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Monday, January 28, 2008
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For those keeping score at home
posted by
Wally
9:19 AM
In Saturday's South Carolina primary, Obama beat the top two Republican candidates. Combined.
In last week's Republican primary, McCain got 147,283 votes and Huckabee got 132,440, for a total of 279,723 votes. In Saturday's Democratic primary, Obama got 295,091. You could have thrown 9iu11iani and Hunter into the tally for good measure, and Obama alone still would have beat their total.
Let's have some more fun with fuzzy math, just for kicks. Adding up the total votes we get:
GOP: 442,918 - or 45% of the total vote Dems: 530,322 - or 55% of the total vote
What's that 10% difference called again? Oh yeah.
Landslide.
Or at least serious ass-kicking. You might expect these kinds of numbers in California, but this was South Carolina.
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That was an amazing vote. I think he's getting those previously disenfranchised groups out there now - young people, people of color.
The GOP/Dem totals are definitely fuzzy math, though. I don't think you can choose which to vote in - I know that's the case in Florida. My parents are registered as Independent, so they can't vote for any candidate, which is seriously messed up. Everyone should be able to vote for whoever they want to in a primary, no matter how they're registered. My parents have essentially been told they have no say in who runs for office.
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I agree about the Dem/GOP numbers being "fuzzy math" - that's why I called it that. It's an invalid comparison, not exactly comparing apples to oranges, but maybe apples to pears, or oranges to tangerines or something.
Mostly what it implies - maybe the ONLY thing it implies - is that the Dems are much much more motivated than the Republicans - which means they are more likely to show up and vote. But if the primary numbers do turn out to reflect the level of interest and motivation in each party, it will likely be a landslide.
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Wally
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