Obama makes it 11 wins in a row
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama made it 11 straight victories in a row today when he won the primary for Democrats living abroad.
Americans in more than 30 countries voted by internet, post and in person for him, leaving rival Hillary Clinton without a win in a nominating contest for more than two weeks.
The Democrats Abroad is an organisation sanctioned by the national party. Voting ran from February 5 to February 12, and results took about a week to tabulate as local committees around the globe gathered ballots.
In addition to voting by internet and post, expatriates voted in person in some countries, at hotels in Australia and Costa Rica, at a pub in Ireland and at a Starbucks coffee shop in Thailand.
There is no comparable primary among Republicans, though the party has several contests this weekend in US territories, including caucuses in Puerto Rico on Sunday.
Mr Obama’s victory comes just two days after he defeated Mrs Clinton in a primary election in Wisconsin and caucuses in Hawaii.
He leads her by 1,351 delegates to 1,262 delegates, not including the seven delegates yet to be awarded based on the global primary voting results.
