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Post by Sysop3 on Mar 3, 2020 2:51:38 GMT -5
The Democratic presidential candidates are racing toward the biggest day in the primary calendar, when 14 states vote on Super Tuesday. It’s the day when the primary moves from retail to wholesale. Instead of a single state voting at a time, candidates have to focus on contests in every region of the country with all types of voters. While Super Tuesday won’t necessarily determine who wins the nomination, it has historically been difficult for a candidate who performs poorly on the day to recover. Here’s a look at Tuesday’s contests: THE STATES Fourteen states hold primaries on Super Tuesday, including California and Texas, the two biggest delegate hauls of the entire primary season. California offers 415 delegates and Texas 228. In total, more than 1,300 delegates will be up for grabs, about a third of the total available in the race to the Democratic presidential nomination. Although Super Tuesday was originally created as a regional primary featuring Southern states, it has morphed over the years. This year, it includes states from every region of the country. The other states are Arkansas, Alabama, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Vermont, Utah, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Oklahoma. Most of the Southern states are Republican strongholds in the general election, while others like California are solidly Democratic. North Carolina is likely to be a battleground state in the general election. Polls close between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. local time, depending on the state. THE VOTERS The Super Tuesday states are home to diverse electorates, both when it comes to demographics and political ideology. In California and Texas, white voters make up less than half the population. Latinos count for nearly 40% of the populations in both states. California, meanwhile, has the nation’s highest Asian population, at roughly 15%. North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama and Arkansas have large populations of black voters, one of the Democratic Party’s core voting blocs. The states blend a mix of urban and rural voters, as well as Democrats from all sides of the political spectrum. As candidates focus on wooing Southern Democrats in states like Texas and Arkansas, they must also be thinking about a message that can resonate in progressive San Francisco. Most of the Super Tuesday states have some form of widespread early voting. Voters in Minnesota, for example, could start casting ballots in January. Millions of mail-in ballots went out to California voters on Feb. 3, the day of the Iowa caucuses. THE CANDIDATES Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg have had the widest and most aggressive footprint across the Super Tuesday states, largely because they’ve got the money to spend. Bloomberg is advertising in all 14 states, while Sanders is on the airwaves in 12. It’s the first time Bloomberg will be on ballots after he skipped the first four voting states, making the day a critical test of his theory that he’s the best candidate to stand against Sanders and, later, Republican President Donald Trump. Sanders spent Sunday in California, holding rallies in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, the state’s major liberal strongholds. He’s hoping his monthslong focus on the state and resonance with Latino voters will help him win a large chunk of the state’s 415 delegates. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren will be in California on Monday, and Joe Biden plans to return on primary day. Biden, for his part, hopes his strong showing in Saturday’s South Carolina is a harbinger of coming success with black voters, who dominate the Democratic electorate in a handful of Super Tuesday states. Warren hoped to win her home-state primary, though Sanders is making a play for it. Bloomberg has also campaigned across the South in recent days as he tries to prove he can build a winning Democratic coalition. Democrats opposed to Sanders are hoping to see voters coalesce behind a moderate alternative. Any of the candidates could face pressure to drop out if they don’t perform well on Tuesday. apnews.com/bf5cd3c6eeb2fcf813cac144d229c607___ |
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Post by Dex on Mar 3, 2020 11:22:36 GMT -5
I hear there's a good turnout. No surprise there.
Tennessee got smacked with some rough tornadoes last night, 9 killed, but the polling places just opened an hour or so late and are otherwise normal.
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Post by Sysop3 on Mar 3, 2020 23:56:01 GMT -5
Still waiting for results to come in from Texas and California.
I watched a Republican on TV who voted in the Democratic primary. Voted for Biden.
Why?
Because Bernie is a Socialist. D. Trump goes whatever way he can use to make money. Bad choices.
If Biden is the candidate, he'll vote for him, but if Bernie is on the ticket, he won't vote at all til next national election when he'll vote for the GOP candidate, assuming it will be a better choice than Trump.
He is wat is known as a Swing Voter who votes for the man (or woman) over the party.
