ABC News' "50 States in 50 Days" visits Louisville

Watch this video that is on ABCnews.com. ABC News is going to "50 states in 50 Days" as part of their election coverage and they have gone to 13 states already on their tour. This week on Sunday, this package aired about the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. The package discusses how the current Presidential Election is challanging traditional gender roles in the church through the GOP nomination of Sarah Palin for VP. It very interesting, check it out!

Kentucky Census Data

Check out the Washington Post's Kentucky Census Data to learn more about the state

Clinton and Lunsford in Kentucky

Saturday September 20, 2008 A rally was held for Bruce Lunsford (Candidate for US Senator) in Lexington and the featured speaker was Hillary Clinton. Read more about this event in the Courier Journal. Learn more about why Clinton spoke, what she spoke about, and why so many Kentucky Democrats left after she spoke...

Early voting begins on Thursday September 18, 2008

And we're off!! The early voting has begun in Louisville, Kentucky. After a severe storm blew through the area the week of the 18th the polls were opened. According to the Courier Journal, "Paul Gronke, director of The Early Voting Information Center at Reed College in Portland, Ore., said he believes Kentucky is the first state to begin in-person early voting."
Jefferson County, Kentucky opened the first polling site in the country on the 18th, for absentee voting, and other sites will be opening in the next few weeks. Read more about what was happening this past week in Louisville at the voting site according to the Courier Journal.

Pledged Delegate Totals

According to CNN, as of the final primaries the total number of pledged delegates in Kentucky was:
Dems: Obama 23/ Clinton 9
GOP: Huckabee 36

50 Days to Go!

There are fifty days to go until the November Presidential Election! Kentucky voters are leaning towards McCain. Currently McCain has a 52.4% lead over Obama's 37.8% according to pollster.com’s “Trend Estimate” and is “Solidly McCain” according to politico.com’s “Swing Map.” In previous presidential elections Kentucky has voted primarily for the Republican ticket:
2004- Bush, 59.55; Kerry, 39.69; Nader, 0.49
2000- Bush, 56.5; Gore, 41.37; Nader, 1.50
1996- Clinton, 45.8; Dole, 44.9; Perot, 8.7; Nader, 0.1
1992- Clinton, 44.6; Bush, 41.3; Perot, 13.7
Also according to pollster.com’s “Trend Estimate” the current Senate Election is:
McConnell (R)- 52
Lunsford (D)- 35.3

Future Vice-Pres Biden??

http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/politics/blog.html

The Courier Journal newspaper of Louisville Kentucky reports on the local response in the state to Senator Obama's choice of vice-presidential running mate, Joe Biden.