Fighting to be President
Leading up to Super Tuesday Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls are campaigning in multiple states with the goal of gaining votes for the upcoming primary elections.
On Super Tuesday there are 24 states involved in narrowing down the candidates for this extremely close race to the 2008 presidential election. There are different rules for each political party and state. The democratic rules provide delegates to be awarded proportionately on the basis of the popular vote, while nine of the Republican contests are a winner takes all style.
On February 5, John McCain gathered primary victories in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Overall, McCain ended up with 331 of the 1,191 delegates it takes to win the Republican nomination. On the Democratic side it is going to be a long and tight race between Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton. There are 2,025 delegates needed to be able to have a victory at the Democratic Party convention. The numbers gathered on Tuesday came out to about 348 for Clinton and 282 for Obama. Clinton won California and Obama won other big states like Illinois, Alabama, and Georgia. Overall he won 13 states, whereas Clinton won 8.
After reviewing the results of Super Tuesday it is predicted that John McCain will more than likely be the Republican candidate for the presidency, but it is too early to tell who will be running against him as the Democratic candidate.
Filed under: Spring 2008, Super Primary Tuesday