Artvoice Primary Day Coverage
Today is Primary Day here in New York!
This post represents our wall-to-wall coverage of New York Republicans get to stay home in the bad weather or cast their protest votes for Newt Gingrich or Ron Paul.
With 0% of precincts reporting, Artvoice is projecting that Willard Mitt Romney (R-Severe) will win the New York primary.
If Romney receives over 50% of the vote statewide, it’s a winner-take-all proposition for him. If he receives less than a statewide majority, it’s a proportional system, and the delegates are split among the four candidates on the ballot (Gingrich, Romney, Santorum, Paul). The delegate breakdown for New York is 10 at-large delegates, 3 delegates for each of the 27 Congressional Districts (district-by-district, it’s winner-take-all), and one “bonus” delegate. To earn a proportional share of delegates, a candidate must break through a 20% threshold of votes.
Artvoice also predicts that the sole Democrat on the primary ballot – President Barack Obama – will win that party’s primary.
“Real change isn’t
about putting “better people” in office. It’s changing the principles
by which anyone in government — good, bad, or indifferent — must
operate.” – Paul Jacob
Therein lies the rub.
Because of the screw-up (intentional) with re-districting, there are only two delegates per district and the remainder are at-large.