Just as important, many more states now hold binding contests during the primary season than they did in 1980, when Reagan and runner-up George H.W. Bush actively participated in 34 primaries and caucuses.
There was some awful cricket played by two associate teams in what proved to be an utterly spell-binding contest and both sides admitted that after the game.
† This includes the Missouri primary, a non-binding contest that Rick Santorum won on February 7.
Mr. Gore, who enjoyed the overwhelming support of most of the state's Democratic establishment and many of its powerful labor and environmental groups, beat Mr. Bradley by more than two to one in a non-binding "beauty contest" primary in which no convention delegates were at stake but the political viability of Mr. Bradley was.
The Gingrich revolt was temporary, but suppressing it came at a cost: Romney's own negatives went up while his negative ads hammered Gingrich in Florida and Nevada, and pre-caucus polls showed Santorum gaining ground in the non-binding Minnesota and Missouri contests.
By examining girl's own perspectives of their complex pathways into secure care, this paper will contest the binding of childhood and vulnerability and argue that such an act disenfranchises girls from the services that are designed to help them.
Well, we've had one non-binding, hopelessly indecisive primary contest – so, clearly, Mitt Romney will be the 2012 GOP nominee.
As in most other caucus states, the straw poll results are a "beauty contest" and are not binding on delegate selection in Wyoming.
None of the contests on Tuesday are binding; the delegates to the Republican National Convention will be selected later in the year.
Decisions of judges are final and binding on all matters relating to this Contest.
Øresund bridge was eventually also used as the main artistic medium for the theme of the contest, as an expression of binding cultures.
