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OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 2008 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open January 03, 2008 - 07:00pm Central
Polls Close June 03, 2008 - 09:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
ContributorCOSDem
Last ModifiedE Pluribus Unum April 26, 2022 11:48am
Data Sourceswww.ourcampaigns.com [Link]
State Election websites
Description

Democratic Presidential Voting Events, 2008

CandidateDelegate Primaries Beauty Pageants Caucuses
Hillary Clinton 16,759,521 1,199,295 196,860
Barack Obama 16,970,053 405,966 417,127
John Edwards 749,300 251,5626,207
Uncommitted etc. 84,769 238,168 3,838
Bill Richardson 89,617 14,999 401
Dennis Kucinich 71,180 31,418 669
Joe Biden 65,639 15,704280
Mike Gravel 32,574 7,636 50
Christopher Dodd 25,800 9,32281
Others 22,482 0 194
The preceding table shows the number of votes cast in three types of presidential nominating events of 2008. The first column represents the 28 states and DC that held primaries resulting in pledged delegates. The beauty pageant totals represent the popular vote in three states where no delegates were at stake. The caucus results include the totals of 14 state caucuses, two territorial caucuses, a

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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/02/2004
NameGeorge W. Bush Votes62,040,610 (50.73%)
Term01/20/2005 - 01/20/2009 Margin3,012,166 (+2.46%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameBarack Obama Votes69,456,897 (52.91%)
Term01/20/2009 - 01/20/2013 Margin9,522,083 (+7.25%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceUS President - Popular Vote 11/04/2008
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
02/12/2003 06/03/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Hillary Clinton 15 9 5 18
Bill Richardson ------1
Barack Obama 4 ------
John Edwards --1 --2
Joe Biden --1 1 --
Leaning Call: Hillary Clinton (83.92%)
Weighted Call: Hillary Clinton (98.82%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

11/02/2004 03/29/2008

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Sen. Hillary Clinton Sen. Barack Obama Sen. John Edwards Uncommitted Gov. Bill Richardson Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich Chairman Joe Biden
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 18,155,676 (47.95%) 17,952,233 (47.41%) 1,007,069 (2.66%) 326,775 (0.86%) 105,017 (0.28%) 103,267 (0.27%) 81,623 (0.22%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -203,443 (-0.54%) -17,148,607 (-45.29%) -17,828,901 (-47.09%) -18,050,659 (-47.67%) -18,052,409 (-47.68%) -18,074,053 (-47.73%)
Predict Avg.26.00% 12.00% 7.83% 0.00% 2.67% 0.50% 4.63%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 01/20/2007 02/10/2007 12/28/2006 -- 12/08/2006 12/00/2006 12/20/2006
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MATCHUP POLLS (131 from 26 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg42.95%-- 48.21%-- 2.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Gallup 
03/27/08-03/29/08
42.00% 3.0 52.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
03/26/08-03/29/08
42.00% 4.0 47.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
03/18/08-03/21/08
46.00% 4.0 44.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
03/19/08-03/21/08
45.00% 2.0 48.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
03/18/08-03/20/08
47.00% 2.0 45.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
03/16/08-03/19/08
42.00% 2.0 47.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
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D Allyson Schwartz
D Charles B. Rangel
D Frank Pallone, Jr.
D David Paterson
D Richard E. Neal
D Grace Napolitano
D Barbara Mikulski
D Gregory W. Meeks
D Michael R. McNulty
D James P. McGovern
D Carolyn McCarthy
D Doris O. Matsui
D Carolyn B. Maloney
D William W. "Bill" Lockyer
D James R. Langevin
D Thomas P. "Tom" Lantos
D Maurice D. Hinchey
D Brian Higgins
D Rubén Hinojosa
D Alcee Hastings
D John Hall
D Kirsten Gillibrand
D Geraldine Ferraro
D Eliot L. Engel
D Andrew Cuomo
D Gray Davis
D Timothy H. "Tim" Bishop
D Michael Arcuri
D Gary L. Ackerman
D Thomas M. Menino 🔗
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D Joseph Crowley
D Nita Lowey
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D Daniel K. Inouye 🔗
D John
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D Martin J. O'Malley 🔗
D Eliot Spitzer 🔗
D Robert E. Andrews
D Jon S. Corzine
  National Organization for Women (NOW)
N Billie Jean King
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D Jim McDermott
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D Robert C. Byrd 🔗
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D Mazie Hirono 🔗
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D Harry E. Mitchell
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N Daniel C. Kurtzer 🔗
  American Postal Workers Union (APWU)
D Dave Freudenthal
D Lee H. Hamilton
D Amy Klobuchar
D Daniel W. Lipinski
G Winona LaDuke 🔗
D Rebecca Ann Kittredge
D Bill Richardson
D Biden '16
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D Jean Kennedy Smith
D Toni Morrison
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D Patrick J. Kennedy 🔗
D Mark B. Cohen
D Xavier Becerra
D Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy
D Caroline Kennedy
  Chicago Tribune
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D William Lacy Clay, Jr.
D Bobby Scott
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D Al Green
D Gwen Moore
D Adam Schiff
D Luis V. Gutierrez
D Danny K. Davis
D Janice D. "Jan" Schakowsky
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D Jerry F. Costello
D Phil Hare
D Dave Loebsack
D John Conyers, Jr.
D Elijah E. Cummings
D William D. "Bill" Delahunt
D Bobby Rush
D Steven R. Rothman
D George Kenneth "G. K." Butterfield
D Hank Johnson
D Sanford D. Bishop Jr.
D Ed Perlmutter
D Albert R. Wynn
D Timothy J. Roemer
D Bennie Thompson
D Frederick C. "Rick" Boucher 🔗
  Atlanta Journal Constitution
D Linda Sánchez 🔗
  Plumbers and Pipefitters Union
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D Homegrown Democrat
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MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Scattering Sen. Mike Gravel Sen. Chris Dodd Jim Rogers (W) Sen. John McCain Keith Russell Judd Sandy Whitehouse
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 46,058 (0.12%) 40,260 (0.11%) 35,203 (0.09%) 3,905 (0.01%) 932 (0.00%) 734 (0.00%) 632 (0.00%)
Margin-18,109,618 (-47.83%) -18,115,416 (-47.84%) -18,120,473 (-47.86%) -18,151,771 (-47.94%) -18,154,744 (-47.95%) -18,154,942 (-47.95%) -18,155,044 (-47.95%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.30% 1.50% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date -- 04/17/2006 01/10/2007 -- -- -- --
MATCHUP POLLS (131 from 26 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%-- 1.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Gallup 
03/27/08-03/29/08
0.00% -- 0.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
03/26/08-03/29/08
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
03/18/08-03/21/08
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
03/19/08-03/21/08
0.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
03/18/08-03/20/08
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
03/16/08-03/19/08
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
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