Alameda Country in California still has no precincts reporting.

[calteacherguy]

Population: 1.5 million

Largest City: Oakland

Obama held his biggest rallies in the state in Oakland

Just sayin'....keep watching.

[goodgd_yall]

1. There are some reports in---Clinton leading so far

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2008/by_county/CA_Page_0205.html?SITE=NPRELN&SECTION=POLITICS

[calteacherguy]

4. Nope. This is the official CA site.

http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/status.htm

Still waiting for 1,204 precincts in Alameda. My county, incidentally.

[goodgd_yall]

8. OK---pardon me.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. No reports in

SOS page

http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/pres/dem/01.htm

[still_one]

2. They ran out of Democratic ballots, polls stayed open late, everything you said is correct /nt

[Athletic Grrl]

25. Watching local news

All Alameda Co. polls were open until 10 due to the ballot crisis. This was especially a problem around the Berkeley campus. That explains the lateness of the numbers trickling in.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Neither has Calaveras

from the SOS page\map

[itsrobert]

6. Huge Black population

CNN exit poll did not poll the black vote. It read N/A.

[CreekDog]

10. 14.9% African American in Alameda County

Not huge. Alameda County is arguably the most liberal county in the state (tied with SF and Marin) and possibly in the top 5 liberal in the country.

[CreekDog]

7. Alameda County 51% (sorry it's 35% actually) reporting 9k margin to Clinton

Not as slam dunk as you think.

So far only Marin and SF counties give Obama a lead and it is not that big of a lead. Clinton's got the state, but Obama actually will end up with as many delegates (probably) because of the screwy way delegates are apportioned here.

[calteacherguy]

11. Not true. Got a link?

http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/status.htm

[CreekDog]

13. CNN (sorry 35% reporting)

Alameda
updated 26 minutes ago

Clinton

48,164

50%

35%
reporting

Obama

40,006

41%

Edwards

7,007

7%

(at this rate, the margin might be around 24,000 votes in Alameda)

[jsamuel]

15. link

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/county/#CADEM

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Now I am going to ask the stupid question of the night

how can CNN have data that the SOS site does not?

Here is a link to Alameda

http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/pres/dem/01.htm

They are not giving you state data... so where are they getting it from?

[Maven]

19. This has happened often during the primaries this year

Official sites have been behind while news outlets have more up-to-date info. It's happening now in NM too.

[CreekDog]

21. from the county

it's on the county's website: http://www.acgov.org/rov/current_election/index.htm

the state website has been lagging the county's. it's true that the votes counted probably are dominated by early votes already tabulated though.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Once again Alameda has YET to report

are your numbers coming from CNN, who is also wrongly reporting on Obama's vote, higher in fact than it is right now

(And that is making me go hmm)

[Maven]

17. Looks like the AP/NPR site is ahead

Official site says at the top:

County Status
26.4% ( 6103 of 23109 ) precincts
reporting as of Feb 5, 2008, at 10:56 p.m.

This is actually older data than what the AP and CNN have. Not uncommon in this race.

[CreekDog]

18. Yes, they are reporting on the Alameda County website

Hillary Clinton 48164 49.50
Barack Obama 40006 41.11

http://www.acgov.org/rov/current_election/index.htm

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. This is majorly weird

and yes, I am tempted to reach for the tinfoil hat here

[CreekDog]

23. why weird?

counties report totals to the state, state posts them with all the other counties.

if the state is lagging, cnn checks with the county instead of the state.

i supported obama, but i see nothing wrong with this. there are lots of Hillary supporters around these parts. most men I knew voted for Obama, but most women I know voted for Hillary and more women vote than men. Furthermore, older women, Hillary's strongest demographic, vote early and ALWAYS ALWAYS vote and those votes are the ones we are seeing completely counted so far. and Alameda county is not just Oakland and Berkeley but stretches out to far flung suburbs and exurbs.

[andyrowe]

9. Oh no! Alameda declared independence?

:hide:

[Athletic Grrl]

14. Here's a map...

http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/demmap/index.html

Refresh and click on any county. This seems to have the most up to date information.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. And I am telling you that is wrong

http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/pres/dem/59.htm#Races

Check the SOS site, he does not have 37% (at least not yet... which makes me wonder, what the hell do they know that the SOS site is not reporting?)

[CreekDog]

24. they know what the county is reporting

the STATE OF CALIFORNIA does not count votes, the COUNTIES count the votes as Alameda is doing.

[goodgd_yall]

26. Very close right now

About even steven as of 11:47 PM PST

[CreekDog]

27. Alameda County is tied now, with 56% reporting

Obama will end up leading in the county probably, but maybe not by a huge margin.