If you’ve been following the election, you’ve probably already heard that McCain has clinched the GOP nomination. On the other hand, Hillary has won some key nominations and is fighting Obama tooth and nail. Obama believes that he has clinched the nomination, but that doesn’t stop him from being attacked on two sides.
With those big […]

It’s not Chicago, but it does have that vote early, vote often feel to us Midwesterners far from the heart of Texas.
A Texas voter needs to vote in the primary to allocate 126 of the delegates. Texas has 31 state Senate districts, and delegates are distributed according to a formula based on […]

Ohio has decided elections before, but this is a first at deciding the nomination. It has 91 pledged delegates proportional to each congressional district (also 70 “Super Delegates”). Some districts are “more equal” than others.
The Chicago Tribune political blog, The Swamp, has the skinny.
* The most delegate-heavy district in the state […]

47%, nearly a majority, of New Hampshire women voted for Hillary Clinton. Her voting base consisted mainly of her own party, with 45% of her votes coming from registered Democrats. 41% of Obama’s support came from the Independents, slightly more than McCain’s 39%.
McCain owes his victory largely to the strong Independent support; he finished […]

The DNC rules say that only IA, NH, NV and SC may hold a primary before Feb. 5. FL and MI have both chosen to move primaries to January dates. FL and MI has already been told that their delegates may not be permitted at the convention.
Even though all the Democratic candidates already […]