Sooo.. how does MN award it's delegates? Are they bound, awarded proportionally, etc?
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SovereignMN
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TOnight was the precinct caucuses. Each precinct was awarded 1 delegate for every 60 votes for the Republican candidate in the 2010 Governor's race.
Between now and end of march are the BPOU (Basic Political Operating Units) conventions. These are mostly state senate districts or counties. They will elect a certain amount of delegates to their CD (Congressional District) conventions in April. Delegates to the CD conventions are automatically delegates to the State convention (I believe it is in May)
At the 8 CD conventions in April, each CD will directly elect 3 delegates to the national convention.
At the State convention all the CD delegations will come together and directly elect 10 (?) delegates to the national convention.
3 additional delegates are awarded as "Super Delegates" (i.e party chairman, etc)
All delegates are unbounded.
Between now and end of march are the BPOU (Basic Political Operating Units) conventions. These are mostly state senate districts or counties. They will elect a certain amount of delegates to their CD (Congressional District) conventions in April. Delegates to the CD conventions are automatically delegates to the State convention (I believe it is in May)
At the 8 CD conventions in April, each CD will directly elect 3 delegates to the national convention.
At the State convention all the CD delegations will come together and directly elect 10 (?) delegates to the national convention.
3 additional delegates are awarded as "Super Delegates" (i.e party chairman, etc)
All delegates are unbounded.
joshnorris14
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County delegates elected at caucus. State convention in April elects National delegates.
Analysis by a political expert in campaign and election laws:
http://frontloading.blogspot.com/2012/02/2012-republican-delegate-allocation_2996.html
http://frontloading.blogspot.com/2012/02/2012-republican-delegate-allocation_2996.html
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FYI - In 2008 Minnesota elected 6 national delegates for Ron Paul.
3 came from CD4 convention
2 came from the CD5 convention
1 came from the CD6 convention (Bachmann ran as a delegate and lost to a Ron Paul supporter)
If we can hold CD4/CD5 and strengthen our support in the rural areas (CD1 is south, CD2 is south metro, CD3 is east metro, CD7 is northwest, CD8 is northeast) then we can dominate. WOn't be easy but it's doable.
3 came from CD4 convention
2 came from the CD5 convention
1 came from the CD6 convention (Bachmann ran as a delegate and lost to a Ron Paul supporter)
If we can hold CD4/CD5 and strengthen our support in the rural areas (CD1 is south, CD2 is south metro, CD3 is east metro, CD7 is northwest, CD8 is northeast) then we can dominate. WOn't be easy but it's doable.
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"(Bachmann ran as a delegate and lost to a Ron Paul supporter)"
Did not know that. No wonder she was kissing our arse back in 2009-10.
Be she better wake up this time. You don't call our man a crook and get away with it.
Did not know that. No wonder she was kissing our arse back in 2009-10.
Be she better wake up this time. You don't call our man a crook and get away with it.
thesnake742
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4/4 delegates for Ron Paul in my precinct tonight! One of them being me 
simplyjacy
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just got back from the After-Caucus party and the worse delegate performance on each precinct that i can hear is 50%. so that says a lot of things.
Ron won the straw poll in my area. We got 5/5 delegates (1 being me) and 4/5 alternates (1st Alt is a Ron Paul Supporter).
We are at the advantage... we have just begun and it's just gonna get ugly in the higher conventions but we are ready and organized.
Ron won the straw poll in my area. We got 5/5 delegates (1 being me) and 4/5 alternates (1st Alt is a Ron Paul Supporter).
We are at the advantage... we have just begun and it's just gonna get ugly in the higher conventions but we are ready and organized.
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4/4 delegates for Ron Paul in my precinct tonight! One of them being me
+REP! Great job!!!
KenInMontiMN
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Sovereign has the MN CD6 story garbled a bit, in '08 CD6 elected two Paul delegates and Bachmann, who snuck in by just 2 votes. For comparison purposes: 15.6% in the 08 straw poll got us ~40% at the state convention; 27% today = ??% at state. I'd be disappointed if we don't command ~60% of that state delegation. We should have the majority there. CD delegates are not automatically state delegates in MN, most BPOU conventions conduct separate elections for those two delegations as some can attend one but not the other and only want to run for one or the other.
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I haven't the slightest clue. But if my fuzzy, unenlightened brain is comprehending this half way correctly, I think it means that the people elected as delegates are the only delegates, but they are free to change their mind? If that is the case, that is even better for us than if they were bound (right?) because there's virtually no way Ron Paul's delegates will change their mind, while others might.
Or am I getting this all wrong?
Read the link in post #5. I think it explains it pretty well.
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Nicely done, I'm tempted to ask which area you're from but I don't want too much free floating info that could be used to block delegates as happened in 20084/4 delegates for Ron Paul in my precinct tonight! One of them being me
(tho I wouldn't mind a PM of the district you're in
don't think that could hurt)EDIT:
Having read the whole thread now I wish more folks who spend time on the forums etc would read this before they post how the sky is falling regarding the popular vote. There seems to be a grave misunderstanding regarding how delegates are actually awarded.
(Granted pop vote matters for perception, and perception can lead to more votes which can lead to more delegates, but if Paul takes 3rd in the pop vote with the highest gained delegate count that is a win in the most important way)
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