Super Tuesday Facts from the Onion

Yeah, I know I'm a day late and a dollar short with this, but I thought you might enjoy.

From the Onion, so it must be true:

The History

* Historically, Super Tuesday falls on a Friday.
* As always, Super Tuesday will fall the day after Overhyped Build-Up Monday and the day before Giant Letdown Wednesday, which precedes Remember All That Stuff Last Tuesday? Thursday.
* Super Tuesday was upgraded to Super-Duper Tuesday in 2008 when a number of state governments decided to pay only 39 cents more.
* While originally only eight states were scheduled to hold their primaries on Super Tuesday, everyone agreed that didn't seem quite super enough, so they threw in an extra few shitty states.
* New Hampshire came under fire in 2004 for trying to sneak in a second primary amidst the Super Tuesday hoopla.

The Size

* This Super Tuesday is supposed to be the largest to date, with an astounding 57 states holding primaries and an additional 39 holding caucuses.
* Some critics see the primacy of the Super Tuesday primaries as a negative influence on the electoral process, saying that as Super Tuesday has grown, it has drawn disproportionate influence away from the only two relevant states in the nation, New Hampshire and Iowa.
* Because of the Writers Guild Strike, instead of the raucous ceremony that usually accompanies Super Tuesday, representatives from each state will calmly walk up to the podium, announce their state's victor, and then quietly sit back down.
* In Alaska Super Tuesday coincides with Hey, What About Alaska? Day.
* Hillary Clinton shocked the political world by calling first dibs and no backsies on all 24 Super Tuesday states, the first time this has been attempted since William Howard Taft tried it in 1912.
* The consolidating effect of Super Tuesday allows everyone to get the whole presidential election process over and done with in time for Valentine's Day.

The Impact

* Depending on the outcome of Super Tuesday, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg will either announce that he's running for president as a third-party candidate or that he's passing a law requiring all New Yorkers to get mandatory monthly cholesterol checks.
* Gives disproportionate advantage to candidates able to canvass 28 states simultaneously.
* On this Super Tuesday, it is conceivable that a lady might win.

Utah's Record Democratic Turnout Yesterday

A brief history of Utah Democratic Primaries:

1992 Party-run Primary: 31,638 total votes
1996: Bill Clinton Unopposed
2000 State-run Primary: 15,867 total votes
2004 party-run primary: 34,854 total votes

Total votes cast in Democratic primaries from 1992-2004: 82,359

Votes cast in 2008?

124,307.

That's with one precinct in Box Elder County plus provisional ballots left to be counted.

-Bob

Democratic Results as of 6:53 PM

Alabama (33% in)
Obama 59%
Clinton 39%

Arkansas (7% in)
Clinton 73%
Obama 22%

Connecticut (47% in)
Obama 50%
Clinton 48%

Delaware (92% in)
Obama 53%
Clinton 43%

Georgia (64% in)
Obama 62%
Clinton 36%

Idaho (9% in)
Obama 73%
Clinton 23%

Illinois (20% in)
Obama 65%
Clinton 33%

Kansas (36% in)
Obama 71%
Clinton 29%

Massachusetts (50% in)
Clinton 58%
Obama 39%

Minnesota (7% in)
Obama 63%
Clinton 35%

Missouri (22% in)
Clinton 57%
Obama 38%

New Jersey (45% in)
Clinton 55%
Obama 42%

New York (18% in
Clinton 62%
Obama 35%

North Dakota (26% in)
Obama 54%
Clinton 43%

Oklahoma (61% in)
Clinton 55%
Obama 30%

Tennessee (34% in)
Clinton 60%
Obama 31%

Republican Results as of 7:12 PM

Alabama (15% in)
McCain 42%
Huckabee 33%
Romney 20%

Arkansas (3% in)
Huckabee 59%
McCain 23%

Connecticut (28% in)
McCain 53%
Romney 32%

Delaware (81% in)
McCain 45%
Romney 33%
Huckabee 16%

Georgia (42% in)
Huckabee 35%
McCain 32%
Romney 29%

Illinois (6% in)
McCain 51%
Romney 29%

Massachusetts (21%)
Romney 52%
McCain 41%

Missouri (5% in)
Huckabee 37%
McCain 30%
Romney 24%

Montana (14% in)
McCain 39%
Romney 27%
Huckabee 19%
Paul 15%

New Jersey (24% in)
McCain 56%
Romney 28%

Oklahoma (26% in)
McCain 37%
Huckabee 34%
Romney 23%

Tennessee (13% in)
McCain 34%
Huckabee 30%
Romney 21%

West Virginia (100%)
Huckabee 52%
Romney 47%

Democratic Results as of 6:53 PM

Alabama (10% in)
Obama 70%
Clinton 29%

Arkansas (1% in)
Clinton 69%
Obama 26%

Connecticut (23% in)
Obama 50%
Clinton 48%

Delaware (29% in)
Obama 48%
Clinton 46%

Georgia (30% in)
Obama 59%
Clinton 38%

Ilinois (3% in)
Obama 56%
Clinton 42%

Massachusetts (11% in)
Clinton 56%
Obama 40%

Missouri (2% in)
Clinton 54%
Obama 36%

New Jersey (5% in)
Clinton 62%
Obama 34%

Oklahoma (12% in)
Clinton 55%
Obama 27%

Tennessee (5% in)
Clinton 58%
Obama 30%

Today has been amazing

I have had the unique opportunity to help man the help/complaint line at Utah Democratic Primary Headquarters all day today. In fact, I'll be here until polls close tonight, when I'll head down to the Young Democrats' party at Cannella's on the corner of 500 south 200 East.

So, what calls have we been getting today?

-The number one type of call I have gotten is people who are registered as Republicans but wanted to vote Democratic today and couldn't.

-People wanting to know their poling location.

-People upset tat they had to declare to the poll worker which primary they were voting in.

-People looking for the phone numbers/addresses of the Obama and Clinton campaigns.

-People who just called to say they were excited to vote.

-Bob