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Obama And The UAW Region 4 Endorsement
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The Press: "Barack Obama on Thursday won the support of United Auto Workers Region 4, a union that represents roughly 68,000 active Midwest members."
The rest of the story*:
(0) Sen. Barack Obama won a straw poll of UAW Region 4 locals. Region 4 includes Iowa.
(1) 48% of the voting members of UAW's Region 4 came from Illinois. Barack Obama comes from Illinois.
(2) 22% of the voting members come from Iowa. It turns out that, in today's straw balloting, John Edwards won twice as many Iowa locals as Obama did.
But the strength of Obama in Illinois overwhelmed Edwards (and Clinton).
(3) What happened yesterday in Dubuque was not an official endorsement -- it was a recommendation to endorse -- the UAW technically hasn't given its regional council permission to endorse.
*reprinted from last night.
The rest of the story*:
(0) Sen. Barack Obama won a straw poll of UAW Region 4 locals. Region 4 includes Iowa.
(1) 48% of the voting members of UAW's Region 4 came from Illinois. Barack Obama comes from Illinois.
(2) 22% of the voting members come from Iowa. It turns out that, in today's straw balloting, John Edwards won twice as many Iowa locals as Obama did.
But the strength of Obama in Illinois overwhelmed Edwards (and Clinton).
(3) What happened yesterday in Dubuque was not an official endorsement -- it was a recommendation to endorse -- the UAW technically hasn't given its regional council permission to endorse.
*reprinted from last night.
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