Obama's Mississippi win blunts Clinton's recent gains
Thursday, 13 March 2008
WASHINGTON, Mar 12 (Agencies): Barack Obama's victory in Mississippi last night along with his weekend win in Wyoming has enabled him to erase the advantage with delegates Hillary Clinton won in high-profile races in Ohio and Texas last week.
Clinton's hurdle in amassing delegates for the Democratic presidential nomination is illustrated by Obama's victories in the small states that eliminate her gains. Obama got 253,441 votes, or 61 percent of Mississippi's popular vote, compared with 154,852 votes, or 37 percent, for Clinton, the Associated Press said, with 99 percent of precincts reporting.
That would give Obama, an Illinois senator, roughly 19 or 20 of the 33 delegates at stake in the state's primary. He netted two more delegates than Clinton in the March 8 Wyoming caucuses. Based on incomplete results, Clinton, a New York senator, had a net gain of about 6 or 7 delegates after her comeback wins March 4 in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island and her defeat in Vermont.
Clinton's hurdle in amassing delegates for the Democratic presidential nomination is illustrated by Obama's victories in the small states that eliminate her gains. Obama got 253,441 votes, or 61 percent of Mississippi's popular vote, compared with 154,852 votes, or 37 percent, for Clinton, the Associated Press said, with 99 percent of precincts reporting.
That would give Obama, an Illinois senator, roughly 19 or 20 of the 33 delegates at stake in the state's primary. He netted two more delegates than Clinton in the March 8 Wyoming caucuses. Based on incomplete results, Clinton, a New York senator, had a net gain of about 6 or 7 delegates after her comeback wins March 4 in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island and her defeat in Vermont.