Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Hillary wins West Virginia

So Hillary won West Virginia. I don't have a lot to say. What is there to say? I've only been there once, for a funeral, but it was a very nice place. She won decisively, 67.5% to 25%. That's about 2 1/2 to 1. Pretty decisive. Of course, it doesn't change the delegate math much. Hillary picked up 20 delegates, Obama 8. So he's now ahead by 168. This didn't do much for her. One interesting fact is that John Edwards won 7% of the vote. So apparently there are people who want to vote for a white guy so much that they will vote for him even if he isn't in the race.

But tonnyb, a reader at TPM Cafe, reminds us of Obama's margins of victory so far this year:

State - Obama - Hillary
Idaho 82.2% 17.8%
Hawaii 76.2% 23.8%
District of Columbia 75.8% 24.2%
Alaska 74.6% 25.4%
Kansas 74.2% 25.8%
Washington 68.4% 31.6%
Georgia 68.1% 31.9%
South Carolina 67.6% 32.4%
Minnesota 67.4% 32.6%
Colorado 67.3% 32.7%
Illinois 66.3% 33.7%
Virginia 64.2% 35.8%
North Dakota 62.6% 37.4%
Mississippi 62.2% 37.8%
Maryland 61.9% 38.1%
Wyoming 61.9% 38.1%
Louisiana 61.7% 38.3%
Vermont 60.6% 39.4%

Those states are all over the county. There's a good reason Obama has a big lead - he's run a much, much better campaign. And those numbers are proof. Next up is Oregon and Kentucky. Obama may very well get blown out in Kentucky again. But he's also expected to win Oregon by a wide margin.

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