zero for Clinton . '' But Clinton has pledged to fight to have the state 's delegates seated at the August convention in Denver , and has increasingly stressed the state 's importance since losing Saturday 's hotly contested primary in South Carolina to Obama . Though Democrats agreed to leave the state off their itineraries in a show of solidarity with the national party , Clinton attended permitted fund-raisers in Florida on Sunday and planned to appear with supporters there after polls closed . And turnout was high for the race even though no delegates were at stake . Nearly 400,000 people cast early or absentee ballots ahead of the primary , and Tuesday 's vote was expected to top the nearly 800,000 who turned out in 2004 . Donna Brazile , who managed former Vice President Al Gore 's presidential bid , said many Democrats were likely to turn out to vote on a state constitutional amendment that would limit property tax increases and expand homestead exemptions . `` People are very afraid this will cut public services , cut back education , '' said Brazile , a CNN analyst . `` So the Florida Education Association and
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sen. Hillary Clinton will win Florida 's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday , CNN projects , although party sanctions have stripped the state of its convention delegates and no Democrats campaigned there . Hillary Clinton addresses a crowd in Davie , Florida , after winning the state 's primary . Published polls showed the New York senator and former first lady was heavily favored in the state . Her leading rivals , South Carolina primary winner Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John Edwards , did not campaign in Florida . They opted to concentrate on next week 's `` Super Tuesday '' contests in states such as New York , California , Missouri and Georgia . CNN 's projection is based on precincts reporting results , entrance polls and other statistical models -- including the number of votes outstanding in areas where Clinton was expected to do well . The sanctions make Tuesday night 's results largely meaningless to the Democratic presidential race . Obama described the primary as a `` beauty contest '' Tuesday , and his campaign issued a statement declaring the race a tie in the delegate count : `` Zero for Obama ,