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Students campaign for today's primaries
by Miranda Neubauer
Senior Writer
News | 2/5/08
Posted online at 1:20 AM EST on 2/5/08
/ Last updated at 1:27 AM EST on 2/5/08
While most students were sleeping last Saturday morning, Brandeis Students for McCain stood at the intersection of South and Weston Streets in Waltham, holding up campaign signs. The McCain supporters were some of many Brandeis students who are actively involved in the presidential campaign during the lead-up to today's primaries.
The polling location, Bank School on the corner of South and Vernon Streets, will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today. Students can take the BranVan to vote starting at 4 p.m., according to a campuswide e-mail sent by Student Union President Shreeya Sinha '09 yesterday. Brandeis is part of Ward 7 District 1, which has 2766 registered voters, according to Eileen Eaton in the Waltham County Clerk's office.
Twenty-two states are holding primaries and two are holding caucuses today that determine which candidate is allocated the most state delegates and thus who will receive the party's nomination.
Both fields have narrowed down to two major Democratic front-runners. Former first lady and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton placed first in four states, winning 232 delegates according to Cnn.com, while Illinois Sen Barack Obama placed first in two states, winning 158 delegates. Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain has won three states and 97 delegates, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has four states and 92 delegates and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has 29 delegates after winning the Iowa caucus.
While Super Tuesday, usually in February or March, has always been the day in which the largest number of primary elections takes place, this election cycle is unique because many states voted to shift their primaries to earlier than usual dates in the hopes of playing a greater role in the campaigns at a time when the winner is not yet clear. These moves have faced criticism, with the Democratic and Republican National Committees stripping some states of some or all of their delegates to penalize them for holding elections before Feb. 5.
The polling location, Bank School on the corner of South and Vernon Streets, will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today. Students can take the BranVan to vote starting at 4 p.m., according to a campuswide e-mail sent by Student Union President Shreeya Sinha '09 yesterday. Brandeis is part of Ward 7 District 1, which has 2766 registered voters, according to Eileen Eaton in the Waltham County Clerk's office.
Twenty-two states are holding primaries and two are holding caucuses today that determine which candidate is allocated the most state delegates and thus who will receive the party's nomination.
Both fields have narrowed down to two major Democratic front-runners. Former first lady and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton placed first in four states, winning 232 delegates according to Cnn.com, while Illinois Sen Barack Obama placed first in two states, winning 158 delegates. Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain has won three states and 97 delegates, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has four states and 92 delegates and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has 29 delegates after winning the Iowa caucus.
While Super Tuesday, usually in February or March, has always been the day in which the largest number of primary elections takes place, this election cycle is unique because many states voted to shift their primaries to earlier than usual dates in the hopes of playing a greater role in the campaigns at a time when the winner is not yet clear. These moves have faced criticism, with the Democratic and Republican National Committees stripping some states of some or all of their delegates to penalize them for holding elections before Feb. 5.
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