New York Primary Election of 2008

Governor Eliot Spitzer has signed the legislation that states that the 208 presidential primary for New York will be held on February 5, 2008. This will give New Yorkers a fair chance in voting for the presidential primary. Usually the primary elections are held at a later date including March in 1996, 2000, and 2004 and April in 1984, 1988, and 1992. Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Governor of California was the first to sign the legislation to have the election on February 5. This is starting to become the first ever “national primary” because of the 10 states that have already planned on a February 5 primary and 15 other states awaiting legislation. It is stated that, “It will be the largest single day of voting next year aside from the general election itself in November.” To have so many states planning their primary elections around this date is both bad and good for the candidates. The New York candidates like Rudolph Giuliani and Hillary Clinton will get much praise form the New Yorkers and surrounding areas. The downside of this is that the primary election day candidates are supposed to go around to different states and thank the people for their support. But with so many states taking part of the election on the same day, the candidates will have a limited amount and time to travel to certain states.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20070409/pl_cq_politics/newyorkpresidentialprimaryofficiallymovedtofeb5_1

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2007/04/new-york-becomes-latest-state-to-move.html