I just confirmed with the Ala. Secretary of State's office that the Alabama Democratic Party hasn't submitted the paperwork yet to put Kamala Harris on the ballot in Alabama. Today is the deadline. The DNC virtual roll call was more than two weeks ago, making her the nominee.
Phillips had plenty of time to file here.
But it will be interesting to see how many votes Nevada’s unique “None of the Above” gets in the presidential primaries on both sides.
The race for the nomination is 56 elections in sequence, resulting in an absolute majority of delegates at the national convention for someone.
Most of these candidates don’t have a plan to make it on the ballot in 50 states and 6 territories, much less to win them.
Many of our followers were supporters of Dem candidates who may not have at much interest in the GOP side. But we maintain that whether a candidate is actually getting on the ballot can indicate how seriously they take their candidacy, and how seriously we should take it.
We assume GOP ballot filing action will be more interesting than Dem's, in contrast to 2020.
Worth noting is that @marwilliamson got on ballots more successfully than many of her politically experienced opponents, though got tripped up along with many others in Ohio.
Hi, all... Just checking in as Twitter may/may not be crumbling.
Kind of funny that during the pres ballot tracking season, 2 of the Dems candidates for president weren't Dems.
3 years later, 2 more aren't! Weird how many people who aren't part of the party wanted to lead it.
One ballot filing deadline this week: Delaware, Thu, 2/27
Currently on the ballot:
@JoeBiden@PeteButtigieg@BernieSanders@TomSteyer
And one primary: South Carolina, Sat, 2/29
And maybe we'll get some Nevada delegate allocations this week as well.
Steyer back in the debates.
Interesting footnote - last week he became the second candidate after Gabbard to miss a debate while having made all the ballots. Next week Gabbard will go back to being the only one.
New CBS/YouGov SC poll: @TomSteyer is at 18%, bringing him to 2/2 qualifying polls under the early state polling threshold. He has now qualified for the February SC debate, becoming the seventh candidate to do so.
We'll add a column for NV this weekend, but here are the delegates after the 1st 2 contests
@PeteButtigieg leads, just edging out popular vote leader @BernieSanders@ewarren 3rd, ahead of @amyklobuchar & @JoeBiden but only Amy joins Pete/Bernie in winning delegates in 2 states
And, of course, @MikeBloomberg is pinning all his hopes on Super Tuesday, as he deliberately kept himself off the ballot in the 1st 4 states, presumably so he could avoid retail campaigning & a losing narrative, so expect 2 more goose-eggs before he could pick up some delegates
With two more early states before the massive delegate haul on Super Tuesday, @TomSteyer & @TulsiGabbard are hoping to get on the board to prove their viability. Polling suggests it's more likely for Tom than Tulsi.
Not participating is @MikeBloomberg, who continues to believe money will trump democracy. He won't get his chance to prove it until Super Tuesday, as he's also not participating in the upcoming #FITS South Carolina primary.
@MarcTriplett Bloomberg is on the ballot in all states that have had filing deadlines except the first four contests. You can check the current list at the bitly link in our profile bio.