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Obama and Clinton Popular VotesLead Depends Upon Whether Florida and Michigan Primaries Are Counted
Clinton has the most popular votes if Florida and Michigan primary results are counted. Obama leads if the two disputed primaries are excluded.
Depending upon which states were counted, both Hillary Clinton and Barick Obama could claim the most popular votes in the Democratic presidential primaries that were conducted through May 21. Counting all states that held primaries, Senator Clinton had 17,172,328 popular votes and Senator Obama had 16,881,493. Neither candidate campaigned in Florida or Michigan. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) ruled it would not count delegates from those two states because the primaries were scheduled too early. Clinton won the voting in both states. Obama did not list his name on the Michigan ballot. Senator John McCain Rolled Up 9.3 Million VotesSenator John McCain continued to roll to the Republican nomination with May 21 wins in both Kentucky and Oregon. That gave him more than 9.3 million total votes in the GOP primaries. All of the above counts are from unofficial state results reported by the CNN television network. They do not include voting in the dozen states which conducted closed party caucuses instead of primaries. The two Democratic candidates split the May 21 Democratic primaries. Clinton won Kentucky, 459,124 to 209,778. Obama won Oregon, 360,728 to 252,270. The Oregon win practically clinched the nomination for Obama. The only remaining primaries were in South Dakota and Montana, both on June 3. The Democratic popular vote lead has see-sawed between Obama and Clinton through most of the 2008 primaries. McCain appeared to have wrapped up the Republican nomination in March and has faced little opposition in the primaries since then. Here’s where the candidates registered their biggest votes:
Obama's Biggest Win Was In Illinois; Clinton's in CaliforniaClinton scored her biggest victory in California, beating Obama by 416,335 votes. Obama's most decisive victory was in his adopted state of Illinois, beating Clinton by 639,109. She is a native of Illinois, but has since moved to Arkansas and later to New York. Just as the winning popular vote in the November 4 election does not necessarily determine who will be president, the total votes in the primaries do not determine the delegate counts at the nominating conventions. But they can help the candidate in fund raising, provide the candidates with momentum in future primaries and possible help in winning superdelegates. The impact of the popular vote is lessened by the manner in which states allocate their delegates. Some direct all their delegates to the candidate with the highest popular vote, regardless of the margin. That means a candidate can lose the popular election by only a few votes and come away from that state with no delegates at all. Other states distribute the delegates in proportion to the popular vote. Final Total Primary Popular Votes
The copyright of the article Obama and Clinton Popular Votes in US President is owned by Carroll Trosclair. Permission to republish Obama and Clinton Popular Votes in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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