izixs
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Political Matrix
E: -8.31, S: -6.51
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« on: April 09, 2016, 08:08:01 PM » |
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Small number statistics. When you only have a few delegates for a county/precinct, you need to get very high percentages of caucus goers to support you to get that extra delegate. If a county has two delegates and you're getting 68% in the caucus there, assuming the viability threshold is say 30%, both Clinton and Sanders will get one delegate. And thus a 68/32 split turns into a 50/50. This can also work against Clinton too of course, but given the overall results its more likely to have helped Clinton more than hurt.
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