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[roseandsigil]

Let me tell you a story about voting. To pick delegates for the various national conventions, the state of Washington helpfully runs a primary on February 19th. However, the Democratic party in Washington does not actually listen to the results of this primary. Instead it holds caucuses independent of the nine-million-dollar-to-run primary

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[calledtovienna]

Yay, voting! *supports civic participation*

[betaphen]

sangria gives you scurvy.

or maybe fire does. i'm not a doctor.

[scintilla72]

If the Republican Party in some states treats their primaries/caucuses the same way, then that would explain why Ron Paul's campaign's website is claiming 42 delegates so far while the press puts him at only 16; they said specifically in the press releases that the presidential preference polls aren't what's really important.

[jibb]

In Washington at least, the Republican party allocates half their delegates based on the caucuses and half based on the primaries.