Barack Obama is the projected winner of the Democrats’ caucuses in Iowa. Obama had 38% of the vote, with John Edwards at 30% and Hillary Clinton at 29%.
It was history in the making and unlike Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaigns, which were more or less black campaigns, Obama’s Iowa win came about with a true ‘rainbow coalition’ that crossed age, race and gender lines. Just look at the supporters behind him as he gave his victory speech:
A January 1 poll by the Des Moines Register showed Obama’s lead over Clinton widening. He had been polling well for some time, and this most recent poll showed his strength among young voters. That was borne out at the caucuses and Clinton, in fact, was not even in the top three among the young.
Iowa Independents were important to Obama, which bodes well for him here in New Hampshire, where nearly half the primary voters are Independents.
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