How Ron Paul's far-reaching delegate strategy is starting to pay off | World news | guardian.co.uk:
"Paul's strategy relies on using his campaign's enthusiastic followers and impressive organisation to dominate the complex and time-consuming delegate selection process in ways the Romney campaign struggles with. That means in some states the number of delegates Paul gets often far outweighs the percentage of people who voted for him in the state's caucus or primary. 'It is working more effectively than many people would have thought likely a few months ago,' said Professor Josh Putnam, a political scientist at Davidson College who also runs the Frontloading HQ blog that tracks the delegate process....
"For example, in Massachusetts, ... Paul could get about 16 of the state's 41 delegates, despite getting just 9% of the vote. In Minnesota, Paul picked up perhaps 20 of 24 delegates available at the congressional district level.... In Iowa – where the popular vote win was first given to Romney and then to Santorum – Paul now looks set to win the actual delegate count. In Louisiana Paul supporters made 74% of delegates emerging from the state's congressional district caucuses. That ensures they will dominate the coming Louisiana state convention that picks the delegates to send to Tampa. Paul's supporters are also waging a strong and successful campaign in Colorado and other states, like Nevada."
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"Paul's strategy relies on using his campaign's enthusiastic followers and impressive organisation to dominate the complex and time-consuming delegate selection process in ways the Romney campaign struggles with. That means in some states the number of delegates Paul gets often far outweighs the percentage of people who voted for him in the state's caucus or primary. 'It is working more effectively than many people would have thought likely a few months ago,' said Professor Josh Putnam, a political scientist at Davidson College who also runs the Frontloading HQ blog that tracks the delegate process....
"For example, in Massachusetts, ... Paul could get about 16 of the state's 41 delegates, despite getting just 9% of the vote. In Minnesota, Paul picked up perhaps 20 of 24 delegates available at the congressional district level.... In Iowa – where the popular vote win was first given to Romney and then to Santorum – Paul now looks set to win the actual delegate count. In Louisiana Paul supporters made 74% of delegates emerging from the state's congressional district caucuses. That ensures they will dominate the coming Louisiana state convention that picks the delegates to send to Tampa. Paul's supporters are also waging a strong and successful campaign in Colorado and other states, like Nevada."
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/04/ron-paul-delegate-strategy-gop-nomination?newsfeed=true
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