The other group of delegates are the so-called superdelegates — California has 79 of them. These are generally elected, high-profile California Democrats including the governor, members of Congress and Democratic National Committee officials. That gives California a grand total of delegates, of which will be based on the outcome of Tuesday's election.
Those 79 superdelegates are considered unpledged, meaning they can support whoever they want. However, as if this wasn't confusing enough , they're only allowed to vote on the nomination at the convention in Milwaukee after no candidate wins a majority of the delegates on the first round of voting.
But that scenario would only take place if there's a "brokered convention. That hasn't happened in more than half a century, but with so many candidates running, it's at least possible this year.
Whatever happens Tuesday and the days afterward, California finally has the relevance it has long sought in a presidential primary campaign. The last truly competitive presidential primary in California, he noted, was in , when Bobby Kennedy won, only to be fatally shot on election night while giving his victory speech in Los Angeles.
And yet, come Super Tuesday, California's voice will be somewhat muted by the other states holding primaries that day, predicts UC San Diego political science professor Thad Kousser. Search-Icon Created with Sketch. KQED is a proud member of. Always free. Sign In. Write-in candidates for voter-nominated offices can only run in the primary election. A write-in candidate will only move on to the general election if the candidate is one of the top two vote-getters in the primary election.
Prior to the Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act , the top vote-getter from each qualified political party, as well as any write-in candidate who received a certain percentage of votes, moved on to the general election. President, county central committee, or local office. If a qualified political party chooses to hold a modified-closed presidential primary, the party must notify the California Secretary of State no later than the th day before Election Day.
Voters who registered to vote without stating a political party preference are known as No Party Preference NPP voters. The term "party preference" is now used in place of the term "party affiliation.
If the candidate has a qualified political party preference that qualified political party will be indicated by the candidate's name on the ballot. If a candidate does not have a qualified political party preference, "Party Preference: None" will be indicated by the candidate's name on the ballot. Similarly, voters who were previously known as "decline-to-state" voters because they did not have a party affiliation are now known as having "no party preference" or known as "NPP" voters. The top two vote-getters move on to the general election regardless of party preference or whether one candidate receives a majority of all votes cast in the primary election.
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Bernie Sanders. Elizabeth Warren. Michael Bloomberg. Pete Buttigieg. Amy Klobuchar. Andrew Yang. Tulsi Gabbard. Michael Bennet. Marianne Williamson. Cory Booker. John Delaney. Michael Ellinger. Mark Stewart Greenstein. Deval Patrick. Mosemarie Boyd. Donald Trump.
Joe Walsh. Roque De La Fuente. Matthew Matern. Robert Ardini. Zoltan Gyurko Istvan. Howie Hawkins. Dario David Hunter. Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry. Dennis Lambert. David Rolde. Jacob Hornberger. Jo Jorgensen.
Vermin Supreme. Kenneth Armstrong. Kimberly Margaret Ruff. Adam Kokesh. Samuel Joseph Robb. Daniel Behrman. Max Abramson. Souraya Faas. Steven Allen Richey. Erik Chase Gerhardt.
Keenan Dunham. Phil Collins. Don Blankenship. Charles Kraut. Gloria La Riva. Total Votes.
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