The California Democratic party sponsored a a straw-poll in Salinas on Sunday, 12/09/2007, where about 300 attendees voted for their favorite presidential candidate. It was billed as the "first in the nation" primary, although it was not in any way a real primary.
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Obama was the winner with about 1/3 of the votes cast. Hillary Clinton was second and Edwards was a distant third. There was a lot of cheering when Obama win was announced.
During the day, speaker representing the various candidates spoke, and there was lots of music and dancing democrats. It was a fun time.
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