The Latest Popular Vote Counts
According to ABC News's count, Hillary's big win yesterday in West Virginia has put her ahead again in the popular vote -- but only if you count Florida and Michigan:
Hillary: 16,691,403Obama: 16,647,965
Hillary had edged ahead by this metric after Pennsylvania, and now has got this lead back. But if you exclude Florida and Michigan, Obama is still leading by over half a million votes:
Hillary: 15,492,108Obama: 16,071,751
Given the Hillary campaign's argument that the popular vote should be seen as a crucial metric, here's something that bears watching. If some sort of deal is reached to seat the Florida and Michigan delegations, it'll be interesting to see how both campaigns spin the significance of that deal in terms of counting the popular vote in those states.
Of course, given that Obama is now less than 150 delegates overall from securing the nomination, all this could prove to be moot.
Late Update: It's also worth pointing out that Obama would still lead in the popular vote even with Michigan factored in, if a fraction of the state's "uncommitted" vote is credited to his column.
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