BREAKING: Clinton and Obama tied in national popular vote/Clinton ahead by 0.4$

[Tropics_Dude83]

Super Tuesday: The Most Interesting Number of All
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I'm up in NYC, where we are struggling to get dead-tree TIME out the door. As is so often the case, our own data wizard Jackson Dykman has come up with the most fascinating bit of data within all these mountains of numbers coming out of Super Tuesday:

TOTAL VOTES CAST

Clinton: 50.2% (7,347,971)

Obama: 49.8% (7,294,851)


Really, could it have been any closer?

UPDATE: Swampland commenters ask; Jackson answers:

Since you asked
Total votes cast in 21 GOP contests yesterday among McCain, Romney and Huckabee:

McCain: 43.1% (3,611,459)
Romney: 35.4% (2,961,834)
Huckabee: 21.5% (1,796,729)


For grand totals, vastly more Democrats than Republicans voted yesterday;

Democratic votes for Clinton and Obama: 14,622,822 (63.6%)
Republican votes for McCain, Romney and Huckabee: 8,370,022 (36.4%)


Put another way, the Clinton/Obama race drew 76% more voters than the McCain/Romney/Huckabee race.
UPDATE2: Jackson's on a roll:

Here are the numbers just for the 19 states where both parties had elections yesterday
Obama/Clinton voters: 14,460,149
McCain/Romney/Huckabee voters: 8,367,694

Or, 73% more Democratic voters than republican voters.


Didn't want the Hillbots to call me an *a-hole or anything for omitting the 0.4 but with that out of the way, last night's popular vote was 50/50

TOTAL VOTES CAST
Clinton: 50.2% (7,347,971)
Obama: 49.8% (7,294,851)

[ananda]

1. That's amazing!

The Dems are so evenly divided right now.

I wonder if they'll all be able to unite
behind one candidate, no matter which one.

I will.

[NoBorders]

2. Dayum that's close

pretty amazing really.

[wyldwolf]

3. this is only from last night? Is that correct?

[gateley]

4. Wow! nt

[Missy M]

5. But I thought no one liked Hillary....

that's what I keep hearing.

[Tropics_Dude83]

6. I thought no one liked Barack!

He was behind 50-17 in December in the national polls.

[Missy M]

8. According to many......

no one they knew liked or would vote for Hillary, goes way back before you were on DU.

[BattyDem]

9. That's what is so amazing to me.

Two months ago it was a blow-out! I can't believe he's made up that kind of deficit in such a short time.

[HughMoran]

7. That is absolutely amazing. I heard this on NPR, but hadn't seen the numbers

Utterly amazing - it's a tie!

[Straight Shooter]

10. Congratulations are in order to the MSM. They've got their much-desired horse race. n/t

[kestrel91316]

11. Nationwide popular vote is meaningless. I wish the national obsession

with it would STOP.

[Qutzupalotl]

12. Jesus, look at total Dem vs. Repub. votes

14.6 million Democrats
8.3 million Republicans

(I know it's just the frontrunners' totals, but still!!)

I feel a little better today about Hillary's chances in the general.

[LordJFT]

13. so if you count the other 4 contested races is Obama ahead in the npv?

[BeyondGeography]

14. Looks like she has opposition

Good.