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Tuesday 5 February 2008: 31 of 34 of Arkansas's delegates to the Republican National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders in today's Arkansas Presidential Primary. Delegates are pledged in a manner that primarily depends on whether or not a presidential contender has received a majority of the vote in either a congressional district or statewide (as explained below).
- 12 district delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 4 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates. These delegates are allocated to the presidential contenders as follows:
- If a candidate receives a majority of the vote (more than 50%), that candidate is allocated all 3 of the district's delegates.
- If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, the candidate with the plurality (most votes) is allocated 2 delegates and the candidate with the next highest number of votes is allocated 1 delegate.
- 19 at-large delegates are allocated to the presidential contenders based on the statewide primary results. A mandatory 10% threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at the statewide level.
- Each presidential candidate receiving 10% percent of the statewide vote is allocated 1 delegate.
- If a presidential candidate receives a majority of the statewide vote, that candidate is allocated the remaining at-large
delegates.
- If no presidential candidate receives a majority of the statewide vote, the remaining at-large delegates are allocated proportionally among the 3 highest vote-getters. Round fractions down to the nearest whole number. Award any remaining delegate positions to the candidate who received the most votes.
If there are more delegate positions allocated to a Presidential contender than there are delegates who have filed to be bound to that candidate, then those delegate positions which cannot be filled are reallocated to the candidate with the highest number of votes who delegates to fill the allocated positions. This rule applies to both the district and statewide contests.
National Convention Delegates shall remain committed to the Presidential Candidate designated on their filing form through the first ballot unless they are released by their designated Presidential Candidate.
In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Arkansas's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.
Here is how we compute the delegate tally:
- The candidate receiving the most vote in each CD receives the 3 delegates from that CD.
- Each candidate receiving 10% of the statewide vote receives 1 statewide delegate.
- Huckabee, having received the greatest number of votes statewide receives the remaining at-large delegates.
| Contest | Huckabee | McCain | Romney | | | Pop
Vote | Del | Pop
Vote | % | Del | Pop
Vote | % | Del | Pop
Vote | % | Del | | CD1 | 46,294 | 3 | 29,064 | 62.781% | 3 | 8,933 | 19.296% | | 6,066 | 13.103% | | | CD2 | 60,685 | 3 | 34,439 | 56.750% | 3 | 13,598 | 22.408% | | 8,891 | 14.651% | | | CD3 | 73,062 | 3 | 42,364 | 57.984% | 3 | 14,757 | 20.198% | | 11,034 | 15.102% | | | CD4 | 49,112 | 3 | 32,690 | 66.562% | 3 | 9,055 | 18.437% | | 5,006 | 10.193% | | | Statewide | 229,153 | 19 | 138,557 | 60.465% | 16 | 46,343 | 20.224% | 1 | 30,997 | 13.527% | 1 | | Delegates | | 31 | | | 29 | | | 1 | | | 1 |
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