How exits affect Oklahoma vote
Neither former U.S. Sen. John Edwards nor former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was expected to win their parties' primaries in Oklahoma on Tuesday, but their exit from the presidential race could change the dynamics of the contests here, supporters and others said.
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Where will Edwards votes go?
Ward Curtin, a volunteer state adviser for Edwards in Oklahoma, said Wednesday that Edwards would have won Democratic delegates, which are allotted proportionately rather than in a winner-take-all format.
"He would have done extremely well,” Curtin said. "He would have earned delegates in every congressional district.”
Curtin said "a lot of people are disappointed” that Edwards withdrew. As late as Tuesday, Edwards told supporters in Tulsa that he was in the race "for the long haul” only to announce his campaign's end the next day.
"The major obstacle was we had trouble getting traction in the national media, but in Oklahoma his voice was breaking through to voters,” Curtin said.
University of Oklahoma political science professor Keith Gaddie said the question now is where Edwards voters go, if anywhere. Though Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has been leading in the polls in Oklahoma, Edwards has been a close second, with Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in third.
Edwards has been doing well among white male voters in Southern primaries, Gaddie said.
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