What do you mean? While CNN and some others are calling the raw votes state delegates, this actually isnt the case. The way the caucuses worked is essentially a two part process. First, they hold the presidential preference straw poll, which is what is being reported to the media. Then, they hold an election for delegates who will represent the town in the state convention in May. These delegates are not being reported to the press, because they are all officially "unpledged" to any candidate per Maine caucus rules. We wont officially know who these delegates will pledge to, until the May convention.
However, we can "unofficially" know who they intend to support through people who attended the caucuses, and from this information it appears that we are leading in state delegates who will vote in the convention.
The reason we are doing so well in delegates, yet not winning the straw poll, is essentially because its relatively easy to show up and vote, but it takes a bigger level of commitment to volunteer as a delegate as well. You not only have to pay a fee, but also have to find time in your schedule to show up for the convention, make arrangements to get there, etc. We have a much higher voter to delegate turnover rate than others, which is why we can be leading one while trailing the other.
