This comes directly from CNN's Ballot bowl on 3/22/08 (no link to compliment this story can be found). They are reporting that besides the contest between Pledged Delegates and Superdelegates in this primary there is a third dimension that hasn't been examined yet which is, the popular vote.
Currently the delegate count is as follows:
-= Total =-
Obama: 1,622
Clinton: 1,485
-= Pledged =-
Obama: 1,413
Clinton: 1,242
-= Super =-
Obama: 209
Clinton: 243
Clinton still maintains a lead in superdelegates, but Obama has almost too substantial a lead on Pledged Delegates for Clinton to/ catch up. However, according to realclearpolitics.com the popular vote tells a different story.
-= Popular Vote =-
Obama: 13,281,132
Clinton: 12,577,409
These numbers do not include the states of (IA, NV, WA & ME) that do not include the head count from their primaries, but it shows that the difference between Clinton and Obama could be as small as some 700K votes. If you include the vote from the Florida election, which is still up for debate, you get:
-= Popular Vote with Florida =-
Obama: 13,857,346
Clinton: 13,448,395
This difference then shrinks to 400K, which is almost half of the divide. The Michigan vote isn't fair to include because Obama wasn't on the ballot.
The point of this isn only to say that Clinton could use this as leverage during the convention if she does indeed win the Popular vote but has not won the Delegate count.
If you'd like an explaination of Pledged Delegates vs. Superdelegates you can check the link.
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