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Hillary Clinton

BlueCaliDem

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8. She had a lead in the popular vote by 272,809 votes. Pledged-dels flipped back and forth, yes, and

Reply to George II (Reply #6)

Sat May 14, 2016, 11:17 AM

May 2016

Senator Obama kept getting ahead, more and more, but she maintained her lead in the popular vote totals in the end. But popular votes don't count in our primary elections. Delegates do, and Senator Obama won by 312 1/2 total.

As I've explained in my post, Hillary Clinton was justified in staying in until the end. BS is not because he's so far behind in all categories already.

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You knew it was going to be a long primary season [View all] StayFrosty May 2016 OP

Right? LuvLoogie May 2016 #1

Many of the anti-Hillary crowd here at DU are independents & want to pick our Democratic President.. asuhornets May 2016 #2

Quite a few libertarians and greens too, I expect DemonGoddess May 2016 #7

I'm lucky that everyone I know supports Hillary except one long-time political friend who got a job SharonClark May 2016 #3

It's not really a long primary season. I guess that honor goes to Hillary in 2008. That said, she BlueCaliDem May 2016 #4

In 2008 there was never a difference of more than about 100 pledged delegates from January... George II May 2016 #6

She had a lead in the popular vote by 272,809 votes. Pledged-dels flipped back and forth, yes, and BlueCaliDem May 2016 #8

We're lucky. This is the first election cycle that all of our friends & family are pro Hillary. grossproffit May 2016 #5