So does that mean that NV is voting for Dr Paul at the Convention in Florida?
I've been doing lots of research on this, and still can't figure this out. Dr. Paul is also getting more delegates in other states despite "losing" the primaries and caucuses. I've been following the delegate tracker at the NY Times' website, and they only say a small number of delegates are free from the primaries and caucuses, so of course show Romney with an insurmountable lead.
Just what ARE the true numbers of delegates for each candidate, or how do we find out?
First off you are not going to get a true and complete tally from the news media. Secondly in many of the primaries/caucuses the "votes" are only popularity contests, and the delegates are chosen later. In some states it is a winner take all and those delegates MUST vote for the winner on the first round. In other states they must vote for the candidate they are pledged to on the first round, and thereafter they can vote for whomever they wish. If in this case Romney does not win the needed votes on the first round, then many of the delegates are then free to vote for whomever they wish in the next vote.
One of the real important issues here is that even if a Ron Paul supporter must vote for Romney, he still can help decide who takes the VP slot, who becomes the Chair and what items are on the platform. In other words if there are enough RP supporters at the National convention they could tell Romney who his running mate will be and the platform upon which he will run.
Hope that explains it. As usual there was a lot of shenanigans going on this weekend by the party and Romney supporters in both NV and ME.
TBG
