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  2. Delegate (American politics) - Wikipedia

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    Pledged delegates are elected or chosen at the state or local level, with the understanding that they will support a particular candidate at the convention. Pledged delegates are, however, usually not legally bound to vote for that candidate, thus the candidates are allowed to periodically review the list of delegates and eliminate any of those ...

  3. Superdelegate - Wikipedia

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    Under party rules, automatic delegates shall "legally reside in their respective state and ... shall be recognized as part of their state's delegation" (Rule 9.E). [7] For example, in the 2008 convention, former Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis was a superdelegate (by virtue of his position as a past DNC chair), but because he had moved to Florida in 2006, he was counted as part of the Florida ...

  4. Winning the presidential nomination is all about delegates ...

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    Pledged and bound delegates must vote for a particular presidential candidate at the convention based on the results of the primary or caucus in their state. These are the delegates who are up for ...

  5. Democratic National Convention - Wikipedia

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    Since 2012, the number of pledged delegates allocated to each of the 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. is based on two main factors: (1) the proportion of votes each state gave to the Democratic candidate in the last three presidential elections, and (2) the number of electoral votes each state has in the Electoral College.

  6. What is Super Tuesday? How are delegates chosen? How NC’s ...

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    The pledged delegates are allocated proportionally, with certain threshold requirements, based on the statewide and congressional-level results from the primary. The Democratic National Convention ...

  7. What Is an Open Convention? - AOL

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    The nominees are voted on by delegates who are either “pledged,” meaning they must vote for the candidate who won their state’s primary, and “unpledged” or “superdelegates,” who can ...

  8. United States presidential nominating convention - Wikipedia

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    Including pledged delegates in the nomination process began after the Presidential election year of 1968, when there was widespread dissatisfaction with the presidential nominating process. [21] Minor-party movements also threatened the chances of Democratic and Republican candidates to win majorities of the electoral votes, which resulted in ...

  9. Could Democrats replace Biden as their nominee? Here's ... - AOL

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    Those delegates are considered to be “pledged” to Biden, which means they were selected to fill delegate slots that Biden won as a result of his vote performances in various primaries and ...