538’s Super Guide to Super Tuesday

 

The editors remember that we promised Ricochet member Ryan M. a simple guide to the mechanics of our primary voting process, just as soon as we figure it out ourselves. Sadly, here we are on Super Tuesday, and we still haven’t managed to produce a better guide than 538’s Super Guide to Super Tuesday. It’s an excellent, 10-minute read.

Puzzled by the GOP’s byzantine delegate allocation rules? Nate and his crew can help you out.

 

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  1. OkieSailor Member
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    I noticed that Carson has raised the most money in all but 2 or 3 of these states but is projected to get 0 delegates, interestingly, money doesn’t necessarily buy elections. I do think he is a good, even great man, but just not a very good campaigner.  That says more about the voters than about Dr. Carson, I think.

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  2. Chirp Inactive
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    Speaking of Super Tuesday!

    What website are fellow Ricochetti using to keep track of Super Tuesday results?  I can’t for the life of me seem to find a decent one.

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  3. genferei Member
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    The rules are not even a bit complicated. There is detail, yes, but let’s not make them out to be harder to understand than they are. Anyone who can follow the instructions to make instant pancakes can easily master these. Too hard for today’s journalists, obviously, but real human beings of good will should have no trouble.

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  4. OkieSailor Member
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    genferei:The rules are not even a bit complicated. There is detail, yes, but let’s not make them out to be harder to understand than they are. Anyone who can follow the instructions to make instant pancakes can easily master these. Too hard for today’s journalists, obviously, but real human beings of good will should have no trouble.

    Yes, it’s just that they vary by state, you know like in a Federalist system. Most folks don’t even much need to know how it works in any state other than their own, but I did find it interesting to get some detail.

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  5. FreeWifiDuringSermon Inactive
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    I read FiveThirtyEight’s guide before it was cool. Just ask the NSA. Surely they’ve recorded my browser history in their mega data somewhere.

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  6. Lazy_Millennial Inactive
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    OkieSailor:I noticed that Carson has raised the most money in all but 2 or 3 of these states but is projected to get 0 delegates, interestingly, money doesn’t necessarily buy elections. I do think he is a good, even great man, but just not a very good campaigner. That says more about the voters than about Dr. Carson, I think.

    I’ve heard Carson spends the most money to raise the money he does. There’s a chance the man’s being manipulated by those encouraging him to keep running so they keep getting checks.

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