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Since the beginning of 2007, many states have moved, or are discussing plans to move, the dates of their primaries or caucuses up to [[5 February]]. The nation's first quasi-"National Primary" may very well take place on that day. This has also been dubbed "Super Duper Tuesday, "Giga Tuesday," "Mega-Tuesday," and the "Powerball Primary."
Since the beginning of 2007, many states have moved, or are discussing plans to move, the dates of their primaries or caucuses up to [[5 February]]. The nation's first quasi-"National Primary" may very well take place on that day. This has also been dubbed "Super Duper Tuesday, "Giga Tuesday," "Mega-Tuesday," and the "Powerball Primary."


* [[5 February]], 2008 - [[Alabama]] (60), [[Arizona]] (67), [[Arkansas]]<ref name="ArkPrimary">{{cite web |url=http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/SB235.pdf |title=Arkansas Act 501 of 2005 (SB235 - As engrossed: S2/8/05 H2/22/05)|accessdate=2007-02-19 |format=PDF |publisher=Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research, Information Systems Dept. }}</ref> (47), [[California]] <ref name="L.A. Times">{{cite news |first=Nancy |last=Vogel |title=Senate agrees to move '08 vote to Feb. |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-primary14feb14,0,3518245.story?coll=la-home-headlines |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2007-02-14 |accessdate=2007-02-19}}</ref> (441), [[Delaware]] (23), [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]<ref name=GeorgiaPrimary>{{cite news |first=Sonji |last=Jacobs |title=New primary date headed toward final passage |url=http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgia/entries/2007/04/20/new_primary_dat.html |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=2007-04-21 |accessdate=2007-04-21}}</ref> (104), [[Idaho]] (23),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/display/ReleaseDetails/i/1011889 |title=Democrats re-elect chairman Stallings, change caucus date |publisher=Idaho Democratic Party|date=2007-03-05 |accessdate=2007-03-06}}</ref> [[Illinois]] (185), [[Missouri]] (88), [[New Jersey]] (127), [[New Mexico]] (38), [[New York]]<ref name="New York Senate Endorses Feb. 5 Primary">{{cite news |author=Associated Press |title=New York Senate Endorses Feb. 5 Primary |url=http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8O0NTU82&show_article=1&catnum=3 |publisher=Breitbart.com |date=2007-03-21 |accessdate=2007-03-21}}</ref> (280), [[Oklahoma]] (47), [[Tennessee]] (85), [[Utah]] (29).
* [[5 February]], 2008 - [[Alabama]] (60), [[Arizona]] (67), [[Arkansas]]<ref name="ArkPrimary">{{cite web |url=http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/SB235.pdf |title=Arkansas Act 501 of 2005 (SB235 - As engrossed: S2/8/05 H2/22/05)|accessdate=2007-02-19 |format=PDF |publisher=Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research, Information Systems Dept. }}</ref> (47), [[California]] <ref name="L.A. Times">{{cite news |first=Nancy |last=Vogel |title=Senate agrees to move '08 vote to Feb. |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-primary14feb14,0,3518245.story?coll=la-home-headlines |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2007-02-14 |accessdate=2007-02-19}}</ref> (441), [[Colorado]]<ref name="Colorado Confidential">{{cite news |first=Karen |last=Krummy |title=Colorado strongly showing interest in Feb. 5th |url=http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=7D14D2A77ACCA6AA4AC3E34CA187C638?diaryId=1583 |work=Colorado Confidential |date=2007-03-08 |accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref> (71), [[Delaware]] (23), [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]<ref name=GeorgiaPrimary>{{cite news |first=Sonji |last=Jacobs |title=New primary date headed toward final passage |url=http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgia/entries/2007/04/20/new_primary_dat.html |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=2007-04-21 |accessdate=2007-04-21}}</ref> (104), [[Idaho]] (23),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/display/ReleaseDetails/i/1011889 |title=Democrats re-elect chairman Stallings, change caucus date |publisher=Idaho Democratic Party|date=2007-03-05 |accessdate=2007-03-06}}</ref> [[Illinois]] (185), [[Missouri]] (88), [[New Jersey]] (127), [[New Mexico]] (38), [[New York]]<ref name="New York Senate Endorses Feb. 5 Primary">{{cite news |author=Associated Press |title=New York Senate Endorses Feb. 5 Primary |url=http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8O0NTU82&show_article=1&catnum=3 |publisher=Breitbart.com |date=2007-03-21 |accessdate=2007-03-21}}</ref> (280), [[Oklahoma]] (47), [[Tennessee]] (85), [[Utah]] (29).

[[Colorado]]<ref name="Colorado Confidential">{{cite news |first=Karen |last=Krummy |title=Colorado strongly showing interest in Feb. 5th |url=http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=7D14D2A77ACCA6AA4AC3E34CA187C638?diaryId=1583 |work=Colorado Confidential |date=2007-03-08 |accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref> (71)


===Phase Three: The rest of the race===
===Phase Three: The rest of the race===

Revision as of 07:15, 17 May 2007

Template:Future election in the United States The 2008 Democratic primaries will be the selection process by which the Democrats choose their candidates in the 2008 election for President and Vice President of the United States through a series of primaries and caucuses culminating in the 2008 Democratic National Convention, to be held from Monday, August 25, through Thursday, August 28, 2008, in Denver, Colorado.

