Sorting Out Florida's Republican Delegates

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

I saw contradictory accounts on how Florida's Republican delegates get awarded. This site does explain the two possibilities:
Alternative Soft Total Plan. This plan assumes the delegation is not sanctioned.
Tuesday 29 January 2008: All 114 of Florida's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today's Florida Presidential Primary.
75 district delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 8 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates and the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in that district will receive all of that district's National Convention delegates.
36 at-large delegates (10 base at-large delegates plus 26 bonus delegates) are to be allocated to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide.
3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Florida's Republican Party, will attend the convention, by virtue of their position, bound to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide.
Soft/Hard Total Plan. This plan assumes the delegation is sanctioned.
Tuesday 29 January 2008: All 57 of Florida's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today's Florida Presidential Primary.
All 57 delegates are to be allocated to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide.

Romney spokesman Kevin Madden notes, "the Florida Chair has made clear that he plans to bring all 114 delegates to the Convention and attempt to seat them."

I'm still a little foggy on the "eight Congressional districts," though, as the state has 25 of them.

UPDATE: Okay, duh. Whoever put together the above information meant three delegates for each of the state's 25 districts.

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