Monthly Archives: March 2016

How Many Winner-Take-All Republican Delegates Are There?

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

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% … Continue reading →

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Republican Winner-Take-All States Are Disenfranchising Their Voters

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Republican Winner-Take-All States are Disenfranchising Their Voters On March 15, the Republican Party will allow winner-take-all (WTA) primaries again. The amazing thing is that with several candidates, the winner may not be a majority with 50%, but may be an … Continue reading →

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Former Secretary of Energy Steven Chu Gives the Reines Lecture at UC Irvine

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The 2016 Reines Lecture at UCI by Former Secretary of Energy Steven Chu This is sort of a slide by slide outline of Physics Nobel Laureate Steven Chu’s Lecture at UC Irvine. Not only was the very large Barclay auditorium … Continue reading →

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Michigan and Other Primary Results

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

  Michigan and Other March 8 Primary Results Donald Trump indirectly gave the Citizens United ruling a great trashing by claiming that in the past week there had been $38 million spent in ads to tear him down, and he … Continue reading →

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The Michigan and Other March 8 Republican Primaries

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Michigan and Other March 8 Republican Primaries The important Michigan Republican primary has 59 delegates at stake. The other March 8 primaries have a sum of 100 delegates, making the Tuesday total of 159 delegates. Out of 2380 convention … Continue reading →

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Sort of Super Saturday Results

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Sort of Super Saturday Results Clearly, it’s delegates that count, but it is easier to just talk about states won on TV. For the Democrats, there are 125 delegates up on Super Saturday, out of 4047 total delegates, or 3.1%. … Continue reading →

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March Primaries to Mid-March

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

  For the Democrats, there are seven primaries or caucuses before March 15, with 355 delegates. Out of a total of 4047 delegates, this is 8.8%. On March 15, there are five large state primaries with 792 delegates constituting 19.6% … Continue reading →

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Talk by UCI Prof. Michael Tesler on the 2016 Election

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Talk by UCI Political Science Prof. Michael Tesler on the 2016 Election UCI Political Science Prof. Michael Tesler gave a UCI Forum talk on Feb. 24, 2016 entitled “Shattered: Breaking Down the 2016 Election”. I am not going to try … Continue reading →

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Super Tuesday Republican Math

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

  Super Tuesday and primaries up to March 14 are called “winner-take-most”. The state’ delegates are split between a statewide set, and three for each congressional district. The key numbers to be a “winner” for both is 50% guarantees that … Continue reading →

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Super Tuesday Democratic Math

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

  The Democratic primaries are so much simpler than Republican ones, since Democratic delegates are distributed proportionally. Except for the few super delegates. Here we use the number of delegates at stake, as reported on CNN. Hillary Clinton swept the … Continue reading →

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