2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Evidently needs reposting: Hillary is NOT winning the popular vote. That's not how primaries work. [View all]samson212
(83 posts)Since you're not interested in clicking the link, I'll summarize for you. The gist of the article is that the popular vote count does not accurately portray the results of the primary. First of all, caucus states don't get counted on the popular vote total -- you can't get an apples to apples comparison. Some of Bernie's biggest margins are in caucus states, and those voters are not reflected in the vote count. So, when you ask for "numbers", you've already missed the point. Secondly, when pretending to attempt to include the caucus states in the count, the numbers given (by real clear politics) are grossly below any reasonable approximations.
Furthermore (this is my analysis), talking about the popular vote count is already flawed from the get go, since what actually counts in the primary is delegates, who do not represent the same number of voters in each state.