Dean 2nd, Edwards 3rd -- Dean vs. Edwards in 2000 blue (Gore) states [View All]

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Including DC, there have been just 7 primary contests so far in 2000 blue (Gore) states. Dean beat Edwards head to head in MI, WA, NM, ME & DC and lost to Edwards head to head in DE (by less than 250 votes) and IA (where the popular, local Gephardt kamikazed Dean). That's 5-2 for Dean.

Within these 7 contests, Dean has 3 second place finishes, 3 third place finishes, and 1 fourth place finish. Meanwhile, Edwards has 1 second place finish, 2 third place finishes and 4 fourth place finishes.

Dean has won delegates in 6 of these 7 races, while Edwards has won delegates in just 2 of these 7 races.

In won delegates among all 2000 blue (Gore) states, Dean has won 77 delegates to Edwards' 24. So Dean has won more than 3 times the number of delegates that Edwards has won so far among the 2000 Democratic states!

Dean is the clear second choice to Kerry in Democratic states. In fact, Edwards has won over 2/3 of his delegates in states we don't have a chance in hell of winning in 2004!