Friday, May 30, 2008

A look at the numbers in the presidential primary race

Sent from Express News
Numbers and more numbers from the Democrats' presidential primary campaign:

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GREAT DEBATERS:

-Democratic presidential debates: 21

-Total words spoken in the debates: Roughly 375,000

ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE

-Days since Obama announced his candidacy, as of Friday: 475

-Days since Clinton announced her candidacy: 496

MAGIC NUMBER

-Delegates needed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination: 2,026

VICTORIES

-Primaries Obama has won: 18

-Primaries Clinton has won: 18

-Caucuses Obama has won: 14

-Caucuses Clinton has won: 3

TURNOUT

-Largest crowd at an Obama campaign event: 75,000, in Portland, Ore.

-Votes cast in the New Hampshire Democratic primary: 284,104

-Total popular vote in Democratic contests where delegates were awarded, except for caucuses in Iowa, Nevada, Washington, Maine and Texas where no popular vote was released: 32.8 million

SPENDING FOR CLINTON, AS OF APRIL 30

-Media: $47.6 million

-Travel: $26.1 million

-Salaries: $20.4 million

-Home Depot: More than $28,000

-Domino's Pizza: $1,951

-Starbucks: $3,765

-Einstein Bros. Bagels: $2,493

-Dunkin' Donuts: $3,210

SPENDING FOR OBAMA, AS OF APRIL 30

-Media: $84 million

-Travel/lodging: $30 million

-Payroll: $22.6 million

-Home Depot: More than $15,000

-Starbucks: $1,580

-Domino's Pizza: $1,774

-Einstein Bros. Bagels: $738

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Compiled by Associated Press Writer Ann Sanner

By ANN SANNER Associated Press Writer

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