The Pennsylvania Math
This is where the Democratic race stands after the primary in Pennsylvania yesterday. Since Chuck Todd is probably the best in the business, these are his numbers.
| Obama | Clinton | Spread | |
| Pledged Delegates (Pre-PA) | 1417 | 1251 | Obama +166 |
| PA Delegates * | 71 | 80 | Clinton +9 |
| Total Pledged Delegates | 1488 | 1331 | Obama +157 |
| Supedelegates | 238 | 262 | Clinton +25 |
| Total Delegates | 1726 | 1593 | Obama +133 |
| Popular Votes (Pre-PA) | 13.4 million | 12.7 million | 26.1 million |
| PA Popular Votes | 1,042,297 | 1,258,245 | Clinton +9.39%, |
| Total Popular Votes | 14.4 million | 13.9 million | Obama + ~500,000 |
* Seven delegates remain to be allocated.
As I said last night, the Hillary camp will be putting out all kinds of spin today and it has already started. They are claiming Clinton has pulled ahead of Obama in the popular vote. That is an outright lie. The numbers do not support, in any way, their claim. They are adding the Florida and Michigan votes, and it simply cannot be done. There is no ruling from any court or from the DNC that provides a legal basis to validate those votes. I could wish I won the lottery this past weekend, but I didn’t, and I don’t believe my bank will accept a wish-deposit.
This is something everybody needs to be aware of. The popular vote argument Hillary is trying to make invalidates every caucus vote in at least five states: Alaska, Iowa, Nevada, Texas, and Utah. If somebody can reasonably explain how that is fair and democratic, I would like to hear it.
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