Thursday, February 7, 2008

In Syracuse, where there aren't that many Democrats to begin with...

From Syracuse.com:

In the city of Syracuse, the strangest thing happened in Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary.



Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama received the exact same
number of votes, according to unofficial Board of Election results.



Clinton: 6,001.



Obama: 6,001.



"Wow, that is odd," said Jay Biba, Clinton's Central New York campaign coordinator. "I never heard of that in my life."





The
odds of Clinton and Obama tying were less than one in 1 million, said
Syracuse University mathematics Professor Hyune-Ju Kim.



"It's almost impossible," said Kim, who analyzed the statewide and citywide votes.



Lisa Daly, Obama's Syracuse campaign coordinator, said she thought a
mistake had been made when she was first told the tally by the Board of
Elections.



What are the chances of it happening?



"Good thing it wasn't a mayor's race," quipped Grant Reeher, a
political science professor at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs.



A total of 12,346 votes were cast for Democrats in the city. Four
other Democrats also received votes: John Edwards, 114; Dennis
Kucinich, 113; Bill Richardson, 90; and Joe Biden, 27.



The tie is likely to be broken when elections officials recanvass
the voting machines and add in the absentee and affidavit votes.



But for now, it's all even.

Looks like Hillary hasn't kept up the same positive impression among CNY Democrats that she had years ago when she decided to carpetbag...



No comments:

Post a Comment