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To: Brumar89 who wrote (247116)	4/23/2008 8:13:19 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (2) of 793917

Only Democrats could come up with a system this goofy. It will be interesting to see what Dean's future is after Democrats get clobbered in November. Under a two-tier system, about 35 percent of pledged delegates will be allocated based on the statewide performance of the candidates; the rest are decided under a more-complicated formula involving local results - in most cases, by congressional districts - that tends to produce a muddled tally. To win a significant edge in district delegates, candidates typically would have to run up large victory margins. In districts with four delegates at stake, for instance, unless a candidate won at least 63 percent of the vote, the delegates would be split evenly. boston.com * * *

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