Four States are voting today. Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont all have primaries for both parties this evening. Most of them are standard primaries. There is only one state that is a little strange on the Democratic side, the Republican side is a straight up primary.
Texas has a weird two-step deal. On the democratic side, their primaries are open where most of the delegates are handed out. They also have a Democratic Closed Caucus. The difference is that anyone can come in and vote in the primary. To participate in the Caucus you must have a) Registerd as a Democrat and b) Voted in the democratic Primary. Now, I’m still not entirely sure how this would not be voting twice. If I can figure out more of the details I’ll let you all know.
EDIT: They can vote twice. I’m not exactly sure about how it works but I guess the Primary is 2/3 the delegates and the Caucus is 1/3 the delegates, so people should have a say in all the delegates logically, therefore they vote twice.
Now for the results:
xx = no data yet
** = projected winner (Projections from CNN Politics)
Last Update: Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 @ 9:05 am.
Ohio Primaries
99% Reporting
Democrats
Clinton – 54% – 62 Delegates**
Obama – 44% – 46 Delegates
Republicans
McCain – 60% – 79 Delegates**
Huckabee – 31% – 0 Delegates
Ron Paul – 5% – 0 Delegates
Rhode Island Primaries
98% Reporting
Democrats
Clinton – 58% – 12 Delegates**
Obama – 40% – 8 Delegates
Republicans
McCain – 65% – 13 Delegates**
Huckabee – 22% – 4 Delegates
Ron Paul – 7% – 0 Delegates
Texas Primaries
99% Reporting
Democrats
Clinton – 51% – 16 Delegates**
Obama – 48% – 10 Delegates
Republicans
McCain – 51% – 70 Delegates**
Huckabee – 38% – 0 Delegates
Ron Paul – 5% – 0 Delegates
Texas Caucuses
36% Reporting
Democrats
Obama – 51% – xx Delegates
Clinton – 48% – xx Delegates
Vermont Primaries
90% Reporting
Democrats
Obama – 60% – 9 Delegates**
Clinton – 38% – 6 Delegates
Republicans
McCain – 72% – 17 Delegates**
Huckabee – 14% – 0 Delegates
Ron Paul – 7% – 0 Delegates