There are 3 primaries running to day….
Ohio has been pushed back…
Joe Biden will increase his lead….
Bernie Sanders will probably be gasping for any delay ….
The DNC will be in the middle…
My guess is Biden will continue to move his campaign online and digitally to aimed at Trump as Sanders slips further in the media due to the virus and economy coverage…
His campaign as of yesterday was STILL gearing up ads with the money they still have….
Will state parties go ahead with more walk-in primaries?
Will they have to technically give the nomination to Biden from mail in votes?
Will there be a convention by the summer?
It’s to early…
But if Fauci doesn’t give the ‘all clear’?
The DNC should be thinking about contingency plans while Donald Trump works on proping up the economy and possibly buying another term with taxpayer money ….
Things ARE gonna be changed in a way that will probably change the way America conducts it’s political election business in the future…
It’s likely — if not certain — that tonight’s Democratic presidential primaries in Arizona, Florida and Illinois will be the last ones for the next two months.
And it’s unclear what, exactly, is going to happen today in Ohio, where the state’s governor said he wouldn’t open the state’s polling places, defying a judge who declined to postpone the state’s primary.
It all freezes into place a Democratic nominating contest — with uncertainty about when it all begins again.
And that raises questions about the state of Bernie Sanders’ campaign (given that Joe Biden’s lead is going to grow after tonight’s contests), about the Democratic convention in July (will the health landscape improve by then?), and about whether states and the federal government can institute a vote-by-mail system for November.
Already, Georgia (originally set for March 24), Louisiana (April 4) and Kentucky (May 19) have postponed their primaries to later dates, as other upcoming states are almost guaranteed to follow.
Here is the state of the Democratic race heading into tonight’s contests: Joe Biden leads Bernie Sanders by 152 pledged delegates, according to NBC News’ count.
That’s with about half of all delegates now awarded, and it will be about 60 percent done after tonight (and depending on what happens in Ohio)…
I hate to say this…
But Some Democrats ARE gonna suggest
For the greater party good?
Sanders should throw in the towel ….
Yeah, that really tears you up to say that.
The less primaries in the near future, the longer it will be for Biden to become the nominee. What’s going to happen to the Dem convention, which of course is first?
Biden will be the Democratic nominee.
Facing off against a Republican President who disbanded the CDC Pandemic team and turned down coronavirus tests.
Several of my friends who have voted in Illinois today say the polling places are being disinfected constantly and that they are cleaner than grocery stores. For what it is worth.
Yeah, maybe Downstate, In Cook County, elections are “dirtier.”
I always knew the world would be on the verge of collapsing before I took a Dem ballot…
And don’t care about ANYTHING BUT HIM
Any new dates set for Ohio & Kentucky’s primaries?
At her coronavirus press conference (in Rhode Island) following the President’s, Gov. Gina Raimondo said there as yet no plans to postpone or modify RI’s presidential-only primary on April 28th. (State & congressional primaries are in September, as are those of New York, Mass. & Mo.)
Six states have postponed their elections to dates certain (Md, Ga, Ky, La, Ohio & RI), as has the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, while the Wyoming Democrats voted to move back their caucuses to a date which seems currently undetermined. While Rhode Island’s board of elections today scratched the previous date of April 28, it hasn’t yet been absolutely determined if the new date will be June 2 or an earlier one.
