11.06.2008 4:00 pm
In some St. Louis wards, Obama scored 99 percent of vote
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
It’s no surprise that Barack Obama, the first African-American ever elected to the White House, would enjoy strong support among north St. Louis voters.
But Obama’s performance in parts of the city surpassed stellar, and launched right into stratospheric. In some wards, Obama’s support was well beyond 90 percent.
In the First Ward, Obama garnered 99.1 percent of the vote — 5,681 votes to John McCain’s 46. In the Third Ward, Obama won 98 percent of the vote. In the 22nd Ward, Obama scored 4,768 votes to Mccain’s 28 — another 99 point victory.
In several wards, Obama scored more votes than Sheriff Jim Murphy – a Democrat who was unopposed on the ballot.
For a voting breakdown from all 28 Wards, click here.
What a turn-out! Congrats to dems in the city - its a shame that the state didn’t go obama.
Not surprised by these results. I’m surprised McCain got any votes to be honest in the city.
Thank you Missouri for not voting for socialism.
Thank God those wards didn’t vote for Obama because he’s black. It’s good to see that people believe in his ‘Share the Wealth’ program!
Maybe Obama can win Missouri four years from now. If he cuts taxes for most of us like he said he would, I’ll bet he could beat McCain in Missouri next time. Hopefully, Obama’s loss in Missouri won’t affect his plan to offer the Attorney General position to Claire McCaskill. After all, it wasn’t her fault that Sarah Palin’s efforts to rally the voters in Missouri was successful in delivering Missouri to McCain. Too bad so many provisional ballots were cast for Obama. If they didn’t have to throw out most of them, Obama could have won in Missouri.
Quit whining, liberals. Barry O didn’t win Missouri. Hike up your skirts and dry your eyes.
Huh, 99% and record turnout … thanks, ACORN!
And that is with hours-long lines, unlike anywhere outside of the City and St. Louis County. Imagine if more people could have voted– people whose jobs prevented them from waiting in line.
I agree with Nick… ACORN did a wonderful job registering people who would show up to vote. It is only too bad they had not all participated in the political process earlier. ACORN was probably inspired by Sarah Palin’s vile against community organizers. I think it is really her we have to thank for this tremendously positive development for Missouri.
They probably expected 100 percent, but with no more straight ticket voting in one step, those 28 McCain votes were probably an accident.
I think that is great, and I applaud the African-American citizens for supporting their man and taking this big step for their race. However, Barrack did not win the popular vote by a landslide. So there are plenty of people who do not feel comfortable with his liberal views. I have no idea why he would be against having a photo on a drivers license, why his birth records are sealed, and why he would not release his college records, or why his overseas donations were made nameless.I think he believes that “the end justifies the means” and that makes me very uneasy for the security of our nation.
I feel that this man is untested and I really can’t believe he got that many votes.. I also think he is more of a celebrity and phenomenon and that is why he did win, not because he is a patriot. Time will tell. I sincerely hope he is successful.
Vote’s not final yet, there’s some 18,000 provisional ballots in the St. Louis area which need to be vetted and counted.
Missouri could still go for Obama!