2008 Montana Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Montana Democratic presidential primary Montana presidential no 2004 Montana Democratic presidential primary 2004 2016 Montana Democratic presidential primary 2016 2008 06 03 25 Democratic National Convention delegates (16 pledged, 9 unpledged) File:Barack Obama Senate portrait crop.jpg 160x160px Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) 800080 Illinois 9 103,174 56.56% File:Hillary_Rodham_Clinton-cropped.jpg Hillary Clinton Democratic Party (United States) d4aa00 New York 7 74,889 41.05% 300px 300px Primary results by county Clinton: #fce0b4 40–50% #f1c98b 50–60%Obama: #cf94cf 50–60% #bd6fbd 60–70% #a949a9 70–80% PR SD The 2008 Montana Democratic presidential primary took place on June 3, 2008, with 16 delegates at stake. Along with South Dakota, it was one of the last two elections in the 2008 Democratic Party Presidential Primary. The winner in Montana's at-large congressional district was awarded all of that district's delegates, which totaled 10 (the district was split into Western and Eastern halves). Another six delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 16 delegates represented Montana at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Eight other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention. At the same time as he lost the South Dakota Democratic Primary, Barack Obama won the Montana Democratic Primary and simultaneously secured enough delegates to clinch the Democratic Party's nomination for President over Hillary Clinton. Turnout According to the Secretary of State of Montana, at the time of the primary, Montana had 630,658 registered voters from a 2007 population of 957,861 in 56 counties.http://sos.mt.gov/ELB/index.asp 2008 Elections Result MT Secretary of State - Elections Bureau 2008-06-03 2008-06-04 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080604191500/http://sos.mt.gov/ELB/index.asp 2008-06-04http://sos.mt.gov/ELB/archives/2008/voters/Voter_Registration_by_County_2008.pdf PDF Voter Registration by County MT Secretary of State - Elections Bureau 2008-06-02 2008-06-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20080505192153/http://sos.mt.gov/ELB/archives/2008/voters/Voter_Registration_by_County_2008.pdf 2008-05-05 Turnout was estimated to be at 28.80 percent. Polling Statewide opinion polling for the April, May, and June 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries#Montana Results Early on the day of the primary, hours before polls closed, the Associated Press projected Barack Obama's nomination for the presidency. The projection was based on the declarations of a large number of Democratic superdelegates, as well as exit polls of voters in South Dakota and Montana. However, the AP calculated that Obama would be the presumptive Democratic nominee even if he lost the primaries in both South Dakota and Montana simply because he was so far ahead in the delegate count.https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/us/politics/04elect.html Obama Clinches Nomination; First Black Candidate to Lead a Major Party Ticket Zeleny Jeff 2008-06-04 The New York Times 0362-4331 2016-12-23https://www.wired.com/2008/06/ap-says-that-ob/ AP Says That Obama's Won The Democratic Nomination Contest Stirland Sarah Lai WIRED en-US 2016-12-23 2008 Montana Democratic Presidential Primary ResultsPartyCandidateVotesPercentageDelegates Democratic Barack Obama 103,174 56.56% 9 Democratic Hillary Clinton 74,889 41.05% 7 Democratic Uncommitted 4,358 2.39% 0 Totals 182,421 100.00% 16 Voter turnout 28.80% — Analysis Like many Western states, Montana was handily won by Barack Obama, although Hillary Clinton did considerably better here than in many other states in the area. According to exit polls, 91 percent of voters in the Montana Democratic Primary were Caucasians and they opted for Obama by a margin of 56-41 percent. Obama swept all age groups, socioeconomic classes and educational attainment ladders except senior citizens ages 65 and over who supported Clinton by a margin of 57–40. Obama won all ideological groups and voters from both major parties as well as Independents. Regarding religion, Clinton won Protestants by a margin of 52-45 while Obama won Roman Catholics by a margin of 52–46, other Christians by a margin of 56–41, and atheists/agnostics by a margin of 75–24. Obama did well all throughout the state of Montana. His best performance was in Big Horn County which contains Native American reservations, where he received 78.09 percent, and Gallatin County, which contains Bozeman, the home of Montana State University. He was able to rack up the numbers by winning the more populous counties of Yellowstone County, which contains Billings, as well as Missoula County which contains left-leaning Missoula. Clinton performed best in some of the lesser populated and far more conservative rural counties in Eastern Montana, but also performed strongly in Silver Bow County, which contains Butte, as well as Deer Lodge County which contains Anaconda. See also 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Montana Republican presidential caucuses and primary References Primary, Democratic Category:2008 United States Democratic presidential primaries by state or territory 2008