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February 5, 2008

It's just Regular Tuesday in Rhode Island

This could be a defining day in the 2008 race for the White House. Millions of Americans are heading to the polls to cast primary ballots on Super Tuesday, though not here in Rhode Island.

The Ocean State holds its presidential primary on March 4. Meanwhile, our New England neighbors, Connecticut and Massachusetts, are part of today's primary frenzy.

In all, two-dozen contests from coast to coast are delivering 1,023 Republican and 1,681 Democratic delegates. The number needed to win the nomination: 1,191 Republican and 2,025 Democratic.

The contests offer an enormous chunk of the delegates that are ultimately needed to win each party's nomination at the political conventions this summer.

Party rules are stacked against a knockout for Democrats. All their primaries and caucuses award delegates proportionately, so it doesn't hurt to come in second.

In the Republican field, nine contests offer all delegates to the winner.

See what the candidates have been up to as Super Tuesday kicks off.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson, with reports from the Associated Press

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 8:09 AM | Permalink

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