By Antonio D. French
Filed Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Senator Barack Obama defeated The Clinton Machine 2-1 in the South Carolina Democratic Primary last night.
With 99% of the precincts reporting, Obama received 295,091 (55%) votes to Hillary Clinton's 141,128 (27%) and South Carolina native John Edwards' 93,552 (18%) votes.
Obama has won more delegates (not including so-called "super delegates", Obama has won 63 delegates, Clinton 48, and Edwards 26) and more votes (in all the primaries and caucuses so far) of any other Democratic candidate.
This contest is not about white vs. black, rich vs. poor, or women vs. men, said Obama in his eloquent victory speech last night. This contest is simply about the future vs. the past.
5 Comments:
Epic Win!
It is no longer "Yes we can!"
It is now "Yes, we KNOW we can!"
Go Obama!
1/27/2008 10:51 AM
According to CNN, Clinton has 190 committed delegates; Obama has 103, and Edwards has 51.
1/27/2008 12:42 PM
^ Updated, post South Carolina
Clinton 230; Obama 152; Edwards 61
1/27/2008 1:21 PM
Those totals include so-called "super delegates" which include the endorsements of members of Congress, senators, and governors.
A very important thing to know about "super delegates" vs. delegates won in elections, is that they are not fixed. Those individuals have all the way until the actual Convention to change their minds.
Considering many of Clinton's "super delegate" commitments came before very many thought Obama would be such a strong candidate.
In other words, don't take those numbers to the bank just yet.
1/27/2008 3:26 PM
^ that's generally correct. Going in to the first big group of primaries, Clinton leads Obama in delegates. What CNN is counting are delegates to the convention who have promised to support one candidate or another, plus the delegates allocated by the primary and caucus results so far.
Only half (or so) convention delegates arrived pledged to a candidate.
There are thousands of delegates still up for grabs.
1/27/2008 5:33 PM
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