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Obama Wins Delegates Abroad

Primary voting by expat Democrats gives him an 11th consecutive win

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 21, 2008 1:28 PM CST
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(Newser) – Barack Obama has won the primary organized by Democrats Abroad, a global organization controlling seven official delegates in the national convention, the AP reports today. Obama won more than 65% of the 20,000 US expatriates who voted from more than 164 countries. It is Obama’s 11th consecutive primary victory over Hillary Clinton, who has not won one since Feb. 5.

The Democrats Abroad primary, which has no equivalent in the Republican Party, adds the odd wrinkle of fractional delegates to the race. The results announced today decide 4.5 delegate votes, of which Obama won 2.5 and Clinton won 2. A conference to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, in April will decide the remaining 2.5.

Barack Obama supporters chant in Porchester Hall, Bayswater, London, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Americans overseas flocked to Roman churches, English town halls and Irish pubs in Dublin and Hong Kong Tuesday to vote in a Democrats Abroad primary as Republicans made their Super Tuesday choices known through absentee ballots. (AP...
Barack Obama supporters chant in Porchester Hall, Bayswater, London, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Americans overseas flocked to Roman churches, English town halls and Irish pubs in Dublin and Hong Kong Tuesday...   (Associated Press)
Expatriate American citizen Nancy Fayram, originally from Seattle, WA and who has been living in Berlin, Germany for a year and a half, casts her ballot in Super Tuesday primaries at a polling station organized by Democrats Abroad February 5, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Analysts are predicting a tight race...
Expatriate American citizen Nancy Fayram, originally from Seattle, WA and who has been living in Berlin, Germany for a year and a half, casts her ballot in Super Tuesday primaries at a polling station...   (Getty Images)
US Democrat party voters are instructed during a Democrats Abroad primary vote, in London on February 5, 2008. US Democrats in Britain were preparing to vote Tuesday as part of a global presidential primary to choose the party's candidate to run for the White House. Democrats Abroad were holding votes...
US Democrat party voters are instructed during a Democrats Abroad primary vote, in London on February 5, 2008. US Democrats in Britain were preparing to vote Tuesday as part of a global presidential primary...   (Getty Images)
Supporters of US Democratic Party hopeful Barack Obama, Roberta McLaughlin (L) and Wayne Weightman (C), a US immigration lawyer, wave as they ride in a three-wheeled motorised 'tuk-tuk' during a campaign ride in front of the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh for the US Democratic Party primary on February 6,...
Supporters of US Democratic Party hopeful Barack Obama, Roberta McLaughlin (L) and Wayne Weightman (C), a US immigration lawyer, wave as they ride in a three-wheeled motorised 'tuk-tuk' during a campaign...   (Getty Images)
A Barack Obama supporter sits in Porchester Hall in Bayswater, London, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Americans overseas flocked to Roman churches, English town halls and Irish pubs in Dublin and Hong Kong Tuesday to vote in a Democrats Abroad primary as Republicans made their Super Tuesday choices known through absentee...
A Barack Obama supporter sits in Porchester Hall in Bayswater, London, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Americans overseas flocked to Roman churches, English town halls and Irish pubs in Dublin and Hong Kong Tuesday...   (Associated Press)
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