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   Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008

   A number of Obama's top aides have backgrounds with former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, who left the Senate due to re-election defeat at the same time Obama was entering it. ... Obama won the delegate count in the darkest purple states by the largest margins, while Clinton won the delegate count in the darkest green states by the largest margins.
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   Barack Obama

   In the book, Obama explains how, through working with black churches as a community organizer while in his twenties, he came to understand "the power of the African-American religious tradition to spur social change." ... "Obama Won't Accept Public Money in Election Campaign", Bloomberg.
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   Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008

   He won the total delegate count in Texas, and he stayed close to Clinton on the delegate count in Ohio. ... As the race continued to Pennsylvania, Indiana, and North Carolina, many observers concluded that Clinton had little chance to overcome Obama's lead in pledged delegates.
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   United States presidential election, 2008

   Although she did manage to win the majority of the remaining primaries and delegates, it was not enough to overcome Obama's substantial delegate lead. ... Also notably, Barack Obama won all of the 2004 swing states (states that either Kerry or Bush won by less than 5%) by a margin of 9 percent or more with the exception of Ohio, which the Democrat carried by 4.5%.
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   Hillary Clinton caucuses and primaries, 2008

   It appeared that Obama won 13 to Clinton's 12, because the apportionment of delegates is based on county totals. ... With the results, Obama gained a majority of all the pledged delegates to the convention.
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   Straw polls for the Democratic Party 2008 presidential nomination

   Senator Barack Obama won the Nez Perce County, Idaho, straw poll with 31% of the vote. ... Total number of top 2 finishes.
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   Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008

   Obama won the delegate count in the darkest purple states by the largest margins, while Clinton won the delegate count in the darkest green states by the largest margins. ... Washington Post media analyst Howard Kurtz found a number of journalists who agreed with the claim, with Mark Halperin, Time magazine's editor-at-large for political news, saying, "Your typical reporter has a thinly disguised preference that Barack Obama be the nominee.
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   Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008

   Almost immediately, the Obama/Biden ticket plunged in the polls: in a Gallup poll of likely voters, the McCain/Palin ticket gained a 10-point lead. ... A RealClearPolitics average of fourteen national polls taken between October 29 and November 2 shows an average 7.3% lead for Obama over opponent John McCain.
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   Wisconsin Democratic primary, 2008

   The Wisconsin primary comes after Senator Barack Obama won the majority of delegates and votes in 8 straight primaries and caucuses.
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    International reaction to the United States presidential election, 2008

    Laos - A spokesman for the Lao Foreign Ministry said: "After Mr. Obama won the U.S. presidential election, President Choummaly Sayasone sent a telegram conveying his congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama and expressing his hope that the good relations and mutual cooperation existing between Laos and the U.S. will be continuously and effectively developed under the leadership of Mr. Obama."

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• Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008,
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• United States presidential election, 2008,
• Hillary Clinton caucuses and primaries, 2008,
• Straw polls for the Democratic Party 2008 presidential nomination,
• Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008,
• Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008,
• Wisconsin Democratic primary, 2008,
• International reaction to the United States presidential election, 2008