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Post by annaj26 on Mar 4, 2020 0:54:06 GMT -5
Biden takes the lead in a tight battle in Texas.Texas, with its 228 delegates at stake, will be the first giant prize of the night. As in other states, exit polls show black Democratic primary voters in Texas heavily favored Joe Biden, with roughly 6 in 10 supporting the former vice president — but blacks make up only about a fifth of the Texas electorate. Sen. Bernie Sanders, on the other hand, drew more than 4 in 10 Hispanics, who account for just under a third of the Texas primary electorate. Voters in the Lone Star State also split by age group, giving Biden a way to make up the difference. He was heavily favored by voters over 45, who made up about two-thirds of the Democratic electorate, while those under 45 went for Sanders. www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/super-tuesday-results-2020/h_05a28f4f3dfa8aeeb576e944a7f0b52a
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Post by annaj26 on Mar 4, 2020 2:04:07 GMT -5
Biden takes Texas
Bernie takes California
Bloomberg is thinking of dropping out
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Post by Jessiealan on Mar 4, 2020 13:49:49 GMT -5
Biden amazed everyone and gave the whole country (and Trump) a preview of public opinion going into the election year. I feel very good about the results of Super Tuesday. From what I have read and seen, people are getting very weary of Trump's antics and over all stupidity and are ready for a steadier hand at the wheel.
I have no big problem with Bernie except that I do not believe we are ready for socialism. Warren, I like fairly well, but she is an untried element and we do not need surprises after the past 3 years of very strange surprises we have just endured. Joe is just right. He says he will only stay for one term and that should be enough to put us back on the right path.
The little song from "Annie" keeps running through my head. "The sun will come out tomorrow. Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there'll be sun."
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Post by Dex on Mar 4, 2020 15:03:27 GMT -5
You got it right, Jessie. Everybody I've talked with today is pretty happy Biden won Super Tuesday. A couple of them voted for Trump last time around but they are worn out with him,. Promises and lies I guess.
My wife was for Bernie because of his health care for all promises. Not she says it's not worth it to risk Trump winning again.
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Post by toby1 on Mar 4, 2020 16:56:13 GMT -5
The long dark shadow of Burisma hangs like a Sword of Damocles over sleepy Joe.
I reckon Joe should have dropped out because as soon as there are more revelations of Biden Family wrongdoing, the Republicans will seize on them like a shark attacking a plump seal.
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Post by Sysop3 on Mar 5, 2020 1:17:04 GMT -5
The long dark shadow of Burisma hangs like a Sword of Damocles over sleepy Joe. I reckon Joe should have dropped out because as soon as there are more revelations of Biden Family wrongdoing, the Republicans will seize on them like a shark attacking a plump seal. Toby, I have to think you get your "information" is from Facebook, conspiracy theorists and other crackpots. Joe Biden is a straight-man, or about as straight as it gets in U. S. politics. He has a better chance at beating Trump and everybody, including Trump, knows it. The propaganda line you're taking sounds like desperation and it's way too soon for that. Watch this whole thing unfold and you'll have a better idea of Am. politics. Don't be confused by who says what. Just watch. |
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Post by beth on Mar 5, 2020 13:54:33 GMT -5
Go Biden!
The U. S. is always happier and better off with a moderate.
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Post by toby1 on Mar 5, 2020 17:25:50 GMT -5
@sysop"Toby, I have to think you get your "information" is from Facebook, conspiracy theorists and other crackpots. Joe Biden is a straight-man""
I don't do Facebook, Twitter, or any of the other similar things, my information comes from looking at a wide range of sources and weeding out the loopy and cranks then seeing what is left. Some of you may remember I put the Burisma scandal up on this board a couple of years ago, well before it became headline news but even back then there were mutterings about Hunter and his dodgy associates, or maybe you would like to explain how an amateur with No experience in the natural Gas field sits on the Board of a foreign Company drawing a Salary of FIFTY THOUSAND $$$ US per month ?
Please tell us you think this is Kosher ??
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Post by Jessiealan on Mar 5, 2020 21:51:23 GMT -5
@sysop"Toby, I have to think you get your "information" is from Facebook, conspiracy theorists and other crackpots. Joe Biden is a straight-man"" I don't do Facebook, Twitter, or any of the other similar things, my information comes from looking at a wide range of sources and weeding out the loopy and cranks then seeing what is left. Some of you may remember I put the Burisma scandal up on this board a couple of years ago, well before it became headline news but even back then there were mutterings about Hunter and his dodgy associates, or maybe you would like to explain how an amateur with No experience in the natural Gas field sits on the Board of a foreign Company drawing a Salary of FIFTY THOUSAND $$$ US per month ? Please tell us you think this is Kosher ?? I have no idea and neither do you except your personal opinion. Certainly it does not hold a candle to the amounts Trump has raked in over the past 3 years. That includes the entire Trump family. I'll stand by what I said. Biden is the straight man overall. I am only sorry Elizabeth Warren did so poorly she felt she had to drop out. After Hillary, I think the American public is very gender conscious. |
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