2008 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses Alaska presidential no 2004 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses 2004 2016 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses 2016 2008 2 5 0.55 Barack Obama Senate portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama 880088 Illinois 6,674 75.16% 9 Hillary Rodham Clinton-cropped.jpg Hillary Clinton D4AA00 New York 2,194 24.71% 4 300px 300px Primary results by state house district Obama: #cf94cf 50–60% #bd6fbd 60–70% #a949a9 70–80% #863886 80–90% AL AS The 2008 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses took place Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008.http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/AK-D.phtml Alaska Democratic Delegation 2008 2008-02-01 The Green Papers https://web.archive.org/web/20080212003237/http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/AK-D.phtml February 12, 2008 live This was the first time that Democrats in Alaska participated in Super Tuesday, and the large turnout forced at least one caucusing site to delay closing its doors far beyond the 6 p.m. deadline.Hunter Don Sean Cockerham Kyle Hopkins Alaskans statewide have their say http://www.adn.com/politics/story/306521.html Anchorage Daily News 2008-02-06 2008-02-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20080207134137/http://www.adn.com/politics/story/306521.html 2008-02-07 dead The state had a total of 13 delegates at stake. Barack Obama won the Alaska Democratic Caucuses and secured 9 delegates to the Democratic National Convention while Hillary Clinton took 4 delegates. However, the caucus was non-binding, and Alaska's Democratic State Convention in May awarded Obama 10 pledged delegates. Process The Alaska Democratic Caucuses were open to all Alaska voters. Non-Democrats and unregistered voters could register or switch party affiliation at the meeting. At the caucus, voters "fanned out" to groups of supporters of their candidate. Then delegates to the state convention on May 24, 2008, were selected from these preference groups. At the district caucuses, candidates required a minimum support threshold of 15 percent to win delegates to the state convention. The same threshold applied at the state convention; candidates needed a support threshold of 15 percent to receive delegates at the Democratic National Convention.http://alaskademocrats.org/pdf/uploaded/2008%20Alaska%20Delegate%20Selection%20Plan%20Final.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20080206195840/http://alaskademocrats.org/pdf/uploaded/2008%20Alaska%20Delegate%20Selection%20Plan%20Final.pdf dead 2008-02-06 PDF INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MODEL DELEGATE SELECTION PLAN FOR THE 2008 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION Alaska Democratic Party 2007-10-23 2008-02-24 However, the district caucus results were not binding on the state convention delegates. Therefore, although Obama only won 9 delegate votes in the caucuses, at the state convention he secured 10. Unlike many caucus states, the actual number of votes in the Alaska caucuses was disclosed. Many states only tabulate state delegates or state delegate equivalents. The state convention officially allocated the 13 delegates to the national convention. In addition, the state convention chose five superdelegates to attend the national convention. Superdelegates officially were not pledged to any candidate. However, all of Alaska's superdelegates endorsed either Clinton or Obama. Results Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries Alaska Democratic presidential caucus results – 2008 PartyCandidateVotesPercentageState Delegates Delegates Democratic Barack Obama 6,674 75.16% 306 9 Democratic Hillary Clinton 2,194 24.71% 104 4 Democratic Uncommitted 12 0.14% 1 0 Totals 8,880 100.00% 411 13 Voter turnout % — State Convention Alaska Democratic Presidential State Convention – May 24, 2008 PartyCandidateVotesPercentageDelegates Democratic Barack Obama 272 77.50% 10 Democratic Hillary Clinton 79 22.50% 3 Democratic Uncommitted 0 0.00% 0 Totals 351 100.00% 13 Voter turnout % — Superdelegates Superdelegate Selected by Endorsement John Davies Democratic National Convention Barack Obama Patti Higgins Democratic National Convention Hillary ClintonBlake JohnsonDemocratic National ConventionBarack ObamaCindy SpanyersDemocratic National ConventionBarack ObamaTony KnowlesState Convention DelegatesBarack Obama Analysis Barack Obama scored a major victory in the Democratic Caucuses, winning by more than a three-to-one margin over Hillary Clinton. See also 2008 Alaska Republican presidential caucuses References See also Democratic caucuses Alaska 2008 Category:2008 Super Tuesday