Barack Projected Winner in Georgia
Georgia is the first state to close its polls and it looks like Barack Obama will walk away a winner.
The Republican race is still too close to call.
With over five million registered voters in the state, Georgia has 103 total Democratic delegates and 72 total Republican delegates.
Barack Obama is not only the projected winner, he's winning big. So far, he's captured 65% of the vote; with 63% of Democratic voters female and 37% male. Interestingly, the largest percentage of voters (35%) in Georgia were between the ages of 45 and 59 years old.
Thus far, Obama has swept the black vote bringing in from 75% to 95% across the various age demographics - except when it comes to young people ages 18 to 29 years old. Maybe unsurprisingly, Obama has captured the support of both black and white voters in this age range.
On the Republican side, McCain is running 36% of the vote to Romney and Huckabee's 30% - the race is close. What I find most interesting about the Republican race in Georgia so far is that it's Huckabee who is garnering the lion's share of the young vote while Romney's sweeping the older American vote.
Georgia looks like it's all Obama this Super Tuesday.
Georgia is the first state to close its polls and it looks like Barack Obama will walk away a winner.
The Republican race is still too close to call.
With over five million registered voters in the state, Georgia has 103 total Democratic delegates and 72 total Republican delegates.
Barack Obama is not only the projected winner, he's winning big. So far, he's captured 65% of the vote; with 63% of Democratic voters female and 37% male. Interestingly, the largest percentage of voters (35%) in Georgia were between the ages of 45 and 59 years old.
Thus far, Obama has swept the black vote bringing in from 75% to 95% across the various age demographics – except when it comes to young people ages 18 to 29 years old. Maybe unsurprisingly, Obama has captured the support of both black and white voters in this age range.
On the Republican side, McCain is running 36% of the vote to Romney and Huckabee's 30% – the race is close. What I find most interesting about the Republican race in Georgia so far is that it's Huckabee who is garnering the lion's share of the young vote while Romney's sweeping the older American vote.
Georgia looks like it's all Obama this Super Tuesday.