In which John seeks to understand the strange and labyrinthine process used by the Republican and Democratic parties to select a nominee for President, focusing on the great state of Missouri, where the races were close but the delegate counts weren't. Along the way, there's a bit of discussion about political parties in U.S. politics, congressional redistricting and gerrymandering, superdelegates, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders.
A little more historical background on the emergence of primaries and caucuses in American politics:
http://blog.constitutioncenter...
All the delegate math you can handle:
http://projects.fivethirtyeigh... and all the primary polls/forecasts you can handle:
http://projects.fivethirtyeigh...
Know your superdelegates and who (if anyone) they've pledged to support at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia:
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/...
Lots of information on redistricting in Missouri after the 2010 census:
https://ballotpedia.org/Redist...
More information on how the Missouri Republican party allocates its delegates for the 2016 Republican convention in Cleveland:
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/...
Thanks to Rosianna for illustrations (
http://youtube.com/rosianna) and Stan Muller for the video title and help understanding political parties in the U.S.
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