The Michigan primary is an important event for the GOP : indeed this is the first state in which the economic questions have been at the fore-front of the debate, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the candidates on these issues. Michigan is a State that has lost many jobs to globalisation especially in its most important sector : the automobile industry. You will note that globalisation and the suitable responses to the economic changes that it has triggered is now at the heart of the campaigns of the Republican candidates.
If McCain wins the primary this will make him stronger going in the crucial primary of South Carolina, taking place on the 19th and in which he is unlikely to score well.
There is much less at stake for the Democrats. The State of Michigan has been "punished" by the DNC (Democratic National Committee) for holding its primary before Super Tuesday : their delegates will not count and the candidates were not allowed to campaign there. Only 3 names are on the ballot.
Find out the peculiarities of the Michigan primary and what is at stake for each party.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Michigan votes today
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4 comments:
Blog très séduisant. De belles illustrations. Des textes personnels et souvent très pertinents… Que demandez de plus ?
Je reviendrai te lire avec plaisir !
Alex
quite strange to punish states voters!
Thanks to both of you for your comment. Indeed it is a weird thing to strip a State from its delegates, but it is the only way for the DNC to put pressure on a State to comply to its policy. Basically the DNC was opposed to early this year early voting : each State kept pushing their primary earlier in order to become a "strategic" State.
The Republican Party also punished Michigan : by halving the number of delegates the State will send to the convention. However, the Michigan primary still got a good deal of attention (refer to the press coverage).
Talk to you later
Tout à fait d'accord avec toi Alex mais "in english please" !
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