Caucus Delegates

Reciprocal worth (0.00 / 0)

It seems that the worth of a county delegate from a precinct would be the number of delegates alloted to the county for the state convention divided by the number of elected delegates to the county convention.  For example, if Story County elects 152 delegates to the county convention from its precinct caucuses, then each elected delegate would be only worth half (76/152) because Story County is only alloted 76 delegates to the state convention.

I think you wrote the opposite:

"That means that each delegate actually elected in a precinct is worth the total number of delegates elected in the county divided by the number of delegates alloted at the state level to the county for the state convention.  If that makes any sense.  :-)"

Or maybe I am having a math block.

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by: tom @ Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 17:04:10 PM CST

Same Thing (0.00 / 0)

I think we are trying to say the same thing.  :-)

Precinct Elected Delegate Worth = Alloted Delegates / # Actual Delegates Elected in County.

Is that what we are both saying?

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by: Drew Miller @ Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 17:50:09 PM CST

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I agree with that (0.00 / 0)

I agree with the formula immediately above, but I thought you gave the reciprocal in your main diary.

Regardless, I appreciate the list of county delegates based on the 2500 figure.

And I had not appreciated the fact that the precincts may elect more delegates than what will actually be seated at the state convention. So, as the individual precincts phone in their results, the IDP will have to convert the precinct results to actual county-allocated delegates, just adding to the confusion.

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by: tom @ Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 18:47:42 PM CST

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With Computers (0.00 / 0)

Hopefully all that can be done by computer, making it pretty simple.  That's my goal at least, if I end up in that position for the caucuses.  :-)

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by: Drew Miller @ Fri Mar 02, 2007 at 15:15:52 PM CST

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thanks for the correction (0.00 / 0)

Will post the correct information on state delegate counts in the next diary in my series.

John Deeth already pointed out in the comments to my MyDD diary that I forgot to mention that precinct caucuses elect county delegates, not state delegates. So there's another thing I need to clarify in my next diary...

Invite other Iowa political junkies to join us at Bleeding Heartland.

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by: desmoinesdem @ Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 22:21:18 PM CST