2008 Super Tuesday II

American presidential primary elections on March 4 June 2025 January 2025 thumb|320px|Four states held caucuses or primary elections on Super Tuesday II, 2008. Purple represents contests for both parties (4). Super Tuesday II, 2008 is the name, Aaron Bruns Kapp, Bonney Clinton Takes Fight to Indiana, Looks to Build Off Pennsylvania Win http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/04/23/clinton-takes-fight-to-indiana-looks-to-build-off-pennsylvania-win/ Fox News Channel 2008-04-23 2008-05-06 for 4 March 2008 the day on which the second largest simultaneous number of state presidential primary elections was held for the 2008 presidential election cycle. On this day, Mike Huckabee withdrew from the race when John McCain won enough delegates to claim the Republican nomination for president. It was the second Super Tuesday election of 2008 and took place approximately one month after the first Super Tuesday of this election. The Democratic primaries saw 444 delegates selected on this date, DeFrank Thomas Democratic battle rolls on as Barack, Hillary neck & neck across country New York Daily News New York City 2008-02-06 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/02/06/2008-02-06_democratic_battle_rolls_on_as_barack_hil-1.html 2008-02-26 with 265 delegates in the Republican primaries. Names and prior election cycles After the front-loading rush Schneider Bill Bill Schneider (journalist) It could all be over after 'Super Duper Tuesday' CNN 2007-02-07 http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/05/schneider.superduper.tuesday/index.html 2007-06-03 that saw twenty-four states hold their caucuses and primaries on Super Tuesday, 2008, only four states -Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont- remained on the traditional March Super Tuesday date. This caused pundits in the states left behind to note that "this year, however, Super Tuesday isn't so super." Skolnick David One Valley state legislator tried unsuccessfully to move the Ohio primary to February The Vindicator Youngstown, Ohio 2007-12-30 http://www4.vindy.com/content/local_regional/371130330062404.php 2007-12-12 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120207171103/http://www4.vindy.com/content/local_regional/371130330062404.php 2012-02-07 The 2004 election cycle saw a similar but smaller split, with seven states holding elections in February on Mini-Tuesday, and ten holding contests on Super Tuesday II on the traditional March date. Q&A: US primary elections BBC News 2008-01-10 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7049207.stm 2008-01-12 In 2004, Super Tuesday split in two. There was a Mini-Tuesday (or Super Tuesday I) on 3 February, followed by a Super Tuesday II on 2 March. Delegate allocation Democratic Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008 Under Democratic Party rules, all delegates are awarded via proportional representation, with a minimum 15% threshold required to receive delegates. A total of 444 delegates were pledged by the results of the March 4th primaries. Republican Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008 The Republican Party does not mandate a proportional representation system for delegate selection, but instead allows each state to determine its selection process. A total of 265 delegates were pledged by the results of the March 4th primaries. Results Democratic Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries + State Democratic Winner % of Popular Vote # Delegates Won NotesOhio Hillary Clinton 54% 75 primaryRhode Island Hillary Clinton 58% 13 primaryTexas Hillary Clinton (Primary) 51% 65 primary/caucus126 pledged district-level delegates are chosen during the primary on March 4. The remaining 67 pledged delegates are chosen during a caucus process culminating in a state convention on June 6–7.Vermont Barack Obama 59% 9 primary Republican Results of the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries + State Republican Winner % of Popular Vote # Delegates Won NotesOhio John McCain District WTA + at-large WTAhttp://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/PublicAffairs/ePresGuide07.pdf Archived copy 2008-02-26 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080228000511/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/PublicAffairs/ePresGuide07.pdf 2008-02-28 Rhode Island John McCain Delegate names on ballothttp://www.sec.state.ri.us/elections/ppp/ppp_rep08sample.pdf Archived copy 2008-02-26 2008-02-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20080227231041/http://www.sec.state.ri.us/elections/ppp/ppp_rep08sample.pdf dead Texas John McCain District modified WTA + statewide WTA if 50%+int80-3.inddVermont John McCain Statewide WTAhttp://www.vtgop.org/About/Default.aspx?SectionId=218 Vermont Republican Party :: About Us 2007-07-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070721140804/http://www.vtgop.org/About/Default.aspx?SectionId=218 2007-07-21 , rule 11(i) Super Tuesday III thumb|320px|Two states held primary elections on Super Tuesday III. Purple represents states holding elections for both parties (2). Super Tuesday III was the name Super Tuesday III http://www.oxan.com/worldnextweek/2008-05-01/SuperTuesdayIII.aspx Oxford Analytica May 3–9, 2008 2008-04-07 2008-05-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20080509060541/http://www.oxan.com/worldnextweek/2008-05-01/SuperTuesdayIII.aspx 