why does yahoo and cnn have different primary results?

ibookclamman300 · Feb 9, 2008

cnn says hillary is ahead of barack but yahoo says the opposite. which is right?

ibookclamman300 · Feb 9, 2008

the Associated Press says Clinton is still slightly ahead so i guess cnn is right. nvm

schweb · Feb 9, 2008

I think everyone has different delegate totals, but most show Clinton ahead.

ibookclamman300 · Feb 9, 2008

yep. i think Obama took 31 today and Clinton 9. It is starting to get closer. hmm

schweb · Feb 9, 2008

Yeah, but everything still points to Clinton winning the big delegate counts in Ohio and Texas. So it will be interesting to see.

Shannonb · Feb 10, 2008

I live in Ohio and Obama has one vote coming for him.

Kash · Feb 10, 2008

You can't look at just the total numbers as they include superdelegates, which don't really count for much as those votes aren't really tallied until the national convention. Just look at the number of pledged delegates (the ones from the primary wins), which Obama has been ahead in for quite some time.

As it currently stands, here are the number of pledged delegates:

Obama: 908
Clinton: 877

skye · Feb 10, 2008

Because the media has its own agenda

leecho7 · Feb 10, 2008

I agree with Skye.
The media is exactly like our government. Do you honestly belief they're telling us the truth?

schweb · Feb 10, 2008

I agree, there is definitely media bias. For example all the major news sites have a huge "OBAMA SWEEPS" which IMHO, big deal, everyone knew this was going to happen in these states anyway. I wonder if they'll do the same on 3/4 when Hillary sweeps?

But I think the bigger story from yesterday is the fact that McCain effectively got smacked down by Huckabee. It clearly shows that the Republicans are not happy with their "front runner". But that story at best is buried.

baggss · Feb 11, 2008

schweb said:
But I think the bigger story from yesterday is the fact that McCain effectively got smacked down by Huckabee. It clearly shows that the Republicans are not happy with their "front runner". But that story at best is buried.

I think that is partly because the gap in the GOP race is so huge and race between Obama and Clinton is almost non-existent. They are going to play back and forth though the convention most likely. McCain could still lose the delegate race, but it not all that likely.