As we enter the last 30 weeks of the election campaign, delegate talk becomes more prevalent. On the Republican side, current Donald (future Donald) did not have a good Saturday in Colorado and South Carolina, with Cruz picking up delegates, and Kasich seeing a path despite lacking delegates. On the Democratic side, Bernie's recent good run has added to his count, although he remains behind Hillary. Voter suppression continues to be a strong issue, while Wikipedia has some interesting data on historical voter turnout. Meanwhile, Paul Ryan may or may not be running, while Kevin Spacey, who plays Frank Underwood in House of Cards series, says some real-life presidential candidates 'appear to be fictional'. Delegate count trackers are available at 538, Associated Press and Bloomberg, while election odds are shown at Oddschecker and PredictWise. And it's not just the MetaFilter mods who this campaign is mortally affecting.
Primaries coming up...April 19th
- New York (Democratic and Republican closed primaries)
April 26th
- Connecticut (Democratic and Republican closed primaries)
- Delaware (Democratic and Republican closed primaries)
- Maryland (Democratic and Republican closed primaries)
- Pennsylvania (Democratic and Republican closed primaries)
- Rhode Island (Democratic and Republican semi-closed primaries)
Previously on MetaFilter...
April 3rd - After this it's the midterms: April's US election primaries.
March 15th - Election 2016: Rubio and Kasich's last stand.
March 5th - Six candidates, eight days, eleven states: Election 2016 continues.
March 1st - Super Tuesday.
February 18th - Nevada and South Carolina.
February 9th - New Hampshire.
February 1st - Iowa.
(Housekeeping. There are currently two US election MetaTalk threads with overlapping subtopics, here and here. In the former, Cortex has some words on what the mods hope to see/not see in future debates.)
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