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Mail-In Votes Become an Option for Michigan and Florida Democrats
Bettors are rallying back to Hillary Clinton. (Courtesy of Wikimedia)
The more talk there is about the votes by Democrats in Michigan and Florida being allowed to count, the more Hillary Clinton’s chances of winning the party’s nomination improves.
The votes and delegates from the two big states had been excluded because their leaders had voted to move up the voting day, breaking ranks with Democratic heads. Now, with Clinton and Barack Obama locked in a nailbiting duel for the presidential nomination, Florida and Michigan may again be in play.
On Sunday, the debate started on whether mail-in voting should be allowed in Michigan and Florida, thereby allowing Democrats in those states to take part in nominating the person who may well be the next president of the country. Should votes in Michigan and Florida be allowed to count, it would likely favor Clinton. She’s won most major states and has an entrenched team in both states in question. When they did vote, Democrats in Michigan and Florida both chose Clinton. But she was the only viable choice on the ballots of both states.
Since winning three states last week, including Ohio and Texas, Clinton has seen a surge in support. Her U.S. presidential odds are now 7/2. That still trails Obama (13/10), but is much better than the 5/1 number she had prior to her victories last Tuesday. Republican nominee John McCain is a 3/2 choice.
Obama had been the 8/15 favorite before his losses last week. He recovered to win the Wyoming caucuses on Saturday, but that wasn’t a major or unexpected triumph. Next up for Clinton and Obama is the Mississippi primary on Tuesday then there’s a long break before the crucial Pennsylvania primary on April 22.