Article: Can Clinton Win the Popular Vote?(Hillary Clinton)(Brief article)

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U.S. News & World Report
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April 17, 2008
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Byline: Michael Barone

Back on March 28, I posted (http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2008/3/28/projection-clinton-wins-popular-vote-obama-wins-delegate-count.html) some projections of the popular vote in the remaining contests, projections based on optimistic assumptions from the point of view of Hillary Clinton's campaign, to see if it was possible she could win a plurality of the vote in Democratic primaries and caucuses. My projections said she could, if she won certain percentages of the two-candidate vote in these states.

How's she doing? She's running short of what she needs. The following table shows her percentage of the two-candidate vote in ...

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