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发帖数: 33224 | 1 ANNE LI 10:28 PM
Where do Rubio’s delegates go?
Are they released and free to vote for whomever they choose? Nope, that
would be too easy. What happens to a departed candidate’s delegates depends
on the delegate’s state, and those details are fuzzy and complicated.
For example, Rubio’s seven now-released delegates from Kentucky must
convene in a meeting with bound delegates in which they will vote in a
secret ballot to reallocate Rubio’s delegates to another candidate. Some
states release delegates to support whomever they choose at the convention (
for example, New Hampshire and Tennessee). Other states continue to bind
delegates to the withdrawn candidate (Iowa), or they reallocate the
delegates among the remaining candidates as if the withdrawn delegate had
never qualified (Alaska).
There’s really just no simple, pithy way to accurately summarize what
happens to delegates who are released — even in general terms.
According to ABC, Rubio had 163 delegates at the time of his withdrawal (our
delegate tracker reports a slightly different number) and 23 are still
bound to Rubio. What happens to the rest of his delegates will prompt the
first large-scale delegate fight of the election season. |
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