Henrique Capriles wins the opposition’s nomination

As of 6:51 p.m., based on numerous sources, we can safely predict Henrique Capriles has won the opposition’s nomination.

Congratulations to all the candidates for a great primary. On to October, united we stand.

UPDATE: 

It’s too early to predict a margin. However, here’s a number for you (and take this with a big lump of salt): loyal reader Omar is in charge of the quick count for the Capriles campaign. He says

“Random stratified sample:

HCR 60.2, PP 36.1, MCM 2.3, DA 0,7. Margin of error, +/- 3.5%.”

UPDATE 2:

Second quick count. Error of +/- 3%. Capriles 61.4%, Perez 34.7%, Machado 2.6%, Arria 0.8%, Medina 0.5%.

UPDATE 3:

MUD’s numbers seem to match Omar’s. I guess I’ll be eating that “big lump of salt” I wrote about earlier on a nice slice of humble pie.

UPDATE 4:

El Nacional says, “So far, Capriles has 1,722,422 votes, followed by Pablo Perez with 844,562 and in third place María Corina Machado with 96,954”. That’s 2.66 million votes.   Huge!

UPDATE 5:

Omar, in unbelievable circumstances, designed a flawless quick count. KUDOS!!!