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I’ve had a lot of fun cultivating the superdelegates.org site over the last month, and wanted to document some of what I did to get the site started, and how I iterated to add functionality. I’ve learned quite a bit about Mediawiki in the process, and a few things about Google products that might be…

So much for that. NBC just called Texas for Hillary, giving her 3 of 4 states. Big wins in Rhode Island and Ohio, but a narrow win in Texas. She’s still going to end the night behind in pledged delegates – and once the votes are counted and the caucus in Texas is factored in,…

A few weeks ago, writing about Superdelegates.org, Mike Gotta wrote about a wiki moment: [The site] evolves into a participatory environment – beginning with your own social network of friends that contribute their perspectives. But the wiki has the potential for network effects to kick in as friends invite friends and so on to the…

I think three posts in an entire month is a new low for me… partly you can blame Twitter, where I post more frequently (albeit in shorter bursts), but mostly it’s Google’s fault. 🙂 Some quick thoughts on how Tuesday is going to play out: Texas has an insanely complex system, where they hold a…

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Not tomorrow, no. Nor can Hillary. Both will pick up a lot of delegates, but neither will get anywhere close to the 2000 needed to win the nomination. I think Barack has to hope for strong showings in California, New York City (not state, the city), and wins in several other states (Missourri, Colorado, Illinois,…

[youtube 2fZHou18Cdk] Beautiful.

It’s looking increasingly likely that the race for a nominee in the Democratic party will take some time to settle out… and the “super delegates” may actually have a hand in deciding who the Democratic nominee is. If you don’t know what a “super delegate” is, don’t worry – a lot of people don’t. Each…

Barack’s victory was far broader than even the talking heads are reporting: Among non-blacks under 30, he won 52% of the vote. Among all voters under 65, Barack won over 50% of the vote. (18-24: 65%, 25-29: 70%, 30-39: 62%, 40-49: 61%, 50-64: 51%). Only among those 65 and older, Hillary beat Barack 40%-32%. Barack…

I honestly have no idea how Super Tuesday will play out. Given that many of the Super Tuesday states (for Democrats, at least – no clue on the Republican side) are states in which delegates are allocated proportionally (instead of winner take all), it seems likely that both Barack and Hillary will pick up a…