
Photo courtesy of Hillary Clinton for President Hillary Clinton Wins Landslide Victory In West Virginia
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She owes herself $11 million , and has been called a long shot for the Democrat nomination for President in 2008. However, as she says, "This race isn't over yet, neither of us has the total delegates it takes to win."
In an attempt to claim more delegates in speech tonight, Clinton stated that she and Obama feel that the delegates in Florida and Michigan should be seated. She also called for her supporters to got to HillaryClinton.com to donate to her campaign.
It is projected that Hillary won West Virginia, and some speculate she will carry on the tradition that no Democrat has made it to the White House since 1916 without winning West Virginia.
Seventy-two per cent of voters polled by Fox News believed Hillary should keep in the running. Polls also indicate that she won 69 percent of whites and 70 percent of women. She also held a lead in church goers, those with no university degree and 53 per cent of college graduates, 69 percent of low income voters, the majority of those effected negatively by the economy and a significant amount of independents.
Obama won 51 percent of voters looking for change, those who are not effected by negative economy, those who feel race should be over and those who believe he doesn't support Reverend Wright.
West Virginia is mostly concerned about the economy with 88 percent of tonight voters saying they have been affected by the downturn in some way. 70 percent of the voters feel that Clinton shares their values; an answer that could be indicative of a backlash by Obama's previous "bitter mid westerners" statements.
In her victory speech Hillary pitched for further support from Democrats and all voters.
"I want to send a message to everyone still making up their mind, I am in this race because I believe I am the strongest Candidate. The strongest candidate to lead our party in Nov. 2008 and the strongest to lead our nation in Jan. 2009."