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to choose delegates for the national convention
This refers to the system where the results of primary elections direct delegates to vote at the national convention to select the candidate for the presidential election.
Primaries or Primary. Delegates to the national convention are allocated (chosen) on the basis of percentage of votes candidates win in the presidential primary. This system has been used in most of the states.
To select delegates to the county convention, which in turn selects delegates to the state convention.
Florida was supposed to have 210 delegates. However the Democratic National Convention stripped Florida of all of its delegates because it broke party rules by having its primary before February 5.
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presidential primary elections and caucuses
Caucuses. The delegates all attend the national party convention at the end of summer/beginning of fall and formally cast their votes for the candidates they already pledged their vote to. Candidates often drop out as the primaries go on if they feel they are not going to win. The delegates awarded to them then have to vote for someone else at the convention.
Each party chooses its convention delegates through a combination of primary elections and wards
Presidential Primary
A presidential Primary