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Who won the popular vote?

Posted: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 12:51 PM by Domenico Montanaro
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From NBC’s Domenico Montanaro
With almost all of the voting in, here’s the popular vote calculation for the Democrats:

Clinton 48.97% (6,967,302)
Obama 48.04% (6,835,447)

Based on totals on MSNBC.com, there are still some outstanding votes. There is only 82% reporting in Minnesota; Arkansas is 92% in; Arizona is 93% in; California is 96%; Illinois is 97%; New Mexico is 98%; Alaska looks like delegate votes not raw vote.

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Travis, Louisville, Ky. (Sent Wednesday, February 06, 2008 1:43 PM)

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Be careful ....No one on either side is comfortable...And it doesn't matter how much many of you try to spin Super Tuesday...No one is ahead.....And Now everyone has a little more time to focus on others states….So take a deep breath and know this won’t be over any time soon……
I wish everybody would stop just assuming that the high turnout is just young people for obama.  Maybe it is, but maybe it's also that Democrats are just more energized in general about this election than they have been in many elections.  As a matter of fact if you look at the returns on the demographics for older people, they've gone up just as much percentagewise as younger people and that's not due to just one candidate.
And if you look at all the states barack won in against all the states Hillary won, more than half of his are caucus states.  Caucuses are neither as fair or representative as primaries.  Not even close.  The general election is going to be in the style of a primary.  Not caucuses.  Please remember that when you're pulling the levers in the future.  Who won more voters based on who they actually wanted to vote for, not who pressured them in front of all their friends to vote for.
.....and I'll tell you something else too CitizenJ,
Remember my saying that I would cross the aisle if Obama was nominated?
Well, read MSNBC's headlines this afternoon. Apparently other people are talking about it too. Because, news organizations are beginning to report the risk of serious divisons within The Democratic Party.
I aint the only one, bro'
This is for the idiot j merle from where else ny it was the billary devisiveness in the party and who do not care about the general election.
Just read Clinton might have to donate millions - $20 million is the rumored figure - to her own campaign. Big development.
CA - Ohio (Sent Wednesday, February 06, 2008 2:17 PM)
jerry/corpus christi texas (Sent Wednesday, February 06, 2008 2:17

I am working on my sister in Ohio…She’s a little old school…..so I am working on her to vote for Obama….My Nephews will be voting for Obama

My brother and his family in Texas are also supporting Obama

All of us  just have to continue the battled……Lets not get drugged down in these blog attacks with the Clinton People….We know what we must do……

Stay Focus
Stay Positive
MSNBC shows Obama with four more delegates than Hillary.  CNN shows that Hillary is up 91 delegates more than Obama.  Why the discrepancy?


hey jb hull...
I would think that by now you wouod understand one (1) thing very clearly by now:

DON'T listen to the POLLS!!!!!  They are WRONG!!!!!!


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