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Awaiting Results: Obama Takes Guam By Seven Votes

CitizenSugar — Sat, 03 May 2008 17:10:22 -0700

Seven. Votes. More than 4,500 Democrats voted in Guam today with the squeaker results: Obama, 2,264; Clinton, 2,257.

Well politics fans, it doesn't get any closer than that. The US territory will send four pledged delegates and five superdelegates to the National Convention, though they don't get a vote in the November general election.

Hillary Clinton has pledged to change that - according to her campaign Clinton, "believes that every American citizen should be able to vote for the president and have their vote count. Citizens should have representation in the executive branch of their national government. Territories send young men and women to serve in the US military, and they should have a say in who is their commander in chief."

Update: Don't forget to set your DVRs (or get up early) tomorrow to catch Obama for the full hour of NBC's Meet the Press, and flip over to catch Clinton on This Week on ABC.

Iranian Election Draws Large Turnout

CitizenSugar — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:30:56 -0700

Iranians appeared to have turned out in large numbers yesterday to vote in nationwide parliamentary elections. In Tehran, lines formed at major mosques where polling took place.

Opinions differed between young voters who supported reform ideas, like one 27-year-old Iranian who said, “I am voting because I did not vote in the two previous elections. As a result, people I don’t like were elected, and their policies have affected my life,” and more conservative voters who support President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The Interior Ministry extended polling hours to encourage high turnout, which was expected to be between 50 and 60 percent. Reformist supporters feared unfair balloting practices and complained Friday of irregularities and discrimination at polling places as well as the decision by the Interior Ministry to announce the election results only after the vote tally was final. Results had always been announced as they were tallied in the past while counting continued. This change makes some suspicious of government interference in the results.

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Will You Follow Tonight's Election Results Online?

GeekSugar — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:00:32 -0800

I have an election night ritual: I settle in from work into some cozy pants and slippers, get on the couch, and eat an easy dinner in front of the TV. This year, I will be in front of the TV, but I'll be dividing my time between it and my laptop to watch the election results come in.

Prior to this, I always waited patiently for my newscasters to update me with the latest info, but now with the Internet's reach, I can know the latest as soon as the talking heads do. Like I said, I plan on getting my election coverage from the tube as well as my computer, but are you planning on watching primarily from your TV or the Internet?

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Global Totals: Zimbabwe Election Results Baffling

CitizenSugar — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:00:00 -0700

The results of the Zimbabwe election over the weekend seem a little like spring weather: if you don't like it, wait five minutes. Not just eager voters awaiting results, even news outlets are conflicted over how to report the tallies that are being released in a trickle, batch-by-batch.

In just the past few moments, the Washington Post reports, "Initial Tallies Show Mugabe Vulnerable, and All Africa says, "Mugabe Set to Claim Victory." Not to be outdone, the International Herald Tribune says, "Zimbabwe's Ruling Party and Opposition Tied in Early Poll Results."

The longer the results take, the more voters worry that untoward action on the vote totals is happening behind the scenes. And they have reason to worry - to see why, read more. One journalist went on a journey to see for himself if he could vote using the ID of an 86-year-old who'd been dead for 10 years. He could. Poll workers even directed the young and clearly not dead writer to the correct voting location.

Adding to this story is a great compilation of on-the-scene dispatches from the BBC. One young voter text-messaged, "they denied many youth to vote because they knew they were the ones to vote them away with various reasons. " Voter apathy also reigned with an email saying the attitude of many was, "what's the point? The outcome is predetermined."

Robert Mugabe has been in power since Zimbabwe claimed independence from Great Britain in 1980.
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Clinton Wins in SD, Obama Wins MT, Takes the Whole Cake

CitizenSugar — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:10:22 -0700

Latest: Barack Obama has just been projected to win in the last primary of the election, Montana. Earlier tonight in a bitter victory, Hillary Clinton won the biggest share of South Dakota's 15 pledged delegates. Taking the biggest prize of all, CNN projected that Obama is the Democratic nominee.

Barack Obama has secured enough delegates to earn the Democratic nomination. He confirms what was thought earlier - that he had already secured the magic number to win the Democratic nomination earlier in the day, amid conflicting stories of Hillary Clinton conceding.

Hillary spoke to her supporters in New York tonight, stopping short of actually withdrawing from the race in the speech, instead asking people to write in and share their thoughts.

Many are now calling for a so-called unity ticket, slotting Hillary in to the VP position, as the best way to unite the embattled party after the long primary season.