See this partial list from USA Today (which doesn’t yet include Rhode Island)
Here is a greatly revised countdown calendar (no guarantees that the formatting will work properly):
0 day[s] or 0 weeks & 0 day[s] until Arizona (D) on Tuesday, March 17
0 day[s] or 0 weeks & 0 day[s] until Florida on Tuesday, March 17
0 day[s] or 0 weeks & 0 day[s] until Illinois on Tuesday, March 17
0 day[s] or 0 weeks & 0 day[s] until Ohio on Tuesday, March 177 day[s] or 1 weeks & 0 day[s] until Georgia on Tuesday, March 2412 day[s] or 1 weeks & 5 day[s] until Puerto Rico (D) on Sunday, March 2918 day[s] or 2 weeks & 4 day[s] until Alaska (D) on Saturday, April 4
18 day[s] or 2 weeks & 4 day[s] until Hawaii (D caucuses) on Saturday, April 4
18 day[s] or 2 weeks & 4 day[s] until Louisiana on Saturday, April 418 day[s] or 2 weeks & 4 day[s] until Wyoming D caucuses on Saturday, April 421 day[s] or 3 weeks & 0 day[s] until Wisconsin (D) on Tuesday, April 7
42 day[s] or 6 weeks & 0 day[s] until Connecticut (D) on Tuesday, April 28
42 day[s] or 6 weeks & 0 day[s] until Delaware on Tuesday, April 28
42 day[s] or 6 weeks & 0 day[s] until New York on Tuesday, April 28
42 day[s] or 6 weeks & 0 day[s] until Pennsylvania on Tuesday, April 28
42 day[s] or 6 weeks & 0 day[s] until Maryland on Tuesday, April 2842 day[s] or 6 weeks & 0 day[s] until Rhode Island on Tuesday, April 2846 day[s] or 6 weeks & 4 day[s] until Guam (D caucus) on Saturday, May 2
46 day[s] or 6 weeks & 4 day[s] until Kansas (D-organized primary) on Saturday, May 2
49 day[s] or 7 weeks & 0 day[s] until Indiana on Tuesday, May 5
56 day[s] or 8 weeks & 0 day[s] until Nebraska on Tuesday, May 12
56 day[s] or 8 weeks & 0 day[s] until West Virginia on Tuesday, May 12
63 day[s] or 9 weeks & 0 day[s] until Kentucky on Tuesday, May 19
63 day[s] or 9 weeks & 0 day[s] until Oregon on Tuesday, May 19
63 day[s] or 9 weeks & 0 day[s] until + Georgia on Tuesday, May 19
77 day[s] or 11 weeks & 0 day[s] until District of Columbia on Tuesday, June 2
77 day[s] or 11 weeks & 0 day[s] until Montana on Tuesday, June 2
77 day[s] or 11 weeks & 0 day[s] until New Jersey on Tuesday, June 2
77 day[s] or 11 weeks & 0 day[s] until New Mexico on Tuesday, June 2
77 day[s] or 11 weeks & 0 day[s] until South Dakota on Tuesday, June 2
77 day[s] or 11 weeks & 0 day[s] until + Ohio on Tuesday, June 2
77 day[s] or 11 weeks & 0 day[s] until + Maryland on Tuesday, June 2
77 day[s] or 11 weeks & 0 day[s] until + Rhode Island ? on Tuesday, June 2
81 day[s] or 11 weeks & 4 day[s] until Virgin Islands (D caucus) on Saturday, June 6
82 day[s] or 11 weeks & 5 day[s] until Puerto Rico [R] on Sunday, June 7
95 day[s] or 13 weeks & 4 day[s] until + Louisiana on Saturday, June 20
98 day[s] or 14 weeks & 0 day[s] until + Kentucky on Tuesday, June 23
118 day[s] or 16 weeks & 6 day[s] until Dem. Natl Convention opens on Monday, July 13
160 day[s] or 22 weeks & 6 day[s] until GOP Natl Convention opens on Monday, August 24
231 day[s] or 33 weeks & 0 day[s] until GENERAL ELECTION on Tuesday, November 3
309 day[s] or 44 weeks & 1 day[s] until INAUGURATION DAY on Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Thanks DSD as usual…
Add Maryland top the states pushing back their primaries…
They go back to June 2nd
DSD could you you give me a simple update when you get chance for a post?
Thanks…
There really is no rush anymore…
Biden IS the nominee…
Add Connecticut to the growing list of pushed back primary voting….
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) announced Thursday that he is moving the state’s April 28 presidential primary to June 2 to help stop the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
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