Obama wins Dems Abroad; Joe Loy triumphs again!

Two weeks and two days after Super Tuesday, the results of the Democrats Abroad caucuses -- which began that day, and continued through Potomac Tuesday -- are finally in, and the winner is... Barack Obama, with 65.6% of the vote to Hillary Clinton's 32.7%. (Somehow, this blowout victory only earns Obama a half-delegate edge, 2 1/2 to 2. Go figure.)

[UPDATE: Here's a PDF file with detailed, official results, broken down by country -- indeed, by "voting center" within each country. It's a rich treasure trove of information. For example, Obama won Canada, 1,398 to 807, while Clinton dominated in the Dominican Republic by a Romney-in-Utah-like margin of 606 to 65. But Obama wasn't universally weak in Latin countries; he won Mexico 883 to 626. Hillary was strong in Israel, winning 190-159, but Obama routed her in Indonesia, 179-54, perhaps due to heavy madrassa turnout. (I kid, I kid!) Seriously, someone needs to make a world map of these results!]

That means Joe Loy, who had already clinched the best prediction record in the Irish Trojan Super Tuesday Prediction Contest for both parties combined, is also the winner in the Democrat-only contest. He finishes with 22 points out of a possible 24, having gotten only two contests wrong: American Samoa (where he picked Obama) and Delaware (where he picked Clinton). That 22-of-24 record ties him with Sam Cialek, but Loy wins the tiebreaker because his prediction of Clinton's delegate total in California, 190, is closer to her actual total, 203, than is Cialek's prediction, 170.

I, Brendan Loy, finish third with a 21-of-24 record. :) And if only I'd gotten one more state right, I'd have beaten 'em both, because my tiebreaker prediction was awesome -- 199! Why, oh why, did I pick Clinton in North Dakota and Utah? That doesn't even make sense! I think my vote was miscounted! Fraud!

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[Joe Loy]

Thankyou, Global Democrats! YES....WE....CAN! :}

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Since we're scrutinizing the linked returns from some individual precincts countries-of-Residence of the refugees emigrant Dems, let us note that Ireland plumped for Barra O'Bama :> over Herself by a fierce 243 to 142 ;]. Fightin' Sean Edwards (2), Wee Denniseen Kucinich (1), and the cumman na mUnchoidhmmuigthed (1) also ran :>. Sadly the report shows 4 Spoiled Ballots, these believed to have been cast via Internet from O'Houlihan's Cyberpub in Ballinascarthy sometime after Closing. ;)