The Ron Paul campaign is focused on winning delegates.
The most accurate and well detailed source I have found is
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/
Presently the totals are:
Santorum 43
Romney 105
Paul 36
Newt 42
Please make the money bomb put a smile on Ron Paul's face.
Thank you.
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No Delegates have been awarded out of MN yet.
Please remember it was Romney that won in 08 the Straw Poll, however no delegates were allocated to him after the State Convention. The delegates went to Paul & McCain so even though Santorum won no delegates have been given to him. This goes for the rest of the States most likely including Iowa. Has Iowa had their County conventions yet and Dr. Paul was a lot more organized then both of the other candidates?
This chart is interesting.
And looks a lot more promising.
http://www.capitalfreepress.com/republican-primary-delegate-...
These are all projected though right?
There are still several steps in the process before they are solid. Is it even possible to have an accurate count yet at this stage?
Paul's campaign has said
they are leading or in 2nd place in the delegate count. But they never give actual numbers. They should put this info on their website if they want us to believe they are in 1st or 2nd place.
NOOOOOO!!!!!
Read my reply below. "How many" matters FAR LESS than who they are. If the campaign publishes ANY identifying info, the people will become the targets of an effort to get them unseated.
Whatever else I said a minute ago, the last word I want to get in is
LOVE!
Are they "bound" and for how many rounds?
And never mind numbers, WHO are the PEOPLE holding those delegate seats? Nothing in politics is what it seems.
Whatever else I said a minute ago, the last word I want to get in is
LOVE!
To further explain...
...the caucus and primaries themselves do not matter for all states. Some states, such as Minnesota, Iowa, Maine (and others) the caucus/primary is simply a beauty contest or snap shot of the mood in that state at that time.
Although, in most of these situations, after the caucus/primary, the people that stay vote citizens to be "delegates". Some delegates are bound (meaning they have to vote for) the candidate that won the caucus or their district. Although, most of the delegates to date are unbound (meaning they are not required) to vote for a particular candidate.
The reason Paul's campaign states that they have 2nd place in delegates is because they have the organized campaign that has reached out the people (that later were selected as unbound/bound delegates) and are loyal Paul supporters. (this is why it is more important of who the delegates are as opposed to how many are "bound")
Also note: most "bound" delegates do become unbound after the first couple of round of voting. If a candidate does not get 1144 delegates, then the next round begins (making more bound delegates, unbound.
Any report of who has "blank" number is only an estimate (which is always wrong).