Caucus Math Terms & Definitions

1.

1 point

What is the viability percentage in a 1 delegate precinct?

25%

50%+1

12%

15%

16.67%

33.3%

2.

1 point

What is the viability percentage in a 2 delegate precinct?

25%

16.67%

50%+1

15%

12%

33.3%

3.

1 point

What is the viability percentage in a 3 delegate precinct?

33.3%

15%

16.67%

12%

25%

50%+1

4.

1 point

What is the viability percentage in a 4 delegate precinct?

33.3%

16.67%

15%

25%

12%

50%+1

5.

1 point

What is the viability percentage in a 10 delegate precinct?

50%+1

12%

16.67%

15%

33.3%

25%

6.

1 point

How do you calculate the viability threshold in a precinct?

# of caucus-goers x viability percentage

delegates at stake x viability percentage

# of members in a preference group x # of delegates at stake / # of caucus-goers

# of caucus-goers x viability percentage / delegates at stake

7.

1 point

You are in a precinct with 10 delegates at stake. There are 53 caucus-goers. What is the viability percentage?

8.

1 point

You are in a precinct with 10 delegates at stake. There are 53 caucus-goers. What is the viability threshold?

9.

1 point

After two alignments, 12 caucus-goers decide to leave, so there are now only 41 people left in the room. What is the viability threshold now?

10.

1 point

True or false: rounding rules will never allow a viable candidate to lose his or her only delegate.

True

False

11.

1 point

In a precinct with 19 delegates at stake, the final alignment yields Hillary 7.9 raw delegates, Bernie 4.52 raw delegates, and O'Malley 6.56 raw delegates. What will the actual allocation of delegates be?

Hillary 8, Bernie 5, O'Malley 6

Hillary 8, Bernie 5, O'Malley 7

Hillary 8, Bernie 4, O'Malley 6

Hillary 7, Bernie 4, O'Malley 6

Hillary 8, Bernie 4, O'Malley 7

12.

1 point

In a precinct with 28 delegates at stake, the final alignment yields Hillary 10.6 raw delegates, Bernie 10.6 raw delegates, and O'Malley 6.9 raw delegates. What will the actual allocation of delegates be?

Hillary 11, Bernie 11, O'Malley 6

Hillary 10 or 11, Bernie 10 or 11, O'Malley 7; awarding of 11th delegate to either Hillary or Bernie determined by coin flip

Hillary 11, Bernie 10, O'Malley 7

Hillary 10, Bernie 10, O'Malley 7

13.

1 point

In a scenario where Hillary and Bernie's preference groups are both viable, O'Malley's preference group is unviable, and there is an uncommitted preference group, what are plausible strategies for maximizing our delegate advantage?

Persuade members of the O'Malley and uncommitted preference groups to join Hillary's preference group.

Send some member of our preference group to O'Malley's group to make it viable.

Send some members of our preference group to Bernie's group.

Persuade uncommitted caucus-goers to leave to alter the viability threshold.