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March 5, 2008

Clinton picks up most R.I. cities -- but not Providence

Let's go to the demographics.

Hillary Clinton won the state's Democratic presidential nomination, wracking up 106,471 votes to Barack Obama's 73,609, with 98 percent -- or 176 of 179 -- of polling precincts reporting, according to unofficial state Board of Elections results.

Republican John McCain got 17,342 votes to 5,766 for Mike Huckabee, with 98 percent of precincts tallied.

Statewide, that means about a 3 to 2 margin for Clinton over Obama and a 3 to 1 margin for McCain over Huckabee.

Just what that means in terms of delegates won by each candidate is not yet known. The Clinton campaign in Rhode Island will be calculating that number tomorrow, Democratic State Chairman William Lynch said. McCain, who clinched the GOP nomination today, expects to pick up Huckabee delegates.

A look at some of the communities shows that in Providence, the state's largest city, Obama won, with 90 percent of precincts reporting. Obama also won Barrington, Jamestown, the city of Newport and the state's smallest towns -- Little Compton and Block Island.

The race was close in well-to-do East Greenwich, where the two precincts tallied 1,227 votes for Obama and 1,168 for Clinton. Or consider rural Exeter, where the one precinct fell this way: 492 votes for Clinton, 439 for Obama. Or Middletown, where 99 votes separated winner Clinton from Obama.

Elsewhere, it was not so close: East Providence went to Clinton 5,614 to 3,950. And Clinton easily secured North Providence by a 5,566 to 2,332 margin.

Clinton's wins also included the cities of Warwick and Cranston, as well as Bristol, Burrillville, Central Falls, Coventry and North Kingstown.

Check out all results in Rhode Island by race, town and poll, based on unofficial tallies from the state Board of Elections.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 12:15 AM | Permalink

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