State by State Primary Results
Both Obama and Clinton Claim Lead in Popular Votes for President
Apr 24, 2008
For updated numbers see State-by-State Popular Votes
Here are the state-by-state popular votes cast in the 2008 Democratic and Republican presidential primaries for the three candidates still competing for the nominations in May 2008, U.S. Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. The counts, as reported by CNN’s Election Center website, do not include caucus votes but do include primary votes in all states through May 6.
Clinton and Obama disagree on their total primary votes because Clinton counts the votes in Michigan and Florida and Obama does not. By agreement, neither Democratic candidate campaigned in those two states because the states moved up their primaries in defiance of the National Democratic Committee.
Clinton’s name was on both the Michigan and Florida ballots and she won the popular vote in both states. Obama was not listed on the Michigan ballot, leaving him with no votes in that state.
The popular primary vote in Washington is included in the following totals even though Democrats in that state selected their delegates in a separate caucus. Obama won the popular vote there by 38,368 votes. .
McCain had no votes in New Mexico because his name was not on the New Mexico Republican ballot. He clinched the Republican nomination in March.
The party nominees are determined by the number of delegate votes, not the primary popular votes. However, the popular votes can be useful in trying to win the support of convention superdelegates.
State-by-State Presidential Primary Popular Votes
State, Clinton, Obama, McCain
