Question

Under a proportional system, what happens if a candidate wins at least 15 percent of the primary votes?

Answer 1

The candidate gets the number of delegates that matches the share of the votes .

Answer 2

Under a proportional system, if a candidate wins at least 15 percent of the primary votes than that candidate gets the number of delegates that matches gets the vote.

Further Explanation:

The Presidential elections of United States are held in various states, territories and even District of Columbia gets vote in Presidential elections. The process of selection of candidate for the post of President has never been specified in the constitution of United States. Every political party used to have its own selection procedure. Some states hold primary elections and some hold Caucuses and then there are some states which have accepted both these procedures. It is under State and Local government to conduct Primary elections and on the other hand caucuses is the private selection process therefore it takes place within a political party. No provision is given in the constitution of United States in respect to role of political parties. There are two major Political parties in United States. These parties are, ‘The Republican Party’ and ‘The Democratic Party’.  These both parties officially nominate their Presidential candidate in their respective national conventions. Under the rules of the Democratic Party which they use currently as well and were adopted in 2006, Delegates who are pledged are chosen under proportional representation. Under this system a candidate must have minimum of 15% of State’s popular votes in order to receive delegates.  

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Answer Details:

Grade – High School

Subject – Constitution

Chapter – Presidential Selection Process

Keywords – President, United States, Presidential selection, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Primary Elections, Local Government, Caucuses, National Convention, Nominate.