The polls are open. After more than a year of campaigning and hundreds of
million of dollars spent, twenty four states participate in either caucuses
or primaries on this Super Presidential Tuesday.
Higher than normal turnout
is expected if voting in early states and the number of hits on a Barack Obama
YouTube video are any indication.
In a final push, Hillary Clinton hosted a national
town hall that connected 21 other townhalls, all in primary states, via satellite.
A
confident Republican John McCain is predicting victory, while Ron Paul is hoping
for a big turn. He is highlighting his second place finish in the weekend's
Maine caucuses.
The Green Party participates in its first ever primary. Undeclared
candidate Ralph Nader is on the ballot in California and Massachusetts. He
will be battling it out with Cynthia McKinney, who is on the ballot in four
state.
Most candidates will spend much of the day campaigning in their home
states.
Democrats will allocate 2000 delegates to be divided proportionally.
1000 delegates will go to the Republican nominees mostly in a winner take all
fashion.
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