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Hillary Clinton

BlueMTexpat

(15,668 posts)

7. And Hillary leads in that department

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 29, 2016, 10:30 AM

Mar 2016

by more than 2.5 million votes.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/democratic_vote_count.html

Caveat: this does not include vote totals in caucus states, but even with Bernie's wins in recent caucus states, Hillary is still WAY ahead in popular votes.

PS: I love how caucus results - the least democratic means of measurement because they require actual physical presence, with no early or absentee voting, and especially when at least some caucus-goers are personally pressured to change their vote preferences - are cited as meaningful evidence that the electoral tide has turned.