Use of “Super Delegates”

Both the Republicans and Democrats use “Super Delegates” (delegates who can vote in any way they want regardless of how a primary turns out) during their primary season. Some people believe they are unfair, overpowered or take away power from the voters....

Brokered Conventions

As we come closer to the end of the primaries people are beginning to hypothesize about a brokered convention. Many of us have heard about them, but what are they and how do they work. On both sides of the isle a candidate needs a simple majority to win the nomination...

Republican Primary

Today is a large part of the primary process on the Republican side. Florida and Ohio are “Winner-Take-All” states, where whoever has the highest popular vote will receive all of the delegates from those states. Florida is worth 99 delegates (about 4% of...