2008 California Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 California Democratic presidential primary California presidential no 2004 California Democratic presidential primary 2004 441 delegates to the Democratic National Convention (204 pledged, 71 unpledged)The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote 2012 California Democratic presidential primary 2012 2008 02 05 Hillary_Rodham_Clinton-cropped.jpg Hillary Clinton d4aa00 New York 2,608,184 51.47% 204 Barack Obama Senate portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama 800080 Illinois 2,186,662 43.16% 166 300px 280px Primary results by county Clinton: #fce0b4 40–50% #f1c98b 50–60% #e6b263 60–70% Obama: #e1bbe1 40–50% #cf94cf 50–60% AR CO The 2008 California Democratic presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. California offered the most delegates out of any nominating contest.Rajesh Mirchandani https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7223708.stm Candidates vie for bite of 'Big Enchilada' 2008-02-03 2008-07-01 BBC News Hillary Clinton won the primary with 51.47% of the vote, winning 204 delegates, while Barack Obama got 43.16% of the vote and won 166 delegates. Process In the primary, 370 of California's 441 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were selected. Of these delegates, 241 were awarded at the congressional district level, and the remaining 129 were allocated to candidates based on the primary vote statewide.https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2008/primaries/results/states/CA.html California Primary Election Results - Election Guide 2008 - Results - The New York Times www.nytimes.com 2020-03-02 The remaining delegates were superdelegates not obligated to vote for any candidate at the convention. Candidates were required to receive at least 15% of either the district or statewide vote to receive any delegates.http://www.democrats.org/page/-/dem_convention/call.pdf Call for the 2008 Democratic National Convention 2007-02-02 2008-07-01 Democratic National Committee dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110608092338/http://www.democrats.org/page/-/dem_convention/call.pdf 2011-06-08 Registered Democrats and Decline to State voters were eligible to vote. http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_decline.htm Decline to State - Voter Information 2008-06-16 California Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20080618204440/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_decline.htm 2008-06-18 dead Number of delegates Congressionaldistricts 3 20, 47 4 2, 3, 11, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 31, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 52 5 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 33, 35, 36, 37, 50, 53 6 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 30 Polls Statewide opinion polling for the Super Tuesday Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008#California The latest six polls were averaged (only counting the latest Zogby poll). Candidate Mean of polls released in February 2008 Median of polls released in February 2008 RCP average Hillary Clinton 42.8% 40.5% 44.2% Barack Obama 40.3% 40.4% 41.6% Results Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries Key: Withdrew prior to contest California Democratic presidential primary, 2008http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_primary/presidential.pdf The Statement of Vote: President by County 2008-04-13 2008-03-15 Secretary of State of California https://web.archive.org/web/20080409224922/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_primary/presidential.pdf 2008-04-09 dead CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Hillary Clinton 2,608,184 51.47% 204 Barack Obama 2,186,662 43.16% 166 John Edwards 193,617 3.82% 0 Dennis Kucinich 24,126 0.48% 0 Bill Richardson 19,939 0.39% 0 Joe Biden 18,261 0.36% 0 Mike Gravel 8,184 0.16% 0 Christopher Dodd 8,005 0.16% 0 Willie Carter (write-in) 4 0.00% 0 Eric Hinzman (write-in) 4 0.00% 0 Phil Epstein (write-in) 3 0.00% 0 Brian Calef (write-in) 2 0.00% 0 David Frey (write-in) 1 0.00% 0 Joseph McAndrew (write-in) 1 0.00% 0 Keith Judd (write-in) 0 0.00% 0 Julius Mogyorossy (write-in) 0 0.00% 0 Totals 5,066,993 100.00% 370 Voter turnoutturnout A A — — Notes turnout A ATurnout information is not available because Decline to State voters were allowed to participate. http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_decline.htm Decline to State - Voter Information 2008-06-16 California Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20080618204440/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_decline.htm 2008-06-18 dead There were a total of 6,749,406 eligible registered voters registered with the Democratic Party and 3,043,164 who declined to state.http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_primary/03_county_reg_totals_012208.pdf Report of Registration as of January 22, 2008 2008-03-15 2008-06-16 California Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20080618234640/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_primary/03_county_reg_totals_012208.pdf 2008-06-18 dead References See also 2008 California Republican presidential primary February 2008 California elections 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 United States presidential election in California Democratic primary California 2008 Category:2008 Super Tuesday