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US Elections

Clinton Defeats Obama in West Virginia, vows to fight

Posted on: May 14, 2008

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton defeated Barack Obama by 67-26 percent in Tuesday’s primary in West Virginia. Clinton won the overwhelmingly white state in a walk – by a ratio of better than 2-1 and used the results to argue she should not be counted out yet renewing doubts about Senator Barack Obama’s prospects in states with large concentrations of white working-class voters.

Though Clinton is still trailing by a huge delegate number than Obama to secure the Democratic presidential nomination, she hinted after the victory that her chances to defeat Republican candidate John McCain in general elections are greater than the Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

According to the exit poll surveys, in West Virginia, whites cast more than 90 percent of the votes. One out of five whites said the race of the candidates was a factor, the second-highest percentage after Mississippi. Of them, only a third said they would vote for Obama if he will be the Democratic nominee against McCain

“I am more determined than ever to carry on this campaign until everyone has had a chance to make their voices heard,” Clinton said during her speech after the victory.

However her win in West Virginia is unlikely to have much impact on the race now. Just 28 delegates were at stake in West Virginia.

Clinton won at least 16, Obama 7, and the rest were yet to be allocated, according to an Associated Press tally.

That left Obama with 1,882.5 delegates, to 1,713 for Clinton, out of 2,026 needed to clinch the nomination. With fewer than 400 delegates left – 189 to be awarded in the primaries remaining after Tuesday’s vote and the rest uncommitted superdelegates, it is possible that Obama could clinch the nomination by the time the primaries will close on June 3.

Obama has already won more delegates since his victory in North Carolina than the 28 delegates that were at stake in West Virginia.

Obama, who didn’t appeared in public, left a congratulation message to Clinton after the results. Obama just appeared once in public during the campaign in West Virginia.

Clinton and her campaign sought to make this result another referendum on Obama’s electability in “swing states” that will be crucial for Democrats in November. Clinton again won a key voting bloc in West Virginia that the Democrats need in November – working-class whites.

Clinton, whose campaign is running $20 million in debt, urged supporters to donate money to her campaign.

With the campaign having dragged on for months, much has been made about divisions in the Democratic Party. Both candidates are looking ahead to contests next week in Kentucky and Oregon.

It will be followed by the primaries in Puerto Rico on June 1 and finally in Montana and South Dakota on June 3.

Clinton is favored in, Kentucky and Puerto Rico while Obama is likely to win in Oregon, Montana and South Dakota.