2008 Presidential Race
Jan. 18th, 2008 09:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chromodynamicsOn the Democratic side:
The at-large caucus sites will continue to be open during the Nevada primary tomorrow. Now the big questions are how many will truly caucus (this is the first time the race has been this early for Nevada, and I saw one anecdote on MSNBC's First Read where during a rally of over a thousand Obama supporters, only four raised their hands as having caucused in previous elections), and how the Latino vote will split.
The latest poll in South Carolina shows Obama with a good lead, 40% to Hillary's 31% and Edwards 13%. Looking at the numbers, Obama seems to be winning over a key constiuency, the African-American vote, but there are still questions about how that vote will split in other Southern states.
On the Republican side:
The latest poll in South Carolina shows a very close match between McCain (27%) and Huckabee (25%). Romney follows at 15%, then Thompson at 13%, Ron Paul at 6%, and Giuliani at 5%.
And of course all the TV networks had fun showing the video of the argument between Romney and a reporter (though I thought Romney handled himself very well here, it seemed like the reporter was trying to rile him up).
The at-large caucus sites will continue to be open during the Nevada primary tomorrow. Now the big questions are how many will truly caucus (this is the first time the race has been this early for Nevada, and I saw one anecdote on MSNBC's First Read where during a rally of over a thousand Obama supporters, only four raised their hands as having caucused in previous elections), and how the Latino vote will split.
The latest poll in South Carolina shows Obama with a good lead, 40% to Hillary's 31% and Edwards 13%. Looking at the numbers, Obama seems to be winning over a key constiuency, the African-American vote, but there are still questions about how that vote will split in other Southern states.
On the Republican side:
The latest poll in South Carolina shows a very close match between McCain (27%) and Huckabee (25%). Romney follows at 15%, then Thompson at 13%, Ron Paul at 6%, and Giuliani at 5%.
And of course all the TV networks had fun showing the video of the argument between Romney and a reporter (though I thought Romney handled himself very well here, it seemed like the reporter was trying to rile him up).