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Originally Posted by GatorB
*** UPDATE *** Also, according to those with knowledge of the Michigan agreement, it is fair to claim Clinton the winner of Michigan. But they caution against counting her popular vote in the state.
well after tomorrow not even even counting Mich she'll have more votes since florida now officially counts
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Actually that's a negative.
Popular Vote (w/FL) Obama 17,266,433 48.3% Clinton 17,100,677 47.8% Obama +165,756 +0.5%
And these popular vote totals that she keeps claiming don't count Iowa, Nevada, Washington & Maine, because they have caucuses and don't release popular vote counts. Obama won 3 of those 4 by very healthy margins.
If the popular vote was what counted in the nominating process Obama would have spent all of his time and money trying to get more votes in the big states and big cities and would have ignored the small caucus states.
Since
delegates nominate he based his strategy on how to obtain the most delegates, and he was successful at that.
You can't change the rules after the game is over and declare yourself the winner.