vice Presidents; former Democratic leaders of the Senate, Speakers of the House and minority leaders; members of the Democratic National Committee and its former chairs, are all superdelegates. Who’s got, you know, momentum? Q: What about the other delegates?
Who are the state’s Democratic delegates and how are they selected?
Still, the large delegate bounty of Super Tuesday and the narratives surrounding the front-runners in each party will likely make March 1 a particularly important milestone.
Colorado is about to get its say in the presidential election-but with very different ramifications for Democrats and Republicans. The Republican party made a requirement that if you had a preference poll, that would be binding, and that meant that any delegates coming out of the state would have to be allocated based on that preference poll. Several candidates – both Republican and Democrat – have visited or are planning to visit Virginia, and political advertising is ramping up ahead of Tuesday’s primary election.
DELEGATES AT STAKE: There are 155 delegates at stake for the GOP candidates.
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Wyoming are the states participating in Super Tuesday.
Before March 1, just one state at a time voted on a nominee (Note: the South Carolina GOP primary and the Nevada Democratic caucus were held on the same night, but each state only focused on one party.). This allows registered voters to vote in either the Republican or Democratic primary. Mr. Sherwood is one of 15 Republicans running for three delegate seats from the state’s 11th Congressional District. Many Clinton supporters with whom I’ve spoken are literally afraid to caucus due to vehement and uncivil language that has been projected toward our candidate and ourselves.
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Whereas candidates that have terminated their campaigns can not hold on to their delegates, suspended candidates retain control.
