2008 Maine Democratic presidential caucuses

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Maine Democratic presidential caucuses Maine presidential no 2004 Maine Democratic presidential caucuses 2004 2016 Maine Democratic presidential caucuses 2016 2008 02 10 File:Barack Obama Senate portrait crop.jpg 150x150px Barack Obama 800080 Illinois 2,079 59.30% 15 File:Hillary_Rodham_Clinton-cropped.jpg Hillary Clinton D4AA00 New York 1,397 39.85% 9 300px 300px County resultsObama: #cf94cf 50–60% #bd6fbd 60–70% #a949a9 70–80% Clinton: #f1c98b 50–60% #e6b263 60–70% WA (caucus) DA The 2008 Maine Democratic presidential caucuses took place on February 10, 2008, and had 24 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Maine's two congressional districts received all of that district's total delegates, which totaled 16. Another eight delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama, at the Maine Democratic Party Statewide Convention on May 31, 2008. These 24 delegates represented Maine at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Another 10 unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well. Although Maine technically sent 24 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention, John Knutson, the superdelegate Chairman of the Maine Democratic Party, had pledged to support whoever won the majority of the vote, making the total number of pledged delegates effectively 25.Franci X. Quinn Democratic caucuses pledge delegate shares to candidates http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/02/07/democratic_caucuses_pledge_delegate_shares_to_candidates/ The Boston Globe 2008-02-07 2008-02-11May 2026 medicmedic Process The Maine Democratic Caucus was a closed caucus open to all Democratic voters. New voters and nonpartisan voters could register as Democrats at the door, while members of other parties must have changed their party registration by January 26, 2008. In addition, absentee ballots were permitted for the disabled and those in the military who could not personally attend. At the caucus, participants gathered in groups among presidential preference. Unlike most other caucuses, there was no 15-percent minimum threshold, as long as a candidate had enough votes to elect a whole delegate after rounding. Re-caucusing after the first preference groups was divided was permitted among all participants.Microsoft PowerPoint - Caucus Training.pptx https://web.archive.org/web/20080220202144/http://www.mainedems.org/documents/CaucusTraining.pdf 2008-02-20 After dividing presidential delegates, voters were elected to be delegates to the Maine Democratic Party State Convention on May 31, 2008, pledged but not bound to their candidate. Only state delegates are reported by the party. At the state level, delegates were selected for the Democratic National Convention; these delegates were bound.Maine Democratic Delegation 2008 Polls Statewide opinion polling for the February 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries#Maine Results Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries Municipal Caucus Results Caucus Date: February 10, 2008 National Pledged Delegates Determined: 0 (of 24) 2008 Maine Democratic Presidential Caucus ResultsPartyCandidateVotes PercentageDelegates Democratic Barack Obama 2,079 59.30% 15 Democratic Hillary Clinton 1,397 39.85% 9 Democratic Uncommitted 27 0.77% 0 Democratic Others 3 0.09% 0 Totals 3,506 100.00% 24 Voter turnout % — State Convention Results Caucus Date: May 31, 2008 National Pledged Delegates Determined: 24 (of 24) See also 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Maine Republican presidential caucuses References Maine Democratic presidential caucuses 2008 Category:February 2008 in the United States