The webpage www.electoral-vote.com tracks individual state polls for the general election for president. Professor Andrew Tanenbaum, who runs this site, suggests that if the major party nominees are Barack Obama and John McCain, a likely electoral vote result (based on … Continue reading
Richard Winger
Proponents of the “top-two” system are expecting to qualify an initiative for the Oregon November 2008 ballot, to establish that type of election system. They need 82,579 valid signatures by July 3, and will probably succeed. BlueOregon has this commentary, … Continue reading
The April 22 Pennsylvania primary is April’s only Democratic Party nominating event. After that, the next round is the Guam caucus, which has received little publicity. Guam Democrats will choose 4 delegates on Saturday, May 3 (actually, though, 8 will … Continue reading
On April 19, two former Democratic U.S. Senators, Sam Nunn of Georgia and David Boren of Oklahoma, both endorsed Barack Obama. Both men had been close to Unity08 last year. See here for the Nunn story and here for the … Continue reading
According to this Orlando Sentinel newspaper story, Prohibition Party presidential candidate Gene Amondson said he will probably vote for the Republican nominee for president. It is almost always a mistake for any minor party candidate to say that he or … Continue reading