Hillary Clinton Wins N.H. Vote... But Not Delegate Count
This is something I haven't seen mentioned that much. While HRC won the vote in N.H. on the democrat side, she didn't actually get any more delegates than Obama did.
The breakdown was more or less like this (unofficial, subject to change):
- Hillary Clinton 39%
- Barack Obama 36%
- John Edwards 17%
- Bill Richardson 5%
- Dennis Kucinich 1%
By my normal math-rounding skills, I see that means that the breakdown of New Hampshire's 22 delegates would go like this:
- Hillary Clinton 8.58 - 9 Delegates
- Barack Obama 7.92 - 8 Delegates
- John Edwards 3.74 - 4 Delegates
- Bill Richardson 1.1 - 1 Delegate
- Dennis Kucinich 0.22 - 0 Delegates
So Clinton gets 9 delegates to Obama's 8, right?
Wrong, apparently. I'm not sure what the rules are on this (and I'm not even sure where to look them up). But, according to MSNBC's breakdown, Bill Richardson's 1 delegate somehow is applied to Barack Obama, leaving Clinton and Obama in a tie in New Hampshire.
Since the delegates are what really matter, Clinton didn't actually win. She and Obama tied.
Interesting...