2008 Primaries: The popular vote

We've seen the maps of who won Super Tuesday in each state, and how many delegates that means towards the nomination.

But what are the primary results from that purest measure of democracy -- the popular vote?

For Democrats, a blogger at Daily Kos has created a spreadsheet looking at how the vote totals stack up:

* Barack Obama: 7,831,328 votes in primaries so far -- 48.12% of popular vote

* Hillary Clinton: 7,719,028 votes -- 47.43%

* John Edwards: 626,117 -- 3.5%

Here's a look at the South, where strong African-American turnout in Southern primaries has been a huge boost for Obama:

STATE / OBAMA POPULAR VOTE / CLINTON POPULAR VOTE

South Carolina / 295,091 / 141,128
Alabama / 300,097 / 222,887
Arkansas / 75,411 / 195,117
Georgia / 696,622 / 326,354
Tennessee / 250,341 / 331,781
SOUTH TOTAL: 1,617,562 / 1,217,267

Percentage of Southern primary popular vote so far:

Obama: 57%
Clinton: 43%

Take out Arkansas, which Clinton largely won because of home-state advantage, and Obama's popular vote edge in the South goes up to 60%/40%.