Comments on: Yes We Can! Obama Wins Minnesota!

By: Tanuki

Tanuki — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:55:57 +0000

Como Park was INSANE. My first caucus since I moved across the river, but judging from how STUNNED all the poor volunteers looked as they tried to direct the massive throngs, turnout was way the hell up.

And damn. Obama’s not pulling a clean sweep, certainly, but he’s doing a helluva lot better than anyone was projecting. Delaware?!? KANSAS?!? IDAHO?!? And wasn’t Alabama supposed to be a “tough battleground”?!?

Grrr…not liking the early Cali numbers, though…

By: Max

Max — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:53:42 +0000

I laughed out loud watching the local news reporting from a Republican caucus where the caucus worker they interviewed was crowing about their great turnout. My immediate thought was how great can it be - you all fit in one room. Maybe their turnout is higher than usual but NOTHING compared to the Dems.

By: Wes

Wes — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:50:56 +0000

Up in Andover tonight (one of the more Republican cities in the northern suburbs), we DFLers met at the High School. Just before 8:00, SD 49 Chair Bill Usher came in and told us we still had people lined up outside of the school, and our voting would be extended as late as 9:00. We finally counted ballots around 8:30, and they announced that after attracting about 250 people throughout the north Coon Rapids/Andover caucuses in 2006, we had over 2000 participants tonight! In Precinct 7, I believe we had 11 participants in 2006. We had 87 votes cast tonight, and at about 8:00 there were 46 of us crowded into a Social Studies classroom that only seated about 30.

Oh yeah. We voted 49 Obama and 38 Clinton tonight! Wes

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:41:52 +0000

20,000 GOP caucusers with 46% counted

4 to 1 DFL participants vs GOP. This bodes very ill for the GOP party in MN. Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.

By: Jeanie

Jeanie — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:36:31 +0000

Obama over Clinton in my Brooklyn Park precinct 110 to 44!!!

By: thomas baker

thomas baker — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:17:04 +0000

Was also at 62 12-1 and Obama 70%, Clinton 27%, rest 3%.
Franken outnumbered JNP but not by much, maybe 60/40. Ciresi almost nothing…

By: justin heideman

justin heideman — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:11:42 +0000

My district (SD 62 W2 P2) went 6:1 for obama. Of the ~2200 voters in the district, 780 of them were at the caucus. Crazy.

For the Sentate, franken got 32%, Jack Nelson-Palmayer 55%, and the rest split between undecided and Ciresi.. With those results I should note that Jack lives in the precinct, came and spoke at the caucus, and the precinct is pretty much the bluest in the state (Seward Neighborhood, Minneapolis).

By: mike

mike — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:11:27 +0000

great news, good job fellow Minnesotans.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:01:48 +0000

As lojasmo said, the Olmsted County caucus site was packed. They were calling in the police to direct traffic, but the traffic was still jammed all around.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:00:27 +0000

I’m seeing numbers like 80,000 with 46% in for the Democratic candidates. Haven’t seen the GOP numbers yet.

By: Kollege Kid

Kollege Kid — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:59:51 +0000

St Peter: Obama 2:1

ABSURD turnout.

By: MaxInNewYork

MaxInNewYork — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:53:44 +0000

Looking at the numbers right now. I think 2004 caucuses held somewhere around 50,000 caucus-goers. We are at only 40% of the precincts reporting, and have far surpassed that. Turnout is INSANE tonight.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:52:42 +0000

Any reports on the Senate race?

By: skyblue

skyblue — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:50:47 +0000

Insanity. Almost a 2 mile line to get into the middle school parking lot — a 45 minute wait. Packed rooms. Never seen it like this before. Obama over Clinton by almost a 4:1 ratio.

By: lojasmo

lojasmo — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:15:02 +0000

Turnout in my caucus site in Olmsted county (1st CD) was three times that of 2004.

Obama 2:1 in Olmsted.