That's when the electors -- Democratic and Republican loyalists nominated by state party officials and placed on the ballot alongside the presidential candidates -- meet in their respective state capitals and the District of Columbia to formally cast their electoral votes.
But the question is will African-Americans stick with the Democratic Party or will there be an appeal coming from a Republican, but an African-American in the Lt.
Large donations from these organizations were allowed under federal guidelines set forth by the FEC, but only if given to the Republican and Democratic party committees for "party-building" purposes.
Thus, IF you believe the stereotype that the Republican party tends to represent white-collar America (or wealthy America) whereas the Democratic party tends to represent blue-collar America, then this would explain the BFR trends.
"Because the anti-tax fervor is so strong in the Republican Party, than it is in the Democratic Party, so while this president wouldn't particularly suffer from backlash among Democrats ... his greater problem would be among independents and Republicans who will then use that, " he said.
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An announcement is planned for Thursday morning -- a dramatic development that reinforces the turmoil within the Democratic Party in the wake of the historic Republican midterm election gains.
So -- and there are members of Congress in the Republican Party, as well as the Democratic Party, who support this, who just want a chance to vote for it and bring the benefits of it to the American people.
That's roughly half of the Democratic party's turnout - crucial for Obama's campaign, and a tempting target for Republican John McCain to try to pick up.
Last week, Clean Skies co-sponsored a kick-off party at the Democratic National Convention, and the group is making its presence known at the Republican event in the Twin Cities.
It emerged in the inter-war years as a split from republican liberalism, and while it became a traditional social democratic party after the fall of the Colonels regime in 1974, its forms of organisation, and mass base among civil servants and small business people, lead some to compare it to Argentine "Peronism" - that is left nationalism with a working class base.
As a result, the party managed to consolidate its base of support in Republican-voting areas, while eroding Democratic votes in swing areas.
This second of three contests between Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the Republican Party nominee for the White House, and Democratic Vice President Al Gore, closely mirrored the first-ever debate arranged by the commission, which took place on Sept. 25, 1988, in Wait Chapel on the campus of Wake Forest University.
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The expectation is that, because Vermont is such a strongly Democratic state, leaving the Republican Party probably won't hurt him all that much back in his home state--at least that's what most people familiar with Vermont politics believe, including, by the way Representative Bernie Sanders, who is Vermont's independent member of the House of Represenatives.
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