Barack Obama Sweeps "Ballot Bowl" Saturday

[Nehkara]

Saturday

Washington State (97 delegates):

Obama 68%
Clinton 31%


Nebraska (31 delegates):

Obama 68%
Clinton 32%


Louisana (66 delegates):

Obama 57%
Clinton 36%


Virgin Islands (3 delegates):

Obama 92%
Clinton 8%


Sunday

Maine (34 delegates):

Obama 59%
Clinton 40%


Tuesday

District of Columbia (38 delegates):

Obama 75%
Clinton 24%


Maryland (99 delegates):

Obama 60%
Clinton 37%


Virginia (101 delegates):

Obama 64%
Clinton 35%



Delegate Count

Total Delegates:

Clinton 1213
Obama 1262 (49 ahead)


Pledged Delegates:

Clinton 978
Obama 1102 (124 ahead)


Superdelegates:

Clinton 235 (75 ahead)
Obama 160

[SarichFan]

Virgin Islands?? I may come off as a total fool but where the hell is that?

edit: Wikipedia is my friend.. but why are they voting on anything??

[TheDragon]

Originally Posted by SarichFan

Virgin Islands?? I may come off as a total fool but where the hell is that?

The Carribean.

[Nehkara]

Part of the islands are administered by the United States and they are allowed to vote in US elections.

[Calgaryborn]

It would be humorous if Barack gets a few more delegates than Hilliary in the end and if they counted Florida Hilliary would have won.

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

It would be humorous if Barack gets a few more delegates than Hilliary in the end and if they counted Florida Hilliary would have won.

well not really seeing as Clinton was the only one who ran in Florida. err not thinking of Florida, but Michigan where Clinton ran against no one and still only got 55% of the vote.

[burn_this_city]

Hopefully this is the start of Obama taking it to Clinton.. I was glad to see he swept those states pretty soundly today

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Dan02

well not really seeing as Clinton was the only one who ran in Florida. err not thinking of Florida, but Michigan where Clinton ran against no one and still only got 55% of the vote.

I thought Clinton either ignored Florida, or focused all her attention there?

Which was it?

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Azure

I thought Clinton either ignored Florida, or focused all her attention there?

Which was it?

That was Guilliani (sp?) and it sewered his chances for the whitehouse..

[Vulcan]

Although Obama won these states, I don't think he gets all of the delegates. The last time I looked, CNN still has Obama 66 total delegates behind Clinton. I think Texas and another state are up next and Hillary is favored there. It's getting interesting though.

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

Although Obama won these states, I don't think he gets all of the delegates. The last time I looked, CNN still has Obama 66 total delegates behind Clinton. I think Texas and another state are up next and Hillary is favored there. It's getting interesting though.

He's too "Canadian" for Texans.. I was checking those delegate totals.. I kinda hoped they hadn't updated them yet and thats why she was still infront.. Ahh well I think it will go down to the wire, hopefully he wins..

[Calgaryborn]

Florida held there primary early against the national conventions wishes. Their votes aren't going to count at the convention. Hilliary won Florida.

[Nehkara]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

Although Obama won these states, I don't think he gets all of the delegates. The last time I looked, CNN still has Obama 66 total delegates behind Clinton. I think Texas and another state are up next and Hillary is favored there. It's getting interesting though.

No, all Democratic contests are proportional. That said, he has had big wins tonight.

Tomorrow is the Maine caucuses.

Tuesday is District of Columbia primaries, Virgina primaries, and Maryland primaries.

Barack Obama is favoured in recent polls to win Maryland (70 delegates) and Virgina (83 delegates).

I can't find recent polling information for Maine and DC.

[Nehkara]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

He's too "Canadian" for Texans.. I was checking those delegate totals.. I kinda hoped they hadn't updated them yet and thats why she was still infront.. Ahh well I think it will go down to the wire, hopefully he wins..

It takes them a long time to determine delegate counts. All of the delegates still haven't been counted for February 5th, nevermind tonight's delegates.

[SarichFan]

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[CaptainCrunch]

Does Bill Clinton's 2 free Secret Service assassinations transfer to Hillary because he didn't use them, or is it non transferable.

Every president gets one per term.

[Lanny_MacDonald]

I was kinda hoping Ron Paul would make more noise, but he's buried and won't run as a third party candidate. I guess that means its time to get behind the Obama campaign full time. One you go black, you never go back!!!

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald

I was kinda hoping Ron Paul would make more noise, but he's buried and won't run as a third party candidate. I guess that means its time to get behind the Obama campaign full time. One you go black, you never go back!!!

that's a good thing, Ron Paul is a wackjob. he's only slightly better than Huckabee in my opinion

[Nehkara]

The margins of victory are very interesting.

37%, 36%, 21%.

It means that the delegate margins will strongly favour Obama in these three states. He should be able to catch up significantly in the coming hours and days as all the delegates are counted. Going into tonight has more than 100 delegates behind. As of right now he is 61 delegates behind.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

that's a good thing, Ron Paul is a wackjob. he's only slightly better than Huckabee in my opinion

Why is he a whack-job?

Because he supports small government? Maybe a complete isolationist policy isn't the best road to travel, but perhaps going from one extreme to another extreme would land the US right in the middle.