2008 Presidential Democratic Primary Election Results

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Presidential
Candidate

Home State

Political
Party

Primary Vote

Delegates

Barack Obama

Illinois

Democratic

406,917

49.32%

40.9%

Hillary Clinton

New York

Democratic

395,185

47.90%

40.9%

John Edwards

North Carolina

Democratic

16,763

2.03%

0.0%

Uncommitted

Democratic

3,142

0.38%

0.0%

Other (+)

Democratic

3,043

0.37%

Unallocated

Democratic

18.2%

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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:	72
Delegates Total:	88
Delegate Allocation Method: Proportional - the candidates are awarded delegates in proportion to the percentage of votes received.
25 at-large delegates 47 district delegates 16 unpledged delegates 4 delegates from CDs 7, 8 5 delegates from CDs 2, 4, 6, 9 6 delegates from CDs 3, 5 7 delegates from CD 1

Demographic Data

2008 Population:	5,911,605	Est.	2008 Population Density:	33.1	persons/km²
2000 Population:	5,595,211	Enum.	2000 Population Density:	31.4	persons/km²
Total Delegates:	88.0		Electoral Vote Density:	67,177	persons/EV
Land Area (2000):	178,414	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	0.7	%

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

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