Amid tales of Floridians
showing up to vote on Super Tuesday — a full week late for their state's primary — and Obama's "girl"
not showing up at all, there's this invisible ink voting snafu out of Chicago.
Election officials in Chicago investigated the claims of "magic" invisible ink pens to mark ballots, and concluded that it was "just utter stupidity." It's quite the Super Tuesday fiasco . . .
Many of you played pundit, and
took a guess as to who would win six of the biggest contests on Tuesday. Here's how the Sugar predictions matched up to the actual results.
Massachusetts:
- Sugar Prediction: Obama and McCain
- Actual Winner: Clinton and Romney
California:
- Sugar Prediction: Obama and McCain*
- Actual Winner: Clinton and McCain*
For the rest of the results, read more.
New York:
- Sugar Prediction: Clinton and McCain*
- Actual Winner: Clinton and McCain*
Arizona:
- Sugar Prediction: Obama and McCain*
- Actual Winner: Clinton and McCain*
Utah:
- Sugar Prediction: Obama and Romney*
- Actual Winner: Obama and Romney*
Tennessee:
- Sugar Prediction: Obama and McCain
- Actual Winner: Clinton and Huckabee
*Sugar voters picked winner!.
How did your predictions hold up?
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Now that the dust has settled from yesterday's primaries, the real work can begin — figuring out what to make of all results. Here's what I'm noticing so far:
- In what I'm calling the "Wild West Stampede to the Center," it looks like states that usually vote Blue in the general election went for McCain last night (California, Illinois, New York) while Obama nabbed Red States (Alabama, Georgia, North Dakota). Does this mean that Democrats are more liberal in conservative states and vice versa.
So the nominations aren't exactly decided, even after Super-Duper Tsunami-rageous Tuesday Extravaganza-palooza. But, here's a
simple delegate projection:
Democrats 2,025 Needed:
- Hillary Clinton 845
- Barack Obama 765
Republicans 1,191 Needed:
- John McCain 613
- Mitt Romney 269
- Mike Huckabee 190
Check out the New York Times interactive
election guide for an extensive breakdown of who won what.
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