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Clinton wins most West Virginia delegates
On the Republican side, Sen. John McCain clinched his party's nomination March 4.
Nebraska also held presidential primaries Tuesday, but no delegates were at stake for Democrats or Republicans. Obama won Nebraska's Democratic caucuses on Feb. 9.
The AP tracks the delegate races by calculating the number of national convention delegates won by candidates in each presidential primary or caucus, based on state and national party rules, and by interviewing unpledged delegates to obtain their preferences.
Most primaries and some caucuses are binding, meaning delegates won by the candidates are pledged to support that candidate at the national conventions this summer.
Political parties in some states, however, use multistep procedures to award national delegates. Typically, such states use local caucuses to elect delegates to state or congressional district conventions, where national delegates are selected. In these states, the AP uses the results from local caucuses to calculate the number of national delegates each candidate will win, if the candidate's level of support at the caucus doesn't change.
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Posted By: perumanian @ 05/14/2008 3:35:16 PM
Comment: YOu silly, those antiillegal laws of Arizona are comparitively new and probably McCaine never had chance to meddle with those. . and by the way you write you can say bye bye to your high GPA. But of course looks like you have some fans, like Alvy boy who cries he wants Obama toy only, not real men like Powell or strong women like Rice. People outside the "community' should not talk about which other Black candidate will be a good VP or even future President, Vow!! Very touchy!!
Posted By: middkid06 @ 05/14/2008 3:20:48 PM
Comment: HAHAHAHA You just made my day. Right on!
Posted By: Rocky2001 @ 05/14/2008 3:19:31 PM
Comment: True!! So McCain it is.