I have heard that you attend and then the votes are tallied, and that then the small candidates are eliminated and the people who voted for an eliminated candidate can vote again for one of the politicians who scored higher. Is that accurate?
2007-12-07 12:09:11 · 2 answers · asked by beardo73 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
You have not heard correctly.
The Republican Caucus takes one straw poll at the start of the evening. You will then vote on delegates to the County Convention. These delegates are not necessarily pledged to whomever finishes first in the straw poll at your precinct. Instead, the delegates are elected by all of the attendees rather than by the supporters of the candidate who finishes first.
The description that you gave partially resembles the Democratic Caucus. In the Democratic Caucus, there is a requirement of 15% of the vote for a candidate (or uncommitted) to be "viable." If, after the first vote, a candidate is not viable in the precinct, there is a second chance to recruit people from the supporters of other candidates (or for the supporters of two candidates to "merge" to create one viable grouping). After this second chance, only those candidates with support from over 15% of the attendees get delegates to the County Convention. The precinct delegates are split among the "viable" candidates in proportion to their support. For example, if the precinct elects 10 delegates to the County Convention and Senator Obama has 37% of the attendees, Senator Clinton 34% of the attendees, and Senator Edwards 29% of the attendees, Senator Obama would get 4 delegates, and Senators Clinton and Edwards woudl get 3 delegates each. The delegates are elected by the supporters of each candidate rather than by all of the attendees.
2007-12-07 12:25:49 · answer #1 · answered by Tmess2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is how the Republicans do it. Everything is downhill from there for the others who don't prevail as part of the top three.
2007-12-07 20:12:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