Bullet Point Election News: Vermont Primary

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

With between 86% and 100% of precincts reporting Hillary Clinton received 2,710,332 to Barack Obama's 2,487,028 in the Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont primaries.
Hillary Clinton received 54%, 58%, 51% and 38% of the votes in Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont respectively while Obama received 44%, 40%, 47% and 60% for the same states.
The remaining percentage of votes cast were for former candidates Richardson, Biden, Dodd, Kucinich and as "Uncommitted" and "Other".

With between 86% and 100% of precincts reporting John McCain received 1,382,699 votes to Mike Huckabee's 855,658, Ron Paul's 122,659 and Alan Keyes's 8,865 in the Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont primaries.
John McCain received 60%, 65%, 51% and 72% of the votes in Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont respectively while Huckabee received 31%, 22%, 38% and 14%, Paul received 5%, 7%, 5% and 7% and Keyes received 0%, 0%, 1% and 0% for the same states.
The remaining percentage of voters cast their votes for former candidates Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, Rudy Guiliani, Duncan Hunter, Cort, Tran and "Uncommitted".

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With 86% to 100% of precincts reporting results for the March 4th primaries in Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont the total votes cast equaled 7,891,584. This figure is exclusive of the Texas Democratic Caucus results which are still being tabulated.
Overall, Hillary Clinton received 2,710,332 of the votes to Barack Obama's 2,487,028, John McCain's 1,382,609, Mike Huckabee's 855,658, Ron Paul's 122,659, and Alan Keyes's 8,685.
The remaining 218,935 votes were cast for Edwards, Richardson, Biden, Dodd, Kucinich, Romney, Thompson, Cort, Hunter, Guiliani, Tran, "Uncommitted" and "Other".

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http://content.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/results-all.aspx

Real Clear Politics's polls show Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama each leading in two of the four states headed into the March 4th primaries.

On the Republican side Real Clear Politics's polls show John McCain leading Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul in Texas, Ohio and Vermont. Polling data was not posted for Rhode Island.

McCain leads the polls in Ohio with 55% to Mike Huckabee's 32.8% and Ron Paul's 7%.

Lastly, in Vermont the polls show McCain leading 68% to Huckabee's 17% and Paul's 5%.

On March 4, 2008 Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont will hold their Presidential primaries.

In Ohio, billboards will display real-time election results. The billboards will run live throughout the day, and display the winners' names when they're announced.

Despite the issue with Rhode Island Mayor and Superdelegate David Cicilline Hillary Clinton leads the polls with 53% of the vote in Rhode Island.

President Bush voted absentee in the Texas primary however, he declined to state who his vote was cast for.

With regards to Vermont, the Burlington Free Press reports that " if on-the-ground organization in the state was the sole factor in predicting success in the state's March 4 primary, Paul would be vying for victory with McCain. "

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American Research Group's recent poll shows John McCain at 73%, Ron Paul at 11% and Mike Huckabee at 9% in the Vermont primary on March 4th.

The Burlington Free Press reports that " if on-the-ground organization in the state was the sole factor in predicting success in the state's March 4 primary, Paul would be vying for victory with McCain. "

Ron Paul has supporters going door to door and his campaign is running newspaper and radio ads throughout the state while John McCain has no staff working in Vermont.

It wouldn't be surprising if Ron Paul had a good showing in Vermont considering Ron Paul was formerly a Libertarian and Vermont was in the running for the "Free State Project"

According to http://www.freestateproject.org/ "Vermont is among ten states being considered by the Free State Project. Members will vote on which state to target once 5,000 commitments have been received. "

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