# Non-controversial politics question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-controversial-politics-question/228782>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 12, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-controversial-politics-question/228782 "2004-02-12T03:29:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![duckphobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@duckphobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duckphobia)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-controversial-politics-question/228782/1 "2004-02-12T03:29:35Z")

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I have a question about the democratic nominees for president. when a candidate drops out of a race after earning delegates, are those delegates allowed to vote for another candidate? ex: could wesley clark’s delegates from winning oklahoma maybe go to john edwards? (i know a bit about the delegate process, i’m referring to those whose vote is based on the popular primary vote. they’re supposed to be locked in, but it makes no sense to lock in on a candidate who can’t run for election.)

Bryan

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-controversial-politics-question/228782/2 "2004-02-12T03:48:58Z")

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We just talked about this today in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=239307).

Welcome to the Boards, but often it’s a good idea to poke around a bit first to see if a currently hot question has already been posted.

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**Author:** ![duckphobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@duckphobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duckphobia)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-controversial-politics-question/228782/3 "2004-02-12T04:24:30Z")

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thanks a ton…i looked through the first page before posting, not checking the dates/times. assumed that the first 50 or so couldn’t have been from only about 3 hours ago. lol apparently this board is hotter than i thought. very informative, i’ll be sticking around here more often. thanks for the quick and gentle criticism.

Bryan