Los Alamos goes for Obama in caucus vote

The results from Tuesday's Democratic Party caucus in New Mexico are slowly coming in. As of this morning (2/7/08) the only county not reporting is Sandoval. It appears that Hillary Clinton will win by about 1000 votes out of 150,000 cast -- a record for a caucus turnout in NM. However, it's interesting to note that there were several counties that were won by Obama in a big way (60% for Obama vs. 30% for Clinton). Two of these are Santa Fe and Los Alamos counties. The Los Alamos county vote is interesting because of the turnout. I voted at the only polling place in the county, Fuller Lodge, where there were long lines and, unfortunately, long waits. There were many senior citizens in the lines. Los Alamos usually has a high voter turnout among this segment of the population. The fact that Obama won by such a large margin in this county tells me that all segments of the voting population in Los Alamos agreed with me that he is the best hope for taking back the presidency in November.