Finding Ulysses

In yesterday’s Democratic presidential primary, Barack Obama won every district here in the town of Ulysses. Obama’s got 461 votes in Ulysses, and Clinton got 367. The breakdown by district, according to the still unofficial results from the Tompkins County Board of Elections:


District 1: Obama – 130, Clinton – 110, Kucinich – 3, Edwards – 1

District 2: Obama – 82, Clinton – 69, Edwards – 3, Kucinich – 2

District 3: Obama – 152, Clinton – 113, Kucinich – 7, Edwards – 3

District 4: Obama – 97, Clinton – 75, Kucinich – 1, Richardson – 1

John McCain won the Republican vote in Ulysses, with 168 votes. Mitt Romney came in second with 94 votes, with Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee coming in third and fourth with 26 and 24 votes. Fred Thompson, Rudolph Giuliani and Alan Keyes got 4, 5, and 2 votes, respectively.