*2016 US PRES. PRIMARIES FULL SCHEDULE, Super Tuesdays March 1 & 15, Delegate Types, Conventions
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France 24 News video, 2 mins. explains the US presidential primaries process, types of state delegates, conventions.
The US Presidential primary season of 5 months is a series of mini elections (primaries and caucuses) held in all 50 states. On SUPER TUESDAY MARCH 1, elections will be held in 14 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Wyoming. For the first time, a 2ND SUPER TUESDAY on MARCH 15, will be held with elections in 5 states: Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Missouri and Ohio.
Each political party has a number of Delegates. *PLEDGED DELGATES are supposed to support candidates who have got the most votes. *SUPER DELEGATES numbering 800 consist of congressional members, governors and former presidents who may vote how they want at their party's convention. Both Parties hold national conventions in July where Delegates gather to vote for their party nominee. REPUBLICAN National Convention, July 18-21, Cleveland.
DEMOCRATIC National Convention, July 25-28, Philadelphia.
*2016 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY SCHEDULE, as of Feb. 2, 2016*
The 2016 Presidential primary schedule is finally set. Some of the dates below may be subject to change as states and parties make their final decisions regarding which day to hold their primary or caucus contests. Please use our contact form if you see incorrect information and can provide a link to accurate information. This page will be updated as the calendar is finalized. For total delegate count of each candidate, see the 2016 Delegate Count.
Note: All dates are primaries unless otherwise noted as a caucus. Primaries and caucuses which are only being held by one party on that date are noted as (R) or (D). The delegate counts represent the total delegates from that state for each respective party. Primary and caucus results will be updated regularly. Read more including DEMOCRATIC *DEBATES, http://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2016-presidential-primary-schedule-calendar/#0B7QJbygKtkFfx1b.99
*LIST 2016 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES BY: DATE, STATE, NUMBER OF DELGATES, OPEN/CLOSED, FEB. 1-JUNE 14
-MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1
Iowa caucus (results) 52 D, 30 R Closed
-TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9
New Hampshire (results) 32 D, 23 R Mixed
-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20
Nevada caucus (D) 43 Closed
South Carolina (R) 50 Open
-TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23
Nevada caucus (R) 30 Closed
-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27
South Carolina (D) 59 Open
-MARCH 1, *SUPER TUESDAY* elections in 14 states:
Alabama 60 D, 50 R Open
Alaska caucus (R) 28 Closed
American Samoa caucus (D) 10 Open
Arkansas 37 D, 40 R Open
Colorado caucus 79 D, 37 R Closed
Georgia 116 D, 76 R Open
Massachusetts 116 D, 42 R Mixed
Minnesota caucus 93 D, 38 R Open
North Dakota caucus (R) 28 Closed
Oklahoma 42 D, 43 R Closed
Tennessee 76 D, 58 R Open
Texas 252 D, 155 R Open
Vermont 26 D, 16 R Open
Virginia 110 D, 49 R Open
Wyoming caucus (R) 29 Closed
*MARCH 1-8, Democrats Abroad, 13 Delegates
-SATURDAY, MARCH 5
Kansas caucus 37 D, 40 R Closed
Kentucky caucus (R) 45 Closed
Louisiana 58 D, 47 R Closed
Maine caucus (R) 23 Closed
Nebraska caucus (D) 30 Closed
-SUNDAY, MARCH 6
Maine caucus (D) 30 Closed
Puerto Rico (R) 23 Open
-TUESDAY, MARCH 8
Hawaii caucus (R) 19 Closed
Idaho (R) 32 Closed
Michigan 148 D, 59 R Open
Mississippi 41 D, 40 R Open
Democrats Abroad 17 N/A
-SATURDAY, MARCH 12
Guam (R convention) 9 Closed
Northern Marianas caucus (D) 11 Closed
District of Columbia caucus (R) 19 Closed
-MARCH 15, *2ND SUPER TUESDAY* elections in 5 states:
Florida 246 D, 99 R Closed
Illinois 182 D, 69 R Open
Missouri 84 D, 52 R Open
North Carolina 121 D, 72 R Mixed
Northern Mariana Islands caucus (R) 9 Closed
Ohio 159 D, 66 R Mixed
-SATURDAY, MARCH 19
Virgin Islands caucus (R) 9 Open
-TUESDAY, MARCH 22
American Samoa (R convention) 9 Open
Arizona 85 D, 58 R Closed
Idaho caucus (D) 27 Closed
Utah 37 D, 40 R Closed
-SATURDAY, MARCH 26
Alaska caucus (D) 20 Closed
Hawaii caucus (D) 34 Closed
Washington caucus (D) 118 Closed
-TUESDAY, APRIL 5
Wisconsin 96 D, 42 R Open
-SATURDAY, APRIL 9
Wyoming caucus (D) 18 Closed
