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Democratic Presidential Race Neck in Neck
Last week's presidential primaries in Texas and Ohio guaranteed that John McCain will be the Republican candidate for president. But wins in both states by Hillary Clinton meant that the close Democratic race with Barack Obama will continue into the Spring. If Obama had won, it would have put him in a comfortable lead, since he was already ahead. Now they're so close that the state primaries may not even decide who will win the nomination for president. Super delegates could make the decision instead.
Here's how it works. When people in a state vote for Senators Clinton and Obama, they win delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The bigger the state, the more delegates they can win. The delegates vote at the convention to choose a candidate for president. But that's not all.
Besides the delegates who are sent by the states, there are also people called super delegates. The party picks them before the election. Some of them are party officials; some are governors or other elected officials.
There are 712 super delegates. Right now, Obama has 1,458 delegates and Clinton has 1,370. So the super delegates could make either candidate win, even if he or she was behind in the voting. In other words, it's too close to call, so we'll just have to see what happens in this exciting race!
I'm Ben and that's what happened in our nation this week.
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