Barack Obama won a decisive victory over Hillary Clinton in
the Mississippi primary yesterday, 61% to 37%, pretty much as predicted.
He picked up 17 delegates to Clinton's 11.
This result follows the now-established pattern of the other states of
the deep South (Florida being a cross between a Southern state and the
sixth borough of New York City).
About half the primary voters were black and they went for Obama 90% to 10%.
Clinton won the counties in the northeastern part of the state around
Tupelo (Elvisland) and in the southeast. Obama swept the rest.
The exit poll data hasn't been published yet.
With the new wins in Wyoming and Mississippi, Obama has basically
erased the net gains Clinton made in Ohio and Texas.
CNN has called
the caucus finally. All in all, Obama got 5 more delegates out of Texas
than Clinton.
John McCain beat Mike Huckabee handily (79% to 12%) in the
Republican primary. This is a good sign for him as Mississippi has
many evangelicals and they are apparently getting used to the idea
of McCain as the Republican nominee.
Here are the delegate totals from various news sources rounded to integers
(Democrats Abroad has 22 delegates, each with 1/2 vote).
The sources differ because in most caucus states, no delegates to the national conventions have
been chosen yet, just delegates to the district, county, or state convention. Also, all
sources try to count the PLEOs (Party Leaders and Elected Officials) and unpledged delegates, who also get to vote
at the convention.
When different reporters call a PLEO and hear "Well, I like Hillary,
but Barack has his charms too" they may score it differently.
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