Clinton wins West Virginia
Sen. Hillary Clinton campaigned in West Virginia in advance of the May 13 primary. By Associated PressCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton has won a large but largely symbolic victory in the West Virginia primary. She defeated Barack Obama, but he's still the leader and closing in on the Democratic presidenti al nomination.
The Associated Press made its call Tuesday night based on surveys of voters as they left the polls. The economy continues to be in the front of the minds of voters this election season.
More than six in 10 voters today in West Virginia picked the economy from three choices as the most important issue facing the country. That's according to exit polling conducted for The Associated Press and television networks. About one in five picked the Iraq war. In an apparent show of support for Hillary Clinton, seven in 10 voters said they'd prefer that their candidate wins the Democratic presidential nomination, even if the race continues for months. But a quarter said they'd prefer the race ends as soon as possible, even if their candidate loses the nomination. Barely a third of Clinton supporters say they'd vote for Barack Obama over John McCain in a November matchup. Clinton added at least 15 delegates, but still trails Sen. Barack Obama by a large margin in the race for the Democratic nomination. The remaining 13 delegates were still to be awarded. Obama leads the overall race for the nomination with 1,875.5 delegates, including endorsements from party and elected officials known as superdelegates. Clinton has 1,712, according to the latest AP tally. It will take 2,025 delegates to claim the Democratic nomination at the party's national convention this summer. |
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October 7, 2008
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