Super Tuesday. While it will reduce the number of candidates, will it increase our clarity around their positions? February 5th brings voting to two dozen state primaries or caucuses across the country. It will elect 52 percent of all pledged Democratic Party delegates and 41 percent of the total Republican Party delegates going to their respective 2008 conventions.
It will be diverse. Each region of the country will be represented. It will be large. Eighty million registered voters are affected. And if the record turnout in Florida was any indication, a majority of those voters will participate.
Primaries and caucuses to date have resulted in a two-person race per party: Democrat front-runners Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama, and Republican front runners Senator John McCain and Governor Mitt Romney. Trailing Republican candidates are Governor Mike Huckabee and Congressman Ron Paul. Congressman Mike Gravel (D) is non-accountable for all intents and purposes. After Tuesday, it may be clear who the two November candidates will be.
While we may not have complete clarity on these candidates’ positions, one thing is clear (or clearing up). That is, the positioning of the remaining candidates to users of Connect2Elect. If you have not created a profile, or have not revisited C2E in a while to check your status, I encourage you to do so. The once crowded field that yielded the early pin cushion view is providing more precision on where you stand with the candidates, or where the candidates stand with you on your views, values and attributes.
Deciding on a candidate needn’t wait until you only have two choices. You can participate in Connect2Elect today and find out which one connects best with you.
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