2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses

none June 2017 June 2025 September 2023 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses Idaho presidential no 2004 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses 2004 2016 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses 2016 2008 02 05 Barack Obama Senate portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama 800080 Illinois 15 16,880 79.54% Hillary_Rodham_Clinton-cropped.jpg Hillary Clinton D4AA00 New York 3 3,652 17.21% 180px 180px Caucus results by countyObama: #cf94cf 50–60% #bd6fbd 60–70% #a949a9 70–80% #863886 80–90% #4a1d49 100% Clinton: #f1c98b 50–60% GA IL 23 Democratic National Convention delegates (18 pledged, 5 unpledged)The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote. thumb|150px|Soon to be caucusing in Boise, Idaho thumb|150px|A portion of the Obama side of Congressional District 2 in Qwest Arena The 2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses were held on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 18 national delegates at stake.http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/ID-D.phtml Idaho Democratic Delegation 2008 2008-02-01 The Green Papers For the first time, caucuses were held in all 44 counties, all of them open caucuses organized at the county level rather than the precinct level. The Idaho Democratic Caucus was overwhelmingly won by Barack Obama, who won 15 of Idaho's 18 delegates, 44 of the 45 county-level caucuses, and the support of 79.54 percent of caucus attendees statewide, his largest margin of victory in any state during the 2008 Democratic presidential primary season. A handful of caucus attendees pledged to support John Edwards on the first ballot even though he had dropped out of the race the previous week; this residual support was sufficient to give him a third-place finish. Each of Idaho's 44 counties held its own caucus except for Ada County, which held two: one for the part of the county in the First Congressional District, and the other for the part of the county in the Second Congressional District. Collectively, both Ada County caucuses (which convened at Qwest Arena in Downtown Boise) were notable for the unprecedented mass public participation which made them the largest caucus gathering of Super Tuesday 2008: 3,075 votes were cast by the constituents of the 1st Congressional District and 5,215 votes were cast by those of the 2nd Congressional District for a grand total of 8,290 votes cast at a single venue. Thousands of freshly printed ballots were rushed to those caucusing outside the arena in frigid weather.https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarakewen/2246117973/ Super Tuesday: Boise, Idaho Flickr en-us 2017-06-27http://blog.stupiddingo.com/2008/02/idaho-caucus-results-mapped.html Idaho Caucus Results Mapped blog.stupiddingo.com 2017-06-27 Much higher than anticipated attendance was also reported at other caucus locations throughout the state.http://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/display/ReleaseDetails/i/1129358 FINAL CAUCUS RESULTS 2008-05-17 2017-06-27 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20080517025545/http://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/display/ReleaseDetails/i/1129358 2008-05-17 Statewide, some 28,000 people caucused, an order of magnitude increase over the approximately 5,000 who had caucused throughout Idaho in 2004. Process Since at the time Idaho residents did not choose a political party preference at voter registration, the 2008 Idaho Democratic Caucus was open to all individuals who were or would have been qualified to vote in the general election in Idaho on November 4, 2008, including those who were not registered or who were not yet legally old enough to vote (but were going to be legally old enough to vote at the national election). Caucus attendees were required to sign a pledge that they planned on voting Democratic in the county in which they were caucusing. After signing in, participants either marked their first presidential preference or declared themselves uncommitted. As in past years, the caucuses employed a 15-percent support threshold at the county level. If a candidate failed to meet that threshold on the first vote, the candidate was eliminated from consideration at the county level. A second vote was then taken with all participants free to declare or re-declare their support for any remaining candidate or for "Uncommitted."http://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/d/sp/i/1125030/pid/1125030 Idaho Democratic Party 2008-02-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20080213201313/http://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/d/sp/i/1125030/pid/1125030 2008-02-13 dead http://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/d/sp/i/1126908/pid/1126908 Idaho Democratic Party 2008-02-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20080213201322/http://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/d/sp/i/1126908/pid/1126908 2008-02-13 dead In 2008, Barack Obama was the only candidate to meet the threshold requirement on the first vote in several counties, most notably in Ada County. Clinton won the caucus vote only in one county: Lewis County in the Northern Panhandle of the state. After the second vote, county caucuses were broken up into groups by candidate support. These groups then selected county delegates and alternates to the Idaho Democratic Party State Convention who were pledged but unbound by the results. The 2008 Idaho Democratic Party State Convention was held June 12–14, 2008, in Garden City.http://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/1125550 Idaho-Democrats.org www.idaho-democrats.org 2017-06-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20110726170645/http://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/1125550 2011-07-26 deadhttp://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/1126935/pid/304492 Idaho-Democrats.org www.idaho-democrats.org 2017-06-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20080319195214/http://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/1126935/pid/304492 2008-03-19 dead Campaigning Senator Barack Obama made a campaign stop at Taco Bell Arena in Boise State University before Super Tuesday and told voters that he would not take their guns away.http://www.cbsnews.com/news/in-idaho-obama-slides-a-touch-to-the-right/ In Idaho, Obama Slides A Touch to the Right 2017-06-27 en Polls Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 Super Tuesday Democratic Party presidential primaries#Idaho Results Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries County caucuses Caucus date: February 5, 2008 2008 Idaho Democratic presidential caucus resultsPartyCandidateVotesPercentageDelegates Democratic Barack Obama 16,880 79.54% 15 Democratic Hillary Clinton 3,652 17.21% 3 Democratic Uncommitted 552 2.60% 0 Democratic John Edwards 137 0.65% 0 Totals 21,221 100.00% 18 Voter turnout % — Primary On May 27, 2008, a non-binding presidential preference primary was held on the Democratic ticket. The primary had no impact on the Democratic Party delegate selection process. Obama won the primary, but by a considerably smaller margin than his caucus win three months earlier. Primary date: May 27, 2008 2008 Idaho Democratic presidential primary results PartyCandidateVotesPercentageDelegates Democratic Barack Obama 23,980 56.03% 0 Democratic Hillary Clinton 16,122 37.67% 0 Democratic Uncommitted 1,966 4.59% 0 Democratic Others 734 1.71% 0 Totals 42,802 100.00% 0 Voter turnout % — The 734 votes assigned to 'others' in the table were awarded to Keith Russell Judd, who ran his 2008 presidential campaign from federal prison in Texas. He would run against Barack Obama again in 2012, still from prison, winning ten counties in West Virginia, and coming in second with 73k votes to Obama's 106k votes in that state's 2012 democratic primary. Analysis Idaho, one of the most staunchly Republican states in the nation, is difficult to analyze for Democrats. The state delivered a massive three-to-one victory for Obama, his largest victory in the course of the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. See also 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Idaho Republican presidential primary References Category:2008 United States Democratic presidential primaries by state or territory Category:2008 Idaho elections 2008 Category:2008 Super Tuesday