Seattlest Caucusest, Pt. 2: Day of Caucus
Now that all votes are in, all caucuses adjourned, CNN declaring it all for Obama, here's how the day fared for our Seattlest contributors:
Charles: "In my precinct we gave four delegates to Obama and two to Hillary -- and yours truly is a delegate for his district and county caucuses! I heard that a few other precincts at my site went 4-1 Obama. In Shoreline a friend said it was roughly 70-30 and his friend's precinct went 80-20!"
Katie: "My precinct went 4-1 for Obama! Another at my location went 7-3! The Center School was PACKED. I spent two hours running around with a map helping people find their precinct because 75% of them just showed up not knowing what they needed to do, other than show up. Lots of great discussion. I'm a caucus addict....I'm a delegate too!"
Donte: "Six Obama, two Clinton. I showed up to what can only be described as a mob. Things were so bad they opened up another space across the street. People were calm and understood the situation, but organizers said they planned for twice the usual amount, and that still wasn't enough. Just for my precinct, they had 26 people in 2004, compared to 146 now. There was debate, but not enough to actually change the delegate count."
Kim: "I'm one of three delegates for my precinct for Hillary. Obama got eight. Over 100 people alone for my precinct, and the line at Mount Zion Baptist Church was insane! Killer turnout! I want to also add that running the caucus for my precinct was super fun, albeit exhausting! So many people were excited to pitch for their candidates from both sides. We had an Obama supporter change to Clinton--kickass!"
David: "It was 3-1 Obama in my precint at Stanford Elementary. The Hillary folks in my precinct gave speeches about universal health care (awesome) and how she deserved the white house 'after what she'd been through' (not as awesome). The speeches led to three Hillary people joining Obama. Still 3-1."
Courtney: "Judkins Park (at Washington Middle School) precinct went eight Obama, one Clinton. In fact, we had to egg someone on from the Hillary camp to even give a speech. Our location was a good mood, but nothing crazy. Mostly, a ton of us looking around thinking. 'Holy shit, these people are all my neighbors?!?!'"
