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Race For The Presidency
Winning the 2008 Nomination
By Rhodes Cook |
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Ohio was the proverbial "ground zero" of the 2004 presidential campaign, but its 2008 primary date could fall too late for it to have much influence at all on the presidential nominating process.
Any registered voter may cast a ballot in either the Democratic or Republican primary, and then are considered a member of that party. As of May 2006, there were 7,685,088 registered voters in Ohio.
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DEMOCRATS |
REPUBLICANS |
| THE CALENDAR |
Primary Date
(polling hours) |
March 4
(6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.) |
March 4
(6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.) |
| Filing Deadline |
Jan. 4 |
Jan. 4 |
| Filing Procedure |
Democratic candidates file the name of an at-large delegate with the secretary of state and submit petitions signed by at least 1,000 registered Democrats. Republican candidates qualified for federal matching funds must file with the secretary of state at-large and district delegate slates for each district in which they plan to run. GOP candidates who have not qualified for matching funds must submit petitions signed by at least 1,000 registered voters of their party (to run delegates across the state) or by at least 50 registered voters of their party per district (to run delegates in a particular district). |
| THE DELEGATES |
| Number (% of national total) |
161 (3.6%) |
88 (3.7%) |
| Distribution: |
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By district |
92 (from 4 to 8 per district) |
54 (3 per district) |
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At-Large |
31 |
31 |
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Pledged PEOs |
18 |
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RNC members |
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3 |
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Superdelegates |
20 |
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| Method of Allocation |
Proportional—15% of vote needed to win a share of statewide or district delegates. |
Winner-take-all—statewide winner takes all the at-large delegates; winner in a district takes that district's delegates. |
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