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Obama Wins Wyoming Caucus, Next Up Mississippi

11:19 pm March 8th, 2008 by lauram · 3 Comments

Results are in, and Barack Obama defeated Hillary Clinton tonight in Wyoming. Obama received 61% of the vote and Clinton, 38% of the vote. Twelve delegates were up for grabs, and Obama won 7, Clinton won 5. Although it’s not many, every delegate counts in this dead-heat race where less than 600 delegates remain.

Just like past caucus sites around the country, Wyoming saw record turnouts today.

New York Times: “Party officials reported extremely high turnout at caucus sites across the state. In Laramie County, more than 1,500 came to cast votes at the caucus site, quickly filling the auditorium in downtown Cheyenne. Hundreds waited outside for hours until they could enter and vote.” (In 2004, only 160 people showed up for the Laramie County caucus.)

Obama’s campaign manager, David Plouffe, called today’s results in Wyoming a “big win.”

Obama is also expected to do well in the next upcoming state, which is Mississippi. Voters head to the polls in Mississippi on Tuesday, March 11th, where 33 delegates are at stake. However, the big prize both candidates have a lot of thier attention on is, Pennsylvania. Both candidates are campaigning hard in the crucial Keystone state that will hold it’s primary on April 22nd, with a 158 delegates.

Although Clinton won Ohio and Texas on Tuesday, she still trails Obama in the delegate count. According to CNN, Obama has 1,527 delegates and Clinton has slightly fewer with 1,428 delegates. There are 2,024 total delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination.

Tags: Barack Obama · Caucuses · Democrat · Hillary Clinton

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