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Pa., N.J. and Del. Go Blue for Obama Tri-state area swept by democratic candidate

By  DAN STAMM

Updated 8:18 PM EDT, Tue, Nov 4, 2008

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Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama took a clean sweep through the Delaware Valley.

 

NBC News has confirmed that Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware have been won by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

The swing state of Pennsylvania, with its 21 electoral votes, is the biggest win for the Obama campaign. Republican John McCain was trying to pull an upset in the Keystone State.

New Jersey, with 15 electoral votes, and Delaware, with three electoral votes, were both expected to go with the Democratic ticket.

Obama's running mate Joe Biden has served in the senate for Delaware for decades and may have helped the dems carry the First State and Keystone State.

Polls in all the states closed at 8 p.m.

Each state went to the Democratic candidate in every presidential election since 1992.

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  • seven Wednesday, Nov 5 at 4:51 PM FLAG COMMENT You lieftists are so full of hatred that find it impossible to be gracious in victory. May GOD have mercy on all of you. And, when barry takes office and fails to deliver are you going to blame Mr. Bush? Just wondering. GOD BLESS AMERICA
  • moved 13 years ago Wednesday, Nov 5 at 4:46 PM FLAG COMMENT The "more white people are on welfare" argument doesn't work because blacks are only 14% of the population. However, they commit an inordinate amount of crime, including welfare fraud...obviously, more whites, Hispanics, etc. would be on welfare with regards to the entire population....
  • MATH MAN Wednesday, Nov 5 at 3:15 PM FLAG COMMENT "Fighting The Ignorance" - your stats are wrong, you didn't go to Harvard The AFDC (welfare stats) the figures are: White 38.8% Black 39.8 Hispanic 15.7 Asian 2.4 other 3.3 To break down these numbers, we look at how many Whites are in the population as a WHOLE. If Blacks make up less 14% of the population and are almost 40% of all recipients, then they represent about 2.5 times their actual population. Since White ... MORE >
  • Red Dawn Alert Wednesday, Nov 5 at 2:59 PM FLAG COMMENT Communism Muslim headed for the Whitehouse. Invest in Europe and Japan until Nancy, Nobama and Ed are done jacking up taxes, adding gays to the Army (adds a new meaning to the buddy system) and perverting the business community. UT BRUTUS! The USA sold it freedom for the promise of financial security last night.
  • Linda Wednesday, Nov 5 at 2:32 PM FLAG COMMENT I didn't vote for Obama, and the issue wasn't about his color. I believe he can grab people's attention with the way he speaks, but it doesn't mean he can run the country affectively. What scares me most besides the economy is how he thinks he's going to change the healthcare system which is killing my husband's business and it only includes 2 employees and our 4 kids. Also, another scary thing is if he's going to change and S ... MORE >

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