2008 New York Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 New York Democratic presidential primary New York Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg presidential no 2004 New York Democratic presidential primary 2004 2016 New York Democratic presidential primary 2016 2008 02 5 Hillary_Rodham_Clinton-cropped.jpg Hillary Clinton D4AA00 New York 139 1,068,496 57.37% Barack Obama Senate portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama 800080 Illinois 93 751,019 40.32% 320px 320px County resultsClinton: #fce0b4 40–50% #f1c98b 50–60% #e6b263 60–70% #d99a39 70–80% Obama: #cf94cf 50–60% NM ND The 2008 New York Democratic presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. Polls indicated that New York Senator Hillary Clinton was leading rival Senator Barack Obama by double digits in the weeks before the contest,New York Democratic Primary http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/ny/new_york_democratic_primary-265.html Real Clear Politics 2008-02-04 and she ended up winning with roughly 57% of the vote. Clinton won every county in her home state except Tompkins County, home to the college town of Ithaca, which strongly supported Obama. Polls Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 Super Tuesday Democratic Party presidential primaries#New York Polls throughout the campaign indicated that Hillary Clinton, a Senator from New York, was clearly favored to win the New York primary. She won every poll conducted in the state by double digits except one, and got more than 40% in every poll conducted, even with various challengers. After the number of candidates dropped significantly in late January, Clinton won 50% or more in every poll but one. Vote discrepancies thumb|right|New York is announced as part of the roll call of the states during the third day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. New Mexico had yielded to Illinois, which in turn yielded to New York so that Senator Hillary Clinton could make a motion promoting party unity. After the votes were initially counted on election night, certain districts near New York City were found to be missing their vote tallies for Obama.Obama Robbed in NY New York Post http://www.nypost.com/seven/02162008/news/regionalnews/obama_robbed_in_ny_97932.htm 2008-02-15 2008-02-16 The New York Times conducted a review of the unofficial results from the primary. They found that, among New York City's 6,106 election districts participating, 80 districts did not record a single vote for Obama, including heavily black districts like Harlem, as well as districts next to others where Obama had very favorable results. City election officials reviewed the vote tallies and found several inaccuracies. For example, in Harlem where Clinton led Obama 141 to 0, the recounted vote was counted as 261 to 136, Clinton.Unofficial Tallies in City Understated Obama Vote The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/nyregion/16vote.html 2008-02-18 Sam Roberts 2008-02-16 In Brooklyn the primary night vote was 118 to 0, Clinton, whereas the recounted vote went 118 to 116, Clinton. Democratic leaders blamed the discrepancies on "human error" due to weary election officials on primary day. According to ABC News, however, other candidates such as John Edwards did not have this problem; it seemed to be almost exclusive to Obama.Count All the Votes! ABC News http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/02/count-all-the-v.html 2008-02-15 The counting errors only occurred in the election night tallies, which are always unofficial. Following normal procedures, the votes were re-tallied before being officially certified.NYC Recount Underway For Democratic Primary cbs2chicago.com CBS http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/hillary.clinton.barack.2.658233.html 2008-02-19 2009-01-15 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080821135417/http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/hillary.clinton.barack.2.658233.html August 21, 2008 The final, official results left Clinton with 139 pledged delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention and Obama with 93. Results Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries Key: Withdrewprior to contest New York Democratic presidential primary, 2008New York State Elections ResultsCandidateVotesPercentageNational delegatesNew York Times Election Guide 2008 Hillary Clinton 1,068,496 57.37% 139 Barack Obama 751,019 40.32% 93 John Edwards 21,924 1.18% 0 Dennis Kucinich 8,458 0.45% 0 Bill Richardson 8,227 0.44% 0 Joe Biden 4,321 0.23% 0 Totals1,862,445100.00%232 Results by county County Clinton %% Edwards %% Obama %% Other Totals TED TO% MV