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| Obama takes US poll clean sweep | Obama takes US poll clean sweep |
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| Barack Obama has won three more states in the battle for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. | Barack Obama has won three more states in the battle for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. |
| The Illinois senator won by wide margins in the states of Washington, Louisiana and Nebraska. | The Illinois senator won by wide margins in the states of Washington, Louisiana and Nebraska. |
| Mr Obama is neck-and-neck with Hillary Clinton in the nationwide battle to be the party's nominee. | Mr Obama is neck-and-neck with Hillary Clinton in the nationwide battle to be the party's nominee. |
| For the Republicans, Mike Huckabee has won the Kansas caucus, with results still to come in from the states of Louisiana and Washington. | |
| Mr Obama also won caucuses in the US Virgin Islands. | Mr Obama also won caucuses in the US Virgin Islands. |
| "Today the voters from the west coast to the Gulf coast, to the heart of America, stood up to say 'yes we can'... we won north, we won south, we won in between," Mr Obama said in a speech to Democrats in Virginia. | |
| 'Suspicious of McCain' | |
| The BBC's James Coomarasamy says the results in the Democratic contests will not be decisive, but they will return the momentum to Mr Obama. | The BBC's James Coomarasamy says the results in the Democratic contests will not be decisive, but they will return the momentum to Mr Obama. |
| As for the Republicans, our correspondent says that Mr Huckabee's victory in Kansas shows that there is a constituency within the Republican Party that is very suspicious of John McCain, and that Mr McCain has some work to do to unite his party. | |
| NEXT CONTESTS Sunday: Maine (Democratic)Tuesday: Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC (multi-party) Q&A: What's next?In pictures: Voting continues | |
| Mr Huckabee and third-placed Ron Paul have already been coming under pressure to step aside for the sake of party unity. | Mr Huckabee and third-placed Ron Paul have already been coming under pressure to step aside for the sake of party unity. |
| For his part, Mr Huckabee said on Saturday that he had no intention of quitting. | For his part, Mr Huckabee said on Saturday that he had no intention of quitting. |
| "Am I quitting? Let's get that settled right now. No, I'm not," he said. | "Am I quitting? Let's get that settled right now. No, I'm not," he said. |
| "I majored in miracles, and I still believe in them." | "I majored in miracles, and I still believe in them." |
| Going into Saturday's contests, Mr McCain had a wide lead with 719 delegates, to Mr Huckabee's 198 and Mr Paul's 14. | Going into Saturday's contests, Mr McCain had a wide lead with 719 delegates, to Mr Huckabee's 198 and Mr Paul's 14. |
| Mr Romney's suspended campaign still has 298 delegates. | Mr Romney's suspended campaign still has 298 delegates. |
| On the Democratic side, Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton are facing the prospect of a long drawn-out battle after neither was able to deliver a knock-out blow in Super Tuesday's 22 state contests. | On the Democratic side, Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton are facing the prospect of a long drawn-out battle after neither was able to deliver a knock-out blow in Super Tuesday's 22 state contests. |
| Fight for funds | Fight for funds |
| In advance of the 9 February contests Mrs Clinton had won 1,055 delegates to Mr Obama's 998 of the 2,025 needed to secure victory at the Democratic party convention in August. | In advance of the 9 February contests Mrs Clinton had won 1,055 delegates to Mr Obama's 998 of the 2,025 needed to secure victory at the Democratic party convention in August. |
| RESULTS SO FAR Democratic Party: Hillary Clinton: 1084 delegates, 13 statesBarack Obama: 1057 delegates, 18 states Republican Party: John McCain: 719 delegates, 12 statesMike Huckabee: 234 delegates, 7 statesRon Paul: 14 delegates, 0 states | |
| Mr Obama's success in Washington, Louisiana and Nebraska will add to his delegate tally and buoy up his supporters. | Mr Obama's success in Washington, Louisiana and Nebraska will add to his delegate tally and buoy up his supporters. |
| But Mrs Clinton's campaign says that it expects to take victory at the forthcoming primaries in Maine on 10 February and in Texas and Ohio on 4 March. | But Mrs Clinton's campaign says that it expects to take victory at the forthcoming primaries in Maine on 10 February and in Texas and Ohio on 4 March. |
Republican | As well as fighting for every vote, the candidates are also jostling for funds. The Obama campaign says it has raised $7m (£3.6m) since Tuesday. |
| The Clinton camp is now claiming a similar fund raising bump, gaining $6.4m. They earlier admitted that the former first lady had lent her campaign $5m to paper over what aides called a "temporary cash flow problem". | The Clinton camp is now claiming a similar fund raising bump, gaining $6.4m. They earlier admitted that the former first lady had lent her campaign $5m to paper over what aides called a "temporary cash flow problem". |