Clinton thrashed Obama in Silicon Valley

[Proud2BAmurkin]

http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9866211-38.html?part=dht&tag=nl.e703

[Unsane]

1. um, ok

[SoFlaJet]

2. FLYING MONKEY ALERT

DUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. OUCH! Read about it here:

February 6, 2008 2:13 PM PST
Obama loses Silicon Valley to Clinton: Is anyone surprised?
Posted by Declan McCullagh

It must have come as a surprise to the boisterous Barack Obama supporters who were flagging down commuters at light rail stations south of San Francisco after work on Tuesday, but Hillary Clinton won far more votes in Silicon Valley than did her rival from Illinois.

In Santa Clara County, home to Google, Apple, Yahoo, Intel, HP, and Sun Microsystems, Clinton won a commanding 54.8 percent share of the vote.

Obama, by comparison, won only 39.3 percent. That's a remarkable margin of 16 percentage points. It's far more than the 9.5-point margin that Clinton claimed statewide, meaning Obama fared worse in Silicon Valley than he did in the rest of California.

By an 8-point margin, Clinton also bested Obama in neighboring San Mateo County immediately to the north, which is home to YouTube, Spoke.com, and Internet-monitoring firm Keynote.com.<snip>

Here's the chart:



<snip>
The problem with the above analysis is that it assumes that clicks in online polls and credit card numbers typed into a Web form by political enthusiasts necessarily translate into votes. They don't, or at least they didn't here. Traditional politicking and on-the-ground organization still count for more, and that's one area where the Clinton machine excels.

As I wrote last month, it worked for the Clintons in New Hampshire, and it worked again even in Silicon Valley, one of the most tech-savvy places in the world. It shows once again that it's so much easier to click a mouse button (or type in a credit card number, or post to a discussion forum) than it is to register to vote and then actually do it. Even Obama Girl didn't bother.<snip>

[SteppingRazor]

4. Actually, despite what that article says, Obama won in Silicon Valley.

From wikipedia:
California's 14th congressional district is located between San Francisco and San Jose. The district includes portions of San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, most notably containing Silicon Valley.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California's_14th_congressional_district

From the California Sec. of State's election results page for CD 14:
http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/dcd/1459.htm

Obama: 49.9 percent
Clinton: 44.7 percent

[andym]

13. Closer to a tie, but CA #14 is the heart of Silicon Valley

Hi,
The numbers from CA SS suggest a very close race in CA#14
Your link was wrong to the definition of CA#14.
Living here, it was clear that people were very divided between the two, but were generally happy with either.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California's_14th_congressional_district

CA#14 is the very heart of the Silicon Valley. Santa Clara county includes area that is somewhat broader with urban areas of San Jose.

The disparity between CA#14 and Santa Clara county is probably due to the greater latino pro-Clinton vote in San Jose.

[SteppingRazor]

14. OK, but if what you say is true, it still totally undermines the writer's point.

If the larger Santa Clara County went to Clinton due to the pro-Latino vote, then that goes against the writer's point that "tech savvy Silicon Valley" went for Clinton, no?

For the record, I'd fit in fine in Santa Clara County as you define it -- I'm for Obama, but I'd be happy with either. :hi:

[Fovea]

5. And we all know how important

Sili Valley is to the American Economy, post dot com bust. Why if it werent for all those code monkeys, our economy would collapse. Too bad they mostly are in Lahore.

Hell, the first shot fired across the Clinton Economy was the rolling blackouts in Serverville.

How did they fight back? They rolled over and spread 'em wider. As votes Silicon Valley, votes the EJB designers and future lotto winners of America, for what that's worth.

[Iceburg]

6. Interesting ... proving that nothing but BS is coming from the BO camp.

Clinton appeals too a very broad set of demographics...the exit polls prove it.
I am really getty tired of the Obama chants "We are younger, brighter, richer, prettier, more educated" crap -- it's crass and does not belong in dem circles.

[Renew Deal]

7. Goodmorning

Welcome back to DU. I look forward to your next 200 Obama bashing posts.

[stillcool]

10. I had to click on the post...

it's usually good for a laugh. High on octane, low on content.

[Texas_Kat]

8. Obama Girl didn't even vote

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/obama-girl-didnt-vote/

she was 'sick'.... or didn't plan ahead... or something

[Proud2BAmurkin]

9. The entire Obama campaign personified

[thevoiceofreason]

11. So what?

Obama crushed her in St. Louis and Atlanta.

[billbuckhead]

15. But Obama can't win California because of Latinos, Asians and old white women

:+bama has been stalemated by lady Clinton.

[Life Long Dem]

12. Who said all ballots have been counted?

Right now there are a half million uncounted ballots. Here's an ongoing count.
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/election_2008/unproc_ballots/6feb233.pdf

And here is a decent site about the ballot problem in LA County.
http://www.calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5075

The whole thing is not going to change much in delegates anyway.

But to start shit when there are up to two million uncounted ballots is just looking for any boost you can garner.