Lies, Damn Lies and Pledged Delegates

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A post by Kos earlier tonight inspired me to wonder about how the state-by-state pledged delegate margins stacked up against each other, and that ultimately led to the following:


States that Hillary Clinton won

State	Total Pledged	Delegate Split	Net Gain (% of Total Pledged)
Arkansas	35 delegates	C+27 / O+8	19 delegates (54.3%)
Oklahoma	38 delegates	C+24 / O+14	10 delegates (26.3%)
New York	232 delegates	C+139 / O+93	46 delegates (19.8%)
Massachusetts	93 delegates	C+55 / O+38	17 delegates (18.3%)
Tennessee	68 delegates	C+40 / O+28	12 delegates (17.6%)
California1	370 delegates	C+204 / O+160	44 delegates (11.9%)
New Jersey	107 delegates	C+59 / O+48	11 delegates (10.3%)
Arizona	56 delegates	C+31 / O+25	6 delegates (10.7%)
Nevada	25 delegates	C+12 / O+13	-1 delegate (-4.0%)
New Hampshire2	22 delegates	C+9 / O+9	0 delegates (0.0%)

<sup>Notes
1. There are 6 pledged delegates that have not been awarded in California
2. John Edwards received the other 4 delegates in New Hampshire</sup>

• Combined Total Pledged: 1,046 delegates

• Combined Net Gain for Clinton: 164 delegates (15.7% of Combined Total Pledged)

States that Barack Obama won

State	Total Pledged	Delegate Split	Net Gain (% of Total Pledged)
Idaho	18 delegates	O+15 / C+3	12 delegates (66.7%)
Alaska	13 delegates	O+9 / C+4	5 delegates (38.5%)
Kansas	32 delegates	O+23 / C+9	14 delegates (43.8%)
Washington1	78 delegates	O+35 / C+15	20 delegates (66.7%)
Georgia2	87 delegates	O+57 / C+27	30 delegates (34.5%)
Nebraska	24 delegates	O+16 / C+8	8 delegates (33.3%)
Colorado3	55 delegates	O+19 / C+9	10 delegates (18.2%)
Minnesota	72 delegates	O+48 / C+24	24 delegates (33.3%)
Illinois	153 delegates	O+104 / C+49	55 delegates (35.9%)
South Carolina4	45 delegates	O+25 / C+12	13 delegates (28.9%)
North Dakota	13 delegates	O+8 / C+5	3 delegates (23.1%)
Louisiana5	56 delegates	O+33 / C+22	11 delegates (19.6%)
Maine	24 delegates	O+15 / C+9	6 delegates (25.0%)
Utah	23 delegates	O+14 / C+9	5 delegates (23.7%)
Alabama6	52 delegates	O+26 / C+25	1 delegate (1.9%)
Delaware	15 delegates	O+9 / C+6	3 delegates (20.0%)
Iowa7	45 delegates	O+16 / C+15	1 delegate (2.2%)
Connecticut	48 delegates	O+26 / C+22	4 delegates (8.3%)
Missouri	72 delegates	O+36 / C+36	0 delegates (0.0%)

<sup>Notes
1. There are 28 pledged delegates that have not been awarded in Washington
2. There are 3 pledged delegates that have not been awarded in Georgia
3. There are 27 pledged delegates that have not been awarded in Colorado
4. John Edwards received the other 4 delegates in South Carolina
5. There is 1 pledged delegates that have not been awarded in Louisiana
6. There is 1 pledged delegates that have not been awarded in Alabama
7. John Edwards received the other 14 delegates in Iowa</sup>

• Combined Total Pledged: 925 delegates

• Combined Net Gain for Obama: 225 delegates (24.3% of Combined Total Pledged)

Top 10 "Biggest Prizes"

Total Pledged Delegates		Winner		Net Gained Delegates		Winner
#1	California (370)	Clinton		#1	Illinois (55)	Obama
#2	New York (232)	Clinton		#2	New York (46)	Clinton
#3	Illinois (153)	Obama		#3	California (44)	Clinton
#4	New Jersey (107)	Clinton		#4	Georgia (30)	Obama
#5	Massachusetts (93)	Clinton		#5	Minnesota (24)	Obama
#6	Georgia (87)	Obama		#6	Washington (20)	Obama
#7	Washington (78)	Obama		#7	Arkansas (19)	Clinton
#8	Missouri (72)	Obama		#8	Massachusetts (17)	Clinton
	Minnesota (72)	Obama		#9	Kansas (14)	Obama
#10	Tennessee (68)	Clinton		#10	South Carolina (13)	Obama

All of the above is based on data from CNN. If you have better data from from other sources, please provide links in the comments and I'll update the diary accordingly. Please also feel free to provide corrections to any mathematical errors I may have made, and/or suggestions on how this diary might be improved upon.