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Not exactly 8% of 9 million (none / 0) (#1)
by Prabhata on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 01:15:41 AM EST
One has to remember that there were other candidates in the ballot that received significant percentages because many people in CA vote by mail.  Some of them may have voted before the candidates dropped out, or some may have voted on February 5 for other than HRC or Obama to make a statement.

Any way I just visited the Secretary of State website and calculated the difference between HRC and Obama to be 431500 votes, or about 5% of 9 million.

http://vote.sos.ca.gov/Returns/pres/dem/59.htm

For one thing, you're linking (none / 0) (#6)
by Cream City on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 01:45:03 AM EST
to the stats on election night.  Many votes had to be counted since, as you say -- so they would not be in the election-night number, right?  Can you link to/do the math for the updated numbers reported now?

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Results as of 3/4 (none / 0) (#57)
by MKS on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 11:21:02 AM EST
The site says results as of 3/4, not the night of the election....

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It is 8% (none / 0) (#8)
by Manuel on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 01:50:19 AM EST
of a smaller number.  The total in the CA Web site for the dem primary is 4,882,620 votes.  Is the 9 million total for both democrat and republican primaries?

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The total for both parties is 7720221 (none / 0) (#10)
by Manuel on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 02:04:24 AM EST
Not sure where the 9 million is coming from.  The results for other contests don't make up for the difference.  The original 9m reference web site isn't working for me.

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Numerous articles cite 9 million (none / 0) (#12)
by DudeE on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 02:07:43 AM EST
Including the one linked in the post:

"Secretary of State Debra Bowen says just over 9 million voters cast ballots, the most ever in a California primary."

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It looks like 9m is a total for all parties (none / 0) (#14)
by Manuel on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 02:17:49 AM EST
And even after adding all third parties there are quite a few missing to get to 9m.  Perhaps the state web site has not been updated yet or perhaps there were a significant numebr of people that didn't vote on any presidential primary.

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I imagine Jeralyn... (none / 0) (#27)
by sar75 on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 07:25:58 AM EST
...will be taking down this clearly false number.

And still, no matter how many popular votes Clinton got in California, she's still down overall.

And Obama increased his overall delegate count this week with the addition of 7 Edwards' delegates from Ohio.

Does anyone here really think that she is going to overtake Obama in pledged delegates AND popular vote?  If she can't do one or the other, she has no chance of becoming the nominee.

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And he has NO CHANCE NOW (none / 0) (#33)
by kenosharick on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 07:54:57 AM EST
to win the general. If anyone thinks middle America independents will vote for him they are deluding themselves. (the 527's will destroy him)

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Uhm Yes, in fact I do (none / 0) (#47)
by Dancing Bear on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 09:44:52 AM EST
Florida and Michigan will count and she will be ahead. You can pretend they don't exist but Iowa will not win the White House. Watch how the Super Delegates run from him now that we know a little more about some of his supporters. They don't want to be associated with corruption or racism .

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yes I will (none / 0) (#63)
by Jeralyn on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 11:50:47 AM EST
make that clear, thanks.

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There were many ballot initiatives (none / 0) (#30)
by Blue Neponset on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 07:29:25 AM EST
Some people must have decided to vote on the ballot initiatives without voting in any of the primaries.  

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