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Checking the Facts

Nonpartisan Newsweek.com & Factcheck.org dissect claims by candidates & others

Latest Delegate Count

Democrats

  • Total delegates: 4,049
  • Total needed: 2,025
  • Delegates claimed so far: Barack Obama 1,642 (1,416 pledged, 226 superdelegates); Hillary Clinton 1,511 (1,252 pledged, 259 superdelegates); others 18

Republicans

  • Total delegates: 2,380
  • Total needed: 1,191
  • Delegates claimed so far: John McCain (presumptive nominee) 1,266; others 576
Results are based on NBC News projections of primary and caucus winners, NBC News estimates of superdelegate totals, and other news reports. Click here for more on how NBC News projects winners.

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  1. How should presidential candidates respond to the controversy over the Beijing Olympics?

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  1. How should presidential candidates respond to the controversy over the Beijing Olympics?
    1. Call for a total U.S. boycott
      20%
    2. Call for a partial U.S. boycott
      14%
    3. Affirm U.S. support for the Games
      21%
    4. They should stay out of it
      39%
    5. None of these
      6%
4108 responses, not scientifically valid, results updated every minute.