Expert: Lane - 1/30/2008

Question
why didn't mitt romney get any delegates from FL's primary? i thought delgates came even if you lost but won some votes. thanks.

Answer
Hello and thank you for your question. You are right that in some states delegates are divided amongst the candidates according to how many votes they received, but in Florida they have a "winner takes all" system where whoever receives the most votes, receives all of the delegates. Also, as an added trivia fact, Florida only gets 57 delegates this year (for the Republicans) as a penalty for moving their primary ahead of "Super Tuesday" (February 5th) where 24 states hold their Primaries.

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