Primary Totals Last Night
Here's what the Democrat's contenders did last night in all seven primaries combined per
CNN (Totals may change slightly):
Kerry: 539,475 votes or 41.3% of the total
Edwards: 354,750 votes or 27.2% of the total
Clark: 215,229 votes or 16.5% of the total
Dean: 114,441 votes or 8.8% of the total
Lieberman: 62,942 votes or 4.8% of the total
Kucinich: 18,200 votes or 1.4% of the total
Note that the percentages shown are the percentage of the total vote for those six candidates combined; I ignored Sharpton, uncommitted, and other non-candidates. Probably should have ignored Kucinich as well.
Comments: It was a worse night for Howard Dean than even the media have made it out to be. His best finish was in New Mexico, where he won 16.6% of the vote (of these six) and took third place. He finished fifth in Oklahoma and South Carolina and overall managed only a little better than half the votes of Wesley Clark and 1/3rd the votes of John Edwards. RCP reports he is down 37-14 to Kerry in Michigan. Say goodnight, Gracie!