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Obama takes Guam by 7 delegates

4:00 am May 5th, 2008 by Charlie · 2 Comments

The New York Times gave a very brief rundown of the presidential politics in the US Territory of Guam, where Senator Barack Obama won the caucus by a margin of 7 delegates.

Senator Barack Obama appeared to win the Democratic caucuses in Guam on Saturday, defeating Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton by seven votes.

When hand-counting finished shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday, delegates pledged to Mr. Obama, of Illinois, had received 2,264 votes, compared with Mrs. Clinton’s slate, which had received 2,257, according to The Associated Press.

The island of Guam is located in the Pacific Ocean, and if you’re looking at a map it’s located in the ocean right between Japan to the north, Papua New Guinea to the south and the Philippines to the east.

According to Democratic party officials, turnout for the caucuses was about 3 times greater than in the previous years. While Guam is a territory, and the people US Citizens, they do not get to vote in the general presidential election.

Guam does, however, receive 8 delegates to the Democratic National Convention, but each only has half a vote.

Sarah Wheaton, of The New York Times, explained the results the best when she wrote, “Because of the closeness of the vote, the outcome in Guam is unlikely to have an impact on the delegate margin.”

So there you have it, another handful of delegates in and here comes Indiana and North Carolina.

Tags: Barack Obama · Democrat · Hillary Clinton

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