Paraphrasing

Paraphrase: Clinton leads Sanders by 2.4 million votes, not 2.5 million.

Analysis: While the article that the student is paraphrasing does make this claim, the student is excluding some essential information. The student can still use this claim, but he/she should add that the reason for this shortened gap is because of the states that held caucuses instead of primaries. Primaries were the only elections that were used in the survey that stated Clinton was ahead by 2.5 million votes, when counting states that held caucuses the author of this article found that Clinton was really only ahead by 2.4 million votes.

Notes for paraphrasing:

• Caucuses were held that were not reported in the RCP tally
• Clinton reported on caucuses that she won
• Primary for Democrats Abroad that sanders won

Paraphrase: While Clinton is still winning by a large margin, the statistics supporting her 2.5 million vote lead are not entirely accurate. There have been caucuses held in several states and territories that were not counted in the RCP tally, as well as some caucuses that were counted that increased Clinton’s lead in the tally. Also, there was a primary held by Democrats Abroad, which Sanders won, but that primary was not accounted for (Kessler).

Quoting

“… Clinton is ahead by 2.4 million votes, rather than 2.5 million votes.” (Kessler).