Vote totals for the evening - so far

[dobak]

Kerry 430066
Edwards 310613
Clark 193002
Dean 91922
Lieberman 54702
Sharpton 38571
Kucinich 12590
Gephardt 6254
Uncommitted 3516


1,141,236 total cast


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I'll continue to update for awhile yet

[if it comes from the whitehouse it must be true]

1. People are still voting for Gephardt??

What a waste :wtf:

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. Some of these votes are absentee whitehouse...and are still

counted. They were cast before he dropped out.

[PVnRT]

3. He might still be on the ballot

In 2000, for instance, Bradley had been out of the race for about three weeks before I finally got to vote in Indiana - but he was still on the ballot.

People remain on the ballot because it takes a petition to get them on - the ballots are printed and made ready. To get them to change the ballot to remove one or two names is simply asking the states to lay out money that they can't afford to spend.

People might be voting for him in Missouri, or elsewhere, because they don't like any of the other candidates. Or it could be Republicans registered as Democrats not voting for people still in it in an attempt to sabotage things.

[dobak]

4. Here are the percentages...

Kerry - 37.9
Edwards - 27.01
Clark - 16.87
Dean - 8.03
Lieberman - 4.77
Sharpton - 3.42
Kucinich - 1.13
Gephardt - .55
Uncommitted - .31

[Caution]

5. By percentage

Kerry - 38%
Edwards - 27%
Clark - 17%
Dean - 8%
Lieberman - 5%
Sharpton - 3%
Kucinich - 1%
Gephardt - 0.5%
Uncommitted - 0.3%

Anything less than 10% as a candidate when that many votes have been cast you need to seriously consider dropping out IMHO.

[dobak]

6. Kucinich and Sharpton should drop out tonight

Dean should drop out if he cannot win either Michigan or Washington