2008-05-09 dead for 6 May 2008, the day on which the states of Indiana and North Carolina held primary elections for both the Democratic and Republican nominations. It was a day tied for the fifth-largest simultaneous number of state presidential primary elections to be held in the 2008 presidential election cycle. Arian Campo-Flores Kliff, Sarah The New Super Tuesday https://www.newsweek.com/id/129585 Newsweek 2008-04-07 2008-04-14 Erik Potter National spotlight sparks voter interest http://www.post-trib.com/news/880081,primarymain.article Post-Tribune Gary, Indiana 2008-04-06 2008-04-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080411021942/http://www.post-trib.com/news/880081,primarymain.article April 11, 2008 It was the third Super Tuesday election of 2008 and took place approximately two months after Super Tuesday II, 2008. The Democratic primaries had a total of 218 delegates selected on this date, Election Guide 2008 Primary Calendar: Democratic Nominating Contests http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/democraticprimaries/ The New York Times 2008-04-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080102072249/http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/democraticprimaries/ 2008-01-02 with 126 delegates chosen in the Republican primaries. Election Guide 2008 Primary Calendar: Republican Nominating Contests http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/republicanprimaries/ https://web.archive.org/web/20080905122827/http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/republicanprimaries/ dead 2008-09-05 The New York Times 2008-04-14 Names and prior election cycles Pundits have noted that this is the first time that Indiana has garnered widespread attention from presidential primary candidates since Robert F. Kennedy campaigned in the state during the 1968 election. The unexpected relevance of the Indiana Democratic primary has also resulted in much higher than normal voter registration. Likewise, North Carolina Democratic new voter registrations are triple the number reported for the same time period during the 2004 election. Mike Wilder North Carolina is shaping up as vital for Clinton, Obama http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/shaping_11923___article.html/vital_carolina.html Burlington Times News Burlington, North Carolina 2008-03-28 2008-04-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080413011908/http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/shaping_11923___article.html/vital_carolina.html 2008-04-13 "Super Tuesday III" was largely considered the "Waterloo" of the Democratic primaries. Obama had been under fire for controversial remarks made by Jeremiah Wright, and his lead in North Carolina polls had been reduced to single digits, so Clinton's double-digit loss in that state was a major disappointment. Further hurting Clinton's campaign was the time-zone differences, as the defeat was reported in prime time, and the news of the narrow victory in Indiana had come too late. MSNBC's Tim Russert was quoted as saying "She did not get the game-changer she wanted tonight."https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/us/politics/08recon.html?partner=rssnyt The New York Times The Long Road to a Clinton Exit Peter Baker Jim Rutenberg 2008-06-08 2010-05-24 Demographics also played a role as North Carolina featured a lot of African-American as well as young voters in college towns, key groups who have favored Obama during the race. Indiana on the other hand had a significant number of blue-collar and rural voters, groups who favoured Clinton however the race was close as votes from nearly 330,000 people who live in Lake County, directly neighboring Chicago, an Obama stronghold were being counted. Results Democratic Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries Under Democratic Party rules, all delegates are awarded via proportional representation, with a minimum 15% threshold required to receive delegates. A total of 218 delegates will be pledged by the results of the May 6th primaries. + State Democratic Winner % of Popular Vote # Delegates Won NotesIndiana Hillary Clinton 51% 37 primaryNorth Carolina Barack Obama 56% 44 primary Republican Results of the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries The Republican Party does not mandate a proportional representation system for delegate selection, but instead allows each state to determine its selection process. A total of 126 delegates will be pledged by the results of the May 6th primaries. The Republican primaries on this date were of little importance, as John McCain had already secured enough delegates in prior contests to win the nomination. + State Republican Winner % of Popular Vote # Delegates Won NotesIndiana John McCain 78% 27 WTANorth Carolina John McCain 74% 69 WTA Super Tuesday IV Super Tuesday IV was held on May 20, 2008, consisting of the Democratic Kentucky and Oregon primaries. A total of 125 delegates were seated as a result of these primaries. Hillary Clinton handily won the Kentucky primary and Barack Obama handily won the Oregon primary. Notes WTA is Winner Takes All, and applies solely to Republican contests. References 2 See also Mini-Tuesday Super Tuesday Super Tuesday, 2008 Presidential nomination process (US) Category:2008 United States presidential primaries