Vermont Goes For Obama
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, McCain, VermontAgain, no surprise.
The state carries 3 electoral votes with it.
Again, no surprise.
The state carries 3 electoral votes with it.
From CNN:
(CNN) — In what may be bad news for Clinton, Democrats across all four states overwhelmingly say they want super delegates to vote based on which candidate finishes ahead in the pledged delegate count at the end of the primary season.
Majorities of Democrats in Texas (62 percent), Ohio (61 percent), Rhode Island (57 percent) [...]
From Politico:
Matt Seyfang points out that the number to watch in Vermont is 65 percent.
There are 10 “district” delegates allocated by the percentage of the vote in the state’s sole congressional district (aka “Vermont”), and for that group of 10, 65 percent is the break point between a 6-4 split (and a two-delegate margin) and [...]
McCain wins it big. Barack looks to win it by more than 20%. That could mean a 5 delegate pickup for the Obama camp tonight.
Fun fact: if Ohio and Texas stay close, his delegate lead in Vermont may wipe out an advantage Hillary picks up in Ohio or Texas.
Stay tuned!
Josh Marshall has the scoop…
I’m looking at the second wave of exit polls. They show an Obama blowout in Vermont, which was entirely expected and basically dead even in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island, the latter two of which would be pretty substantial surprises.
But again, these are exit polls, and they haven’t been incredibly reliable [...]