2008 Vermont Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Vermont Democratic presidential primary Vermont presidential no 2004 Vermont Democratic presidential primary 2004 2012 United States presidential election in Vermont#Democratic primary 2012 2008 03 04 File:Barack Obama Senate portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama 800080 Illinois 9 91,901 59.31% File:Hillary_Rodham_Clinton-cropped.jpg Hillary Clinton D4AA00 New York 6 59,806 38.59% 210px 220px County resultsObama: #e1bbe1 40–50% #cf94cf 50–60% #bd6fbd 60–70% TX (primary & caucus) WY The 2008 Vermont Democratic presidential primary was an open primary that took place on March 4, 2008. Barack Obama won the primary, his only decisive win among the four March 4 contests. The primary determined the 15 pledged delegates that represented Vermont at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The delegates were awarded to the candidates, Obama and Hillary Clinton, on a proportional basis. Vermont also sent 8 unpledged "superdelegates", to the convention not bound by the results of the primary. Delegate breakdown The Vermont Democratic Party sent 23 total delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Of those delegates, 15 were pledged and 8 were unpledged. The 15 pledged delegates were allocated (pledged) to vote for a particular candidate at the National Convention according to the results of Vermont's Democratic primary on March 4. The 8 unpledged delegates (popularly called "superdelegates" because their votes represented their personal decisions rather than the collective decision of many voters) were free to vote for any candidate at the National Convention and were selected by the Vermont Democratic Party's officials. The 15 pledged delegates were further divided into 10 district delegates and 5 statewide delegates. The 10 district delegates represented Vermont's single Congressional District. The 5 statewide delegates were divided into 3 at-large delegates and 2 Party Leaders and Elected Officials (abbreviated PLEOs). Of the 8 unpledged delegates, 7 were selected in advance and 1 was selected at the Vermont Democratic Party's National Convention Delegate Meeting on June 7. The delegates selected in advance were 5 Democratic National Committee members, U.S. Representative from Vermont Peter Welch, and U.S. Senator from Vermont Patrick Leahy.Vermont Delegate Selection Plan For The 2008 Democratic National Convention Vermont Democratic Party 2007-05-19 http://vtdems.3cdn.net/8da226d5eceb43e96c_2km6b9p2y.pdf PDF 2008-02-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20080516174240/http://vtdems.3cdn.net/8da226d5eceb43e96c_2km6b9p2y.pdf 2008-05-16 dead Vermont Democrat Presidential Nominating Process The Green Papers 2008-02-16 http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/VT-D.phtml 2008-02-29 Delegate selection process The Vermont Democratic Party used the results of the state's presidential preference primary on March 4 to determine the allocation of delegates to each presidential candidate. Though the primary was used for allocating delegates, the delegates themselves were selected in a caucus process. On March 22, the Party held a series of town-level caucuses to select its first tier of delegates. On May 24, the Party held its state convention in which the town-level delegates selected the 10 district-level delegates to attend the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The remaining 5 pledged delegates, plus the remaining unpledged delegate, were selected at the Vermont Democratic Party's National Convention Delegate Meeting on June 7. Polls Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election#Vermont On February 24, 2008, polls showed Sen. Barack Obama leading Sen. Hillary Clinton by an average margin of 24% (57% to 33%), with 10% Not Sure.http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/vermont/vermont_democratic_presidential_primary Vermont Democratic Presidential Primary Rasmussenreports.com 2008-02-24 2008-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20080228173644/http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/vermont/vermont_democratic_presidential_primary 2008-02-282008 Vermont Democratic Presidential Primary https://web.archive.org/web/20080509183202/http://www.pollster.com/08-VT-Dem-Pres-Primary.php May 9, 2008 Results Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries Key: Withdrewprior to contest 2008 Vermont Democratic presidential primaryhttp://vermont-elections.org/elections1/2008PresPrimaryCanvass3.11.08.doc Official Report of the Canvassing Committee Secretary of State of Vermont DOC 2008-03-11 2008-03-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20080319190109/http://vermont-elections.org/elections1/2008PresPrimaryCanvass3.11.08.doc 2008-03-19 dead CandidateVotesPercentageDelegates Barack Obama 91,901 59.31% 9 Hillary Clinton 59,806 38.59% 6 John Edwards 1,936 1.25% 0 Dennis Kucinich 1,010 0.65% 0 Write-in candidates 307 0.20% 0 Totals 154,960 100.00% 15 See also 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Vermont Republican presidential primary References Vermont Category:2008 Vermont elections 2008