In normal circumstances, New Hampshire would have been represented by 24 delegates at the Republican National Convention. However, the date of the New Hampshire primary violated the guidelines of the Republican National Committee. Therefore, the New Hampshire delegation was reduced to 12 delegates.
For the 2012 Presidential Contest, a Republican nominee for President must have 1144 delegates vote for them on the first Presidential ballot at the Republican National Convention, since that is a simple majority of 2286 delegates.
The Democratic and Republican party each hold a National Convention called the convetion of the commons.
The Democratic and Republican National convententions are where the delegates of each party meet to nominate their Presidential and Vice-Presidential nominees. The nominees get delegates by winning each state's primary or caucus.
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No, the Republican Party's does not give elected officials and party leaders an automatic vote in the presidential primary process; however, politicians and party leaders can be elected to be delegates(pledged or otherwise).
These people are referred to as delegates to the convention.
California does not allocate Republican delegates based on congressional districts. Instead, the state allocates its Republican delegates through a winner-takes-all system that is based on the outcome of the statewide vote in the Republican primary.
delegates vote to nominate a presidential candidate
delegates vote to nominate a presidential candidate
A presidential Primary
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