www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

   

Obama wins Democrats Abroad primary

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-02-22 07:46

WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama won the Democrats Abroad global primary in results announced Thursday, giving him 11 straight victories in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.


Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama addresses a primary campaign rally at the Toyota Center February 19, 2008 in Houston, Texas. [Agencies]

The Illinois senator won the primary in which Democrats living in other countries voted by Internet, mail and in person, according to results released by the Democrats Abroad, an organization sanctioned by the national party.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has not won a nominating contest since Super Tuesday, more than two weeks ago.

More than 20,000 US citizens living abroad voted in the primary, which ran from Feb. 5 to Feb. 12. Obama won about 65 percent of the vote, according to the results released Thursday.

Voters living in 164 countries cast votes online, while expatriates voted in person in more than 30 countries, at hotels in Australia and Costa Rica, at a pub in Ireland and at a Starbucks in Thailand. The results took about a week to tabulate as local committees around the globe gathered ballots.

"This really gives Americans an opportunity to participate," said Christine Schon Marques, the international chair of Democrats Abroad.

Italian Sports Minister Giovanna Melandri, who has dual citizenship, cast a vote for Obama in Rome.

"It wasn't an easy choice for me. I would still love seeing a ticket with Obama and Hillary," Melandri told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "A drive for change is what is needed in the US and I think that Obama has that drive."

Special coverage:
2008 US Presidential Election
Related readings:
 Obama wins Wisconsin primary, Hawaii caucus
 Clinton says Obama relies on 'words'
 Clinton camp accuses Obama of plagiarism
 Obama proposes $210 billion for new jobs
 
Clinton ex-campaign manager backs Obama
There is no comparable primary among Republicans, though the GOP has several contests this weekend in US territories, including party caucuses in Puerto Rico Sunday.

The Democrats Abroad controls seven pledged delegates at the party's national convention this summer. However, the group's system of dividing the delegates is unique, and could create an anomaly in which Obama and Clinton end up with fractions of delegates.

The party will send 14 pledged delegates to the convention, each with a half vote. The primary was used to determine nine people, or the equivalent of 4.5 delegates. Obama won 2.5 and Clinton won two, according to Schon Marques.

The Democrats Abroad will hold a global convention in Vancouver, Canada, in April to select the other five people who will attend the convention. They will represent the remaining 2.5 votes.

The system creates the possibility that Obama and Clinton could each end up with a fraction of a delegate at the convention, Schon Marques said.

Democratic parties in US territories use similar systems, in which they send twice the number of delegates, giving them each a half vote. But their systems are designed to ensure that that candidates do not end up with fractions of delegates.

Stacie Paxton, a spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee, said party rules allow for delegates with a half vote so that more people can attend the convention from far-flung places.

Obama's delegate total, which includes new superdelegate endorsements, increased to 1,358.5 Thursday. Clinton was at 1,264.

It will take 2,025 delegates to claim the nomination at this summer's convention.



Top World News  
Today's Top News  
Most Commented/Read Stories in 48 Hours
主站蜘蛛池模板: 一级做性色a爱片久久片 | 精品在线99| 九九精品视频在线观看九九 | 久久最新免费视频 | 日韩偷拍自拍 | 中国女警察一级毛片视频 | 成人二区 | 特级片免费看 | 一本伊大人香蕉高清在线观看 | 亚洲人成在线观看 | 精品成人免费一区二区在线播放 | 人久热欧美在线观看量量 | 国产真实女人一级毛片 | 成人国产三级精品 | 国产精品国产三级国产an | www.日本在线 | 黄篇网址| 亚洲自拍高清 | 一本本久综合久久爱 | 日韩在线视频不卡一区二区三区 | 九九亚洲精品自拍 | 国产精品99久久久久久www | 我要看三级毛片 | 欧美在线一级视频 | 国产亚洲亚洲精品777 | 亚洲美女在线观看 | 成人国产精品一级毛片了 | 国产一区二区在线观看免费 | 色婷婷国产精品欧美毛片 | 国产三区视频在线观看 | 久久a 热6 | 欧美大片无尺码在线观看 | 国产成人a在一区线观看高清 | 天天都色 | 免费午夜不卡毛片 | 我要看欧美精品一级毛片 | 99久久综合精品国产 | 亚洲 自拍 另类 欧美 综合 | 韩国一级永久免费观看网址 | 午夜在线社区视频 | 国产精品一级毛片不收费 |