Breaking: Puerto Rico switches to a Primary, moves up to June 1

[FlyingSquirrel]

Source: 2008 Democratic Convention Watch

We've just been informed by email that Puerto Rico is changing from a caucus to a primary, and moving their date to June 1. More to come...



Read more: http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/03/breaking-puerto-rico-switches-to.html

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(That's all folks!) Sorry there isn't more, but at least you got to hear it first!

[goclark]

1. That is good for Obama ` right?

[FlyingSquirrel]

3. Beats me. He does better in caucuses so it might favor Hillary

[John Q. Citizen]

7. On a Sunday in Puerto Rico? Anybody ever hear of elections being held on a Sunday

anywhere in the US?

I haven't, doesn't mean it isn't, just sounds fishy

[LibertyLover]

17. I know that Sunday voting

is how they do things in Europe, the rationale being that most people have the day off and so don't have to make the choice between voting and being late/leaving early/missing work and not voting, so you get a bigger voter turnout. I haven't seen anything on the Puerto Rican decision, but perhaps they are trying to pioneer a new voting style in America. I personally would have not problem voting on a Sunday.

[McCamy Taylor]

8. Depends. How does he poll among all voters? This is designed for maximum turn out.

If Obama does exceptionally well among voters here (which he may well) then the change could have been made for political reasons to counter charges that he does not do well in primary voting and that his total numbers are not as high as Hillary's, since it might boost his total numbers and give him a primary win.

Therefore, while at first glance this would seem to favor Hillary, it might actually be a change made in an Obama stronghold designed to give Obama a political boost going into the convention.

Anyone know any recent general population polls from PR as opposed to likely caucus goer polls?

[golddigger]

16. Wrong, it's good for Hillary. And like ruggerson said, "There is a God."

[ruggerson]

2. There is a God

[stop the bleeding]

4. I'm not sure if this will fly as LBN

:shrug:

[FlyingSquirrel]

6. Me either but it was just too juicy to pass up

:)

[merwin]

11. Seems like LBN to me. Why wouldn't it?

[stop the bleeding]

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[FlyingSquirrel]

14. Hmmm I think you may have a few people disagree on how reputable

DemConWatch is, but it's clearly not "mainstream". Sorry bout that, I'll be more careful in the future.

[John Q. Citizen]

5. At 12 midnight EST? Seems a little hard to believe, but we will see.

[0rganism]

9. does this mean their delegates won't get seated?

Worst
Primary season
Ever

[FlyingSquirrel]

15. No, they didn't break any rules I don't think.

[JPZenger]

10. Official Said Dems Misinterpreted Their Law

I read one Puerto Rican official say that the election was always supposed to be June 1st, but that the Dems had misinterpreted their law and thought it was supposed to be later. There may have been a language barrier.

[FlyingSquirrel]

13. Update on OP, too late to edit

" change the voting process from 8 caucuses to a primary with voting places in all 1,800+ barrios in Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities. This is done in light of the hundreds of thousands of Democrats expected to turn out on June 1, a late date in which we would have originally expected a pro-forma vote with low turnout."