What gives is that it’s early, early, early.
It’s like watching a tennis match in Louisiana. But it’s getting better. As of this posting, it’s
OBAMA ------ 49% – 5,691 – 8
CLINTON — 37% – 4,240 – 8
Looks like Obama is starting to pull away in La. Reportedly the exit polls are showing a blow out there as well. That early data only showed 1% of the precincts and like 2000 votes.
Obama’s up 54-35 now. I think we’ll see the checkmark in Barack’s little square pretty soon.
Interestingly, Obama seems to be winning most of the northern parishes of Louisiana, which are majority white.
And which went to Bush in 2004.
Of course the talking heads are still claiming Obama was expected to win Louisiana because of the large black population. :rolleyes:
And I was looking at early numbers, and I suspect that a couple of pro-Clinton districts reported first, because the numbers are right back up in the 20+% lead range for Obama.
Strong turnout for Obama today. Very encouraging, at least from where I’m standing.
Right, I didn’t mean to imply mine was the primary reason. Just “in part.”
No, no, it’s cool. That hadn’t occurred to me.
Well, I don’t want to make TOO much of it. It may be that the white voters in those parishes are mostly voting in the Republican primary, and that the black voters, though a minority in those parishes, may make up a majority of Democratic primary participants there.
Yes, it was a clean sweep for Obama today…
good for him!
So the elderly are voting for hillary… it’s like the “Greatest Generation” has a race issue.
Either that, or they are shaking their collective fist at that Obama kid crossing their lawn.
It’s interesting, how strongly age is factoring into both nomination contests.
Stolen from Atrios:
Might not be racism so much as sexism. Due to war losses and longer female lifespans in general, there is an implicit gender gap (more women) within that age demographic.
CNN election center today shows Clinton with 1,148 delegates, Obama with 1,121, including pledged delegates and superdelegates.
Let’s be perfectly honest; it’s tied. Given that the superdelegated are not tied into any vote and the methods of polling them are less that ideally accurate, the straightforward truth is that the count could be interpreted as being good for either.
Meanwhile, CBS News now says Obama leads Clinton in the delegate count, including superdelegates – but only by a margin of three.
In essence, tied.
Until tomorrow.
I’ll grant a virtual tie. A couple of votes are not important at this stage.
Link:
That’s some serious dysfunctionality going on. Not exactly what you’d want from someone who’s selling themselves as ready to run a superpower.