Mar 7, 2000 |
Bradley:
Admits defeat in Tuesday's races "He won. I lost."
Bush:
California, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, New York and Ohio
Gore:
California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont.
McCain:
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont
Super Tuesday preview
The poll results and delegate counts going into Tuesday's caucuses and primaries:
California
California holds the most delegates of any state and thus has a huge amount of influence on the nominating conventions and fall election. It has a "blanket" ballot in which voters can select candidates regardless of their party affiliation but delegates are selected only by voters in each party. This means that one candidate could win the "popular" voting while another could win all the state's delegates.
Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. PST
Republicans:
Delegates: 162. Polls: George W. Bush 47 to 26 percent among registered Republicans likely to vote in the presidential primary (Los Angeles Times Feb. 23-28); Bush 26 to 20 percent among likely primary voters (Zogby/Reuters/MSNBC March 6); Bush 54 to 26 percent among Republicans (Zogby/Reuters/MSNBC March 6). Notes: John McCain has picked up the endorsements of major papers like the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner and the San Jose Mercury News. He also has the support of longtime California political advisor Dan Schnur but precious little support from the local Republican Party establishment. Pundits say that Bush will probably sweep all the delegates but could lose the popular election.
Democrats:
Delegates: 367. Polls: Al Gore 54 to 11 percent among Democrats likely to vote in the presidential primary (Los Angeles Times Feb. 23-28); Gore 31 to 10 percent among likely primary voters (Zogby/Reuters/MSNBC March 6).
Connecticut
Polls are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST
Democrats:
Delegates: 54.
Republicans:
Delegates: 25. Polls: Bush 45 to 38 percent among likely primary voters (Zogby/Reuters/MSNBC March 5).
Georgia
Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. EST
Democrats:
Delegates: 77. Polls: Gore 63 to 27 percent among likely Democratic primary voters (Mason-Dixon Polling Feb. 28-March 1).
Republicans:
Delegates: 54. Polls: Bush 54 to 35 percent among likely Republican primary voters (Mason-Dixon Polling Feb. 28-March 1); Bush 56 to 27 percent among likely primary voters (Zogby/Reuters/MSNBC March 5).
Hawaii
Polls are open 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. local
Democrats:
Delegates: 22. Notes: The state holds a caucus. Gore has visited the state since the campaign began; Bill Bradley has not. The vice president has the backing of most of the party establishment.
Idaho
Polls are open 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Mountain
Democrats:
Delegates: 18. Notes: The state's caucus heavily favors Gore.
Maine
Polls are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST
Democrats:
Delegates: 23.
Republicans:
Delegates: 14. Polls: McCain 45 to 41 percent (Research 2000 Feb. 27-29).
Maryland
Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST
Democrats:
Delegates: 68. Polls: Gore 59 to 28 percent among likely Democratic primary voters (Mason-Dixon Polling Feb. 26-28). Notes: Closed primary.
Republicans:
Delegates: 31. Polls: Bush 45 to 37 percent among likely Republican primary voters (Mason-Dixon Polling Feb. 26-28); Bush 53 to 31 percent among likely primary voters (Zogby/Reuters/MSNBC March 5). Notes: Independents may vote in the GOP primary.
Massachusetts
Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST
Democrats:
Delegates: 93. Polls: Gore 58 to 31 percent among likely Democratic primary voters (University of Massachusetts March 1-4). Notes: Gore managed to get Ted Kennedy's endorsement even though the senator traditionally waits until the party convention to give his blessing. Independents can cross over, but they seem to prefer McCain.
Republicans:
Delegates: 37. Polls: McCain 59 to 29 percent among likely Republican primary voters (University of Massachusetts March 1-4); McCain 59 to 31 percent among likely primary voters (Zogby/Reuters/MSNBC March 5).
Minnesota
Polls are open 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. CDT
Republicans:
Delegates: 34. Polls: Bush 49 to 31 percent (Mason-Dixon Polling Feb. 25-28).
Democrats:
Delegates: 74.
Missouri
Polls are open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. CDT
Democrats:
Delegates: 75. Polls: Gore 53 to 33 percent among likely Democratic primary voters (Mason-Dixon Polling Feb. 25-28). Notes: Even though Bradley grew up in Crystal City, Mo., it appears that he's represented New Jersey too long for that to make a difference here.
