A Lonely Waiting Game

And thus begins the tallying, the slower reporting, the steady rise in delegate counts until morning or midday tomorrow. The leads in delegates mean little at this point, as candidates who won states on the democratic side were awarded their proportion of delegates (Hilary got 60% of them in California) while the loser has not yet been awarded any (Obama has no showing of his 40% at this point).

Issues polls from all sources point out some very clear trends. On the Democratic side, change is overwhelmingly the number 1 issue, and the economy holds a powerful second place. And an issue once-thought the overriding concern of Americans, health care, is barely even registered.

On the right, things look similar. Economy is 60% of the battle according to the polls, whereas Iraq and terrorism were ranked most important by less than 20% (sometimes lower than 15%) of conservative voters.

Polling of conservatives about whether they consider themselves very conservative, moderate, or liberal did not agree at all with who their favorite candidate was, and most other conservative polls showed irrelevant or completely contradictory information.

So we wait.


From the Washington Post:
"Lost in the hubbub was Clinton's victory in American Samoa where 285 people gathered in a hotel in Pago Pago to cast their votes. Clinton claimed two delegates to one for Obama."