14 February 2008

The Dem Popular Vote

A total of all the votes cast thus far in the Democratic primaries:
Obama
9,332,762
48.84%

Clinton
8,648,617
45.26%

Edwards
801,715
4.20%

Others
323,700
1.70%
These totals don't include Florida, whose primary isn't being included on the delegate count due to their bucking party rules and scheduling an early primary. But even if you add those totals into the mix, Obama still leads Clinton by over 400,000 votes.

I am not counting Michigan at all because all of the candidates except Clinton took their names off the ballot for the same rules infarction. But, for the record, Obama leads even then!