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RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Florida > President
Parent RaceUS President - D Primaries
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline November 13, 2007 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open January 29, 2008 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close January 29, 2008 - 06:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
ContributorUser 13
Last ModifiedCrimson October 24, 2011 11:50am
Data SourcesState of Florida - [Link]
[Link]
Description Polling Hours: 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
The vast majority of Florida lies in the EST zone.
Ten (10) counties of the western Panhandle, including Pensacola, are in the CST zone.

The Ballot [Link] includes Biden, Clinton, Dodd, Edwards, Gravel, Kucinich, Obama and Richardson. The candidates for this primary were selected by a bi-partisan [Link] Presidential Candidate Selection Committee. It appears given the controversy of this primary that candidates were not given the opportunity to withdraw.

According to the Green Papers, [Link] no delegates will be determined by this primary.
----"As of 5 October 2007, the DNC has determined that the date of Florida's 29 January 2008 primary violates party rules and has decided to strip the state of its delegation."
----"Total delegate votes changed from 210 to 0."
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/02/2004
NameGeorge W. Bush Votes3,964,522 (52.10%)
Term01/20/2005 - 01/20/2009 Margin380,978 (+5.01%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameBarack Obama Votes4,282,074 (51.03%)
Term01/20/2009 - 01/20/2013 Margin236,450 (+2.82%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceFL US President 11/04/2008
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
03/22/2007 01/29/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Hillary Clinton 6 6 13 9
Leaning Call: Hillary Clinton (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Hillary Clinton (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

02/16/2005 01/28/2008

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Sen. Hillary Clinton Sen. Barack Obama Sen. John Edwards Chairman Joe Biden Gov. Bill Richardson Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich Sen. Chris Dodd
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 870,986 (49.77%) 576,214 (32.93%) 251,562 (14.38%) 15,704 (0.90%) 14,999 (0.86%) 9,703 (0.55%) 5,477 (0.31%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -294,772 (-16.84%) -619,424 (-35.40%) -855,282 (-48.88%) -855,987 (-48.92%) -861,283 (-49.22%) -865,509 (-49.46%)
Predict Avg.50.50% 34.00% 15.50% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
CBlock94154.00% (+1.92 pts) 31.00% (+2.18 pts) 15.00% (+1.66 pts) -- -- -- --
garyray947.00% (+2.88 pts) 37.00% (+0.76 pts) 16.00% (+1.00 pts) -- -- -- --
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 00/00/0001 00/00/0001 00/00/0001 -- -- -- --
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MATCHUP POLLS (60 from 13 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg48.82%-- 27.95%-- 12.77%-- 1.00%-- 1.00%-- 2.00%-- 0.00%--
Mitchell Research & Communications 
01/27/08-01/28/08
52.00% -- 25.00% -- 12.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
01/27/08-01/28/08
52.00% 5.0 28.00% 2.0 13.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
01/27/08-01/28/08
57.00% 3.0 27.00% -- 12.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
01/27/08-01/27/08
49.00% 2.0 29.00% 1.0 14.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Datamar 
01/25/08-01/27/08
47.00% 7.0 27.00% 1.0 14.00% 5.0 0.00% -- 0.00% 1.7 0.00% 2.0 0.00% --
Strategic Vision (R) 
01/25/08-01/27/08
49.00% 17.0 36.00% -- 11.00% 6.0 0.00% 3.0 0.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Dan Gelber 🔗
I Max Linn 🔗
  Tampa Tribune
  Pensacola News Journal
  The Independent Florida Alligator (University of Florida)
D garyray9
D Dave Aronberg
  Palm Beach Post
  Gainesville Sun
  Tampa Bay Times
D Frank Sanchez
D Robert Wexler 🔗
MORE CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name Sen. Mike Gravel  
PartyDemocratic  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 5,275 (0.30%)  
Margin-865,711 (-49.47%)  
Predict Avg.0.00%  
CBlock941 --
garyray9 --
Cash On Hand $--  
Website [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/0001  
MATCHUP POLLS (60 from 13 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.31%--  
Mitchell Research & Communications 
01/27/08-01/28/08
0.00% --
Survey USA 
01/27/08-01/28/08
0.00% --
American Research Group 
01/27/08-01/28/08
0.00% --
Survey USA 
01/27/08-01/27/08
0.00% --
Datamar 
01/25/08-01/27/08
0.00% --
Strategic Vision (R) 
01/25/08-01/27/08
0.00% --
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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Apr 02, 2008 02:00pm News Dean: Dems will seat Fla. delegates  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Mar 11, 2008 02:00pm News House Dems in Florida: No Re-Do  Article WesternDem 
Mar 10, 2008 10:00am News Lawsuit Eyed by Sharpton Over Florida  Article eddy 9_99 
Mar 09, 2008 06:00pm News Florida mail-in primary plan gains traction  Article Gerald Farinas 
Mar 07, 2008 03:40pm News Deja Vu - A plan to raise soft money to pay for a second Florida Democratic primary--this one by mail--seems close to approval, according to Sen. Bill Nelson  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Mar 06, 2008 11:05pm News FLA DEMS SAY "NO RE-VOTE"  Article TX DEM 

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