Clinton Wins California Presidential Primary—According to Projections

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Frank D. Russo

CNN and others have projected Hillary Clinton to have won the California Democratic primary. It is going to be a while before the margin of victory is known, especially considering ballots that will not be counted until tomorrow. Even more difficult is to determine the breakdown of delegates between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. One thing is for certain, the race will continue on to other primaries and caucuses.

The actual vote totals available on the California Secretary of State’s site as of 9:30 p.m. are not at all representative of the state and are skewed towards the smaller counties. With 15% of the California vote in, for instance, there are no votes at all from San Francisco and from Alameda County. Los Angeles has only 8% of precincts reporting, and it is virtually impossible to tell how many of the votes shown are from vote by mail ballots versus precinct day of election ballots.

It is going to be a long night. As soon as results are known on ballot propositions, we will report results.

Nationally and in California this has been a great night for Democrats. Voting of Democrats and those voting in the Democratic primary in this state have set records and brought out young voters in particular.