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The Case for the Clinton Nomination

Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:23:54 PM PDT

One of the arguments in the Democratic primary is that Hillary Clinton has demonstrated her ability to win the larger states, those states that have the all important electoral college votes that will ultimately decide our next president. With the exception of Illinois, Barack Obama's home state, it has been a clean sweep for her of the largest states.

So, what if the nomination process was based upon the actual election process? That is, assign the number of electoral college votes to the winner in each state.

Using that measure, we have a clear winner: Clinton - 284, Obama - 202, Still Open - 52. (Oops - Hawaii was in error - hard to spot those little states....)

No opinion being offered here - I just thought the map was pretty.

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