Fact check: Clinton vote claims under scrutiny

Hillary Rodham Clinton's assertions that she leads Barack Obama in the popular vote are a stretch, at best.

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Both Obama and Clinton camps claim lead in popular votes

If numbers don't lie, the Democratic presidential race is proving they can confuse: Both campaigns claim they are ahead in the popular vote.

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Governor Signs Popular N.J. Vote Measure

New Jersey became the second state to enter a compact that would eliminate the Electoral College's power to choose a president if enough states endorse the idea.

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NJ Nears Undermining Electoral College

New Jersey is close to entering a compact that would eliminate the power of the Electoral College to choose a president if enough states endorse the idea.

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Popular Vote Plan Dies in N.D., Mont.

A movement to essentially dump the Electoral College and give the presidency to the winner of the nationwide popular vote has been defeated in North Dakota and Montana, after opponents said it would eliminate any influence states may have in presidential contests.

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Washington state has passed a law requiring it's electoral college votes to be cast in favor of the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote nation-wide.

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Americans went to the polls on Tuesday to choose the next president of the United States, deciding whether Senator Barack Obama or Senator John McCain was better suited to guide the nation through an economic crisis at home and two wars abroad.In voting booths in every corner of  …

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Poll: Election Morning Prediction: Obama, 338 - 200

If I'm right, remember, you read it here first (hopefully.) If I'm wrong - well, this will sink into oblivion like so many other articles.

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There are an ever-increasing number of linkages between politicians, big businesses, and rich individuals designed to promote their joint prosperity at the expense of the general public. Money flows in both directions between these "players" under various "pay for play" schemes.

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FLASH....FLASH....FLASH....It could happen..........What if Obama Wins the Popular Vote and Still Loses the Election?????

Saturday, September 6, 2008 FLASH....FLASH....FLASH....It could happen..........What if Obama Wins the Popular Vote and Still Loses the Election????? Could it happen? You had better believe it and believe it to be a possibility.

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Despite Barack Obama's (D) amazingly consistent lead throughout the general election over John McCain (R), the talking heads on cable television returned to their incessant bloviating over whether Obama should be leading by more than just five points over McCain.

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In the post-war era, the Gallup polls taken closest to the Independence Day holiday have been correct in picking the popular vote winner two-thirds of the time, in 10 of 15 presidential contests, a Politico analysis found.

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Strategists for both John McCain and Barack Obama are chewing over a hypothetical scenario wherein Barack Obama recieves millions more votes than John McCain, but, because of the distribution of votes in the electoral college, McCain would become the president.

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Clinton Supporters, including Senator Feinstein still won't give up on Hillary Clinton. They say that she actually won the popular vote- like Al Gore and thus should be given consideration for something.

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Op-Ed Contributor By NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Published: June 6, 2008

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Have you heard the news? Hillary Clinton is leading the popular vote--at least according to Hillary Clinton.

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Clinton is NOT the voice of the voters - be it MI, FL, or elsewhere

I've had the conversation a million times around the vine and everywhere else.

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Hillary Clinton claims to have won the so-called popular vote, but if you pay close attention to her words she is now using a critical qualifier: "in presidential primaries."

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She's really just making this up as she goes along. I can always count on CNN to give me the anti-Hillary version of the truth. Clinton's claim to winning the popular vote is debatable.

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The main stream media continues to misrepresent the real popular vote totals. Go to the link in this article to see the actual, updated, complete totals(including those contests the Clintons are leaving out of their totals).

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It is incomprehensible to me that Mrs. Clinton can seriously be touting the notion, with the support of the punditocracy of CNN and Fox, that she is leading in the popular vote and should therefore be seriously considered as the most electable candidate in the November election.

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While she knows that the nomination is determined by delegates, Hillary insists on saying at every opportunity that she is winning the popular vote. And she has now taken to touting the new HBO movie "Recount," which chronicles the Florida fiasco of eight years ago.

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If there were a single common thread in last night's coverage, it was the failure of the cable news media to challenge Clinton's claim to the popular vote.

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Clinton supporters rally behind their number one choice as the only choice. Many view this as: if not Clinton, then McCain.

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After last night's decisive victory in Pennsylvania, more people have voted for Hillary than any other candidate, including Sen. Obama.

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These two projections, if they come to pass, seem likely to cause maximum pain among the superdelegates. Clinton will be able to claim a lead in popular vote. But only because of Puerto Rico—and because Puerto Rico this month replaced its caucus with a primary.

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"He has a million little donors. He has brought many, many Republicans and Independents to the brink of re-thinking their relationship with the Democratic party. And he has won the majority of primaries and caucuses and has a majority of the delegates and popular vote.

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The Obama campaign is proclaiming they won the Texas caucus by double digits. Indeed, that seems to be the case. Nevertheless, they need to be careful not to proclaim this too loudly.

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50/50 Popular Vote in 2008: I Don't Think So

Well known conservative talk-show host Michael Medved has recently issued a prediction about the 2008 presidential election. What's the scoop? He thinks that this years popular vote will be split nearly 50/50 down the middle.

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A New York congresswoman is seeking to allay concerns that Democratic superdelegates would switch crucial votes to Senator Obama from Senator Clinton now that momentum in the presidential campaign appears to have shifted in Mr. Obama's direction. Rep.

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