February 6, 2008

Who got Fat on Tuesday?

"Because Democrats distribute delegates in proportion to their vote statewide and in individual congressional districts, candidates can come away with large numbers of delegates even in states they lose.
[...]
In contrast, many of the 21 Republican contests are winner-take-all when awarding delegates... ."


So, in general, Democrats are more --um-- democratic. What a novel idea for a democracy (even if nominally only).













book: A Finer End by Deborah Crombie. Duncand Kincaid and Gemma James at Glastonbury.

1 comment:

Sunshine said...

More democratic!... good to keep pointing that out!