Obama takes Oregon; Clinton wins Kentucky

[XemaSab]

Despite Hillary Clinton's landslide victory in Kentucky, Barack Obama has won a majority of pledged delegates in the race for the Democratic nomination.

Clinton won Kentucky by more than 30 points, but Obama's share of the state's 51 delegates was enough put him over the threshold, according to CNN estimates.

Obama is expected to pick up at least 14 delegates in Kentucky, and by CNN estimates, that will give him 1,627 of the 3,253 pledged delegates at stake in all of primaries and caucuses.

Obama will also pick up a win in Oregon, CNN projects, giving him the larger share of the state's 52 delegates.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/20/primary.wrap/

[jwirr]

1. Landslide victory? They were .04% difference.

[PufPuf23]

3. The article is from the 2008 primary between Clinton and POTUS then to be Obama.

Hillary Clinton won Kentucky by 30%

From the article:

Neither candidate is expected to reach the 2,026 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination.

That means the race is likely to be settled by "superdelegates" -- party leaders and officials who will cast votes at the Democratic convention in August.

After Kentucky's results came in, Clinton thanked her supporters for handing her a win "even in the face of some pretty tough odds."

"Tonight we have achieved an important victory," she said in Louisville.

Clinton beat Obama across all age groups, income groups and education levels in Kentucky.

"It's not just Kentucky bluegrass that's music to my ears. It's the sound of your overwhelming vote of confidence even in the face of some pretty tough odds."

Two-thirds of Clinton's supporters there said they would vote Republican or not vote at all rather than for Obama, according to the polls.

Forty-one percent of Clinton supporters said they'd cast their vote for McCain, and 23 percent said they would not vote at all.

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Thanks again for the context XemaSab

[jwirr]

4. Sorry, didn't look at that. Wow that is a huge difference to now.

[Dem2]

5. 0.4%

Just for clarity.

[PufPuf23]

6. Read the article, It is from 2008 between Clinton and Obama.

Clinton won by 30% and across all democraphics.

Read my other post in this thread, there is detail.

Thanks again XemaSab.

Interesting context.

[Dem2]

8. I was correcting the poster I was responding too

I realized that this was 2008 from the git, but the poster added an extra zero in describing today's win, so I corrected the error.

[PufPuf23]

9. Well that makes it all the more confusing as the OP and article was about 2008 primary in Kentucky

not today.

The article is concise and interesting.

Kentucky today was amazingly close compared to the 30% win by Clinton in 2008.

[PufPuf23]

2. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Not quite a landslide for Hillary Clinton in 2016.

[QC]

7. Hillary won Kentucky 65.48% - 29.92% in 2008. n/t