Large Turnout for SoPo Democratic Caucus; Obama Wins Majority of SoPo and State of Maine Delegates
Barack Obama has won the South Portland Democratic Party’s Presidential Caucus, winning in every election district and in the city as a whole. Obama has earned 53 delegates to the State Democratic Party Convention while Hillary Clinton took 27 delegates. Dennis Kucinich has dropped out of the race, but his supporters were still able to garner one delegate as they urged caucus-goers to show their support for his ideas.
More than a thousand South Portland Democrats braved the weather and endured long waits to express their presidential preference at this year’s caucus. The city clerk was onhand and was quickly overwhelmed with local voters wishing to register as Democrats in order to participate. Democrats packed the high school gymnasium and parking lots overflowed with caucus participants as well as theatre-goers attending the final performance of “High School Musical” in the auditorium. (Photos courtesy of David Jacobs.)
Barack Obama has also won the State of Maine as a whole. According to the New York Times, with 99 percent of the participating precincts reporting, Obama leads in state delegates elected over Clinton:
Obama has 2,079 (59.5%); Clinton has 1,397 (39.9%), with 18 uncommitted.
Click below for additional photo and the South Portland Results with listing of delegates to the State Convention from each election precinct.
Here are the South Portland Results with listing of delegates to the State Convention from each election precinct:
Precinct One (298 total forms):
Clinton 6
Obama 13
Precinct Two (262 total forms):
Clinton 5
Kucinich 1
Obama 10
Precinct Three/Four (345 total forms):
Clinton 9
Obama 21
Precinct Five (147 total forms):
Clinton 7
Obama 9
TOTAL (1052 TOTAL FORMS) DELEGATES TO THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONVENTION:
CLINTON 27
KUCINICH 1
OBAMA 53
Photo taken inside the South Portland High School’s Beal Gym during the Democratic Caucus courtesy of David Jacobs.
