Oklahoma primary, 2004
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Army general Wesley Clark finally got the win he needed to stay in the race. Frontrunner John Kerry got a disoppointing third place finish. John Edwards got an amazing second place finish. Howard Dean got a disoppointing 4%. Edwards second place finish supprised many a poll taken 2 days before the primary had Kerry in second leading Edwards 26% to 29% to Clark 31%. Young voters who had helped Dean in the primaries only 8% voted for him compared with Wesley Clark at 34% and Edwards at 26% and Kerry at 23%. Another disoppointment in the Dean camp is women and men voters who had voted for him always only 6% for men and 2% for women voted for Dean compared to Wesley Clark who got men 28% and women 31% compared to Edwards for men 29% and women 31%. Clark's narrow win by 1,216 gave Edwards a win in South Carolina over Kerry. Dean had been leading Wesley Clark 21% to 13% in polls 3 weeks before the primary.
[edit] Results
| Candidate | No. State Delegates | Percentage | Potential National delegates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Clark | 90,526 | 29.94 | 15 |
| John Edwards | 89,310 | 29.54 | 13 |
| John Kerry | 81,073 | 26.81 | 12 |
| Joe Lieberman | 19,680 | 6.51 | 0 |
| Howard Dean | 12,734 | 4.21 | 0 |
| Al Sharpton | 3,939 | 1.30 | 0 |
| Dennis Kucinich | 2,544 | 0.84 | 0 |
