posted by Justin Hart | 1:57 PM |
permalinkIn previous months we used to spend hours at MyManMitt calculating all of the endorsements that a candidate picks up. Thank goodness we can give this job up to someone else now!
Chris Cillizza reports on the
new feature at WashingtonPost.com logging the endorsements of State Legislators.
Here are the grunt numbers for the GOP side of things in the early primaries (they gave us the numbers - we built the chart)
Here are the numbers:
Endorsements are local events and as we get closer to the election we will probably see a lot of these names chiming in for another plug for their candidate. Who knows -- the serious SC edge for McCain might make him a contender again :)
Cillizza has this to say about endorsements:
Support from elected officials in Iowa, New Hampshire etc. is crucial -- not only does each member bring a political power base of his or her own, but they also serve as important validators for their preferred candidate within a community they know (and knows them) best.
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