Obama stuns Missouri, more than doubles votes of Republican front-runner

[usregimechange]

Obama’s margin of victory in St. Louis City and St. Louis County were even larger. In St. Louis City, Obama won 47,675 votes (71.07 percent) to Clinton’s 18,291 votes (27.27 percent). In St. Louis County, Obama won 117,108 votes (62.55 percent) to Clinton’s 66,886 votes (35.72 percent).

These numbers are remarkable for several reasons. As U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan, another early Obama supporter, pointed out Tuesday, Missouri is “a bell-weather state” with an uncanny record of predicting who will win the presidency.

Obama’s 405,470 votes in Missouri on Tuesday more than doubled the number of votes received by the winner of the Republican Primary in Missouri, John McCain, who got 194,119 votes...

Obama’s victory in Missouri also was important because it was won by an electorate energized at record levels. According to Robin Carnahan, the 2008 primary set records for turnout, surpassing 2004 totals by approximately 870,000 votes and 2000 totals by nearly 670,000 votes. Overall, more than 1.4 million Missouri voters cast ballots on Tuesday. “He is expanding the base of his party,” Clay said of Obama.

http://www.stlamerican.com/articles/2008/02/07/news/local_news/localnews01.txt

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

1. This is kind of surreal... the state was essentially a tie, so it seems Hillary also doubled McCain

[usregimechange]

3. Not in St. Louis city, the turnout there was unreal

[mihalevich]

2. Missouri for Obama

Yes we can.

[usregimechange]

4. 11 electoral votes would have turned the US blue in 2000

[angie_love]

5. Wow thats amazing, Go Obama.

[Egnever]

6. Was St.louis red last time around?

[MoJoWorkin]

7. Yes

[Egnever]

9. Hmm was it close or a blowout ?

[OzarkDem]

27. No, St Louis, the city was blue

always has been. That a Dem gets a lot of votes there in the presidential primary is not a surprise.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

8. may I point out.....

"Obama’s 405,470 votes in Missouri on Tuesday more than doubled the number of votes received by the winner of the Republican Primary in Missouri, John McCain, who got 194,119 votes..."

it was an OPEN PRIMARY

rethuglicans crossover and voted for OBAMA as they were instructed to do by the GOP and upon voting they IMEDDIATLY request registration forms to change back to rethuglicans THEY WILL NOT BE THERE TO VOTE FOR OBAMA IN THE GENERAL ELECTION


Obama has been duped ....do you understand this?

[gmudem]

10. Link?

Especially considering how close the Republicans were in Missouri, that really doesn't make any sense.

[FrenchieCat]

11. You've got documentation on that?

I'd like to see it.

Thanks! :hi:

[usregimechange]

12. Yeah all the African American Republicans in st. louis city, what BS

[Egnever]

13. what??????

I thought Rush and Coulter were raising funds for hillary! now they are sending voters obamas way too! wow these guys are covering their bases!

[RaleighNCDUer]

14. Sorry, but Missourians are too ornery to do that kind of shit.

If the RNC told them how to vote, they'd vote the opposite just to show their independence.

I promise. It's not the 'Show Me' state for nothing.

[Obamaniac]

15. Bitter much?

nt

[ElsewheresDaughter]

17. Obama cicada for hire how's the pay?

[Major Hogwash]

22. We're taking a percentage, what about Hill's peeps, they still "volunteering"?

LoL

[cali]

20. bwahahaha

bzzzt. sorry, most folks repuke or dem don't take marching orders and vote like little programmed bots for whom the party tells them to. Just as Reagan attracted huge numbers of disaffected dems, so is Obama attracting indies and dems turned off by repuke control. I know it's hard for you to realize that this is happening, but that's the way it is.

You have zip evidence and you have the gall to accuse others of being duped? You're desperate. And it's going to be ugly to see how desperate your lot gets in the coming days.

[Major Hogwash]

21. Don't use your middle finger to do it though!

Not nice. Besides, that crossover crap happens all the time.

[Yael]

23. Another request for any credible news source to verify this?

[Colobo]

25. "Obama has been duped... do you understand this?"

You can't even admit the power Obama has as a candidate... sad.

[OzarkDem]

28. This is what I suspect, too

The GOP is sending its voters into caucuses and open primaries to vote for Obama because he will be easier to defeat.

Proof? Look at all the right wing talking heads and news outlets who are talking up Obama. Something is rotten here. Dems are being set up.

I think Obama knows this is true, but can't bring himself to admit he won't be able to hold onto these voters in the GE.

[Adelante]

30. Republicans were insignificant in the Missouri vote

Clinton took the Democratic vote by 3%, 50%-47%; and Obama won Independents by 37%, 67%-30%. Together 95% of the total vote.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/index.html#MODEM

Every election there is this story of massive numbers of Republicans crossing over in Democratic primaries for the purpose you state and it is rarely borne out. In this election there is even less reason to accept this conspiracy theory since we have all known to expect Republicans to be abandoning their party for ours. I only wish there were more of them showing up for Democrats.

[sunonmars]

16. Funny how Clinton won 110 out of 115 counties in Missouri

Obama only won St Louis and KC, fuck all else

[ElsewheresDaughter]

18. ^ what he said

[usregimechange]

19. And columbia and jeff city, all the liberal areas.

[OzarkDem]

29. StL and KC are the Dem strongholds

There's no way Obama can win the entire state in the GE based on that support alone. Even Claire McCaskill knows that.

So how will Obama win the rest of Missouri?

[mistaT]

24. This is true, but....

we are getting smoked in the day of fame vote....
http://www.dayoffame.com Someone start a thread about this! Free publicity!

[UALRBSofL]

26. Obama won in St. Louis and Kansas City

But the rest of the state went to Hillary. Have you not seen the graphics someone posted the other day?