Reply #26: Nope. False premise. [View All]

[BzaDem]

All but 4 caucus states report popular vote totals. The other 4 are estimated by turnout * percentage of state delegates, which benefits Obama since he was the winner (and the rules for state delegate calculations favor the winner).

Thus, there is a popular vote. And if Clinton is ahead in the popular vote, but Obama is ahead in a count that gives voters in Wyoming 25 times more voting power than voters in TX, they will vote Clinton in. You can cry "wahhhh rules rules rules rules" till the cows come home, but most people outside this board will see it as the Super-Ds saving the day, in a way we couldn't do for Gore.

Keep running and hiding from the popular vote, and pretending it doesn't exist (as if people can't add). It'll just make it easier for Clinton to win.