Wednesday, February 6, 2008

And the Winner Is . . .

No one, not really. Well McCain probably, but if you have been awake for the last couple of weeks you knew that one.


Here's the breakdown:


Alabama—Obama (20 delegates)/Huckabee (14 delegates)
Alaska—Obama (9)/Romney (12)
Arizona—Clinton (26)/McCain (50)
Arkansas—Clinton (23)/Huckabee (25)
California—Clinton (0)/McCain (0)
Colorado—Obama (13)/Romney (22)
Connecticut—Obama (26)/McCain (27)
Delaware—Obama (9)/McCain (18)
Georgia—Obama (27)/Huckabee (45)
Idaho (Dem only)—Obama (15)
Illinois—Obama (62)/McCain (54)
Kansas (Dem only)—Obama (23)
Massachusetts—Clinton (54)/Romney (21)
Minnesota—Obama (48)/Romney (36)
Missouri—Obama (30)/McCain (58)
Montana (GOP only)—Romney (25)
New Jersey—Clinton (51)/McCain (52)
New Mexico (Dem only)—STILL PROCESSING
New York—Clinton (127)/McCain (101)
North Dakota—Obama (8)/Romney (8)
Oklahoma—Clinton (24)/McCain (32)
Tennessee—Clinton (34/Huckabee (21)
Utah—Obama (14)/Romney (36)
West Virginia (GOP only)—Huckabee (18)


By my count this gives Clinton an additional 339 delegates (CNN says her total now is 783). Obama has 266 new delegates (CNN gives his total overall at 709).

On the GOP-side: McCain picked up 362 (his total is 559). Romney got 160 (total 265). Huckabee got 123 (169 total).


New Mexico is still counting and I haven't quite figured out why California awarded no delegates (can anyone explain, pls.??)


Cleary, McCain has the nomination about sewn up. He has almost double the number of delegates as Romney. And of course the race between Clinton and Obama is not quite so clear. Clinton took fewer states, but ones with bigger delegate totals. But with fewer than 100 delegates still separating them, things are still very much undecided.


Heck, maybe N.C.'s primary will mean something after all!


One last thing, I know that the ballots were printed long ago, so many who have dropped out of the races are still listed. Maybe some voters weren't aware enough to realize that, or maybe they were just protesting or paying homage to their fave, but I have to admit I got a warm and fuzzy feeling to see Edwards picking up votes in just about every state (God Bless the Okies—they gave him over 40,000 votes).

3 comments:

Becky said...

TN went to Huckabee. Woe is me in this Bible Belt land.

broad minded said...

my husband is proposing that he will be McCain's running mate to balance out McCain's issues with the uber conservatives and evangelicals.

Rev Wes Isley said...

No delegates from California? Must investigate. And I was so happy to hear that Hillary had won there....

Anyway, glad it's still a race. Now THAT'S change!