2008 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses Nebraska presidential no 2004 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary 2004 2016 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses and primary 2016 2008 02 09 Barack Obama Senate portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama 800080 Illinois 16 26,126 67.56% Hillary_Rodham_Clinton-cropped.jpg Hillary Clinton D4AA00 New York 8 12,445 32.18% 300px 300px County resultsObama: #cf94cf 50–60% #bd6fbd 60–70% #a949a9 70–80% #863886 80–90% #4a1d49 100%Clinton: #f1c98b 50–60% #e6b263 60–70% #d99a39 70–80% #af7b2c 80–90% #644618 100% LA VI The 2008 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses took place on February 9, 2008, where 24 of the state's 31 convention delegates were chosen.http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/NE-D.phtml Nebraska Democratic Delegation 2008 2008-02-06 The Green Papershttp://www.nebraskademocrats.org/content/1391/2008-Presidential-Caucus-Results 2008 Presidential Caucus Results Nebraska Democratic Party 2008-02-10 2008-02-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080211095045/http://www.nebraskademocrats.org/content/1391/2008-Presidential-Caucus-Results 2008-02-11 Like he did throughout many other states that held caucuses instead of primaries, Barack Obama won the Nebraska Democratic Caucus by more than a two-to-one margin of victory over Hillary Clinton. On May 13, 2008, the state also held a non-binding primary election which Obama also won but the margin of victory was considerably smaller. Polls Statewide opinion polling for the February 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries#Nebraska Process The Nebraska Democratic Caucus was open to all registered Democratic voters. Voters who were eligible to vote in the general election but were unregistered or registered with another party could register as Democrats at the caucus. Absentee votes for the disabled, those on active military duty, and full-time students were permitted. After signing in, participants gathered into preference groups for each candidate. A minimum 15 percent of participants was required for viability. Only members of non-viable groups were permitted to realign to other viable groups. Afterwards, delegates were divided and elected to the county conventions in June.http://www.nebraskademocrats.org/page/-/APPROVED-CAUCUS-RULES.pdf Archived copy 2008-02-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20080508030754/http://www.nebraskademocrats.org/page/-/APPROVED-CAUCUS-RULES.pdf 2008-05-08 dead Nebraska Democratic Delegation 2008 The primary election held on May 13 was not binding on any county delegates, all of whom had been selected at the caucuses. However, it may have played a role in showing superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention the preference of Nebraska Democrats.http://www.kolnkgin.com/news/headlines/16387216.html Nebraska Democratic Primary Might Still Count Associated Press dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080309132136/http://www.kolnkgin.com/news/headlines/16387216.html 2008-03-09 County delegates were committed to vote in the county conventions for the candidate they had supported during the caucuses. However, the same viability rules applied as at the precinct caucuses.http://ndp.3cdn.net/787d741eab18600d73_08m6bn3z2.pdf 2008 Nebraska Democratic Party 2008 Presidential Caucus & Presidential Preference Process Rules Nebraska Democratic Party 2007-06-15 2009-01-15 The county conventions elected delegates to the Nebraska Democratic Party State Convention which took place June 20–22, who then elected delegates to the Democratic National Convention.Nebraska Democratic Delegation 2008 The State Convention chose eight delegates pledged to Clinton and 16 pledged to Obama, the same number as the estimates following the main caucuses. Results Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries Precinct Caucus Results Caucus Date: February 9, 2008 National Pledged Delegates Determined: 16 (of 24) 2008 Nebraska Democratic Presidential Caucus Results PartyCandidateVotesPercentageDelegates Democratic Barack Obama 26,126 67.56% 16 Democratic Hillary Clinton 12,445 32.18% 8 Democratic Uncommitted 99 0.26% 0 Totals 38,670 100.00% 24 Voter turnout % — Primary The Nebraska Democratic Party does not use the results of the primary to determine its delegates. Primary Date: May 13, 2008 National Pledged Delegates Determined: 0 (of 24) 2008 Nebraska Democratic Presidential Primary Results PartyCandidateVotesPercentageDelegates Democratic Barack Obama 46,670 49.06% 0 Democratic Hillary Clinton 43,979 46.24% 0 Democratic Mike Gravel 3,886 4.09% 0 Democratic Write-ins 584 0.61% 0 Totals 95,119 100.00% 0 Voter turnout % — Analysis Barack Obama performed extremely well throughout the state of Nebraska in the caucus, winning a majority of counties. His large margin of victory can be attributed to his overwhelming wins in Douglas County, which contains Omaha, where he won with 77.12 percent of the vote, as well as in Lancaster County, which contains the state capital of Lincoln and is home to the University of Nebraska. Most of Clinton's wins in the state came in the far more rural counties in Western Nebraska. However, during the non-binding primary, Clinton carried almost every county in Nebraska except for Douglas and Lancaster counties which gave Obama the edge and narrow victory. See also 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Nebraska Republican presidential primary References Nebraska Democrats 2008