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February 5, 2008
(Minnesota is currently scheduled for an unknown March date while lobbying for the
February 5 slot)
Delegates to national party conventions are selected through direct primary
elections, state caucuses, and state conventions. The process continues through
June, but in previous cycles, the Democratic and Republican candidates were
effectively chosen by the March primaries. This is due to winning candidates
collecting a majority of committed delegates to win their party's nomination.
Most third parties select delegates to their national conventions through state
conventions.
February 5, 2008, looks set to be a decisive date, one month before the
traditional Super Tuesday, as up to twenty states with half of the United
States' population are moving to hold their primaries on what is being called
National Presidential Primary Day or Giga Tuesday.
Democratic candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential election will campaign for
the nomination from their party in a series of primary elections and caucus
events. They will take place in three phases.
Phase Two: Hyper-Tuesday, or the National Primary. Since the beginning of 2007,
many states have moved, or are discussing plans to move, the dates of their
primaries up to February 5th. The nation's first quasi-"National Primary" may
very well take place on that day.
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Idaho, Missouri, New Jersey,
New Mexico, North Carolina, Utah.
Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Texas, West Virginia, Michigan, and
Wisconsin are also considering moving their primaries to this date. |
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