Graphing Delegate Totals - Obama vs Clinton

[FlyingSquirrel]

Made this up on Excel -- Delegate Totals over time. When more than one state voted on a particular day (such as Super Tuesday), then I put them in order by time zone from East coast to West coast, then alphabetical within the time zone - then abroad. Enjoy!

Chart 1: Pledged Delegate totals WITHOUT Michigan and Florida




Chart 2: Pledged Delegate totals INCLUDING Michigan and Florida



*Uncommitteds in MI added to Obama's total.


I take great pride in noting that the point where the totals began to really diverge the most was right after my home state of WA caucused!

:)

Oh ya, I know I have too much free time (or just use it unwisely).

As further proof, I offer the following "Obama-Tron" picture I created:



:silly: <--- I've been using that smiley a lot lately

[Muttocracy]

1. OK, if you're that good with graphics, you can get beyond the default settings in Excel

:P

[FlyingSquirrel]

5. Shucks, I just now discovered how to post an Excel chart

without taking a picture of my computer screen!

I'm really technologically challenged.

[Muttocracy]

6. oh, no, I'm just teasing

I've seen so many Excel charts in my academic life that I know the defaults, which says way more about my feeble life than you! :D

[ColbertWatcher]

2. The Tron pic is what made the post...

...just kidding.

Oh, and your graphs are racist and sexist!

Also kidding.

[jgraz]

3. Cool! Thanks for the pretty pictures

:hi:

[chknltl]

4. I caucused for Obama in Washington as well!

Since that day, I have become more and more convinced that Obama is what America needs at this time.
He ain't Jefferson nor Lincoln, Roosevelt or Kennedy, he is Obama. When it is all said and done, I believe history will compare him favorably among those noteworthy Presidents. YES, WE CAN!

[FlyingSquirrel]

7. I think our state picks pretty good people.

Maybe I'm biased, but I think we've got some pretty smart cookies here.

:)

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

8. these graphs can't be right. they both show the gap widening. they are dead to me.

[anigbrowl]

9. It's rather more work, but...

It would be really interesting to see this with superdelegates included. A lot of people forget (or seem to want to) that Clinton had a 60-70 lead in SDs before a single ballot was cast - on reason she was tipped as a surefire winner going into the contest.

[FlyingSquirrel]

10. Your wish is my command.

TOTAL Delegates including Superdelegates, WITHOUT MI and FL




TOTAL Delegates including Superdelegates, WITH MI and FL



* Uncommitteds in MI added to Obama's total.

[anigbrowl]

23. I like this one even better, well done!!!

It really shows how hard Obama has worked to be where he is today. Clinton had a big advantage going out of the starting gate with all those superdelegates. There must have been many tired nights when Obama felt like he would never be able to close the gap.

[FlyingSquirrel]

11. Oh come on, give us a couple more recs - I spent a lot of time on it

:)

[FlyingSquirrel]

12. Ok I get it... not inflammatory enough, not one-sided enough

:eyes:

P.S. See reply 10 for two more graphs that include Superdelegates

[TheDoorbellRang]

13. Hey. We just can't argue with it

Looks like Obama is ahead!:D

Now, you and I could go back to our alternate-world debate from the other night. That had possibilities! (I still chuckle about that one.)

[FlyingSquirrel]

15. Me too... I actually logged off after that

'cause it was obvious I had been spending WAY too much time on nothing.

[BlooInBloo]

16. Dude - the most you did was type a couple of numbers into Excel.

[FlyingSquirrel]

17. Hey, the Tron pic took a little time! lol

[BlooInBloo]

19. Touche. :)

[BlooInBloo]

20. Off to the greatest with you, you rec-bum!

[FlyingSquirrel]

22. Thanks dude I'll get ya back someday

:)

[BlooInBloo]

14. To my eye it was LA/NE... But as a Seattlite, I'd love to be the one who gave him the lead.

[ozone_man]

18. No, it was Louisiana.

If you take the derivative, it is clearly Louisiana where the momentum shifted. :)

[FlyingSquirrel]

21. Here's a couple more graphs INCLUDING Superdelegates

TOTAL Delegates WITHOUT MI/FL, INCLUDING Superdelegates




TOTAL Delegates WITH MI/FL, INCLUDING Superdelegates



*Uncommitteds in MI added to Obama's Total