Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Hillary Clinton the Big Winner in Tuesday’s Primaries

Photo credits: Todd Heisler/NY Times

Jeralyn at TalkLeft posted numbers very early Wednesday morning that show Hillary Clinton was the big winner in last night’s primaries in Oregon and Kentucky.

Responding to the question, “Who won bigger in today's primaries? 100% of the vote is in from Kentucky, 66% is in from Oregon,” Jeralyn provides the following data:

Hillary won 51 delegates so far, Obama 35.
Hillary earned 650,000 votes, Obama has gotten 475,000.
Hillary won a lot more votes and more delegates tonight.

She's tonight's winner.

Kentucky: 100% of vote:

Hillary: 459,145 votes * 65% * 37 delegates
Obama: 209,771 votes * 30% * 14 delegates
Counties: Hillary wins all but 2
Oregon: 66% of votes in

Obama: 272,000 votes * 58% * 21 delegates
Hillary: 196,000 votes * 42% * 14 delegates
Counties: Obama wins 16; Hillary wins 13 (1 tied, 4 still out)
More....


Popular vote total nationally:Counting Michigan, Florida and the caucus states, including estimates for IA, NV, ME, WA:
Hillary:17,581,874 * 47.8%
Obama: 17,486,820 * 47.5%
Hillary up by 95,054, +0.26%

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