-TUESDAY, APRIL 19
New York 291 D, 95 R Closed
-TUESDAY, APRIL 26
Connecticut 70 D, 28 R Closed
Delaware 31 D, 16 R Closed
Maryland 118 D, 38 R Closed
Pennsylvania 210 D, 71 R Closed
Rhode Island 33 D, 19 R Mixed
-TUESDAY, MAY 3
Indiana 92 D, 57 R Open
-SATURDAY, MAY 7
Guam (D) 12 Closed
-TUESDAY, MAY 10,
Nebraska (R) 36 Closed
West Virginia 34 D, 37 R Mixed
-TUESDAY, MAY 17
Kentucky (D) 61 Closed
Oregon 73 D, 28 R Closed
-TUESDAY, MAY 24
Washington (R) 44 Closed
-SATURDAY, JUNE 4
Virgin Islands caucus (D) 12 Open
-SUNDAY, JUNE 5
Puerto Rico caucus (D) 67 Open
-TUESDAY, JUNE 7
California 546 D, 172 R Mixed
Montana 27 D, 27 R Open
New Jersey 142 D, 51 R Closed
New Mexico 43 D, 24 R Closed
North Dakota caucus (D) 23 Closed
South Dakota 25 D, 29 R Closed
-TUESDAY, JUNE 14
District of Columbia (D) 46 Closed
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- Democrat FDR Campaigns in Atlanta, Georgia in 1932 before Being Elected the First of 4 Terms as U.S. President.
- FDR Accepts Nomination for President at Democratic Convention, Chicago 1932 During Height of the Great Depression
~ FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. A new order of competence and courage. This is more than a political campaign; it's a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone but to win this crusade to restore America to its own people."
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In 1960, West Virginia a citadel of labor gave JFK the Democratic Nomination.
~ WINNING WEST VIRGINIA—JFK's PRIMARY CAMPAIGN ~
> "I would not be where I now am, I would not have some of the responsibilities which I now bear, if it had not been for the people of West Virginia." President John F. Kennedy, June 20, 1963. 
Religious bigotry was one of John F. Kennedy’s greatest adversaries in the 1960 Presidential primary campaign. In West Virginia, he confronted the issue head-on and defeated it. In early April, JFK arrived in West Virginia, a rural state with a struggling economy, to discover that a strong lead in a state poll tracked four months earlier had evaporated. He now trailed his opponent, Senator Hubert Humphrey, by 20 points. The explanation came from Kennedy’s advisors: “No one in West Virginia knew you were a Catholic in December. Now they know.” Yet just four weeks later, the people of West Virginia handed him a stunning victory that he credited with securing the Democratic nomination for President. Sweeping a state in which Catholics comprised barely 5 percent of the population, Senator Kennedy proved that a Catholic candidate could win votes.
JFK’s campaign in West Virginia was all-out. He traveled up and down the state—meeting thousands of voters, listening to their stories and speaking at large events and small gatherings. He shone a national spotlight on their plight and detailed a plan for economic recovery. He commended their strength in the face of adversity. He affirmed the separation of church and state. And on May 10, 1960, the people of an economically distressed, overwhelmingly Protestant, hardscrabble state in Appalachia put their trust in the elegant, young Catholic senator, who spoke in a Boston accent about a brighter future. He won their votes, and they won his heart. The people of West Virginia—their kindness and fairness, their grit and determination and patriotism—made their mark on this young candidate and helped to shape the President he would become.
JFK Library, Exhibits, Winning West Virginia
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Exhibits/Past-Exhibits/Winning-West-Virginia.aspx
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~ DEMOCRATIC DEBATES SCHEDULE, one coming up in 2 days,
*THURSDAY, FEB. 11, 2016
PBS Democratic Primary Debate
9pm ET (8pm CT, 7pm MT, 6pm PT)
Aired On: PBS
Location: UW-Milwaukee in Wisconsin
Sponsors: PBS
Moderators: Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff
Candidates: Clinton, Sanders
*SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 2016
Democratic Primary Debate
Location: *FLINT, MICHIGAN
Sponsors: TBD
Candidates: TBD
*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016
Univision Democratic Primary Debate
Location: Miami Dade College in Miami, Florida
Sponsors: Univision, The Washington Post
Candidates: TBD
Read more at http://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2016-debate-schedule/2016-democratic-primary-debate-schedule/#J5ch5JCPe3ceOv6Q.
Primaries go to June 14.
