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Clinton not the winner in Texas yet
Sun, Mar 9, 2008 (3:05 a.m.)
How can the media and Sen. Hillary Clinton claim she won the Democratic presidential nominating contest in Texas? The contest in Texas is two parts — the primary and the caucus.
Clinton won the primary portion by 4 percent, picking up four more delegates than Sen. Barack Obama.
The caucus count has not been completed and accounts for one-third of the primary delegates, and presently Obama leads in the count by 12 percent.
Until the caucus count is completed and delegates are awarded, we won’t know who won the Texas primary.
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One of the fallacies of the caucus system exists where one candidate can garner a majority of the popular vote and yet end up with fewer of the delegates to the party convention. In Texas, this is exacerbated by a weird system where people can vote traditionally earlier in the day and then go to a caucus and vote again. In the final analysis who won depends on how you view it. If Sen. Clinton got the majority of the traditional vote, then from the perspective of the Electoral College in November, she has won the primary because in November there is no proportionality in the College, it is winner take all. And a party needs candidates who can garner the majority of votes in November.