Another day,or night in America,and another set of polling result to tell you.Today's contesting states was Maryland,Virginia and the District of Columbia,or what they call the Potomac primaries.So who is the big winner for both party,who else could it be if it wasnt my man Barack Obama for the Democrat and the Republican 'frontrunner' John McCain.
After his strong performance at the weekend,Barack Obama continue his winning roll by sweeping all the contesting states today,and not only did he win it,but he did it in a convincing manner and one of the main group that voted for him today was the women.According to exit polls out of Virginia and Maryland,in both states Obama won roughly 60 percent of the female vote,a demographic that has carried Clinton to success in past primaries.Clinton meanwhile fared worse among men more than two-thirds in both states chose Obama.If Obama can have both the men and women supporting him from now on,then I think he is on the way of becoming the Democrat nominee.Meanwhile,Obama scored his highest percentage of African-American support to date,winning close to 90 percent of that voting bloc in each state.Who says race doesnt make a factor in this election,well for today at least it did.The two evenly split the white vote in Virginia,while Clinton slightly beat Obama among whites in Maryland.Today was also the day that we saw the Latino voters,who have gone in favour of Hillary in past primaries,had a change of view and decided on going with Obama.It was not much however,only 6 points seperate them in two of the states.
Lets turn our attention now to the Republican side of the race where we saw John McCain winning all the state today as well.McCain,who has come under criticism from conservatives who say he is too liberal to be the Republican nominee,carried the conservative vote in Maryland, according to exit polls.However,Huckabee fared better with the conservatives in Virginia,but still it wasnt enough to give him the win there.Although the result has left Huckabee with a big step to climb,he is still determine to stay on and continue to fight saying that he will never give up until anyone has secured the 1,191 delegates needed to become the Republican nominee,which is good because he is probably the only chance for me not to see McCain winning it.Of course there is still Ron Paul,but erm,lets just think he is out of the race for obvious reason.
It was great day today for me,because my man Barack Obama wins big once again.You might be wondering how many delegates do the candidate have after todays result.Well,Obama now has 1,208 delegates to Clinton's 1,185.But the magic number to clinch the Democratic nomination is 2,025 and Obama is slowly,but surely getting to that number which I believe he will despite Hillary saying that all this states that Obama is winning such as the caucuses and todays victory doesnt really matter to her because she thinks she is going to win the big prize coming up soon in Texas and Ohio on March 4.As for the republicans,I am pessimistic over Huckabee's chances of causing an upset in the upcoming contests but like he said,he believe in miracle and I surely does as well.Lets hope he can do it.Just hang on there Mike.Next round of the contest will be in Wisconsin and Washington,and Hawaii will hold its Democratic caucuses which will all be happening on next Tuesday.For now,let us Obamacans,thats what Obama call his fans,celebrate!YES WE CAN!
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