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WE'RE JUST ONE WEEK AWAY FROM SUPER-DUPER TUESDAY - WHEN NEW MEXICO DEMOCRATS - ALONG WITH VOTERS IN 23 OTHER STATES - WILL CAST VOTES FOR THEIR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. IN OUR STATE.... IT'S THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL CAUCUS. STUART DYSON IS HERE WITH A LOOK AT HOW THE GAME IS BEING PLAYED. EARLY VOTING STARTED JANUARY 12TH AND ENDED YESTERDAY - WITH A MERE SIX THOUSAND DEMOCRATS CASTING MAIL-IN BALLOTS - LEADING MANY TO PREDICT A PRETTY LOW TURNOUT AT THE POLLING PLACES NEXT TUESDAY - THAT COULD BE CHANGING THOUGH WITH BILL CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA BOTH CAMPAIGNING HERE LATER THIS WEEK. OUT Q IT'S ALL ABOUT DELEGATES TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION - NEW MEXICO WILL HAVE 38 - 12 WILL REMAIN UNCOMMITTED - BUT 26 WILL BE DIVIDED UP ACCORDING TO THE CAUCUS RESULTS. THERE ARE SEVEN CANDIDATES ON THE NEW MEXICO BALLOT THIS TIME - BUT FOUR OF THEM HAVE ALREADY DROPPED OUT - INCLUDING NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR BILL RICHARDSON - WHO WILL PROBABLY STILL GET SOME VOTES NEXT TUESDAY. ' It is possible that he could wind up with delegates actually - any candidate - in order to receive delegates from New Mexico - has to meet a threshold requirement of fifteen per cent of the turnout - and that's by congressional district as well as statewide.''Most people know - who go to vote in these things - that it's Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - the stakes couldn't be higher - they're gonna want their vote to count - you're gonna have some straggling votes for those candidates at the bottom of the ballot - but I would suspect that well over 90% of the vote will be cast for the top two candidates.' THERE ARE MORE THAN HALF A MILLION REGISTERED DEMOCRATS IN NEW MEXICO - THE PARTY CHAIRMAN HAS SAID HE'D BE HAPPY IF 40 THOUSAND TURNED OUT TO VOTE - IT'LL PROBABLY BE MORE. FOUR YEARS AGO THE TURNOUT WAS OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND - ABOUT TWENTY PER CENT - WITH JOHN KERRY WINNING THE FIRST- EVER NEW MEXICO CAUCUS. POLLING PLACES ARE LIKELY TO BE DIFFERENT ... TO FIND YOURS GO TO OUR ELECTION WEBPAGE AT KOB.COM - REMEMBER ONLY REGISTERED DEMOCRATS MAY VOTE - BACK TO YOU TOM.