Obama Wins North Carolina; Clinton in Indiana
Yesterday was the last big day in the Democratic race for the presidential nomination and both candidates came up winners. Barack Obama won the North Carolina primary by a margin of 56.2 percent to 41.5 percent. Hillary Clinton won in Indiana by a narrow margin of 50.9 percent to 49.1 percent.
Two hundred and eighteen delegates were up for grabs yesterday with 134 in North Carolina and 84 in Indiana. As a result of yesterday’s action, Barack Obama added 91 delegates to his total of 1,836 and Hillary Clinton upped her total to 1681 with her win in Indiana.
For Senator Clinton the night was a nail-biter. Early in the evening several media sources called the North Carolina election for Senator Obama, but the Indiana election was too close to call. Senator Clinton had a double-digit lead early, but by the end of the evening the lead had shrunk.
It came down to Lake County in Indiana, where 8 percent of the population resides. The early returns from that county gave Senator Obama hope that he would overtake Senator Clinton, but in the end she squeaked out a victory.
The end of the road is now in sight for both candidates. There are only six primaries left.
Next Tuesday, West Virginia will hold its primary for 39 delegates. One week later Kentucky (60 delegates) and Oregon (65 delegates) hold their primaries. On June 1, Puerto Rico holds its election with 63 delegates and on June 3, Montana (24 delegates) and South Dakota (23 delegates) hold their primaries.
Neither Mr. Obama nor Mrs. Clinton is likely to reach the 2,025 delegate count that is required to clinch the nomination without help from the 796 superdelegates.
Source: CNN
BLOG QUESTION
Should Senator Clinton resign from the race in order to unite the Democratic party behind Senator Obama and give him more time to run against Senator McCain or should she stay in the race to the end?
Two hundred and eighteen delegates were up for grabs yesterday with 134 in North Carolina and 84 in Indiana. As a result of yesterday’s action, Barack Obama added 91 delegates to his total of 1,836 and Hillary Clinton upped her total to 1681 with her win in Indiana.
For Senator Clinton the night was a nail-biter. Early in the evening several media sources called the North Carolina election for Senator Obama, but the Indiana election was too close to call. Senator Clinton had a double-digit lead early, but by the end of the evening the lead had shrunk.
It came down to Lake County in Indiana, where 8 percent of the population resides. The early returns from that county gave Senator Obama hope that he would overtake Senator Clinton, but in the end she squeaked out a victory.
The end of the road is now in sight for both candidates. There are only six primaries left.
Next Tuesday, West Virginia will hold its primary for 39 delegates. One week later Kentucky (60 delegates) and Oregon (65 delegates) hold their primaries. On June 1, Puerto Rico holds its election with 63 delegates and on June 3, Montana (24 delegates) and South Dakota (23 delegates) hold their primaries.
Neither Mr. Obama nor Mrs. Clinton is likely to reach the 2,025 delegate count that is required to clinch the nomination without help from the 796 superdelegates.
Source: CNN
BLOG QUESTION
Should Senator Clinton resign from the race in order to unite the Democratic party behind Senator Obama and give him more time to run against Senator McCain or should she stay in the race to the end?
4 Comments:
Yes, Clinton should drop out. She knows that most of the people want Obama. And if she gets the nomination McCain will win by far. Clinton knows it's over and I feel sorry for her. Because she just won't get out and when Obama gets the nomintion she's going to be really upset.
I think that Hilary should drop out because it is very likely that Obama will win this Democratic Nomination. Clearly, Obama is the democratic nominee to be chosen for he has more than 100 more delagates than clinton and there are no more major primaries anymore.
I think Clinton should drop out. If she stays in until the last second the two democratic candidates will have focused so much on winning against each other that McCain will have a huge advantage.
Yes, i argree that Clinton should drop out. Obama is ahead by quite a bit and she should support Obama to unite the Party.
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