Democrats and un-enrolled voters throughout Lincoln County flocked on Sunday, February 10 to the most memorable Democratic caucuses in recent memory. Attendance shattered the previous record setting numbers of 2004, and statewide, nearly 45,000 attended the caucuses, exceeding the turnout in 2004 by approximately 28,000.

Figures are still coming in, but at the Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta, more than 180 attended the Bristol caucus; 137 Newcastle voters caucused together; 95 caucused from Nobleboro; and 57 South Bristol residents caucused and cast their votes. Lynn Connell, organizer of that seven-town regional caucus, reports that just over 700 residents cast their votes that day in preference for their candidate.

At the American Legion Post in Boothbay, 103 voters attended from Boothbay Harbor; 138 from Booth-bay, and 56 from Southport;

Two hundred and forty-four voters caucused at the Miller School in Waldoboro.

At the Wiscasset Middle School, 98 voters attended from Wiscasset; 67 from Dresden; and 53 from Alna.

At this moment, the delegate count in Lincoln County for Sen. Barack Obama seems double that for Sen. Hillary Clinton (65 to 31), with some towns voting overwhelmingly for Obama, other towns voting in equal numbers for both candidates.

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee would like to thank all who participated in this historic event, putting up with the elaborate caucus procedure to cast votes. Many thanks go to the caucus conveners and their volunteer helpers in each town, who with calm professionalism (and good humor) coped with a turnout twice of what was expected. The LCDC would also like to recognize all the town clerks and voter registrars who registered hundreds of un-enrolled voters in the Democratic Party.