A closer look at Obama's landslide
Posted Feb12, 2008 at 08:35 PM
Governor Tim Kaine, a big Obama supporter from early on, just put out a statement calling his man’s victory tonight “decisive.”
I’d have to agree. It’s not just the numbers -- 63% to 35% certainly counts as a landslide in anybody’s book. But look at the breadth of Obama’s victory. Clinton took Southwest Virginia, he won pretty much everyplace else.
The dividing line between Obama country and Clinton country runs runs pretty much right through our area. She Obama took Henry County; Clinton took Patrick. She took Bedford and Franklin; he’s taking Floyd. She’s taking Roanoke County and Salem; no word yet on Roanoke city and Botetourt. Obama took Montgomery County and Radford; Clinton took everything west of that.
Outside of Southwest Virginia, the only places I can find where Clinton beat Obama in Virginia are Warren County and Page County, up in the Shenandoah Valley. Oh yes, Colonial Heights.
-- Dwayne Yancey, Senior Editor
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