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US ELECTIONS 2008 PRIMARIES & CONVENTIONS
US ELECTIONS 2008 PRIMARIES & CONVENTIONS
US ELECTIONS - Primaries
20th
Jan
Nov Sept Jan May July March Sept Nov May July March Jan
Iowa
Caucus
New
Hampshire
Primary
US ELECTIONS - Primaries
20th
Jan
Nov Sept Jan May July March Sept Nov May July March Jan
Other January
primaries &
caucuses
N.B. FL & MI penalised
by RNC and DNC for
holding primaries too
early (“frontloading”)
US ELECTIONS - Primaries
20th
Jan
Nov Sept Jan May July March Sept Nov May July March Jan
Other January
primaries &
caucuses
Democrats Iowa caucus &
New Hampshire
primary
Total of Delegates
by Feb 2nd
Clinton 23 133
Obama 34 136
Edwards 10 25
2118 needed for
nomination
Republicans (also Wyoming
caucus)
McCain 7 93
Romney 15 77
Huckabee 31 40
Giuliani 0 1191 needed for
nomination
US ELECTIONS - Primaries
20th
Jan
Nov Sept Jan May July March Sept Nov May July March Jan
Super
Tuesday
- Dems
US ELECTIONS - Primaries
20th
Jan
Nov Sept Jan May July March Sept Nov May July March Jan
Super
Tuesday
- GOP
US ELECTIONS - Primaries
20th
Jan
Nov Sept Jan May July March Sept Nov May July March Jan
Super
Tuesday
Democrats Super
Tuesday
Total by
Feb 6th
Clinton 830 963
Obama 830 984
2118 needed for
nomination
Republicans
McCain 628 721
Romney 216 293
Huckabee 167 207
1191 needed for
nomination
US ELECTIONS - Primaries
20th
Jan
Nov Sept Jan May July March Sept Nov May July March Jan
Other
February
US ELECTIONS - Primaries
20th
Jan
Nov Sept Jan May July March Sept Nov May July March Jan
Other
February
Democrats Total by
Feb 25th
Clinton 1264
Obama 1353
2118 needed for
nomination
Republicans
McCain 976
Huckabee 254
1191 needed for
nomination
US ELECTIONS - Primaries
20th
Jan
Nov Sept Jan May July March Sept Nov May July March Jan
March
US ELECTIONS - Primaries
20th
Jan
Nov Sept Jan May July March Sept Nov May July March Jan
March
Democrats States won Total by
March 5th
Clinton 17 1317
Obama 24 1456
2118 needed for
nomination
Republicans
McCain 20 1253
Huckabee 8 271
1191 needed for
nomination
Clinched nomination
March 4th
US ELECTIONS - Primaries
20th
Jan
Nov Sept Jan May July March Sept Nov May July March Jan
April
US ELECTIONS - Primaries
20th
Jan
Nov Sept Jan May July March Sept Nov May July March Jan
April
Democrats States
won
Total by
April 24th
Clinton 18 1420 (+ 258 super-delegates) = 1678
Obama 24 1556 (+233 super-delegates) = 1789
2118 needed for nomination
US ELECTIONS - Primaries
20th
Jan
Nov Sept Jan May July March Sept Nov May July March Jan
May - July
US ELECTIONS - Primaries
20th
Jan
Nov Sept Jan May July March Sept Nov May July March Jan
May - July
Conceded nomination 7th June
Claimed victory –
4th June
Democrats States won Total by June 4th
Clinton 21 1640 + 279 super-delegates = 1919
Obama 29 1765 + 416 super-delegates = 2181
2118 needed for nomination
US ELECTIONS - Conventions
20th
Jan
Nov Sept Jan May July March Sept Nov May July March Jan
Democratic
Convention
Republican
Convention
US ELECTIONS - Conventions
• http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/20/explainer.conventions/index.html
• BBC video coverage – Democratic Convention 2008
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7581517.stm
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7583622.stm
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7585410.stm
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7587335.stm
• BBC video coverage – Republican Convention 2008
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7595204.stm
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7597322.stm
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7599472.stm
US ELECTIONS - Conventions
• http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/20/explainer.conventions/index.html
• 2012 Republican Convention
ABC RNC Day 1 highlights - http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/ann-romney-
chris-christie-republican-national-convention-highlights-17101752 -
WSJ Day 2 (long but starts with Ryan) -
http://blogs.wsj.com/wsjam/2012/08/30/rnc-day-2/tab/video/
ABC RNC Day 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueDQIpcNEUA
• 2012 Democratic Convention
ABC Dem Convention summary from youtube -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjuUIuob1AY
• Notes on Conventions – p62-69 – Where/when? + 3 formal and 3 informal
functions – 1½ - 2 sides, spiderdiagram?
