Doubting Obama is silly. Here's why...

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1992 – Dem. Party Primary Vote Totals

Bill Clinton - 10,482,411 (52.01%)
Jerry Brown - 4,071,232 (20.20%)
Paul Tsongas - 3,656,010 (18.14%)
Unpledged - 750,873 (3.73%)
Bob Kerrey - 318,457 (1.58%)
Tom Harkin - 280,304 (1.39%)
Lyndon LaRouche - 154,599 (0.77%)
Eugene McCarthy - 108,678 (0.54%)
Charles Woods - 88,948 (0.44%)
Larry Agran - 58,611 (0.29%)
Ross Perot - 54,755 (0.27%)
Ralph Nader - 35,935 (0.18%)
Louis Stokes - 29,983 (0.15%)
Angus Wheeler McDonald - 9,900 (0.05%)
J. Louis McAlpine - 7,911 (0.04%)
George W. Benns - 7,887 (0.04%)
Rufus T. Higginbotham - 7,705 (0.04%)
Tom Howard Hawks - 7,434 (0.04%)
Stephen Bruke - 5,261 (0.03%)
Tom Laughin - 5,202 (0.03%)
Tom Shiekman - 4,965 (0.03%)
Jeffrey F. Marsh - 2,445 (0.01%)
George Ballard - 2,067 (0.01%)
Ray Rollinson - 1,206 (0.01%)
Leonora Fulani - 402 (0.00%)
Douglas Wilder - 240 (0.00%)


1992 – Presidential General Election Vote Totals

Bill Clinton/Al Gore (D) - 44,909,806 (43.0%) and 370 electoral votes (32 states and D.C. carried)
George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle (R) (inc.) - 39,104,550 (37.4%) and 168 electoral votes (18 states carried)
Ross Perot/James Stockdale (I) - 19,743,821 (18.9%)
Andre Marrou/Nancy Lord (Libertarian) - 290,087 (0.3%)
Bo Gritz/Cy Minett (Populist) - 106,152 (0.1%)
Lenora Fulani/Maria Munoz (New Alliance) - 73,622 (0.07%)
Howard Phillips/Albion Knight, Jr. (Taxpayers) - 43,369 (0.04%)
Others - 152,516 (0.13%)

1996 – Dem. Party Primaries Vote Totals
Bill Clinton (inc.) - 9,706,802 (88.98%)
Lyndon LaRouche - 596,422 (5.47%)
Unpledged - 411,270 (3.77%)

1996- Presidential General Election Vote Totals
Bill Clinton/Al Gore (D) (inc.) - 47,400,125 (49.2%) and 379 electoral votes (31 states and D.C. carried)
Bob Dole/Jack Kemp (R) - 39,198,755 (40.7%) and 159 electoral votes (19 states carried)
Ross Perot/Pat Choate (Reform) - 8,085,402 (8.4%)
Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke (Green) - 685,297 (0.7%)
Harry Browne/Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian) - 485,798 (0.5%)
Howard Phillips/Herbert Titus (Taxpayers) - 184,820 (0.2%)
John Hagelin/Michael Tompkins (Natural Law) - 113,670 (0.1%)
Others - 121,534 (0.1%)

2000 – Dem. Party Primary Vote Totals

Al Gore - 10,626,568 (75.80%)
Bill Bradley - 2,798,281 (19.96%)
Lyndon LaRouche - 323,014 (2.30%)
Unpledged delegates - 238,870 (1.70%)
Angus Wheeler McDonald - 19,374 (0.14%)
Randy Crow - 5,126 (0.04%)

2000 – Presidential General Election Vote Totals

George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (R) - 50,460,110 (47.9%) and 271 electoral votes (30 states carried)
Al Gore/Joe Lieberman (D) - 51,003,926 (48.4%) and 266 electoral votes (20 states and D.C. carried)
Abstaining - 1 electoral vote (D.C. faithless elector)
Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke (Green) - 2,883,105 (2.7%)
Pat Buchanan/Ezola B. Foster (Reform) - 449,225 (0.4%)
Harry Browne/Art Olivier (Libertarian) - 384,516 (0.4%)
Howard Phillips/Curtis Frazier (Taxpayers) - 98,022 (0.1%)
John Hagelin/Nat Goldhaber (Natural Law) - 83,702 (0.1%)


This is a post just to point out to a few doubters here, that the primary popular vote total doesn't necessarily illustrate any certain outcome in General Election vote totals. To say otherwise is absolutely preposterous. So save all the "Where is he going to pick up the rest that he'll need to win?"

He's going to do what every other candidate before him has done, CAMPAIGN, and earn the votes. I do not want to hear how "he's no Bill Clinton" ever again. He's already won more votes than even Bill Clinton did in a primary by quite a few million. Finally, this should make any Democrat feel awesome for the record turn out if nothing else. We're in a great position, so shhh all you doubters. Deafeatism is just silly at this point. :)