Mike Berman’s Washington Watch

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Snapshot 1

July 26, 2008

Snapshot 1

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Dates of announcement of Vice Presidential nominees

Year
VP Announced VP Candidate Convention Date
2004 Dem 6-Jul Edwards July 26-29

GOP 257 Cheney in Office August 30 - Sept. 2
2000 Dem 7-Aug Lieberman August 14-17
GOP 24-Jul Cheney July 31-August 3
1996 Dem Gore in Office August 26-29
GOP 15-Aug Kemp August 12-15
1992 Dem 9-Jul Gore July 13-16
GOP Quayle in Office August 17-20
1988 Dem 12-Jul Bentsen July 18-21
GOP 16-Aug Quayle August 15-18
1984 Dem 12-Jul Ferraro July 16-19
GOP Bush in Office August 20-23
1980 Dem Mondale August 11-14
GOP 16-Jul Bush July 14-17
1976 Dem 15-Jul Mondale July 12-15
GOP 19-Aug Dole August 16-19
1972 Dem 13-Jul Eagleton
Dem 5-Aug Shriver July 10-13
GOP Agnew in Office August 21-23
1968 Dem 29-Aug Muskie August 26-19
GOP 8-Aug Agnew August 5-8


A final look at the Democratic primary nomination campaign
[Data is from RealClearPolitics.com]

Delegates
 Obama Clinton
Pledged 3434 1766.5 1639.5
Supers
 833 463 257 (113 not counted)
Total 4267 2229.5 1896.5

  • 19 -- # of delegates by which Clinton leads among pledged delegates selected in primaries
  • 144 -- # of delegates by which Obama leads among pledged delegates selected in caucuses
  • 206 -- # of Superdelegates by which Obama leads among Superdelegates who have announced

Primary and caucus results - pledged delegates



Caucus results - pledged delegates



Primary results - pledged delegates



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