Polls just closed in Maryland after they were kept open later due to bad weather. Sens. McCain and Obama were both projected to be winners of that primary. That gives them both sweeps in the Potomac Primaries. That gives Obama and 8 for 8 win in 4 days. Of course, Clinton says that those states don’t count, which must be heartening to the voters in those states who went out in snow and possible tornadoes to vote for her.
Here’s the numbers so far:
D.C. Primary
| District of Columbia |
|
| Democrats | Polls | County Results |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% of votes |
Delegates won |
| Obama |
85,534 |
75% |
9 |
| Clinton |
27,326 |
24% |
4 |
| Uncommitted |
297 |
0% |
|
| 98% of precincts reporting |
|
| Republicans | Polls | County Results |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% of votes |
Delegates won |
| McCain |
3,929 |
68% |
16 |
| Huckabee |
961 |
17% |
0 |
| Paul |
471 |
8% |
0 |
| Romney |
350 |
6% |
0 |
| 98% of precincts reporting |
|
Virginia Primary
| Virginia |
|
| Democrats | Polls | County Results |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% of votes |
Delegates won |
| Obama |
619,036 |
64% |
53 |
| Clinton |
345,018 |
35% |
25 |
| 99% of precincts reporting |
|
| Republicans | Polls | County Results |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% of votes |
Delegates won |
| McCain |
242,578 |
50% |
60 |
| Huckabee |
197,742 |
41% |
0 |
| Paul |
21,877 |
5% |
0 |
| Romney |
17,023 |
4% |
0 |
| 99% of precincts reporting |
|
Maryland primary (this is slow due to the late closing of polls)
| Maryland |
|
| Democrats | Polls | County Results |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% of votes |
Delegates won |
| Obama |
365,256 |
60% |
14 |
| Clinton |
224,856 |
37% |
10 |
| Uncommitted |
7,818 |
1% |
|
| 75% of precincts reporting |
|
| Republicans | Polls | County Results |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% of votes |
Delegates won |
| McCain |
126,871 |
55% |
13 |
| Huckabee |
69,697 |
30% |
0 |
| Romney |
14,381 |
6% |
0 |
| Paul |
13,527 |
6% |
0 |
| 75% of precincts reporting |
|
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Look at the DC numbrs for a second. There are about 600k people who live in the district. 400k are registered. Many are not registered voters but are transplants (military, congressional, you get the picture). For nearly 120k to show up to the polls during an ice storm, well, I’m absolutely amazed. A 30% turnout during an ice storm for a PRIMARY? Freaking-a!
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During an ice storm. That is ginormous. In CNNs’s exit poll, he also won something like 72% of Republicans. Considering that McCain didn’t even break 4K votes, that’s pretty big.
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exit poll for DC? We’re a closed primary. Perhaps they were just asking if they’d prefer to have voted for Obama. We don’t have many R’s here, but on the ward by ward maps, I wasn’t surprised to see that Huckabee won ward 7. It’s the most affluent part of the city to also be far right wing. Basically, the R’s that live there are way out in right field.
I should also mentiong that we went for Kerry at the 90% mark. And I should also mention that our primaries usually bring out about 10 to 12%. We more than doubled turnout in a primary during an ice storm. If that isn’t an OMG (g for godess of course) moment, I don’t know what is.
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Oh you’re right. That exit poll was for Maryland and there were no exit polls for DC at all.
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