SAN DIEGO — California is looking golden as ever with 415 pledged delegates up for grabs on Super Tuesday.
The vote comes a day after Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg united behind Joe Biden as party moderates look to halt the ascent of democratic socialist Bernie Sanders.
But how will the pledged delegates be distributed?
California has 415 pledged delegates at stake (not 416 as the Democratic Party appears to have noted in an older hand out).
Of those, 271 are at the district-level, 90 at-large and 54 party leaders and elected officials (PLEO).
How many delegates does San Diego give?
Of the 271 district-level, 26 are from the San Diego Congressional districts based on population and presidential voting from 2012 and 2016: CA- 49: 5, CA-50: 4, CA-51: 5, CA-52: 6, CA-53: 6.
There are also 2 alternates, CA-52: 1, CA-53: 1.
Candidates must get at least 15% of the vote in either the state or congressional district to get a respective pledged delegate.
For example, a candidate could get 20% of one district and earn delegates at the district level, but the same candidate may get only 14% of the statewide vote, so they would get none from the 144 (at-large and PLEO).
There are also 79 unpledged delegates (governor, congress and DNC members) in addition to the 415.
Bottom line:
Watch the percentages on Super Tuesday at a state and congressional district level. With so many candidates on the ballot, it could split the vote allowing just one or two of them to run away with a lot of delegates.