06 February 2008

'Tis a Simple Question

'Tis a simple question, though it took me over four hours to answer it.

I suspect that the DNC, RNC, every campaign, and FOX, CNN, NBC, etc. could have answered it within four minutes, but they don't. Wonder why that is ?

'Tis a simple question. OK, two questions.

How many Americans have voted so far and who did they give their votes to ?

DEM pre-super tuesday votes (MI omitted) 2,782,000 votes .....
1,236,000 HRC (44.4%) ..... 1,106,000 BHO (39.7%)

DEM super tuesday votes 15,138,000 votes .....
7,350,000 HRC (48.5%) ..... 7,219,000 BHO (47.7%)

DEM POTUS08 to date 17,920,000 total .....
8,586,000 HRC (47.9%) ..... 8,325,000 BHO (46.5%)

============= UPDATE =================

GOP pre-supertuesday (all candidates) - 3,604,000 votes
JM - 1,203,000 (33.4%) ... MR - 1,193,000 (33.1%) ... MH - 536,000 (14.9%)

GOP supertuesday (all candidates) - 8,733,000 votes
JM - 3,611,000 (41.4%) ... MR - 2,935,000 (33.6%) ... MH - 1,789,000 (20.5%)

GOP POTUS votes ytd (all candidates) 12,337,000 votes
JM - 4,814,000 (39.0%) ... MR - 4,128,000 (33.5%) ... MH - 2,325,000 (18.9%)
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TOTAL VOTES (GOP & DEM) - 30,257,000 votes
GOP - 12,337,000 (40.8%) .... DEM - 17,920,000 (59.2%)

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TOTAL VOTES (GOP & DEM) - 30,257,000 votes
GOP - 12.34million (40.8%) ..... DEM - 17.92million (59.2%)
which means roughly that of the 30.26million votes cast
in the GOP and DEM contests so far this year...

28.4% want Hillary to lead/change the U.S.
27.5% want Obama to lead/change the U.S.
15.9% want McCain to lead/change the U.S.
13.6% want Romney to lead/change the U.S.
7.7% want Huckabee to lead/change the U.S.

6.9% wanted somebody else, including me :(

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