Thursday, April 03, 2008

Obama’s Cook County Vote

Tom Elia at The New Editor - - -

In the race for the most popular votes in the Democratic Party's presidential primary contests, Sen. Barack Obama's lead over Sen. Hillary Clinton is about 711,000 votes -- not including Florida or Michigan -- according to Real Clear Politics.

Of Sen. Obama's 711,000 popular-vote lead, 650,000 -- or more than 90% of the total margin -- comes from Sen. Obama's home state of Illinois, with 429,000 of that lead coming from his home base of Cook County.

That margin in Cook County represents almost 60% of Obama's total lead nationwide.

Interestingly, Sen. Obama's 429,000-vote margin in Cook County alone is larger than the winning margin of either candidate in any state. …

Folks, the rest of Tom’s post is here.

Hat tip: Instapundit

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

...and given Cook County's stellar record, one couldn't possibly question the validity of Mr. Obama's votes. Could one?
Tarheel Hawkeye

Anonymous said...

John: I urge you to read Ann Coulter's colunm at humanevents.com. It is about Obama's autobiography, "Dreams From My Father" and is truly, TRULY frightening. I am amazed there has been np press regarding this book so far. Truly Frightening.