Super Tuesday
The Democratic nomination process is, well, complicated. First of all we are not really voting for a candidate on Tuesday, rather we are electing delegates to go to the convention to vote for the candidate we have asked them to vote for. Now, these "delegates" are awarded based on percentages of the vote and the number of delegates alloted for the district these delegates are in. Got it? Clear as mud ; )
To complicate things further there are super delegates which are not "elected" in the primary, they are elected officials and members of the DNC (which are also elected by party members.)
What this all means....is, well, we could see our nomination go until the convention, something I have never seen in my lifetime. Basically there would have to be wheeling and dealing for one candidate to garner enough votes to become our nominee. And you thought politics were boring?
Here is a link that will explain the process much better then I did.
Another interesting article from MSNBC makes a rather interesting point, for the first time in the history of our nation two sitting senators will be running against each other:
GO DEMS!
To complicate things further there are super delegates which are not "elected" in the primary, they are elected officials and members of the DNC (which are also elected by party members.)
What this all means....is, well, we could see our nomination go until the convention, something I have never seen in my lifetime. Basically there would have to be wheeling and dealing for one candidate to garner enough votes to become our nominee. And you thought politics were boring?
Here is a link that will explain the process much better then I did.
Another interesting article from MSNBC makes a rather interesting point, for the first time in the history of our nation two sitting senators will be running against each other:
More astonishing and profound is this: It is likely two members of Congress will be running against each other for president – the first time this has happened in the history of the United State. (According to my colleagues at the Newsweek Library, we’ve had many senators as nominees, but never two simultaneously, and no members of the House at all.)I can't wait for tomorrow, if you are a political junkie like I am, then this something that comes but once in a lifetime. So, hang onto your hats and tune in for what is sure to be one hell of a night tomorrow.
GO DEMS!
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