The 2008 Primary Season: By The Numbers

[WilliamPitt]

Per the AP:

Days since Obama announced his candidacy, as of Tuesday: 479

Days since Clinton announced her candidacy: 500

Days since former Iowa Gov.Tom Vilsack, the Democrat first to formally enter the race, announced his candidacy: 572

Days since the first presidential nominating contest in Iowa: 152

MAGIC NUMBER

Delegates needed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination: 2,118

VICTORIES

Primaries Obama has won: 18

Primaries Clinton has won: 19

Caucuses Obama has won: 14

Caucuses Clinton has won: 3

STATE-BY-STATE WINS

Obama — Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Democrats Abroad, District of Columbia, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Clinton — American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan (Obama not on ballot), Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia.

LONGEVITY AND COMPLEXITY

Delegates determined by results of the Texas primary: 126

Delegates determined by a series of caucuses in Texas culminating with the state convention: 67

Days between Texas primary night and about 280 county and senate district conventions: 24

Days between Texas county and senate district conventions and the start of the state convention: 68

Delegates determined by the New Mexico Democratic caucus: 26

Days after the New Mexico caucus that a winner was declared: 9

GREAT DEBATERS

Democratic presidential debates: 21

Total words spoken in the debates: Roughly 375,000

TURNOUT

Largest crowd at an Obama campaign event: 75,000, in Portland, Ore.

Votes cast in the New Hampshire Democratic primary: 284,104

Total popular vote for Clinton and Obama in Democratic contests where delegates were awarded, except for caucuses in Iowa, Nevada, Washington, Maine and Texas where no popular vote was released: 35.1 million.

SPENDING FOR CLINTON, AS OF APRIL 30

Media: $47.6 million

Travel: $26.1 million

Salaries: $20.4 million

Home Depot: More than $28,000

Domino's Pizza: $1,951

Starbucks: $3,765

Einstein Bros. Bagels: $2,493

Dunkin' Donuts: $3,210

SPENDING FOR OBAMA, AS OF APRIL 30

Media: $84 million

Travel/lodging: $30 million

Payroll: $22.6 million

Home Depot: More than $15,000

Starbucks: $1,580

Domino's Pizza: $1,774

Einstein Bros. Bagels: $738

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jCXg6rao5cs-wy7FXUXtZ8LN6qLwD912QINO0

[Aloha Spirit]

1. Only 375,000 words?! Sheesh. Weak!

[cottonseed]

9. The moderators surely doubled that.

[JVS]

10. They say millions of words per day

[Window]

2. K/R.

:kick:

[JeffR]

3. Domino's? WTF?

For God's sake, maybe those people forecasting a McCain win were right.:scared:

[defendandprotect]

4. Why would Dems be using Domino's ---?? A really radical right-wing corp?????

[LSK]

5. didnt you post this yesterday?

:shrug:

[defendandprotect]

6. Why weren't they supporting local pizza/coffee/bagel shops?

I can't really envision how this works, but it would seem to me as they travel around . . .
they should be traveling around locally and not turning their money into corporate
franchises . . . ???

[Occam Bandage]

7. Because they hate America.

Or, you know, because it's a hell of a lot easier to tell a staffer, "Hey, call Domino's," than it is to say, "Hey, drive around until you find a good local pizza shop."

[defendandprotect]

11. ...but Domino's . . . cripes . . . don't most of us avoid them . . unless we're pro-life nutties??

[defendandprotect]

8. THIS $48 media by HRC vs $84 media by Obama is very interesting . . .

I've thought that one reason the corporate-press was ignoring Edwards and Kucinich is because
they don't turn any real money over to them --

I think HRC got a good ride for her $48 million --
and that maybe Obama bought himself a bit of room for his $84 million ---

It's traditional that 80% of the campaign funds get turned over to corporate-media ---

I never watch TV ads and that includes political commercials ---

[defendandprotect]

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