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2016 Postmortem

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21. According to Wikipedia, Prez O

Sat Dec 24, 2016, 06:05 PM

Dec 2016

ultimately beat Hillary in the popular vote, albeit by a slim margin: 18,107,587 (Obama) and 18,045,829 (Clinton).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries#Popular_vote_table

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The DNC messed up (Hillary '16 instead of '08) [View all] Axolotls Dec 2016 OP

Re: the most votes SFnomad Dec 2016 #5

And delegates' are the votes that count. Orsino Dec 2016 #7

That's only because Obama wasn't on the ballot in Michigan NobodyHere Dec 2016 #18

According to Wikipedia, Prez O BlueMTexpat Dec 2016 #21

It also helps that she graciously BlueMTexpat Dec 2016 #26

The "DNC" didn't nominate Obama or Hillary SFnomad Dec 2016 #2

I'm an independent but left-leaning Axolotls Dec 2016 #8

If you say so ... SFnomad Dec 2016 #10

Yeah, um, voters BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #3

That would've happened with any gop candidate Axolotls Dec 2016 #9

Not sure Obama would've been as popular in 2016 Seasider Dec 2016 #6

All that is valid Axolotls Dec 2016 #11

That didn't help Axolotls Dec 2016 #14

It was even tougher since Hillary was the candidate Axolotls Dec 2016 #16

Welcome to DU. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #19

It wasn't the DNC. BlueMTexpat Dec 2016 #20

Obama was the best President of my lifetime. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #22