The southern states are poised to dominate the early 2016 campaign schedule for the Presidential hopefuls. Arkansas just joined Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, & Tennessee for a March 1st Super Tuesday blitz.
Louisiana will follow on March 5th. Yes, that's a Saturday event, but the former French colony has some rich traditions like that.
The twin states of Alabama & Mississippi will go to the polls on Tuesday, March 8th. They tend to coordinate their presidential primaries. These 2 gulf states were a part of the original Super Tuesday which was designed by several southern Democrat legislatures prior to the 1988 campaign cycle. The idea was to give a big boost to a southern conservative Democrat early enough to boost his fundraising and 'electability' status, because Northeast liberals had been dominating Democrat presidential politics.
Then comes the big March 15th contest in Florida; along with Missouri. Florida has gotten into some trouble for using primary rules which are incompatible with RNC requirements. We'll see how they deal with their appetite for 'winner-take-all' dispersions of delegate credentials.
After the 15th, states will be allowed to reward their top candidate with winner-take-all status even if the top candidate gets less than 50% of the statewide or districtwide vote totals.
Kansas & Georgia are still working on dates in their state nominating processes.
The idea of Super Tuesday was instituted by Democrats in 1988,
to give a big boost
to a southern conservative Democrat
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After the 15th, states will be allowed to reward their top candidate with winner-take-all status even if the top candidate gets less than 50% of the statewide or districtwide vote totals.
Kansas & Georgia are still working on dates in their state nominating processes.
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| David Van Risseghem |
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