WASHINGTON - A quirk in how delegates are won under Democratic Party rules is raising the stakes for Tuesday's primary elections.
It allows a candidate to make up ground in the race quickly - or fall further behind.
The 352 delegates up for grabs in Michigan, Washington, Missouri, Mississippi, Idaho and North Dakota makes for only the fourth-largest delegate night on the primary calendar.
But the intricate arithmetic of how delegates are won under Democratic Party rules makes it possible for a candidate to reap a bigger haul of delegates with a smaller margin of victory on this Tuesday than on any other night.
