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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Richard Adams

Percentage pointless

By how much exactly did Hillary Clinton win Pennsylvania? The PA secretary of state's office has today released the total Democratic primary vote, updated with 99.99% of precincts reporting. The final tally is:

Hillary Clinton: 1,245,911 (54.6%) Barack Obama: 1,037,953 (45.4%)

So the margin between the two was 9.2 percentage points, and a popular vote difference of 207,958.

The all-important delegate count doesn't look so good for Clinton, though, with her 9.2% lead netting only an additional 10 pledged delegates, according to the excellent Green Papers calculation.

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