There is votes to determine candicacy by delegates, and somehow the votes in the various states determines this.
K, now what am I missing? What does Obama need to win to win the primary?
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Usually if there is a candidate consistently winning the others drop out.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
The Democratic side is less straightforward than the Republican side. There are about four thousand delegates, of which half plus one are needed to secure the nomination. Around 800 of those delgates are called Superdelegates. They are all Democratic governors, members of Congress, various elected officials, and members of the DNC. They can vote for whoever they personally wish to. Since you need just over 2,000 delegates, Superdelegates can be a pretty powerful swing vote, but the other 3,200 votes are from the states, so winning primaries and caucuses is still key.
Obama needs about 2,000 delegates. Chances are we'll know by February 6th who the candidate will be, but if the results are mixed, it could go into March or April. Hillary has locked up over a 100 SuperD's, but Dean did the same thing in 04 before losing.