MV%Albany23,62559.48%6691.68%14,81537.30%60839,71785,22646.60%8,81022.18%Allegany1,42262.75%773.40%7200.317741472,2666,39835.42%70230.98%Bronx90,97761.21%8970.00603556,1420.377715620148,636460,72132.26%34,83523.44%Broome10,49662.25%3400.0201665,7400.34045128416,86041,09841.02%4,75628.21%Cattaraugus3,48568.72%1310.0258331,3580.267797975,07116,09431.51%2,12741.94%Cayuga4,52570.67%1110.0173361,6350.2553491326,40315,46441.41%2,89045.14%Chautauqua6,59766.51%2850.0287332,8470.2870251909,91928,07035.34%3,75037.81%Chemung4,12266.57%1470.023741,8280.29522956,19215,93438.86%2,29437.05%Chenango1,70562.78%650.0239328910.328056552,7167,51336.15%81429.97%Clinton3,34768.19%1000.0203751,3880.282804734,90816,40229.92%1,95939.91%Columbia2,88952.47%910.0165272,4310.441518955,50611,76346.81%4588.32%Cortland2,34466.69%650.0184921,0580.300996483,5158,68440.48%1,28636.59%Delaware1,71660.06%800.0280011,0140.354918472,8577,41238.55%70224.57%Dutchess10,83450.88%2920.0137129,8480.46245632121,29549,12043.35%9864.63%Erie64,58659.89%2,1590.02002239,3660.3650611,723107,834277,70438.83%25,22023.39%Essex1,30756.48%480.0207439240.399309352,3146,08038.06%38316.55%Franklin2,33170.17%640.0192668910.268212363,3229,64234.45%1,44043.35%Fulton1,88972.99%680.0262755790.223725522,5887,38335.05%1,31050.62%Genesee2,10771.45%540.0183117400.250933482,9498,91933.06%1,36746.35%Greene1,44459.28%570.0233998880.364532472,4366,74436.12%55622.82%Hamilton22158.16%160.0421051310.3447371238093640.60%9023.68%Herkimer2,51269.53%1040.0287859170.253806803,61310,37834.81%1,59544.15%Jefferson3,82874.11%990.0191671,1720.226912665,16515,75132.79%2,65651.42%Kings137,30949.41%2,4360.008766136,0840.4897192,053277,882847,05832.81%1,2250.44%Lewis85270.12%230.018933250.26749151,2154,38727.70%52743.37%Livingston2,44461.08%750.0187451,4120.352912704,00110,34338.68%1,03225.79%Madison2,65964.43%730.0176881,3310.32251644,12710,62638.84%1,32832.18%Monroe34,77952.73%7940.01203729,5140.44743987565,962154,71142.64%5,2657.98%Montgomery2,52273.06%810.0234657750.224508743,4529,86135.01%1,74750.61%Nassau69,72162.45%1,2370.0110838,6910.3465721,990111,639310,96835.90%31,03027.79%New York155,66253.67%2,4780.008543130,2170.4489311,703290,060643,68345.06%25,4458.77%Niagara13,53067.16%4060.0201535,8630.29102634720,14653,84237.42%7,66738.06%Oneida10,03965.92%3120.0204874,4360.29128644215,22942,74235.63%5,60336.79%Onondaga23,91061.62%4480.01154513,9300.35897451738,80590,55942.85%9,98025.72%Ontario4,78664.31%1000.0134372,4690.331766877,44218,19240.91%2,31731.13%Orange13,50556.95%3580.0150979,5010.40066634923,71364,09437.00%4,00416.89%Orleans1,23670.99%450.0258474270.245261331,7415,77230.16%80946.47%Oswego4,34472.53%1090.01821,4640.244448725,98917,67033.89%2,88048.09%Otsego2,41856.87%940.0221071,6510.388288894,25210,05742.28%76718.04%Putnam3,75855.96%1320.0196572,7230.405511026,71516,07941.76%1,03515.41%Queens125,16560.00%1,5580.00746880,5250.3860071,362208,610612,00734.09%44,64021.40%Rensselaer6,08162.21%1480.0151413,3950.3473151519,77525,39838.49%2,68627.48%Richmond18,82861.17%6710.02180110,9300.35512434930,778109,72028.05%7,89825.66%Rockland17,90857.51%5660.01817712,1670.39074449731,13874,82841.61%5,74118.44%Saratoga8,43461.63%1940.0141764,8590.3550619813,68533,69740.61%3,57526.12%Schenectady8,17763.89%2200.017194,1850.32700421612,79832,73839.09%3,99231.19%Schoharie1,15764.75%510.0285395430.303861361,7874,83436.97%61434.36%Schuyler76161.12%310.02494320.346988211,2453,26338.16%32926.43%Seneca1,84371.74%450.0175176510.253406302,5696,34840.47%1,19246.40%St. Lawrence5,32772.89%1180.0161471,7540.2400111097,30821,52033.96%3,57348.89%Steuben3,17265.46%1070.022081,4820.305819854,84614,57633.25%1,69034.87%Suffolk55,56162.09%1,1250.01257131,5640.352711,24089,490257,81334.71%23,99726.82%Sullivan3,10959.79%1010.0194231,9010.365577895,20017,15530.31%1,20823.23%Tioga2,07963.02%820.0248561,0670.323431713,2998,31839.66%1,01230.68%Tompkins5,00439.51%1940.0153177,2830.57500418512,66621,70858.35%(2,279) -17.99%Ulster8,04449.92%2590.0160747,5250.46701428516,11335,44845.46%5193.22%Warren2,37463.32%720.0192051,2390.330488643,7499,46539.61%1,13530.27%Washington1,96464.12%560.0182839940.324518493,0638,38736.52%97031.67%Wayne2,97367.08%790.0178251,3270.299413534,43213,01234.06%1,64637.14%Westchester56,53152.40%9530.00883348,2210.4469672,180107,885223,30948.31%8,3107.70%Wyoming1,18969.70%500.0293084390.257327281,7066,15927.70%75043.96%Yates1,03269.97%240.0162714000.271186191,4753,15946.69%63242.85%TOTALS1,068,49657.37%21,9240.011772751,0190.40324321,0101,862,4494,966,94237.50%317,47717.05% See also 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 New York Republican presidential primary References New York 2008 Category:2008 New York (state) elections Category:2008 Super Tuesday