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pledged delegate

noun

  1. (in the US)a delegate at a national party convention who is mandated to vote for a particular candidate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Democrats have an additional type of pledged delegate that Republicans do not: party leaders and elected officials, or PLEOs.

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Seven candidates won at least one pledged delegate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries.

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Heading into Tuesday’s contests, Biden held a 153 pledged delegate lead over Sanders.

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It awards six pledged delegate - and in 2016 they broke four-two in Hillary Clinton’s favour over Bernie Sanders.

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It involved Biden coming in second or third in Nevada, getting a modest win out of South Carolina, and using that to keep “within reach of Sanders’ pledged delegate plurality” and become “the favorite for a second- or third-ballot nomination” at the Democratic National Convention.

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