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    March 12, 2008

    some more math

    I was curious as to what the differences are between the percentage margin wins for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, so i did some math. Hillary claims that she can win the 'blue collar' workers and is winning the important states. What she fails to mention is that in the states she did win, she has won with smaller margins than Barack. Here's the rundown from the numbers I got from cnn.com:

    Of Barack's 28 wins, he has won 89% with a margin of 10 points or more. Hillary has won 14 contests with 57% of a margin of 10 points or more. Here is a table of more stats...

    Margin Barack Obama Hillary Clinton
    -10 11% 43%
    +10 89% 57%
    +20 67% 14%
    +30 39% 7%


    He has clearly won his contests by wider margins. He has won more contests than she, and in the contests that she did win, it was by smaller margins.

    A Clinton surrogate implied that Obama's supporters are "latte-drinking, Prius- driving, Birkenstock-wearing, trust fund babies". Really, the same people who voted and won for him Kansas, Idaho, Alaska, Alabama, Iowa, Minnesota, Virginia, Nebraska, Mississippi, just to name a few? Those are your typical 'trust fund babies' states? Seems to me those labels could more easily be applied to voters from New York, Massachusetts, California, New Jersey, New Hampshire - oh wait, Clinton won those states!

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