Romney, McCain debate on conservative values

Next up is Super Tuesday
Republicans in 22 states select a total of 1,023 convention delegates next week.

In the Republican race, the loser in a statewide race can come away with no delegates to show for his trouble.

Thus, Arizona's 53 delegates go to the top statewide vote getter — an obvious advantage for its home-state senator, McCain. So, too, New York, with 101 delegates awarded to the statewide winner, and Giuliani eager to make sure they, too, belong to McCain.

Missouri (58 delegates), New Jersey (52) Connecticut (27) Delaware (18), also award all its delegates to the statewide winner, as do Utah (36), Montana (25) and Alaska (26).

Romney's political base of Massachusetts, with 40 delegates, is one of relatively few states to award delegates proportionately on the basis of popular vote.

Several states award their delegates winner-take-all to the top vote-getter in each congressional district.

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