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The 2008 New York Democratic primary took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. Polls indicated that New York Senator Hillary Clinton was leading rival Senator Barack Obama by double digits in the weeks before the contest,[1] and she ended up winning with roughly 58% of the vote. Certain districts near New York City are in the process of being recounted due to missing vote tallies for Obama.[2]
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[edit] Vote discrepancies
The New York Times conducted a review of the unofficial results from the primary. They found that, among New York City's 6,106 election districts participating, 80 districts did not record a single vote for Obama, including heavily black districts like Harlem, as well as districts next to others where Obama had very favorable results. City election officials were made aware of the problem, and are in the process of reviewing the vote tallies. For example, in Harlem where Clinton led Obama 141 to 0, the current, uncommitted vote tally stands at 118 to 116, Clinton.[3]
Democratic leaders are blaming the discrepancies on "human error" due to weary election officials on primary day. According to ABC News, however, other candidates such as John Edwards did not have this problem; it seems to be almost exclusive to Obama.[4]
[edit] Results
- See also: Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries
| Key: |
Withdrew
prior to contest |
| New York Democratic presidential primary, 2008[5] |
| Candidate |
Votes |
Percentage |
National delegates[6] |
| Hillary Clinton |
1,068,496 |
57.37% |
139 |
| Barack Obama |
751,019 |
40.32% |
93 |
| John Edwards |
21,924 |
1.18% |
0 |
| Dennis Kucinich |
8,458 |
0.45% |
0 |
| Bill Richardson |
8,227 |
0.44% |
0 |
| Joe Biden |
4,321 |
0.23% |
0 |
| Totals |
1,862,445 |
100.00% |
232 |
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