February 27, 2008
Clinton Officially Wins NYC Over Obama by 114,043 Votes
by Marcus Woollen at flickr
After the many questions about the unofficial Democratic primary results, the NYC Board of Elections has released the official results for the February 5 primary results, confirming a Clinton victory in the Big Apple. She won 55% of the vote with 527,941 votes, to Barack Obama's 43% (413,898 votes). A total of 955,966 votes were cast, meaning 34% of the city's registered Democrats voted.
Since you might be curious as to how your district voted, here's a breakdown of votes by Congressional District, because that's how delegates are distributed. You can look up your Congressional Representative here.
5th Congressional District (in Queens, Rep. Gary Ackerman, which includes Great Neck, Whitestone, Roslyn - map here):
Hillary Clinton: 30,114
Barack Obama: 11,125
6th Congressional District (in Queens, Rep. Gregory Meeks, map here):
Clinton: 33,908
Obama: 43,317
7th Congressional District (in the Bronx and Queens, Rep. Joseph Crowley, including City Island, College Point, Elmhurst, Juniper Park, Pelham Parkway - see more, map here)
Clinton: 41,0189
Obama: 24,687
8th Congressional District (in Manhattan and Brooklyn, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, includes West Side and Downtown Manhattan, and Coney Island, Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach - see more)
Clinton: 54,885
Obama: 42,415
9th Congressional District (in Queens and Brooklyn, Rep. Anthony Weiner, includes Howard Beach, Breezy Point, Rockaway Beach, Forest Hills, Midwood, Sheepshead Bay - see more)
Clinton: 38,769
Obama: 14,848
10th Congressional District (in Brooklyn, Rep. Edolphus Towns, includes Fort Greene, Bed Stuy, Mill Basin, Canarsie - see more)
Clinton: 37,717
Obama: 52,586
11th Congressional District (in Brooklyn, Rep. Yvette Clarke, includes East Flatbush, Flatbush, Park Slope, Crown Heights, Brownsville - see more)
Clinton: 40,828
Obama: 53,775
12th Congressional District (in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens, Rep. Nydia Velazquez, includes - see more Greenpoint, Bushwick, Red Hook, Williamsburg in Brooklyn, part of L.E.S., Chinatown, and East Village in Manhattan and Maspeth, Ridgewood, Woodside in Queens - see more)
Clinton: 42,206
Obama: 23,911
13th Congressional District (in Brooklyn and Staten Island, Rep. Vito Fossella, includes all of Staten Island and Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and Gravesend in Brooklyn - see more)
Clinton: 27,033
Obama: 14,481
14th Congressional District (in Manhattan, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, includes Upper East Side, Midtown East and Murray Hill in Manhattan, Roosevelt Island, Sunnyside, Ravenswood and much of Long Island City in Queens - see more)
Clniton: 55,379
Obama: 41,995
15th Congressional District (in the Manhattan and Queens, Rep. Charles Rangel, includes Harlem, Washington Heights, East Harlem, Inwood, and Astora - see more)
Clinton: 60,573
Obama: 53,165
16th Congressional District (in Bronx, Rep. Jose Serrano, includes Mott Haven, Hunts Point, Morris Heights, Fordham, Belmont, West Farms, Morrisania - see more)
Clinton: 44,870
Obama: 20,932
17th Congressional District (in the Bronx - and Westchester & Long Island - Rep. Eliot Engel, Riverdale, Woodlawn, Norwood and Wakefield - see more)
Clinton: 20,570
Obama: 16,661
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Oh Jen Chung, you're so witty. Let's move to Hawaii and have Cablanasian kids together. Our son will change the world...
Wow. Embarrassing.
in a city of 9 million, she barely won... being that she's state senator.
What's REALLY sad is that only 34 percent of registered Democrats bothered to vote.
That means that about two thirds (a majority) did not vote.
because of the nonvoting idiots we have an added horrible situation...forget about the so called superdelegates. and then they go on about "george bush this george bush that"
34% of the city's registered Democrats voted...the rest were at the parade downtown. Dumb idea, having that parade on primary day.
Does anyone else think that perhaps its time to un-gerrymander these congressional districts? In particular, look at the map of the 12th - ridiculous!
1) 55 to 43 is a major beating in any election.
2) In a city of 9 millions we have around 2.6 millions registered Democrats.
3) It doesn't make any sense to assume that if the rest of the eligible votes voted, that the outcome would be different.
4) Superdelegates. Hillary tries to seat Florida and Michigan. Obama tries to nullify superdelegates. Both are trying to change the rules of the primaries they agreed to abide to. Both are jackasses.
5) Having a parade on primary day is a good idea because it gave everyone a ready-made excuse to be off-work or late to work.
6) Having any election on any WEEKDAY without it being declared a holiday is the real dumb idea.
MFer, 4) Superdelegates: Obama is not changing any rules, he's attempting to sway the superdelegates to reflect the popular vote. Trying to coerce superdelegates is politicking; trying to bring delegates back from the politically dead as Hillary is attempting with Florida and Michigan is trying to change the rules.
6) I couldn't agree with you more. Weekend voting. Friday, Saturday, Sunday so that it interferes with no religion.
"34% of eligible Democrats" is a far greater percentage of those who might have voted than you think. It includes all those who have moved since the last general election and won't be dropped from the rolls until next time.