Obama won these states with 60% or more: ID, HI, WA, GA, CO, MN, AK

[DesEtoiles]

[Tom Rinaldo]

1. Were any of those primaries? n/t

[jsamuel]

2. I think GA was, but I don't think the others were. Clinton won AR by more than 60% (primary)

not sure though

[DesEtoiles]

4. should those voters be disenfranchised?

[Mass]

9. GA and MS, VA, and MD were. .

But silly me, they do not count. (for some other reason).

This said, congratulation to Sen. Clinton for her big victory in WV.

[MannyGoldstein]

3. Sure - But Do You Have Any States That Count?

Also, ID, WA, CO, MN, and AK are pretty much all black.

[slinkerwink]

5. yep, they don't count as 3/5ths of an actual state.

[PBS Poll-435]

7. Nah...Just Caucus States.

When WA actually voted in their primary, it was 50-47% or so...

[chascarrillo]

12. It was a joke primary that didn't count for delegates. Many people skipped it.

Others voted in it because they wanted to anyways. Other voted in it because they had downticket ballots (which not all localities had).

"Actually voted" my ass.

[quantass]

6. Rare for Hillary to get blowouts...For Obama it's virtually ALWAYS a Blow-out.

That explains why he has an insurmountable lead in delegates...let's never forget that...he won by serious, and consistent blowouts.

When Hillary wins it isnt by all that much..so a WVA is a rarity...and sometimes out of pity one can throw a bone or two to the rat in the corner so it wont starve...so Cheers Hillbots

[DesEtoiles]

8. Hillary keeps saying she wants all the states to matter - including the Obama blow-out states

[quantass]

10. I thought only the states she's won is what counts? Silly Me...so Hillary is getting a concience...

i smell bs.

[Colin D Cops]

11. 5 of those 7 were caucuses

And in Washington, where Obama won both the primaries and caucuses, he won the primaries only by 5%. Primaries as you all know attract many, many more voters, and caucuses often result in lopsided wins for the candidate with the most loud activists.

The caucus system is so flawed that the USA Today editorialized in February that, 'Caucuses are no way to choose a candidate', for the following reasons:

*Turnout is much lower at caucuses than at primaries. The caucuses in Washington state on Saturday drew fewer than 50,000 people. That's about 1.3% of the state's registered voters.

This isn't just a Washington phenomenon. In the more than 20 Super Tuesday contests, average turnout at caucuses was only about 6% of eligible voters, while primaries averaged about 29%, nearly five times as many, according to the U.S. Elections Project at George Mason University.

* Caucuses disenfranchise some voters. Attending a caucus can be prohibitively difficult. Caucuses are typically held for a limited time on a specific day — an hour or two on a Thursday evening in Iowa, for example. Though some states make provisions for those who can't show up, caucuses usually exclude people who are working, out of town or serving in the military overseas. By contrast, primaries allow voting from early morning until the evening, and provide ample opportunities for absentee ballots.

* Caucuses violate the tradition of the secret ballot. Though some caucuses allow a private ballot, others require participants to publicly "vote" — by standing in a designated part of the room in Iowa's caucuses, for example. For anyone worried about pressure or retribution from spouses, friends or colleagues — or, more ominously, from bosses or government officials — it's a significant disincentive. Former president Bill Clinton claimed he witnessed union officials pressuring workers before Nevada's caucuses last month, threatening to change their work schedules so they couldn't attend the caucuses unless they promised to vote for Barack Obama.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/02/our-view-on-pre.html

[Mass]

13. GA, MS, MD, and VA. All primary states that he won with 60 + %.

What excuse for these ones?

[Colin D Cops]

14. No excuses. He just lost the ability to win by a large margine a long time ago

And your list is much better than the list of 7 states cited by the other person, which included many caucuses.

[ProSense]

16. Also, won SC and MD by more than 20 pts. No spin: Hillary lost. n/t

[Mass]

17. You see. You found an excuse to say they should not count.

I was sure of that.

[ProSense]

15. Primaries that Obama won by 29 or more pts: IL 65%, GA 67%, DC 75%, VA 64%

Obama also won the following caucus states by 30 or more points:

HI (76%), WA (68%), NE (68%), MN (66%), AL (75%), ID (79%), KS (74%) and CO (67%)

[Life Long Dem]

18. The races, so far,

in terms of margin. Obama won them all except the two in italics. Now count WV for Clinton.

1. Virgin Islands (84.4%)

2. Idaho (64.4%)

3. Hawaii (52.6%)

4. District of Columbia (52.0%)

5. Alaska (50.6%)

6. Kansas (48.4%)

7. Washington (36.8%)

8. Georgia (36.2%)

9. Nebraska (35.4%)

10. Colorado (34.6%)

11. Minnesota (34.6%)

12. Dems Abroad (34.0%)

13. Illinois (32.8%)

14. South Carolina (29.1%)

15. Oklahoma (27.4%)

16. Arkansas (27.1%)

17. Maryland (25.8%)

18. North Dakota (25.2%)

19. Mississippi (25.0%)

20. Wyoming (23.8%)

21. Lousiana (23.8%)

22. Vermont (23.4%)

23. Maine (19.3%)

24. Utah (18.4%)