2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Where the Delegate Math Now Stands [View all]Uponthegears
(1,499 posts)and important.
However, since the national popular vote does not determine who will be our next president AND there are certain states where the Democratic candidate simply will not garner ANY electoral votes, I thought it might be interesting to look at the popular vote from only those states who will be contributing the electoral college total for Democratic Party candidate. If I added correctly, it looks like this:
Clinton, Hillary Diane Rodham 1160654
Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" 1246285
Obviously, we do not want to exclude Democratic voters from the primary process simply because they are unable to deliver ANY electoral votes for the Democratic candidate in November (or, for that matter, are unable to deliver Democratic majorities at the local or state level), but it is at least interesting to compare the candidates' relative strength in those states which will contribute to a Democratic victory in November.