Editor’s Note: I will start a new blog within the current PolitiView blog that I will dub the Democratic Primary Journal where I will focuses on either the debate, the primary/caucus schedule, and my thoughts regarding them. I also have an arduous task ahead of me, as I will also watch not one but BOTH of the primary conventions this summer. I will post my thoughts as though as well, and be on the lookout for nifty artwork as I scratch the remaining candidate logos one by one.
I’m a little behind as I was supposed to start on Iowa, but that was before the whole fiasco, so I will do an entry o9n the recent one in Nevada. Once I have the first two up, I will DELETE and then re-add a longer post entry, but my hope is to do all before Super Tuesday. I also have homework and a scheduled working event next week, so depending on my schedule Super Tuesday might be up by that weekend (March 7 or 8).
So without further ado, here is my first (or third) primary entry:
On Saturday, the third presidential primary was held in Nevada, which held its second caucus in the 2020 cycle. Prior to the caucus, Nevada was thinking about doing a virtual primary with the help of an app. With the debacle of Iowa three weeks ago, the idea was quickly scrapped. Early voting was held before the February 19 caucus, and it showed Bernie Sanders taking a monumental lead.
Like Iowa, Nevada was slow to get all the voting results from the caucus in. Out of the gate with four percent, Sanders was ultimately declared the winner as he was pullin ahead of Biden. As of Saturday, Sanders received 4-5 delegates out of the 36 pledged delegates (there are 12 unpledged delegates, totaling 48, but that will come later down the road toward convention time).
The results kept coming in slowly, and as of today around noon, it was at full 100% with the delegate count tabulated.
Sanders picked up 26.
Biden picked up 9.
Buttigeg picked up 3.
Next stop - Eleventh debate, where seven of the eight candidates will participate, in South Carolina tomorrow.
South Carolina primary on February 29.
Will Sanders be able to keep his momentum toward Super Tuesday? Stay tuned and as Rachel Maddow says, "watch this space".
