2008 Presidential Democratic Primary Election Results

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Presidential
Candidate

Home State

Political
Party

Primary Vote

Delegates

Barack Obama

Illinois

Democratic

1,318,234

64.66%

104

56.5%

Hillary Clinton

New York

Democratic

667,930

32.76%

26.6%

John Edwards

North Carolina

Democratic

39,719

1.95%

0.0%

Other (+)

Democratic

12,731

0.62%

Unallocated

Democratic

16.8%

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Election Information:
Contest Type:	State-run Primary
Election Date:	2008-02-05
Eligible Participants:	Open (all voters)
Delegates Awarded in this Contest:	153
Delegates Total:	184
Delegate Allocation Method: Proportional - the candidates are awarded delegates in proportion to the percentage of votes received.
53 at-large delegates 100 district delegates 32 unpledged delegates 4 delegates from CDs 4, 6, 8, 14, 15, 16, 18 5 delegates from CDs 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19 6 delegates from CDs 3, 5, 9 8 delegates from CDs 1, 2, 7

Demographic Data

2008 Population:	12,901,563	Est.	2008 Population Density:	89.6	persons/km²
2000 Population:	12,419,293	Enum.	2000 Population Density:	86.3	persons/km²
Total Delegates:	184.0		Electoral Vote Density:	70,117	persons/EV
Land Area (2000):	143,961	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	0.5	%

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Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

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