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West Virginia Primary Results
via 2008 Democratic Convention Watch by Matt on May 11, 2008
Tomorrow's primary in West Virginia won't be nearly as dramatic as last week's Indiana primary. Hillary Clinton is expected to win the state by as much as 20%. 28 delegates will be up for grabs. 18 delegates will be based on district results. 10 will be based on statewide results with 7 being at-large delegates and 3 being pledged PLEO's (Green Papers)Polls will open at 6:30AM...
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Pledged Delegate Switches to Obama
via 2008 Democratic Convention Watch by (author unknown) on May 12, 2008
Shared by spavis this is a can of worms i wish had stayed closedIn a move that is likely to cause some controversy, a Maryland pledged delegate has announced he is switching from Clinton to Obama:Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson, a Democratic convention delegate pledged to support Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, said yesterday that he thinks Sen. Barack Obama has "in a real...
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Pledged Delegate History
via 2008 Democratic Convention Watch by Matt on May 12, 2008
A number of readers have asked for a Pledged Delegate History chart, similar to our Superdelegate History Chart. We weren't able to provide this data, but ABC News has now done it for us:They also have interesting charts of the popular vote totals over time.
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Democrats win MS-1 Special Election
via 2008 Democratic Convention Watch by Matt on May 13, 2008
... each district being more progressively Republican, Childer's win is going to send shock waves throughout the political community. This district has a Partisan Voter Index (PV) of R+10, meaning on average it votes 10% more Republican than the nation as a whole. If every district with a PV of R+10 was in play in November, that's 50 seats the GOP will have problems defending.Oh, and yes,...
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Superdelegate endorsements for Wednesday 5/14
via 2008 Democratic Convention Watch by Matt on May 13, 2008
Another day another batch of superdelegates! Obama is up 2.5 to Clinton's 1 for the day.We added the first superdelegates last night as we were closing up shop after West Virginia and Travis Childer's huge victory in Mississippi. College Democrats of America's Lauren Wolfe (MI) and Awais Khaleel (WI) endorsed Barack Obama. Wolfe's vote only counts in our Michigan/Florida tables...
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A (former) Edwards pledged delegate speaks out
via 2008 Democratic Convention Watch by Matt on May 18, 2008
We've been following John Edwards' pledged delegates since he endorsed Barack Obama last week. One of those delegates, Rob Groce of South Carolina, was kind enough to answer some questions for us.Why did you support John Edwards in the first place?My support for Edwards goes back to 2004. In that election year, I sorted through all the candidates early in the primary season, and found him...
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Denver gets a convention warmup with Libertarians
via 2008 Democratic Convention Watch by Oreo on May 20, 2008
This week thousands tens of Libertarians are expected in Denver for the much awaited Libertarian National Convention. Names like Bob Barr and Mike Gravel will be at Denver's Adam's Mark Sheraton hotel from May 22nd-26th.I do have to break some bad news though. Previously scheduled speaker Neal Boortz will be unable to attend.In Case you're lucky enough to attend here is the schedule...
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Superdelegate endorsements for Wednesday 5/21
via 2008 Democratic Convention Watch by Matt on May 20, 2008
Clinton and Obama are tied at 1 superdelegate eachOhio add-on superdelegate William Craig Bashein has endorsed ClintonOhio automatic delegate Craig Bashein of Hunting Valley announced his support for Hillary Clinton today. The Ohio Democratic Committee elected him one of its automatic delegates to the Democratic National Convention on May 10.“Hillary brings a wealth of proven experience in both...
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FL & MI By The Numbers
via 2008 Democratic Convention Watch by Yousri on May 21, 2008
There are all sorts of scenarios concerning Florida and Michigan. Some recently discussed scenarios include seating all MI/FL pledged delegates with 1/2 vote, (supers at 1/2 or full vote), and a proposal by Michigan Dems propose 69-59 split. We've taken five of the most likely and interesting ones and run the numbers.The scenarios are:Do not seat Florida or Michigan. Current Official DNC...
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Memorial Day Weekend Preview: 7 new superdelgates
via 2008 Democratic Convention Watch by Matt on May 22, 2008
As we head into the first big weekend of the summer, the contest for the Democratic nomination continues in all corners of the country. Obama will be in Florida, Puerto Rico, Connecticut and New Mexico. Clinton will be in South Dakota and Puerto Rico. And we have new superdelegates being named in 4 states, Alaska, Georgia, Wyoming and Hawaii:Saturday, May 24, Alaska names its add-on, Georgia...
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