Fun Primary Facts, 2008

By: snolan
Published On: 1/10/2008 9:10:02 AM

Here are some thrilling facts to take away from the Iowa Caucuses and New Hampshire Primary: in Iowa, the top three Democratic candidates all got more votes than even the top Republican and in New Hampshire, both Clinton and Obama did far better than the top Republican, and Edwards did better than all but the top two Republicans in raw votes.

Numbers according to NY Times:  
Iowa (note, the raw numbers had to come from a freaking spreadsheet on IowaCauscus.com):
Obama: 93,952
Edwards: 74,377
Clinton: 73,666
Huckabee 40,723
Romney 29,864

New Hampshire:
Clinton 112,251
Obama 104,772
McCain 88,466
Romney 75,343
Edwards 48,681
Huckabee 26,768

I am hoping this trend continues nationwide so it does not matter who the Republicans run, and we get a landslide victory with any Democratic candidate.

Virginia's Primary is February12th (both parties vote same day).  Our votes may actually matter this cycle as the race for who will be the Democratic candidate for President is a close one.

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