Dates and Representation

Democratic candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential election will campaign for the nomination from their party in a series of primary elections and caucus events. They will take place in three phases. The numbers in parenthesis are the total number of votes given to the delegation that will represent that jurisdiction at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. For the 50 states and the District of Columbia this number is equal to the number of delegates, but a set number of votes has been alotted for each other group given representation that may not be equal to the number of delegates sent.

Phase One: January

Under Democratic National Committee rules, no state may hold their primaries or caucuses before February 5 with the exceptions of Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. As of May 4, 2007, Florida's proposed change is waiting for Gov. Charlie Crist's signature, and would be in violation of party rules. The following elections are scheduled or expected:

Date State Type Total
Delegates[1] 		District Level
Delegates 		At-Large
Delegates 		PLEO
Delegates[2]
14 January, 2008 Iowa caucus 45 29 10 6
19 January, 2008 Nevada caucus[3] 25 16 6 3
22 January, 2008 New Hampshire primary[4][5] 22 14 5 3
29 January, 2008 South Carolina primary 45 29 10 6
29 January, 2008 Florida primary 185 121 40 24

Phase Two: Super-Tuesday, or the National Primary.

Since the beginning of 2007, many states have moved, or are discussing plans to move, the dates of their primaries or caucuses up to 5 February. The nation's first quasi-"National Primary" may very well take place on that day. This has also been dubbed "Super Duper Tuesday, "Giga Tuesday," "Mega-Tuesday," and the "Powerball Primary."

Phase Three: The rest of the race

If no one has clinched the nomination by the 5th, these remaining primaries will likely determine the nomination.

Delegate selection rules

Under the Democratic Party's Delegate Selection Rules, delegates are awarded by proportional representation, with a minimum 15% threshold required in order to receive delegates. Each state party is required to publish its own state level delegate selection plan and take public comment. The plans indicate how each state will select delegates at the congressional and statewide level, how the delegation will implement the party's affirmative action policy, and how the delegation will ensure an equal balance between women and men. Those plans are then adopted at state conventions and forwarded to the national party in mid-2007.

Opinion polling

Main article: Opinion polling for the Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008

Candidates

Main article: 2008 Democratic presidential candidates

The following have officially declared their candidacy for the 2008 Presidential Election by filing (or announcing plans to file) the necessary papers with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC).

Potential

The following are commonly included in polling of voters, though they have not filed with the FEC.

  • Wesley Clark - Retired US Army General, former Supreme Allied Commander NATO Europe, 2004 candidate.
  • Al Gore- Former Vice President, 2000 Official Democratic Presidential Candidate, unofficially running. In 2003 he privately and publicly discouraged "Draft Gore" campaigns and denied he was considering another run for the presidency that year. In 2006 and 2007, with levels of publicity and public attention around Mr. Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth" and other activism frequently rivaling levels he received during his 2000 campaigns for President, Vice President Gore has yet to issue similar denials regarding potential participation in this presidential campaign cycle.

Withdrawn

  • Tom Vilsack - Former Governor from Iowa. Second to declare his candidacy (after Mike Gravel) and the first to withdraw from the race.
  • Evan Bayh - U.S. Senator from Indiana. Formed an exploratory committee on December 5, 2006 but withdrawn two weeks after the announcement.
  • Mark Warner - Former Governor of Virginia, Nextel Millionaire. Formed an exploratory committee, but withdrew.
  • Russ Feingold - U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. Formed an exploratory committee, but withdrew.

Notes and References

  1. ^ "Democratic National Convention website". Democratic National Committee. 2007-05-09. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
  2. ^ "Democratic National Convention website". Democratic National Committee. 2007-05-09. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
  3. ^ "Democrats Release Statement One Year From Nevada Caucus". Nevada State Democratic Party. 2007-01-19. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
  4. ^ New Hampshire officials have stated that by state law, the NH Primary must be the first primary in the nation and must precede any similar contest by at least seven days, thus, the state may not abide by DNC approved dates. The DNC has threatened to withhold NH delegates if the state moves the primary earlier than the 22nd.
  5. ^ John DiStaso (2006-12-09). "Obama heads to NH" (Fee required). New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved 2007-01-19.
  6. ^ "Arkansas Act 501 of 2005 (SB235 - As engrossed: S2/8/05 H2/22/05)" (PDF). Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research, Information Systems Dept. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
  7. ^ Vogel, Nancy (2007-02-14). "Senate agrees to move '08 vote to Feb". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
  8. ^ Krummy, Karen (2007-03-08). "Colorado strongly showing interest in Feb. 5th". Colorado Confidential. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  9. ^ Jacobs, Sonji (2007-04-21). "New primary date headed toward final passage". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
  10. ^ "Democrats re-elect chairman Stallings, change caucus date". Idaho Democratic Party. 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2007-03-06.
  11. ^ Associated Press (2007-03-21). "New York Senate Endorses Feb. 5 Primary". Breitbart.com. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
  12. ^ Walton, Don (2007-02-11). "State Dems to hold presidential caucuses in '08". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  13. ^ Associated Press (2007-01-22). "Presidential caucus set for Feb. 10, 2008". MaineToday.com. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
  14. ^ "Precinct Caucuses". Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. 2007-03-21. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
  15. ^ "N. Carolina Legislature Considering Earlier Date". NC Legislature. 2007-03-25. Retrieved 2007-03-25.
  16. ^ "RCW 29A.56.020". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
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