The news is in. And, as has become par for the course over the last 3 weeks, Obama is victorious in yet another state. With an estimated 57% of the vote, Obama will win Wisconsin to add to his post-Super Tuesday sweep. The state has a total of 92 delegates, and with this win, Obama will lead the total delegate count (including supers) by close to 60 delegates. Since this is the Generation Obama blog, let's focus not only on the unstoppable momentum behind the campaign, but specifically on how the youth vote continues to turn out in force to support Senator Obama.
CNN Exit Polls show a whopping 70% of voters under the age of 30 voted for the Senator from Illinois, compared to just 26% of the vote for Senator Clinton. The under 30 vote made up 16% of the total estimated turnout, with the under 44 vote accounting for 38% of the total vote. One other unrelated, yet interesting exit poll stat: the female vote was split 50/50 between the two major candidates, with the male vote heavily in Obama's favor. Barack is showing he can pull support from all demographics and is not just a candidate of the young or the black or the men, he has support from all groups.
The Obama Generation is stronger than ever and shows no signs of slowing. I predict closer races in Texas and Ohio, but I think this momentum of hope will still deliver 52-54% of the vote for the Obama campaign in Ohio. Texas might be very close, and may give the edge to Hillary because of the predicted Hispanic support. But if Barack sweeps both of these, there will be surprised bloggers here!
Full CNN Exit Poll numbers available here: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#WIDEM
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