Obama wins 11th straight - Democrats Abroad Primary in Landslide - BBC

[rndmprsn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7256937.stm

Barack Obama has gained an 11th straight victory in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination by winning the Democrats Abroad primary.

He now faces his rival, New York senator Hillary Clinton, in a TV debate in Texas ahead of crucial primaries there and in Ohio next month.

She is seeking to revive her campaign with wins in the two key states in order to stop Mr Obama's momentum...

'Yes we can' message

Mr Obama won 65.6% of the votes cast by more than 20,000 US citizens in 164 countries.

Mrs Clinton polled 32.7%, according to the Democrats Abroad, an organisation sanctioned by the national party.

The Democrats Abroad system of dividing the delegates is unique, and could leave candidates with fractions of delegates.

[Flabbergasted]

1. 20 thousand votes. What is the typical turnout?

[Adelante]

2. Here are some country results

A reader points out that Democrats Abroad has shared its vote totals which, while representative only of the Democratic-leaning expats in those countries, are still mildly interesting.

Obama won Mexco 57% to 40%; Canada 63% to 36%; Japan 79 18, and France 72% to 27%. He won most European countries by 2-1 margins.

Clinton, for her part, scored a big victory in the Dominican Republican -- 90% to 10% -- and a narrower one in Israel -- 54% to 45%.

Smaller countries are also included: He won 2 votes to 0 in Lithuania; she won by the same margin in Malta.

And as far as Clinton-era flashpoints go, Obama won Rwanda 6 to 0, she won Somalia 1 to 0, and they tied Bosnia 1 to 1.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/A_tie_in_Bosnia.html


I am very surprised that Obama won Mexico, at all, never mind by 17 points. The demographic here is largely female retirees.

Actually, Barack did pretty well in Israel, too. That's good.

[Flabbergasted]

4. Thanks. nt

[Crunchy Frog]

3. Yeah, but aren't most of 'em black?

:sarcasm:

[Windy]

5. How many delegates does he get from those votes? n/t

[rndmprsn]

6. hmmm...actually i am not sure, but will look it up