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What Counts as a Clinton "Win?"
Super Tuesday, on February 5th, was supposed to be the day the Democratic nominee emerged. Instead, absolutely nothing changed. Today could be decisive, but I still get the feeling neither candidate is ready to call it quits.
Lighten Up: The Case of the Invisible Ink
Amid tales of Floridians showing up to vote on Super Tuesday — a full week late for their state's primary — and Obama's "girl" not showing up at all, there's this invisible ink voting snafu out of Chicago. Election officials in Chicago investigated the claims of "magic" invisible ink pens to mark ballots, and concluded that it was "just utter stupidity." It's quite the Super Tuesday fiasco .Super Tuesday Ballot: Your Results!
Many of you played pundit, and took a guess as to who would win six of the biggest contests on Tuesday. Here's how the Sugar predictions matched up to the actual results.
Massachusetts:
- Sugar Prediction: Obama and McCain
- Actual Winner: Clinton and Romney
- Sugar Prediction: Obama and McCain*
- Actual Winner: Clinton and McCain*
Headline: Democratic Race Not Over, Plus Republican Surprises!
Now that the dust has settled from yesterday's primaries, the real work can begin — figuring out what to make of all results! Here's what I'm noticing so far:
- In what I'm calling the "Wild West Stampede to the Center," it looks like states that usually vote Blue in the general election went for McCain last night (California, Illinois, New York) while Obama nabbed Red States (Alabama, Georgia, North Dakota). Does this mean that Democrats are more liberal in conservative states and vice versa?
Super Tuesday by the Numbers
So the nominations aren't exactly decided, even after Super-Duper Tsunami-rageous Tuesday Extravaganza-palooza! But, here's a simple delegate projection:
Democrats 2,025 Needed:
- Hillary Clinton 845
- Barack Obama 765
- John McCain 613
- Mitt Romney 269
- Mike Huckabee 190
Awaiting Results: We're Beyond Excited
Okay, the polls will be closing momentarily and the results will be pouring (or trickling?) in. We'll be updating our exclusive results chart as the night goes on, so check back here and see how your candidates do.
In the meantime, longhorn_sugar tipped us off to this: Google Maps will be updating and mapping the results combined with Twitter text messages from across the country all night!
Where I'm Clicking Now: VoicesWithoutVotes.org
With all of the stories pouring in about people voting in the US, I was delighted to find this site: VoicesWithoutVotes.org. A project of Global Voices in association with Reuters, the goal of this awesome site is to "open a window on what non-Americans are saying in blogs and citizen media about US foreign policy and the 2008 presidential elections."
Gathering up and featuring blog entries from India to Algeria to Iraq, the global perspective is a crucial and dynamic part of our political discourse.
Super-Duper Tsunami-rageous Tuesday Extravaganza-palooza — Update
- Mike Huckabee is projected to win all 18 West Virginia delegates at the state's GOP Convention. The former Arkansas governor beat his Massachusetts counterpart after delegates for John McCain defected to his side. Huckabee is Super Tuesday's first winner.
My Missouri Exit Poll
I keep hearing about how Missouri is a bellwether state, almost always choosing the winning presidential candidate. The state combines Southern and Midwestern culture and has both rural and urban populations. So, I decided to do some sophisticated polling and call my grandparents who live in Saint Louis.
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