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    What am I doing? - I have come to realize that this presidential election is going to be different than any I have participated in during my voting lifetime. The structure of the delegate system is going to have a huge impact and for at least one party (maybe both) the candidate is likely to be unknown going into the national conventions.

    As I was trying to do a little research into how the primary and delegate systems really work in this country, I found myself frustrated by the conflicting information I was finding. No two major news outlets have the same delegate counts listed and it was difficult tracking down information on how each state's primaries or caucuses really worked.

    Given that I'm a little crazy, I quickly realized that I needed to come up with my own summary page of information and results for this phase of the race. Ta da! Here are my rules for counting delegates.

  1. Binding primary results are easy - the delegates are distributed according to the votes and the state's rules
  2. Binding/Semi-Binding Caucuses - Any caucuses that produce semi-binding results count, even if they won't be official until a later state convention (See Iowa). Should the bound results officially change at a county or state nominating convention, I'll update the totals
  3. Non Binding Caucuses - Caucuses that produce results that no delegates are obligated to or expected to be bound to don't count. The only exception here are states where the decision whether or not to bind delegates will be made at a later convention. In those cases I am assuming that they will be and will adjust the totals if that is not the case.
  4. Unpledged Delegates/Super Delegates - They don't count. Period! No one can know what these folks are really going to do when the conventions actually play out. I don't care what they said the last time CNN polled them. Until the convention kicks into gear, they don't count.
  5. Candidates that have dropped out - They retain their original delegate counts. I don't care who they endorse or encourage their delegates to support, unless a state convention officially binds their delegates to another candidate their totals will stand heading into the national conventions. (See Wyoming-R)