Harvard voters flock to polls on Super Tuesday

Tuesday’s presidential primary drew 63.7 percent of Harvard’s active voters out to the polls. Sixty-five percent of the votes cast went to Democratic candidates, with Barack Obama pulling out a strong win—926 votes to Hillary Clinton’s 595. Obama’s win in Harvard wasn’t enough to sway state results, where Clinton came out on top. But for the Democrats, it’s still a tight race nationally: Super Tuesday brought Clinton 582 delegates, bringing her total to 825, while 562 went to Obama, giving him a total of 732. A candidate needs 2,025 to win the nomination.

On the Republican side, Mitt Romney pulled out a close win over John McCain in Harvard, with 409 votes to McCain’s 339, and although he won Massachusetts, with 51 percent of the Republican vote, it wasn’t enough to put him ahead of McCain nationally. McCain earned 511 delegates on Super Tuesday, bringing his total to 613, more than half of the 1,191 needed to win the Republican nomination. Romney earned 176 delegates on Tuesday, bringing his total to only 269.

Democratic Ballots Presidential Preference   John Edwards 19   Hillary Clinton 595   Joseph R. Biden 5   Christopher J. Dodd 1   Mike Gravel 1 Barack Obama 926   Dennis J. Kucinich 2   Bill Richardson 1   No preference 1   Blanks 1   Write-ins 2 State Committee Man James B. McGowan 978   Blanks 574   Write-ins 2 State Committee Woman Kathleen Donaghue 994   Blanks 559   Write-ins 1 Town Committee   Dennis P. Bradley 994   Joseph W. Hutchinson 787   David “Doc” Westerling 1,040   Write-ins 31 Green-Rainbow Ballots Presidential Preference   Jared Ball 0   Ralph Nader 1   Elaine Brown 0   Kat Swift 0   Cynthia McKinney 1   Kent Mesplay 0

Republican Ballots Presidential Preference   John McCain 339   Fred Thompson 1   Tom Tancredo 0   Duncan Hunter 1   Mike Huckabee 19 Mitt Romney 409   Ron Paul 46   Rudy Giuliani 2   No preference 2   Blanks 0   Write-ins 1 State Committee Man Brian P. Burke 427   Paul R. Ferro 90   Blanks 303   Write-ins 0 State Committee Woman Jean S. Jangas 473   Blanks 347   Write-ins 1 Town Committee   Robert H. Hughes 407   Curtis William Howes 355   Malinda Jane Howes 353   Nelson M. Northern 363   Ronald V. Ricci 418   Sheila R. Simollardes 382   Sean E. Doocey 388   Douglas J. MacLean 364   Vijaya E. MacLean 359   James E. DeZutter 438   J. John Hunt 356   Write-ins 24