Obama has now won 5 "blue states" and 13 "red"(of which 2 were "close red" in 04) - why would he be [View All]

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stronger than Hillary in the general if he can not beat her in the "base" of a Democratic election victory in 08?

Below are results to date with 08 winning percent and Bush-Kerry 2004 vote totals.


Primaries

Alabama 56% 1,176,394 693,933
Connecticut 51% 693,826 857,488
Delaware 53% 171,660 200,152
Georgia 67% 1,914,254 1,366,149
Illinois 65% 2,346,608 2,891,989
Missouri 49% 1,455,713 1,259,171
South Carolina 55% 937,974 661,699
Utah 57% 663,742 241,199

Caucuses

Alaska 75% 190,889 111,025
Colorado 67% 1,101,255 1,001,732
Idaho 79% 409,235 181,098
Iowa 38% 751,957 741,898
Kansas 74% 736,456 434,993
Minnesota 67% 1,346,695 1,445,014
Nebraska 68% 512,814 254,328
North Dakota 61% 196,651 111,052
Washington 67% 1,304,894 1,510,201


Lousiana (likely win), 1,102,169 820,299