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State-by-State Popular Votes

Clinton and Obama Split Nearly 33 Million Votes Almost Evenly

May 14, 2008

Democrats still feuding over whether to count the results of the Michigan and Florida primaries, but here are the popular votes in all states conducting primaries.

Here are the state-by-state popular votes cast in the 2008 Democratic and Republican presidential primaries for the three remaining candidates for the nominations: U.S. Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Barack Obama of Illinois and Republican John McCain of Arizona.

The unofficial results, as reported by CNN’s Election Center website, do not include caucus votes but do include primary votes in all states through May 13.

Clinton and Obama disagree on their total primary votes because Clinton counts the votes in the Michigan and Florida primaries. Obama does not. By agreement, neither Democratic candidate campaigned in those two states because the states moved up their primaries in defiance of the Democratic National 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. Michigan did cast 237,762 votes for uncommitted delegates. Many of those votes might have been intended for Obama.

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 Has Secured Enough Delegates to Win the GOP Nomination

McCain had no votes in New Mexico because his name was not on the New Mexico Republican primary 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 through May 13, 2008.

State, Clinton, Obama, McCain

Alabama 226504, 302814, 211071
Arizona 228158, 191681, 254333
Arkansas 217313, 80774, 45563
California 2306361, 1890026, 1093560
Colorado 38587, 79344, 10621
Connecticut 164831, 179349, 78741
Delaware 40751, 51124, 22626
District of Columbia 27326, 85534, 3929
Florida 857208, 569041, 693508
Georgia 328129, 700366, 303639
Idaho (May 27 primary) 0, 0, 0
Illinois 662845, 1301954, 424071
Indiana 644,590, 630,395,319,610
Kentucky 459124, 209778, 142826
Louisiana 136959, 220588, 67609
Maryland 285440, 464474, 163677
Massachusetts 704591, 511887, 204027
Michigan 328151, 0, 337847
Minnesota 66040, 137582, 13711
Mississippi 155686, 255809, 113074
Missouri 395287, 405284, 194304
Montana (May 20 primary) 0, 0, 0
New Hampshire 112251, 104772, 88466
New Jersey 602576, 492186, 310427
New Mexico 73105, 71396, 0
New York 1003623, 697914, 310814
North Carolina 652824, 875683, 381616
Ohio 1207806, 979025, 636256
Oklahoma 228425, 130087, 122748
Oregon 252270, 360728, 280030
Pennsylvania 1260060, 1045148, 586904
Rhode Island 108750, 75115, 17456
South Carolina 141128, 295091, 147283
South Dakota (June 3 primary) 0, 0, 0
Tennessee 332599, 250730, 174763
Texas 1459814, 1358785, 709477
Utah 48719, 70373, 15264
Vermont 59640, 91740, 28488
Virginia 347252, 623141, 244135
Washington 315744, 354112, 262304
West Virginia 239062, 91652, 89683
Wisconsin 452795, 646007, 224226

Totals: Clinton 16,460,934; Obama 16,310,987; McCain 8,905,831

Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota and Wyoming conduct Democratic caucuses instead of primaries.

Final Total Primary Popular Votes

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