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.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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