Obama wins 11th straight victory
WASHINGTON (AP) - February 21, 2008 The Illinois senator won the primary in which Democrats living
in other countries voted by Internet, mail and in person.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has not won a nominating contest
since Super Tuesday, more than two weeks ago.
More than 20,000 U.S. citizens living abroad voted in the
primary, which ran from Feb. 5 to Feb. 12. Obama won about 65
percent of the vote, according to results released by the Democrats
Abroad, an organization sanctioned by the national party.
Voters living in 164 countries cast votes online, while
expatriates voted in person in more than 30 countries, at hotels in
Australia and Costa Rica, at a pub in Ireland and at a Starbucks in
Thailand. The results took about a week to tabulate as local
committees around the globe gathered ballots.
"This really gives Americans an opportunity to participate,"
said Christine Schon Marques, the international chair of Democrats
Abroad.
There is no comparable primary among Republicans, though the GOP
has several contests this weekend in U.S. territories, including
party caucuses in Puerto Rico Sunday.
Obama's win comes just two days after he defeated Clinton in a
primary in Wisconsin and caucuses in Hawaii. He leads Clinton 1,351
delegates to 1,262 delegates, not including the 7 delegates yet to
be awarded based on the global primary voting results.
