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Today Pennsylvanian Republicans and Democrats vote to select their candidates for the November elections. The Pennsylvania Primaries are “closed”; that is, only registered Dems and Reps can vote in their respective primary.
In all 19 Congressional Districts, candidates are vying for their (respective) party’s nominations. This is an “off year” for the Senate. State and Local elections will be held as well.
For Republicans voting today, the Presidential race has all but been decided with John McCain having secured the Republican nomination back in March; Ron Paul, however, is still on the ballot. Very few Republican candidates are facing tough opposition today; of course there is that race out in Central PA (which is for an open seat).
Most of the “action” today is on the Democrat side of the aisle. As we all know, the identity of the Democrat nominee is yet to be decided.
PA offers 187 delegates to the Democratic candidates. 158 of the delegates are “pledged” and 29 are “Super Delegates” (those individuals who can vote for whomever they like at the convention). Of the 158 pledged delegates, 103 are allocation among the 19 congressional districts and “pledged” to each candidate according to how the vote goes in that particular district; the remaining 55 delegates (called “state-wide” delegates) will be assigned to the candidates at the State Committee Meeting (June 7th). Source: The Green Papers.
Currently, Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama in the PA polls. A decisive win coupled with a strong voter turnout could give her campaign the boost it needs to convince the “Super Delegates” and remaining undecided voters that she should be the nominee and that she can win in November.
The polls have been open for a few hours now, and, according to my sources, voter turnout has been good.
We’ll be posting results as they come in tonight, so check in to see how and where the votes go!
863 days ago
It’s 8:06pm(EST) and CNN will not, at this time, predict a winner for the Democratic Presidential Primary. They say that the race is competative.
They do report that there is a record turnout for a Dem Primary.
And they report that there have be a great number of “voting irregularities”.
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863 days ago
8:20pm (EST) –
still no numbers or predictions -
however, Clinton has “won” white women and men, although the margins are closer than in the “similar” state of Ohio.
Senator Obama has “won” 92% of the African American vote.
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863 days ago
8:40pm(EST) – still no projected winner.
Obama is winning the voters under 30.
Clinton is winning the voters over 60 – and Pennsylvania has the second largest senior population in the country.
The Pundits contend that the biggest trend is neither race nor gender, but age.
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863 days ago
1% of the vote has come in – and Clinton has 65% of the votes.
But, Wolf Blitzer insists that it is still very early, and we should keep watching – as CNN breaks for commercial.
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863 days ago
No TV, am watching here to see the results…
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863 days ago
7:55pm(EST) – 3% of the vote is in – Senator Clinton is now ahead by 10%.
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863 days ago
ABC NEWS has projected Hillary Clinton the winner of the PA Primary
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863 days ago
5% vote is in – 53% Clinton – 47% Obama (according to CNN).
Sen Clinton is winning north western PA. Including the Erie area.
Obama is leading in the more urban areas, such as Harrisburg and Philadelphia. However, his margin in Philly is not, currently, enough to balance out Senator Clinton’s popularity in the “blue collar corridor”.
Other areas have not reported their votes.
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863 days ago
CNN projects Hillary Clinton is the winner in PA.
The margin is to be determined
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