Republicans:
Delegates: 35. Polls: Bush 48 to 36 percent among likely Republican primary voters (Mason-Dixon Polling Feb. 25-28); Bush 48 to 34 percent among likely primary voters (Zogby/Reuters/MSNBC March 5).
New York
Polls are open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. EST in Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Orange, Rockland and Erie Counties.
Polls are open noon to 9 p.m. EST in the rest of the state.
Democrats:
Delegates: 243. Polls: Gore 60 to 32 percent among likely Democratic primary voters (Quinnipiac College Feb. 29-March 5); Gore 58 to 28 percent among likely primary voters (New York Post/Fox 5/Zogby March 6); Gore 57 to 31 percent (Mason-Dixon Polling). Notes: Bradley's athletic history (as a star on the Knicks in the '70s) is unlikely have much bearing on the political present, this despite ads by Michael Jordan and Knicks lover Spike Lee. Bradley supporters have questioned his decision to spend so much time campaigning for Washington's beauty contest on Feb. 29 instead of building support in the Empire State.
Republicans:
Delegates: 101. Polls: Bush 48 to 39 percent among likely Republican primary voters (Quinnipiac College Feb. 29-March 5); Bush 46 to 41 (Marist March 2-5); Bush 43 to 40 percent (New York Post/Zogby March 3-5); Bush 45 to 44 percent (Mason-Dixon Polling March 2-3); Bush 47 to 39 percent (Daily News Feb. 27-March 3). Notes: The state is second only to California as a Republican battleground. McCain has garnered the endorsements of New York's major papers: the New York Times, the New York Daily News, Newsday, the Staten Island Advance, the New York Post and the Albany Times Union. But Bush has the party machinery, headed by Gov. George Pataki, behind him. McCain fought a highly publicized battle to get on the entire state's ballot and won after the Bush team decided that fighting it provided too much ammunition for McCain's reform message.
North Dakota
Polls are open noon to 8:30 p.m. CDT
Democrats:
Delegates: 14. Notes: The state holds a caucus.
Ohio
Polls are open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. EST
Democrats:
Delegates: 146. Polls: Gore 67 to 24 percent among likely Democratic primary voters (Mason-Dixon Polling March 2-3); Gore 68 to 21 percent among likely primary voters (Toledo Blade/Zogby March 5).
Republicans:
Delegates: 69. Polls: Bush 54 to 35 percent among likely Republican primary voters (Mason-Dixon Polling March 2-3); Bush 57 to 31 percent among likely primary voters (Toledo Blade/Zogby March 3-5); Bush 61 to 33 percent (Columbus Dispatch Feb. 25-March 4).
Rhode Island
Polls are open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. EST
Democrats:
Delegates: 22.
Republicans:
Delegates: 14.
Vermont
Polls are open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. EST
Democrats:
Delegates: 15.
Republicans:
Delegates: 12. Polls: McCain 53 to 34 percent (Mason-Dixon Polling Feb. 25-27).
Washington
Polls are open for Democrats 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. PST
Polls are open for Republicans 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. PST
Democrats:
Delegates: 77. Notes: The state holds a caucus. Despite heavy campaigning by Bradley, Gore won a crushing victory in the Feb. 29 nonbinding primary.
Republicans:
Delegates: 25. Notes: The state holds a caucus. Election returns from Feb. 29 are still not final, but projections show Bush winning seven delegates and McCain five.
American Samoa
Democrats:
Delegates: 3. Notes: The territory holds a caucus. As the Associated Press puts it, "It takes 15 hours to get here from Washington, D.C., and neither man has."
McCain charges Bush with FEC violation
The McCain campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission Monday alleging that recent anti-McCain ads by the Republicans for Clean Air group violate federal laws. Slate wonders how McCain can say that the ads are dirty while also claiming that they prove the need for restrictions on special-interest ads.
Meanwhile the National Right to Life Committee is at it again. In a filing to the FEC Monday, the group announced it was spending $200,000 on get-out-the-vote calls for Bush in key primary states. The calls accuse the staunchly pro-life McCain of having "made conflicting statements about abortion." To date the group has spent almost $500,000 for Bush in this campaign.
And finally, Gerri Barish, the woman whose voice is in the now-infamous Bush breast cancer ad, told Newsday, "With all the controversy, I am sorry I did the radio spot and it's come out the way it did."
