Obama scores three big US wins
Hillary Clinton loses in triple primaries as McCain triumphs in the Republican race.
| Voters’ voices |
“Tonight, we’re on our way. But we know how much further we have to go,” Obama, a senator for Illinois, told supporters in Madison, Wisconsin, where the next showdown occurs in a week.
“We know our road will not be easy. But we also know that at this moment the cynics can no longer say our hope is false.”
| Results tally |
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Barack Obama – 958 Republican Delegates John McCain – 724 Source: NBC/MSNBC |
Icy roads in Maryland prompted a judge to order a 90-minute extension in voting hours, delaying returns and the allocation of delegates there.
In all, there were 168 delegates at stake in primaries in those states and the District of Columbia.
| Your Views |
Exit polls in Virginia indicated Obama had won about 50 per cent of white voters and crushed Clinton 9-to-1 among black voters.
The Clinton camp is looking beyond February to the next primaries in Ohio and Texas on March 4.
Steve Livingston, a professor of political science at George Washington University, told Al Jazeera that Obama clearly had the momentum.
He said: “Obama is bringing in $1 million a day in donations – a remarkable figure. He is out-raising Hillary Clinton in the fund-raising race by a substantial margin.”
“This is going to allow him to buy television advertising in Texas and Ohio that she [Clinton] cannot afford to match.
Republican split