Yesterday, residents of Washington, DC picked potential delegates for the Democratic convention. This was not the actual primary vote, that occurs next month. This was just selecting the prospective delegates themselves. There was a very, very bad omen for Clinton. About 900 people attended the event.
500 of them cast votes for Obama delegates, only 300 for Clinton.
About 900 D.C. Democrats caucused yesterday to decide which delegates would represent them at the Democratic National Convention this summer, depending on who wins next month's presidential primary.
Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) have been locked in a tight race for the Democratic nomination, with Obama winning the Iowa caucuses and Clinton besting him in the New Hampshire and Nevada primaries.
Yesterday, about 500 city residents voted for delegates for Obama, and roughly 300 cast ballots for Clinton delegates. Roughly 50 voted for delegates for former senator John Edwards. The District will send 37 voting delegates and four alternates to the national convention in Denver in August. Yesterday, voters selected the people who stand a chance of getting there, depending on who wins the Feb. 12 D.C. presidential primary. Maryland and Virginia also will hold primaries that day.
Ouch. That is a significant difference – and is also an indication of how the actual primary may go. It is also an indication that Edwards is rapidly losing clout and may not be able to play kingmaker, even though many media types are still saying that he can.
Bad omen for which candidate? Isn’t DC something like 56.5% black?
Yeah, I’m not sure this is a big deal. If Obama doesn’t win in DC he won’t win anywhere else. I’m surprised Clinton did as well as she did. This is, after all, the town that couldn’t find anything wrong with Marion Berry.