This is a followup to my post from Monday where I made my predictions for the Hawaii Caucuses: "Hawaii Caucus Predictions"
In that post, I made specific predictions of the delegate count by Congressional District, state-wide and for PLEO delegate slots. I also said:
"Our precinct caucus meetings will be OVERWHELMED by the turnout on Tuesday."
Well, the largest turnout we had ever had for a Hawaii Democratic presidential precinct caucus election was in 1988, when Jesse Jackson did pretty well against Michael Dukakis and the turnout was just under 5,000 voters. This time, the turnout was about 37,4000 voters-- over SEVEN TIMES our previous record!
Here are the preliminary results from the Hawaii Caucuses:
In the First Congressional District, 6 delegates were at stake. Obama took 4, Clinton won 2.
In the Second CD, 7 delegates were at stake. Obama took 5, Clinton took 2.
The were 4 "at-Large" delegates, which will be allocated based upon the statewide vote. Obama won 3, and Clinton won 1.
There are 3 "Party Leader and Elected Officials" (PLEO) slots. Obama won 2 and Hillary won 1.
Of the twenty pledged delegates at stake in the Hawaii caucus vote, Obama won 14 and Clinton won 6.
In my post on Monday, I had predicted that Obama would win 12-14 of the 20 delegates. For a discussion of the Hawaii superdelegates, read Monday's post.
An interesting note: in 2004, Dennis Kucinich won 8 delegates--two more delegates than Hillary Clinton has won this year.
Current Hawaii reports can be found on the website of the Hawaii Democratic Party