John McCain jumped in on the action, delivering a major address tonight in which he praised Clinton and dogged Obama. McCain said,

Senator Clinton has earned great respect for her tenacity and courage. The media often overlooked how compassionately she spoke to the concerns and dreams of millions of Americans, and she deserves a lot more appreciation than she sometimes received. As the father of three daughters, I owe her a debt for inspiring millions of women to believe there is no opportunity in this great country beyond their reach. I am proud to call her my friend.

Does the nomination of Obama feel like an historic moment?

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Awaiting Results: The Final Countdown

CitizenSugar — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:30:06 -0700

Aw! What a long, strange trip it's been! Jan. 3 in Iowa to June 3 in South Dakota and Montana, Liberty and I are getting a little weepy now that the primary season is all done but the counting. It seems like forever, especially when we dug back through everything that's happened in the past six months. It's almost like a funny yearbook. Take a peek while we wait for the results tonight. Stay sweet, don't change, BFFs etc. - do you remember this?

Hillary's sparkly sweet Christmas wrappingy-goodness television ad, where the gift tags all had presents the tax payers had actually purchased. I wonder if she saved the gift receipts?
Ha! Remember when we thought Super Tuesday might actually determine who was going to be the nominee? So cute and so wrong! Legendary Obama baby picture included.
Some of you might have been psychic? Way back on Feb. 5, 50 percent of you voted for Obama, 30 percent for Hillary. Hmm . . .
Oh, yeah! There was that guy who got in a stabbing fight with his brother-in-law over the candidates. I love the quote that set it all off.
Gloria Steinem's eyebrow raising "secretary" comment? That seems like 100 years ago!
Well, however it turns out tonight, we can all look back on that one shining moment when Barack and Hillary kissed - really kissed - and made up.

What's been your favorite (or most maddening!) moment of the campaign so far?

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Awaiting Results: Clinton Pounds Obama in Puerto Rico

CitizenSugar — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:10:45 -0700

Hillary Clinton has cinched Puerto Rico's Democratic primary by a wide margin, CNN projects, giving her the larger share of the territory's 55 delegates.

Estimates show Clinton winning 68 percent to Obama's 32 percent. Though Puerto Rico went to the polls today, only the 50 states and Washington DC will get to weigh in come November.

Hillary will likely take 32 delegates from today's contest, and Obama, 14. Yesterday also saw the awarding of delegates when the DNC decided on Michigan and Florida, awarding the delegates half-votes, giving Clinton 87 additional delegates and Obama, 63.

Is the win for Clinton today, symbolic?

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Awaiting Results: Double-O! Obama Snaps Up Oregon

CitizenSugar — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:21:01 -0700

CNN has just projected that Barack Obama will walk away with a win in Oregon. The state has 52 pledged delegates to award, almost the same as Kentucky.

Speaking in Iowa, where this whole primary season began, Obama said:

In spite of all the doubt and disappointment - or perhaps because of it - you came out on a cold winter's night in numbers that this country has never seen, and you stood for change. And because you did, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood up. And then a few million stood up. And tonight, in the fullness of spring, with the help of those who stood up from Portland to Louisville, we have returned to Iowa with a majority of delegates elected by the American people, and you have put us within reach of the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.

On a side note, the long Democratic race has meant one other bonus: Oregon matters! My home state, the vote-by-mail only, late-in-the-primary game Beaver State has finally made more than a faint ripple in the pre-game show. I'm just delighted. Where do the Democrats go from here?

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Awaiting Results: Clinton Triumphs In My Old Kentucky Home

CitizenSugar — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:11:52 -0700

CNN is now projecting based on exit polls that Hillary Clinton has walked away handily with the biggest piece of the Bluegrass state's 51 pledged delegates.

If Obama winds up being the Democratic nominee, he'll have an uphill climb in Kentucky. According to exit polls, 41 percent of Clinton supporters said if Obama's the choice, they'd cast their vote instead for John McCain, and 23 percent said they would not vote at all. Those odds are worse for Obama than West Virginia.

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Awaiting Results: Clinton Takes the Keystone State!!!

CitizenSugar — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:03:02 -0700

After six weeks of Philly cheesesteaks and endless speculation, Reuters is now reporting that Hillary Clinton has won Pennsylvania, and clinched the largest share of the 158 delegates.

The candidates now look to the next big prize, the 218 delegates of Indiana and North Carolina on May 6. Want to play with what tonight's results do to the overall totals of the race? Check out the delegate counter and enter in the results.

Are you surprised by the outcome? Will we still have two Democratic candidates in the morning? Do you hope so? What does this mean for the race?