Ron Paul and Delegates: The ONLY thing that matters - Official Thread

[iOWNme]

I was looking around for current Delegate counts and found this link:

http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/delegates


Here is the breakdown so far:

Romney - 91
Santorum - 44
Gingrich - 29
Paul - 8


AZ is coming up, along with other States RP does well in. 1144 delegates are needed to secure the nomination. It is still early, but Paul needs to ramp up his delegate count quickly.

There are still 46 delegates that havent voted in all of the previous debates. So these are still up in the air.

California has 172 delegates. How many will support RP?

[jimswift]

Curious on when the delegates actually get distributed, if they can get allocated in numbers different than whats reported at the time of the primary or caucus?

Don't delegates have to go back at a later date to be counted? So could Ron pick up more delegates at a later date than whats reported on the day of the election?

[vacuum]

Here's another thing: if no one gets more than 50% of the delegates, then the delegates are free to vote for anyone they want.

[monty]

In Nevada after the caucus votes are cast then caucus participants can nominate precinct delegates from

the caucus goers. These precinct delegates attend the county convention where the state delegates are

elected. At the state convention the final delegates are chosen. These delegates will go on to the

national convention. If only Ron Paul supporters were nominated it is entirely possible all the delegates

will go to Ron Paul. Or the reverse could be true for another candidate.

[gunDriller]

how about exit polling ?

that has been one of the indicators in previous elections of vote-fixing.

what i see for Ron Paul (massive enthusiasm) and the vote results are REAL different - which makes me suspect that the vote is being Diebold-ed.

but i also know there's a lot of Repug sheep that will vote for Romney (or, apparently, Super-Sputum.)

[monty]

The caucus votes don't necessarily determine which candidate will get the delegates. It is the caucus

attendees that stay to the bitter end and get themselves elected who ultimately determine which

candidate wins the delegates. The Ron Paul supporters are well organized and will get as many of their

people elected to go to the conventions as possible. I was a delegate for Nye County in Nevada in 2008

and saw this happen. We (Ron Paul) out numbered the other candidates at the state convention.

I don't know how the non-binding primary state delegates are selected.

[Bigjon]

The caucus votes don't necessarily determine which candidate will get the delegates. It is the caucus

attendees that stay to the bitter end and get themselves elected who ultimately determine which

candidate wins the delegates. The Ron Paul supporters are well organized and will get as many of their

people elected to go to the conventions as possible. I was a delegate for Nye County in Nevada in 2008

and saw this happen. We (Ron Paul) out numbered the other candidates at the state convention.

I don't know how the non-binding primary state delegates are selected.

yep, I stayed to the sweet end and saw to it that Ron Paul got 2 delegates out of 3 for our precinct. Surprisingly Rick Santorum polled really well amongst old-line Religious Republicans. They like his strong in your face we'll tell them the proper way to live and think message. Our precinct split 11 for Paul and 8 for Santorum 0 for the other two clowns. So it was only fair to allow 1 delegate for Santorum.
There were 3 young couples there who I'm pretty sure voted for Paul, but after the voting they picked up and left. I guess they don't understand the process.

[Bigjon]

bump for those who don't understand how the caucus system works.

[Osiris]

I'm pretty new to how this all works and am interested in this process but would like to learn some more details. What is the process of becoming a delegate? Do I just go to the caucus and wait around until the end to hopefully get voted in as a delegate? I found a forum from 2008 ron paul supporters where someone stated they went to the caucus and voted and then did some sign waiving for a while then went back to the precinct convention to try to become a delegate. He made the point in the thread that they didn't mention RP much and tried to stay on neutral subjects, stating that is key.... Is there something I need to do prior to the caucus? Also, is voter registration a requirement? I would assume so but not sure that they check paperwork etc...?

In other words, can someone walk me through this like I am 12?

[Bigjon]

I'm pretty new to how this all works and am interested in this process but would like to learn some more details. What is the process of becoming a delegate? Do I just go to the caucus and wait around until the end to hopefully get voted in as a delegate? I found a forum from 2008 ron paul supporters where someone stated they went to the caucus and voted and then did some sign waiving for a while then went back to the precinct convention to try to become a delegate. He made the point in the thread that they didn't mention RP much and tried to stay on neutral subjects, stating that is key.... Is there something I need to do prior to the caucus? Also, is voter registration a requirement? I would assume so but not sure that they check paperwork etc...?

In other words, can someone walk me through this like I am 12?

1. pledge of allegiance
2. choose the convener for the caucus who leads the show
3 choose a secretary for the caucus who records the show
4. our caucus had 4 precincts meeting
5. each precinct chooses a chairman, an assistant chairman and a secretary.
6. each candidates pitch letter is read by anyone who volunteers for that specific candidate. (sometimes there is some armtwisting involved so all letters are read)
7. discussion
8. beauty contest vote
9. count the votes and announce the results
10. take a break have some coffee or juice and cookies (this is where those who don't understand the process go home.)
11. sit down and decide who will be the delegates.
12. if there are a lot of people each person who wants to be a delegate has to sign up.
13. a list of delegate candidates is posted and depending on how many delegate seats (x) there are, each person chooses from the list of names and writes (x) names.
14. these lists are tallied and the top (x) names are the delegates (so you have to know who are the people who are for your candidate to choose the right names.)
15. do it over again to choose the alternates.
16. these people go to the county caucus in March


17. at the county level do it all over again and cut the number of delegates down that go to the congressional district conventions which choose 3 delegates for each district to go to the state convention.