Because the DNC has rules in place that prohibit any primary to take place prior to Feb 5. Florida scheduled its primary earlier and the DNC stripped the state of it delegates.
New York has 247 delegates in the Democratic primary.
Florida was supposed to have 210 delegates. However the Democratic National Convention stripped Florida of all of its delegates because it broke party rules by having its primary before February 5.
Mitt Romney won 50 delegates in the 2012 Florida Republican presidential primary.
Michigan was supposed to have 128 delegates plus 29 superdelegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. However the Democratic National Convention stripped Michigan of all of its delegates because it broke party rules by having its primary before February 5. Hillary Clinton, who ran unopposed in Michigan, is insisting that the delegates be seated. Barack Obama, who kept his name off the ballot as party officials requested, insists that the delegates not be seated. If the primary remains so close that the vote totals from Michigan and Florida could tip the scales, the argument over these delegates may leave the losing side feeling that it was robbed of the election.
The primary season does not officially start until Feb. 5. Primaries held before then are breaking Democratic party rules. The Dems have decreed that only 4 states can break the rules (Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina). Florida was not given permission to hold their primary before Feb. 5 yet they still proceeded with it anyway on Jan. 29 (why I don't know). Therefore they suffer the consequences as the Democratic party has said it will not allow the state to seat any delegates at the Democratic National Convention in August.
According to a Toronto Globe and Mail article from March 6, 2008 ( JOHN IBBITSON From Thursday's Globe and Mail * E-mail John Ibbitson * | Read Bio * | Latest Columns March 6, 2008 at 4:34 AM EST, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080306.wprimaryibbit06/BNStory/National/columnists) Florida has 210 democratic delegates to the convention that the Democratic Party is refusing to seat because Florida moved the date of the primary ahead in violation of party rules.
no, the amount of delegates rewarded is parallel to the percentage of votes received. delegates are also allocated through caucases.
Texas has a total of 228 democratic delegates, 126 delegates will be chosen proportionately according to the primary vote, 67 delegates will be chosen by the caucus process, and 35 delegates will be "Super Delegates". The caucus process begins at the precinct conventions and is completed at the Texas Democratic State Convention. So if you live in Texas you must go to the primary and caucus.
In the 2008 Presidential election, there were 23 Democratic delegates for South Dakota at the Democratic Convention. Currently, South Dakota will have 24 delegates for 2012.
The democratic party in each state elects the delegates.
188 delegates total, with 30 of them uncommitted.
According to an article in USA Today California has 440 delegates of the total number of the Democratic party's nominating convention's 4,361 delegates.