Presidential race: by the numbers

US: US Presidential race statistics.

DEMOCRATS                OBAMA ... CLINTON

Pledged delegates            1,344 ...    1,208

Superdelegates (declared) 202 ... 241

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Total delegates 1,546 ... 1,449

Needed to win: 2,025 delegates

Popular vote 12,946,615 ... 12,363,897

National poll average 46.4% ... ... 44.2%

Pennsylvania (poll) 37.0% ... 46.0%

REPUBLICANS McCAIN ... HUCKABEE

Total delegates 1,260 ... 270

National poll average 56.5% ... 26.5%

Needed to win: 1,191 delegates

GENERAL ELECTION CURRENT POLL AVERAGE

Democrats ... Republicans

Obama vs McCain Obama 47.1 ... McCain 42.9

Clinton vs McCain Clinton 45.8 ... McCain 46.0

Texas Democrat delegate tallies not complete yet because of complexity of combined primary and caucus system in the state. While the bulk of Democratic delegates are elected through state primaries and caucuses, 795 "superdelegates" attend the party convention. These are party officials and elected politicians, many of whom have yet to make their preference clear or whose allegiance may yet switch.

Tallies and poll averages from RCP (realclearpolitics.com)

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