USA Today Delegate Count

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2004 Democratic Primary Election

Current Delegate Count

2,161 Delegates Needed To Win

1. John Kerry --- 412 (19.1% of delegates needed to win)
2. Howard Dean --- 174 (8.1% of delegates needed to win)
3. John Edwards --- 116 (5.4% of delegates needed to win)
4. Wesley Clark --- 82 (3.8% of delegates needed to win)
5. Al Sharpton --- 12 (0.2% of delegates needed to win)
6. Dennis Kucinich --- 2 (0.1% of delegates needed to win)

Source Data: USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/primariescaucus/delegatecount.htm
Updated: 6:53:10 p.m. EST February 07, 2004
Percentage Calculation: www.scandidate.info


its looking more and more like a kerry-dean two man race imho.

the media is nervous.

[eileen_d]

1. Thank you

Those percentage numbers show clearly that the race is not over yet.

[aquart]

2. I'm not sure how it works, but....

If Edwards bows out, and he can, he'll fold his votes into his Senate mate's, Kerry. I can't see that working any other way. He's building favors and debts for his next campaign. If he does anything else, the party will never forgive him.

The total of the others together is half that.

As it stands now.

But if Edwards can't release his votes and still have a say in where they go, it's a whole other ballgame.

So how does that work?

[Dagaz]

3. why is the media nervous?

It's Kerry all the way so the only disapointment is that this will be over before Super Tuesday. Maine is Sunday and I haven't seen a single poll but I'm guessing Kerry here? A Dean win in Maine would at least shake things up.

[buckeye1]

4. Sorry.

When the early suckers(super delegates) are subtracted,Dean is fourth. Many will desert this loser soon. They were fooled by the Dean bandwagon that never was.

[oxymoron]

5. Unfortunately...

until Dean actually wins somewhere, that is going to be a tough argument to make.