Paine most likely signed his American Crisis pamphlets under the name “Common Sense” to . emphasize that he shared a cause with all Americans
remain anonymous in case of attacks from British sympathizers
capitalize on the success of his previous pamphlet of the same name
encourage readers to purchase his other works

Delegates: representatives who cast votes at a political party's national convention. binding: if a primary or caucus is “binding” that means the delegates won in that contest are legally bound to vote for a particular candidate at the parties national convention.a primary is a preliminary election used to determine a party's nominee for a specific office. the winner of the party's caucus, or primary, wins the party nomination for that state. then the delegates meet at their party's national party convention, which is a formal gathering of all party delegates from all states.