Numbers from the Democratic presidential nominating contests

June 6, 2008

ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE

_Days since Obama announced his candidacy, as of Tuesday: 479

_Days since Clinton announced her candidacy: 500

_Days since former Iowa Gov.Tom Vilsack, the Democrat first to formally enter the race, announced his candidacy: 572

_Days since the first presidential nominating contest in Iowa: 152

MAGIC NUMBER

_Delegates needed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination: 2,118

VICTORIES

_Primaries Obama has won: 18

_Primaries Clinton has won: 19

_Caucuses Obama has won: 14

_Caucuses Clinton has won: 3

STATE-BY-STATE WINS

Obama — Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Democrats Abroad, District of Columbia, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Clinton — American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan (Obama not on ballot), Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia.

LONGEVITY AND COMPLEXITY

_Delegates determined by results of the Texas primary: 126

_Delegates determined by a series of caucuses in Texas culminating with the state convention: 67

_Days between Texas primary night and about 280 county and senate district conventions: 24

_Days between Texas county and senate district conventions and the start of the state convention: 68

_Delegates determined by the New Mexico Democratic caucus: 26

_Days after the New Mexico caucus that a winner was declared: 9

GREAT DEBATERS

_Democratic presidential debates: 21

_Total words spoken in the debates: Roughly 375,000

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 for Clinton and Obama in Democratic contests where delegates were awarded, except for caucuses in Iowa, Nevada, Washington, Maine and Texas where no popular vote was released: 35.1 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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