I'm sure that all of my fellow political junkies will agree that tomorrow is like Christmas morning for us! With the Democratic race as close as ever, today is an important campaigning day for both nominees.
A new CNN/Research Corp. national poll released today had Barack Obama with 49 percent and Hillary Clinton with 46 percent. Because there is a 4.5 percentage point margin of error this puts the two candidates in a statistical tie. Clinton has secured 48 delegates and Obama has secured 63. This would seem to put Obama in the lead, but superdelegates are proving to be a big factor in this election. Clinton has 184 superdelegates while Obama only has 95. Superdelegates are delegates to the nominating convention who are not bound by the decisions of party primaries or caucuses. Superdelegates are made up of elected officeholders and party officials.
Tomorrow is going to be an exciting day and tomorrow night is going to be an especially exciting night. I feel like it's Christmas Eve! Tomorrow night we'll see what the political Santa has brought the candidates.
In the Republican race things aren't as close. John McCain is the clear front runner in the polls right now with the support 44 percent of registered Republicans polled, while Mitt Romney has 29 percent, Mike Huckabee has 18 percent and Ron Paul trails in last with 6 percent. However this election season has proven to be one filled with surprises. McCain has secured 95 delegates, Romney 85, Huckabee 26, and Paul 6.
- Ava Lowery
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