Super Tuesday district magnitudes

I was curious what the district magnitudes were for states voting on Super Tuesday. That is, how many delegates to the Democratic convention are chosen in each district? In addition to a variable number per district, there are (almost) always two statewide districts. Each district–congressional and statewide has a 15% threshold. It is this complexity that makes these systems a strategic voters’ nightmare, given that we still have four “serious” candidates that are active and may be viable in many states (and two who may hover near 15% in many states and districts).

So here is a rundown of the states that are voting today, thanks to the Green Papers. All states are included there; see links at the top of the page for upcoming states. Another excellent source is Frontloading HQ. The table shows the mean by district, the district minimum and maximum, and the two sets of statewide delegates.

State	CD Mean	Min CD	Max CD	At large	PLEO
Ala.	4.9	3	8	11	7
Calif.	5.1	4	7	90	54
Colo.	6.3	4	9	14	9
Maine	8	7	9	5	3
Mass.	6.6	6	8	20	12
Minn.	6.1	4	10	16	10
N.C.	5.5	3	9	24	14
Okla.	4.8	4	6	8	5
Tenn.	4.7	4	7	14	8
Tex.*	4.8	2	10	49	30
Utah	4.8	2	7	6	4
Vt.				17
Virg.	5.9	4	7	21	13
* Texas elects its delegates in its 31 state senate districts instead of congressional districts; Vermont has only statewide delegates

For comparison of how these break down at district level, here is how it worked in South Carolina (Green Papers for the delegates; South Carolina State Election Commission for the vote percentages).

				BIDEN				SANDERS
District	Tot	Qual	Del	Tot		Alloc	Del	Tot		Alloc	Del
	Vote	Vote		Vote	Pct.			Vote	Pct.
CD1	103,538	65,251	6	45,340	43.79	4.169	4	19,911	19.23	1.831	2
CD2	78,881	52,156	4	36,503	46.28	2.8	3	15,653	19.84	1.2	1
CD3	51,321	33,842	3	22,287	43.43	1.976	2	11,555	22.52	1.024	1
CD4	70,394	44,856	4	27,509	39.08	2.453	2	17,347	24.64	1.547	2
CD5	69,852	50,690	5	36,916	52.85	3.641	4	13,774	19.72	1.359	1
CD6	93,204	70,304	8	55,855	59.93	6.356	6	14,449	15.50	1.644	2
CD7	71,043	51,116	5	37,469	52.74	3.665	4	13,647	19.21	1.335	1
PLEO	538,233	368,215	7	261,879		4.978	5	106,336		2.022	2
At-Large	538,233	368,215	12	261,879		8.535	9	106,336		3.465	3
Total			54				39				15
Delegates

For the record, the highest percentage Tom Steyer had was in district 3, where he had 14.55%. So close! (But the district elected only 3, so even 15% of the vote would have been insufficient.) He also had 13.06% in district 6. The closest Pete Buttigieg came was in district 1, where he had 12.55%. Elizabeth Warren’s best was only 9.29% (district 4).