Clinton's Wins Indicate Superior Electability

Written by: publius on Mar 5, 2008 2:26 PM EST

In the primary states - where voters go to the polls and choose just like they will in November - the popular vote totals are astonishingly close. A microscopic % 0.33 (That's ZERO . POINT three three percent) separates Obama's 83584 vote advantage from Clinton's total.

However, the road to the White House runs through the Electoral College.
Clinton's primary performance in the rich electoral states and in those states whose electoral votes went to Gore and Kerry is DECISIVE ! Obama's electoral deficit against Clinton is a whopping 31percent, 34 percent inside the blue states.

Okay Democrats, do you want to win a nomination OR do you want to win the White House?

The responsibilty of party officials known as Superdelegates is to put a Democrat in the White House. In that contest, the Electoral College rules. (Hope format of table holds on post, Vote Totals shown in Extended Entry/Read more)

              Obama   Clinton           Obama   Clinton     Obama        Clinton
Primary  Primary   Primary       Electoral   Electoral   Blue Elect    Blue Elect
States    Votes      Votes            College   College     Votes           Votes

VT         91033      59428             3                                3
RI          73609     106471                           4                                      4
TX     1354672   1453139                          34
OH      979025   1207806                          20
Wis     645,554    452,590          10                               10
NM       71,396      73,105                            5
DC      85,534       27,326            3                                  3
MD    464,474     285,440          10                                10
VA     623,141     347,252          13
LA     220,588     136,959            9
AZ     191,681     228,158                          10
CA  1,890,026  2,306,361                          55                                    55
UT       70,373      48,719             5
OK     130,087    228,425                            7
MO    405,284    395,287           11
IL    1,301,954    662,845           21                                 21
AR       80,774    217,313                            6
NY     697,914  1,003,623                          31                                     31
MA    511,887     704,591                          12                                      12
GA    700,366     328,129          15
TN    250,730     332,599                           11
CT    179,349    164,831            7                                    7
AL    302,684     226,454           9
NJ    492,186     602,576                           15                                      15
DL     51,124      40,751             3                                    3
FL   569,041     857,208                            27
SC  295,091     141,128             8
NH  104,772     112,251                              4
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Total 12834349 12750765      127          241                 57                 117

Diff         83584                       -114                                -60

% Diff       0.33%                    -30.98%                        -34.48%

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