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Race For The Presidency
Winning the 2008 Nomination
By Rhodes Cook |
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Alabama will be holding its presidential primary on Super Tuesday
for the first time since 1988, although the 2008 version will be
a full month earlier than it was 20 years ago.
Alabama does not have party registration, so the state’s
2,469,807 registered voters (as of November 2006) can participate
in the primary of their choice.
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DEMOCRATS |
REPUBLICANS |
| THE CALENDAR |
Primary Date
(polling hours) |
Feb. 5
(7 a.m. - 7 p.m.) |
Feb. 5
(7 a.m. - 7 p.m.) |
| Filing Deadline |
Nov. 7, 2007 |
Nov. 7, 2007 |
| Filing Procedure |
Candidates must submit petitions to their state
party signed by at least 500 registered voters statewide or
at least 50 registered voters from each congressional district.
In addition, each party requires candidates to pay a qualifying
fee. It is $2,500 for Democratic candidates, $5,000 for Republican
candidates. |
| THE DELEGATES |
| Number (% of national total) |
60 (1.4%) |
48 (2.0%) |
| Distribution: |
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By district |
34 (varies from 4 to 7 per district) |
21 (3 per district) |
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At-Large |
11 |
24 |
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Pledged PEOs |
7 |
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RNC members |
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3 |
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Superdelegates |
11 |
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| Method of Allocation |
Proportional—15% of vote needed
to win a share of statewide or district delegates.
| Winner-take-all or Proportional—a candidate that wins a majority of the statewide
vote wins all the at-large delegates; a candidate that wins
a majority of the vote in an individual district wins all three
delegates. If no candidate wins a statewide majority, at-large
delegates are divided among those who win at least 20% of the
statewide vote. If no candidate wins a majority within a district,
then delegates are divided proportionally with 20% of the district
vote needed to qualify. |
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