Warning: The numbers below are very rough, primarily due to the fact that a couple of states were still only reporting at 96% when I did my calculations. (Additionally, the Iowa results are rounded figures based on the final percentages reported for each candidate.) Nonetheless, they give us a pretty good idea of how many living, breathing Americans have actually shown up and voted for each of the leading Democratic contenders through the nine primaries and caucuses to date:
[NOTE: In order to be completely fair to General Clark, who chose not to play in the Hawkeye State, I've reported the totals sans Iowa in parenthesis.]
Kerry: 665,297 (619,297)
Edwards: 415,123 (376,123)
Clark: 241,231 (241,231)
Dean: 193,204 (171,204)
POSTSCRIPT: Another point worth noting: Based on these figures, Howard Dean appears to have spent approximately $207 for each vote he's received to date.
