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PUERTO RICO The commonwealth recently moved up its contest and switched from a caucus to a primary system. Its citizens, however, cannot vote in the general election...
...many Americans have learned over the last few months, caucuses aren't so easy to calculate - and they seem designed for never-ending fights even after the math is done. There were some 8,247 local gatherings around Texas last week, and precinct chairs are supposed to report their results to 254 county chairs quickly (except, this being Democratic politics in Texas, big city precincts report in a different fashion - but never mind them for now.) Based on the precinct results, county conventions are supposed to elect delegates to a state convention - and it is at that state convention...
...That's right, despite what you may have heard, it's going to be weeks, and probably months, before we know who actually won the complex March 4 Texas primary-cum-caucus. And even then both campaigns are liable to still be disputing the results when they get to Denver in August...
...what to do in Florida is more of a challenge. To start with, the Sunshine State is vast, with 4.7 million registered Democrats, and has never held a caucus...
...people think Hillary will win in the daytime and her opponent will come in the night and take back the votes she won," Clinton says, referring to Texas' complicated system of primary-then-caucus. Clinton urges Hillary supporters to sign up to attend the precinct caucuses held after the primary vote on Mar. 4. "We are going to have food, music and fun," Clinton tells the crowd, urging them to vote twice - once in the primary and again in the evening caucuses, perfectly legal in Texas where 126 delegates will be allotted based on the vote, 67 on the caucus...