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Explain (none / 0) (#5)
by Big Tent Democrat on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 01:01:45 PM EST
Nevada OVERweighted Republican rural districts, as Texas OVERweighs urban African American districts.

Niether candidate did anything different as a result, Obama just had advantages in the relevant favored groups.

The system was not designed to favor Obama, but it did. And nothing Clinton or Obama did or could do would change that.

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To put it another way (none / 0) (#8)
by Big Tent Democrat on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 01:02:53 PM EST
what is Obama doing in Texas that he would do differently if the delegate allotment was based on the total statewide vote? The answer is absolutely nothing.

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Bill Clinton has been on the stump (none / 0) (#10)
by oculus on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 01:03:46 PM EST
in SE Ohio, which has lots of delegates, even though not heavily populated in comparison to Clevland, Toledo, Columbus, Cincinnati, etc.  Thought I read Obama was on the ground more than HRC in rural NV for the same reason.

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I know of no overwieghitng of rural districts (none / 0) (#13)
by Big Tent Democrat on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 01:10:02 PM EST
in Ohio.

That Bill Clinton is stumping in rural Ohio merely means he is stumping in rural Ohio. Nothing more.

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LA Times writer agrees w/you. (none / 0) (#27)
by oculus on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 01:19:48 PM EST
OHIO

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Nice work (none / 0) (#32)
by Big Tent Democrat on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 01:23:34 PM EST
Under the Democrats' arcane rules for awarding delegates, whoever dominates the north -- particularly the northeast -- could win most of the 141 Ohio delegates at stake today. Forty-nine are awarded proportionately based on statewide results.

The other 92 are awarded proportionately among the 18 congressional districts. But the districts in the north -- which have more Democrats -- award more delegates per district than those in the south. In fact, the 10 mostly northern districts (some extend south of I-70) will award 56 of the 92 delegates.

But four of the six districts that will award an odd number of delegates -- giving the winner of each district the chance to pick up an extra delegate -- are in the south, a possible advantage for Clinton, who polls show is doing well there, buttressed by Strickland's endorsement.

And actually points to the fact that Obama will use a voter maximization strategy to get the most delegates he can by driving his base, A-As to the polls.

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