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The primary isn't winner take all

So even if a state is "called" for a particular candidate, you need to full results to divide up the delegates. For California especially, this can take a long time because mail-in ballots only need to be postmarked on election day to count. So it will take time before those votes arrive and are counted.

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Posted: 03/04/2020 at 2:27PM

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