How Many Winner-Take-All Republican Delegates Are There?
Many of the previously voted states have had Republican primaries that were winner-take-most where if a candidate got over 50% statewide, he would get all statewide delegates, and if he got over 50% in a district, he would get all 3 district delegates. I think the only case of this was Rubio’s sweep of Puerto Rico.
Starting March 15, Super Tuesday 3, winner-take-all (WTA) primaries will allow the leading vote getter to take all the states’ delegates, even if just a plurality. How many delegates can be rewarded this way?
On March 15, there are 183 in 3 WTA states and one territory.
We should note that they are:
Florida, Sen. Marco Rubio’s home state with 99 delegates;
Ohio, Gov. Kasich’s home state with 66 delegates;
N. Mariana Islands, with 9 delegates.
The other March 15 Republican primaries are
Missouri with 52 delegates, of which 9 at large are WTA,
Illinois with 69, and
N. Carolina with 72,
both with proportionally awarded primaries.
People trying to block Donald Trump and making a hung convention for their own purposes are asking voters in Florida to vote for Rubio to win the state, and for voters in Ohio to vote for Gov. Kasich to win the state.
For the remainder of the primaries, there are 534 delegates in 9 WTA states.
With March 15th’s 183, the total WTA delegates are 717, in 12 states and one territory.
Out of the 1,237 delegates needed to cinch the nomination, the 717 are 58%.
For completeness, we list here the WTA dates, states, and delegates.
March 22 ………Arizona………….58
April 5 …………..Wisconsin………42
April 26
………………………Delaware……….16
………………………Maryland……….38
………………………Pennsylvania….71
May 3 ……………Indiana…………..57
June 7…………… California………172
………………………New Jersey……..51
………………………South Dakota….29
We have to note that California, with its 172 WTA delegates, is 24% of the WTA votes. California could be important in this Republican primary if the winner is not determined by June.
Note: I corrected this on March 15, since I had copied the wrong number of delegates for Missouri, and did not realize that it was a hybrid primary state.
