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Monday, February 25, 2008
Mexico ex-pats favor Obama
The results are in for the first ever “Global Primary” and in Mexico, ex-pats overwhelmingly backed Barack Obama. Obama took 56 percent of the vote compared to 40 percent for Hillary Clinton. That was slightly less than the 65 percent to 32 percent whipping Obama gave Clinton in world-wide voting organized by the Democrats Abroad organization.
There are some six million American ex-pats scattered around the world (more than several U.S. states) and an estimated one million in Mexico alone. They run the gamut from executives in Mexico City high-rises, to retirees living the good life along Lake Chapala to surfer dudes hiding out in Puerto Escondido.
The Democrats Abroad will hold their convention in Vancouver, Canada in April to sort out the group’s 22 delegates, who will be attending the Democratic National Convention. As close as this race has been, a delegate from San Miguel de Allende or Mazatlan could cast the deciding vote.
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