Hillary Wins Puerto Rico
In what might be the last bit of even halfway-decent news for Hillary Clinton during this primary season, the major news organizations are all reporting that she has won the Puerto Rico primary by a very wide margin. No results are in yet, but initial exit poll results indicate her win could be by more than two to one.
However, this outcome is unlikely to really help her win the nomination. Although it might bolster her popular vote arguments, Puerto Rico is not a state and thus can't actually vote for president in the general election -- meaning that this result really has no bearing on the question of electability. And with only 55 total pledged delegates up for grabs here, even a landslide would hardly make a dent in Barack Obama's delegate lead.
Late Update: With 22% of precincts reporting, Hillary leads 67%-33%. Turnout has been very light, coming in steadily at about 15% of registered voters for the precincts that have come in. Should all these trends hold up, Hillary should get roughly a +18 delegate take from the territory, and about +100,000 on the popular vote.
Late Update: With 72% reporting, Hillary leads 68%-32%, with a raw vote lead of about 90,000 votes. If this holds up in the remaining precincts, her popular vote edge would be +130,000 for the territory.
Comments (497)