Slog - Comments on 5:30 PM: Arkansas Thread

Comment by Mike of Renton

Mike of Renton — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:37:04 -0800

Now there's a shocker.

Comment by Kevin Erickson

Kevin Erickson — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:40:46 -0800

Eli, can you note which of these are winner take all?

Comment by unPC

unPC — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:47:08 -0800

got live blog?

@2 none of them are winner take all on the D side.

Comment by banjoboy

banjoboy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:52:10 -0800

Good, maybe they'll both move there and take up a joint Governorship.

Comment by jeepers

jeepers — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:56:42 -0800

Wow, Hillary is cleaning up in the Red States. Why is that????

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:02:47 -0800

she cleaned up in GA and Alabama didnt she jeepers.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:04:20 -0800

None of them are winner-take-all for the Dems. For the other guys, AZ, CT, DE, GA, MO, NJ, NY, OK, UT, and WV are winner-take-all.

In AL (Republican) it's winner-take-all if one candidate gets 50%, otherwise proportional. In CA, it's w-t-a in congressional districts, which means it's more like proportional. In CO, they caucus today but award no delegates until the county conventions. In GA, 30 delegates are w-t-a, 39 are by district. In OK, it's 23 w-t-a statewide, then 15 by district. In MT, it's w-t-a for 19, 3 by district. MN has an impossible to understand system that may or may not allocate delegates at their caucuses.

IL appears to be mostly proportional, but there are two ballots, one with the candidates' names on them, which doesn't count, the other with the delegates' names on it, which does. You tell me what that means.

In AK, AR, ID, KS, MA, NM, ND, TN are proportional for the Republicans.

Comment by unPC

unPC — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:04:21 -0800

She also got Mass. despite the Ted K. and Pat. D. endorsements...and NY duh..though not 75% so WiS will rejoice...
Oops, Obama gets Delaware...wherever that is....

IA SC Ga Ill DE ///NH MI FL Tenn OK MA Ark. NY

Comment by boyd main

boyd main — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:06:59 -0800

Dear Slog,

Please stop it with the 'calling' of states on the Dem side. It makes you look as stupid as your mainstream counterparts.

OK?

OK!

Comment by gnossos

gnossos — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:20:45 -0800

Fnarf @ 7: CA is even a little more complicated from what I gather. Unless one of them gets more than 62.5% in a district they split...thus the search for districts with odd numbers of delegates.

Comment by unPC

unPC — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:23:14 -0800

IA SC Ga Ill DE ///
NH MI FL TN OK MA AK NY NJ

Comment by Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:39:19 -0800

I grew up in Arkansas and just talked to my mom. She told me something that might explain why Hillary is cleaning up in the red states: Apart from the rampant racism there, people are afraid of a "rumor" going around town that Obama is a Muslim. Apparently a lot of people also think he could be the Antichrist. It makes me very sad. I'm glad I left.