Maine Caucuses Today For Democrats
February 10th, 2008
Democrats hold caucuses in Maine today. Election Geek will bring you the results as they come in.
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Democrats hold caucuses in Maine today. Election Geek will bring you the results as they come in.
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Mitt Romney has edged out John McCain in a straw poll of conservatives taken at the CPAC conference in Washington D.C. Romney won 35% to McCain’s 34%.
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Drudge has the exit poll number:
McCain 34.3%, Romney 32.6%, Giuliani 15.3%, Huckabee 12%
ABC News has some of the exit poll information. Economy #1 most important issue for voters.
More from FOX:
Senior Citizens– McCain 40, Romney 31, Giuliani 18, Huckabee 7
Veterans– McCain 37, Romney 36, Giuliani 14, Huckabee 8
Hispanics– McCain 50, Giuliani 26, Romney 16, Huckabee 5
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Dems - 81% Reporting
39% Clinton, 37% (WINNER) Obama, 17% Edwards, 5% Richardson
Reps - 72% Reporting
37% McCain (WINNER), 32% Romney, 11% Huckabee, 9% Giuliani, 8% Paul
8:12PM EST: Update: CNN Projects John McCain wins the Republican New Hampshire Primary
8:01 PM EST: Update: CNN Projects John Edwards will be in 3rd based on real votes coming in and exit polls. Obama & Clinton fighting for first place.
Best Source, Politico not only has the results automatically updated but a BEAUTIFUL map with county breakdowns.
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#1 - Evangelical’s Drove the Caucus
- Based on entrance polling 60% of caucus goers were evangelical christians of which 46% went to Huckabee and only 19% went in for Romney.
#2 - 68% Supported President Bush
- 20% of Caucus goers considered themselves enthusiastic about President Bush of which 38% voted for Huckabee. Meanwhile 48% said they were satisfied with President Bush of which 34% voted for Huckabee. Meanwhile only 26% of voters said they were dissatisfied and of those Huckabee won over 31% of the vote. Only 5% were angry at Bush of which 54% voted for Ron Paul.
#3 - Huckabee Dominated Issues
- Illegal Immigration was the top choice for 33%, War in Iraq 17% , Economy 26%, Terrorism 21%. On all issues Huckabee won.
#4 - Values Votes Mattered
- 45% of voters made their decision based on “Shares my values” of which 44% went to Mike Huckabee. and only 26% turned out for Romney. 33% supported a candidate because they “says what he means” of which 33% went for Huckabee and only 14% went for Romney. Only 21% voted on electability or experience of which Romney took both categories with McCain in second and Huckabee a distant third.
#5 - Decision Was Already Made
- 59% of Republican Caucus goers made up their mind a month ago or longer and they had decided on Mike Huckabee overwhelmingly.
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#1 - Second Choice Voters Went Overwhelmingly to Edwards
- Based on TPM Election Central noted that based on Entrance Polls Edwards not Obama received the majority of support from second choice votes. Clinton & Obama walked in with the bulk of their support in most precincts with Obama scoring some extra momentum from those who supported “also-ran” candidates.
#2 - Youth-Turnout
- The youth vote went overwhelmingly to Senator Barack Obama based on entrance polling. 22% of those voting were 17 - 29 years old of which 57% supported Obama. Next up 18% of the vote were ages 30-44 of which 42% went for Obama. Then the majority of the vote. These two groups made up 40% of the vote.
Clinton was the clear favorite of those 65 and older who represented 22% of the vote. She received 45% of this demographic. Meanwhile those 45 - 64 were split pretty evenly amongst the three with John Edwards squeaking out 1% more in this demographic.
#3 - 73% of the Vote Made Up Their Minds Early
73% in the entrance polling said they had made up their minds a month or over about whom to Caucus for. Only
#4 - Change
- 52% of the people voted based on wanting change. Of this 51% went in ready to caucus for Obama. Meanwhile only 20% voted based on experience of which Clinton garnered 49% of those going in. Only 8% based their decision based on electability of which Edwards won 36% of the vote with Obama coming in third with only 23% of these voters.
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