Hillary Clinton's Popular Vote Myth
Kos makes a good point here:
This was also pointed out by one of the commentators (Jeffrey Toobin) on CNN. Clinton isn't counting the states kos mentioned because they used caucuses, where the actual number of who voted for who has not (and typically isn't) revealed. With them, you just get the delegate allocation. Ipso facto: they don't count when talking about popular vote.
Add the result of the voting mess known as Florida and Michigan, and you have a perfect recipe for an underdog who just happens to have enough name recognition to be relevant in a primary race.
A reminder -- the Clinton campaign keeps claiming that they lead in the popular vote. Just a reminder that the only reason they can do that, is to claim that Obama got zero votes in Michigan, and that voters in Iowa, Nevada, Maine and Washington don't count.
This was also pointed out by one of the commentators (Jeffrey Toobin) on CNN. Clinton isn't counting the states kos mentioned because they used caucuses, where the actual number of who voted for who has not (and typically isn't) revealed. With them, you just get the delegate allocation. Ipso facto: they don't count when talking about popular vote.
Add the result of the voting mess known as Florida and Michigan, and you have a perfect recipe for an underdog who just happens to have enough name recognition to be relevant in a primary race.
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