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02/10/2008: "Caucus Results"

The San Juan County Democrats and Republicans caucused Saturday, and both broke previous attendance records.. While both parties had assumed the participation would be larger than in 2004, it was the Democrats who showed up in overwhelming numbers.

The Democrats filled the SJI School Commons room for a general meeting, and then as they filed out of the room to caucus in various classrooms, it was an impressive swelling sea of humanity that filled the width and length of the long hallways leading to the class rooms.
The Republicans met in the SJI Grange building, and while the turnout was greater than in 2004, it was a far less number than the Democrats had been able to generate.

San Juan County has a history of not always being in lockstep with the rest of the state when it comes to voters issues, but on Saturday the county very much seems to mirrored the rest of the state in voter preferences.

The 1600 voting Democrates went big for Barack Obama
The Breakdown by Island:
San Juan Hillary Clinton 11 delegates Barack Obama 56 delegates Uncommitted 1

Orcas Hillary Clinton 7 delegates Barack Obama 35 delegates D. Kucinich 3

Lopez Hillary Clinton 4 delegates Barack Obama 19 delegates D. Kucinich 1

Shaw Hillary Clinton 1 delegate Barack Obama 2 delegates

Waldron Hillary Clinton 0 delegates Barack Obama 2 delegates

The Republicans were split, but McCain was the winner
Orcas ------------ Huckabee 4; McCain 7; Paul 4; Romney 3; Uncommitted 4

San Juan ------- Huckabee 4; McCain 14; Paul 5; Romney 10; Uncommitted 3

Lopez --====== Huckabee 2; McCain 4; Paul 1; Romney 2; Uncommitted 0
(No results available for Shaw and Waldron)