2008 Obama’s World-wide Win
posted by on February 22 at 15:00 PM
The final results from the omnibus world primary, Democrats Abroad:
Obama is in green, Clinton is in blue.
While a big win for Obama, the enterprising contributor at the website OpenLeft who compiled these numbers noted Hillary running up some fantastic margins in the Dominican Republic and Israel, and winning convincingly in Somalia.
Also, apparently Antarctica is totally an Obama stronghold.
Delegates are won from Democrats Abroad in .5 increments, meaning Obama was awarded 2.5 of the possible 4.5 delegates up for grabs. For those wondering what this is all about, The New Republic did a pretty definitive article on this slightly off-kilter process, which can be found here.
They actually have seven delegates up for grabs (14 half-delegates). The rest will be assigned at some kind of convention later on. I don't know any more than that. They have eight half-superdelegates, too, or four total. Good luck finding out who they are or who if anyone they support.
Cheers to the 141 of us -- 108 for Obama, 32 for Hillary, and 1 for Biden -- who voted at the Wolf and Hound pub here in Vancouver.
More election precincts should sell beer.
@1: There's regional conventions--the Americas one is in Vancouver, and there's an Asia/Pacific one as well--and then there's a worldwide Democrats Abroad convention, which (if I remember correctly) is also held in Vancouver this April.
Yeah, except for the (I'm assuming) Canadian guy who walked up in the middle of Obama's speech at the Wolf and Hound and loudly announced that this was the most Americans he'd seen in one place since he'd been in Seattle. But yeah...beer and voting is my new must have.
@3: Do you know when/where that's going to be? Or at least where that info will be posted?
Sweet!
I was worried about Antarctica, but luckily, penguins can't vote even if they're born there.
Clearly the penguins were attracted to Barack's message of transcending black and white.
Mali and Nigeria know where their bread is buttered.
Ah, so it's the swing penguin vote.
What about the Puffins - who did they choose?
Bet Antarctica is for Obama because everyone down there is an academic. We eggheads just lurv the guy.
Libya is Hillary Country!
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