2008 Alabama Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Alabama Democratic presidential primary Alabama presidential no 2004 Alabama Democratic presidential primary 2004 2012 United States presidential election in Alabama#Primary elections 2012 2008 02 5 Barack Obama Senate portrait crop.jpg 0.5 Barack Obama 800080 Illinois 300,321 56.0% 27 Hillary_Rodham_Clinton-cropped.jpg 0.5 Hillary Clinton D4AA00 New York 223,096 41.6% 25 260px 260px Primary results by county Clinton: #fce0b4 40–50% #f1c98b 50–60% #e6b263 60–70% #d99a39 70–80% #af7b2c 80–90% Obama: #cf94cf 50–60% #bd6fbd 60–70% #a949a9 70–80% #863886 80–90% FL AK The 2008 Alabama Democratic presidential primary was held on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 52 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Alabama's seven congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 34. Another 18 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 52 delegates represented Alabama at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Eight other delegates were chosen on March 1, 2008, during an Alabama Democratic Party Executive Committee meeting. Those eight delegates attended the National Convention as officially unpledged. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/AL-D.phtml Alabama Democratic Delegation 2008 The Green Papers 2008-03-25 Polling Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 Super Tuesday Democratic Party presidential primaries#Alabama Results Alabama Democratic presidential primary results – 2008 PartyCandidateVotesPercentageDelegates Democratic Barack Obama 300,321 55.96% 27 Democratic Hillary Clinton 223,096 41.57% 25 Democratic John Edwards 7,841 1.46% 0 Democratic Joe Biden 1,174 0.22% 0 Democratic Bill Richardson 1,017 0.19% 0 Democratic Christopher Dodd 523 0.10% 0 Democratic Uncommitted 2,663 0.50% 0 Totals 536,635 100.00% 52 Voter turnout % — Analysis With its heavily African American population, Barack Obama solidly defeated Hillary Clinton in Alabama. According to exit polls, 51 percent of voters in the Alabama Democratic Primary were African Americans and they opted for Obama by a margin of 84–15 compared to the 44 percent of white voters who backed Clinton by a margin of 72–25. Obama won all age groups and educational attainment levels in Alabama except senior citizens aged 65 and over and those who did not complete high school. Obama won voters who identified as Democrats but Clinton won those who identified as Republicans; both candidates split among Independents. Clinton won Protestants but Obama won those who identified as Other Christian (excluding Catholics) and agnostics/atheists. Obama did best in the Black Belt counties in Alabama which are majority African American. He also performed extremely well in the urban areas of Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile and Huntsville. Clinton performed best in Northern Alabama and did best in counties that were majority white. See also 2008 Alabama Republican presidential primary References Democratic primary Alabama 2008 Category:2008 Super Tuesday