GivinUDaHimelik wrote:I was wondering if anyone knows why the Democrats have 3 times as many delegates in some states compared to the Republicans. I believe New York and Maryland both have 3/4 of their delegates as Democratic and the last 1/4 is Republican.
They are not related in any way. Not every state even votes for the Republican and Democrat nominee on the same day.
The Republicans hold a convention where they decide their candidate and have 2472 delegates in attendance.
The Democrats hold a totally separate convention where they decide their candidate and have 4765 delegates in attendance.
Each of them could have easily chosen a different number of delegates, none at all, or a different system having nothing to do with delegates.
Don't compare what the Democrats and Republicans are doing in the same state during the primary season. There are also other parties doing the same thing and some have a handful of delegates and some don't even use the delegate system.
Just for note, each party also has "Super Delegates" that you don't even get a chance to vote for. These are party insiders who just get to attend and vote for whoever they want. They are not determined by the votes in any state.
It's all made up by the parties. Not that long ago in history they didn't even ask the voters what they wanted. They just came out of a smoke filled room and let everyone know who the candidate was.