We all think it. What difference does it make for me to vote.. Check out this town. (btw - personally i did vote)
Dead heat: Obama and Clinton split the Syracuse vote 50-50
Posted by Mike McAndrew February 07, 2008 9:58AM
Categories: Breaking News, City News, Government, Politics
In the city of Syracuse, the strangest thing happened in Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary.
Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama received the exact same number of votes, according to unofficial Board of Election results.
Clinton: 6,001.
Obama: 6,001.
"Wow, that is odd," said Jay Biba, Clinton's Central New York campaign coordinator. "I never heard of that in my life."
The odds of Clinton and Obama tying were less than one in 1 million, said Syracuse University mathematics Professor Hyune-Ju Kim.
"It's almost impossible," said Kim, who analyzed the statewide and citywide votes.
Lisa Daly, Obama's Syracuse campaign coordinator, said she thought a mistake had been made when she was first told the tally by the Board of Elections.
What are the chances of it happening?
"Good thing it wasn't a mayor's race," quipped Grant Reeher, a political science professor at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
A total of 12,346 votes were cast for Democrats in the city. Four other Democrats also received votes: John Edwards, 114; Dennis Kucinich, 113; Bill Richardson, 90; and Joe Biden, 27.
The tie is likely to be broken when elections officials recanvass the voting machines and add in the absentee and affidavit votes.
But for now, it's all even.
Dead heat: Obama and Clinton split the Syracuse vote 50-50
Posted by Mike McAndrew February 07, 2008 9:58AM
Categories: Breaking News, City News, Government, Politics
In the city of Syracuse, the strangest thing happened in Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary.
Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama received the exact same number of votes, according to unofficial Board of Election results.
Clinton: 6,001.
Obama: 6,001.
"Wow, that is odd," said Jay Biba, Clinton's Central New York campaign coordinator. "I never heard of that in my life."
The odds of Clinton and Obama tying were less than one in 1 million, said Syracuse University mathematics Professor Hyune-Ju Kim.
"It's almost impossible," said Kim, who analyzed the statewide and citywide votes.
Lisa Daly, Obama's Syracuse campaign coordinator, said she thought a mistake had been made when she was first told the tally by the Board of Elections.
What are the chances of it happening?
"Good thing it wasn't a mayor's race," quipped Grant Reeher, a political science professor at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
A total of 12,346 votes were cast for Democrats in the city. Four other Democrats also received votes: John Edwards, 114; Dennis Kucinich, 113; Bill Richardson, 90; and Joe Biden, 27.
The tie is likely to be broken when elections officials recanvass the voting machines and add in the absentee and affidavit votes.
But for now, it's all even.
