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Show High Aspirations in the Rocky Mountains: The Push for a Western Region Presidential Primary Peter C. Carlston selection events are held. Accordingly, it is the recommendation here that Utah and the western states seek to combine the heft of the region's total delegate numbers and to schedule the earliest possible joint primary date, before California's primary on the first Tuesday of March. Perhaps presidential nominee candidates and national media then would feel more political pull to the clear, sweet skies of the Rocky Mountains. Appendix Table 2: Delegates Per State (Congressional Quarterly's Weekly Report) 1996 Presidential Primaries and Caucuses [in sequence] A "D" or "R" next to a primary indicates that it is a delegate-selection event for that party only and at most a non-binding "beauty contest" for the other. A "D" or "R" next to a caucus means that only that party has its first-round caucus scheduled that day; the other party will be holding its caucus or primary on another day. Democrats in Texas and Republicans in Louisiana and Washington will use both a primary and caucus process to elect delegates. State Event Delegate Votes Democratic Republican State Event Delegate Votes Democratic Republican Hawaii Caucus (R) 14 Alaska Caucus (R) - 19 Louisiana Caucus (R) - 21 Guam Caucus (R) - 4 Iowa Caucus 56 25 New Hampshire Primary 26 16 Delaware Primary 22 12 Arizona Primary (R) - 39 North Dakota Primary (R) - 18 South Dakota Primary (R) - 18 South Carolina Primary (R) - 37 Wyoming Caucus (R) - 20 Puerto Rico Primary (R) - 14 Colorado Primary 58 27 Connecticut Primary 66 13 Georgia Primary 91 42 Idaho Caucus (D) 24 - Maine Primary 32 15 Maryland Primary 88 32 Massachusetts Primary 115 37 Minnesota Caucus 92 33 Rhode Island Primary 32 16 South Carolina Caucus (D) 52 .-- Vermont Primary 22 12 Washington Caucus 90 18 American Samoa Caucus (D) 6 -- Missouri Caucus (D) 93 36 New York Primary 289 102 Alaska Caucus (D) 19 - Needed to nominate: 2,146 36 Arizona Caucus (D) 52 Missouri Caucus (R) - South Dakota Caucus (D) Democrats Abroad Caucus (D) Nevada Caucus (D) Puerto Rico Primary (D) Florida Primary Hawaii Caucus (D) Louisiana Primary Mississippi Primary Oklahoma Primary Oregon Primary Tennessee Primary Texas Primary (D/R)/Caucus (D) Michigan Caucus (D) Illinois Primary Michigan Primary (R) Ohio Primary Wisconsin Primary Wyoming Caucus (D) Utah Caucus California Primary Nevada Primary (R) Washington Primary (R) North Dakota Caucus (D) Virgin Islands Caucus (D) Kansas Primary Virginia Caucus (D) Pennsylvania Primary Guam Caucus (D) District of Columbia Primary Indiana Primary North Carolina Primary Nebraska Primary West Virginia Primary Arkansas Primary Idaho Primary (R) Kentucky Primary Alabama Primary Montana Primary (D) New Jersey Primary New Mexico Primary Montana Caucus (R) Republican Convention Democratic Convention 4,290 22 -. 9 - 27 14 58 - 177 98 30 - 71 9 47 33 52 38 56 23 83 38 229 123 156 __ 193 69 - 57 172 67 93 36 19 - 30 28 422 165 - 14 - 18 22 - 4 - 42 31 96 - 195 73 6 - 35 14 88 52 98 58 34 24 43 18 48 20 - 23 61 26 66 40 24 - 121 48 34 18 - 14 __ 1,990 996 Virginia Republicans [...had] 53 delegates; American Samoa and the Virgin Islands, four delegates apiece. Two Democratic delegates [.. .were] unassigned. The Oregon primary and the GOP primary in Nevada [...were] conducted by mall. 48 |