The 2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 153 delegates at stake. Each of Illinois's 19 congressional districts was proportionally allocated to candidates who had received 15% or more of the vote in that district, totaling 100. Another 53 delegates were also proportionally allocated to candidates who had received 15% or more of the vote statewide. The 153 delegates represented Illinois at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Thirty-two other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.
Chicago Public Radio reported on March 13, 2008, that the delegate counts were recalculated and Obama won 106 delegates to 47 for Clinton.[2]
Analysis
It was no surprise that Barack Obama cruised to a landslide victory in Illinois, the state he had represented in the U.S. Senate since 2005. He enjoyed massive support in his state among all demographics. According to exit polls, 57 percent of voters in the Illinois Democratic Primary were white and they opted for Obama 57–41; 24 percent of voters were African American and they, too, backed Obama 93–5; and 17 percent of voters in the primary were Hispanic/Latino and they narrowly backed Obama 50–49. Obama won all age groups but tied Clinton among senior citizens aged 65 and over. He won all voters in the state of all educational attainment levels as well as income/socioeconomic classes. He won all ideological groups and voters from both parties as well as self-identified Independents. Regarding religion, Obama won every major denomination except Roman Catholics, who narrowly backed Clinton 50-48 percent. Obama won Protestants by a margin of 58–38, other Christians 79–19, other religions 82–17, and atheists/agnostics 78–21.
Obama performed extremely well statewide and racked up massive victories in his home city of Chicago as well as its suburbs and the metropolitan area. He also won Northern Illinois as well as the collar counties by substantial victories. Clinton's best performance was in Southern Illinois among the more rural and conservative counties that are majority white, although Obama still won the region as a whole.
2008, illinois, democratic, presidential, primary, took, place, super, tuesday, february, 2008, with, delegates, stake, each, illinois, congressional, districts, proportionally, allocated, candidates, received, more, vote, that, district, totaling, another, de. The 2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday February 5 2008 with 153 delegates at stake Each of Illinois s 19 congressional districts was proportionally allocated to candidates who had received 15 or more of the vote in that district totaling 100 Another 53 delegates were also proportionally allocated to candidates who had received 15 or more of the vote statewide The 153 delegates represented Illinois at the Democratic National Convention in Denver Colorado Thirty two other unpledged delegates known as superdelegates also attended the convention and cast their votes as well 2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary 2004 February 5 2008 2008 02 05 2012 Candidate Barack Obama Hillary ClintonHome state Illinois New YorkDelegate count 104 49Popular vote 1 318 234 667 930Percentage 64 66 32 76 County results Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Contents 1 Polls 2 Results 3 Analysis 4 See also 5 ReferencesPolls EditMain article Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 Super Tuesday Democratic Party presidential primaries Illinois Polls indicated that then U S Senator Barack Obama was leading then U S Senator Hillary Clinton by double digits in the days before the contest in his home state of Illinois 1 Results EditSee also Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Illinois Democratic Presidential Primary ResultsParty Candidate Votes Percentage DelegatesDemocratic Barack Obama 1 318 234 64 66 104Democratic Hillary Clinton 667 930 32 76 49Democratic John Edwards 39 719 1 95 0Democratic Dennis Kucinich 4 234 0 21 0Democratic Joe Biden 3 788 0 19 0Democratic Bill Richardson 3 538 0 17 0Democratic Christopher Dodd 1 171 0 06 0Totals 2 038 614 100 00 153Voter turnout Chicago Public Radio reported on March 13 2008 that the delegate counts were recalculated and Obama won 106 delegates to 47 for Clinton 2 Analysis EditIt was no surprise that Barack Obama cruised to a landslide victory in Illinois the state he had represented in the U S Senate since 2005 He enjoyed massive support in his state among all demographics According to exit polls 57 percent of voters in the Illinois Democratic Primary were white and they opted for Obama 57 41 24 percent of voters were African American and they too backed Obama 93 5 and 17 percent of voters in the primary were Hispanic Latino and they narrowly backed Obama 50 49 Obama won all age groups but tied Clinton among senior citizens aged 65 and over He won all voters in the state of all educational attainment levels as well as income socioeconomic classes He won all ideological groups and voters from both parties as well as self identified Independents Regarding religion Obama won every major denomination except Roman Catholics who narrowly backed Clinton 50 48 percent Obama won Protestants by a margin of 58 38 other Christians 79 19 other religions 82 17 and atheists agnostics 78 21 Obama performed extremely well statewide and racked up massive victories in his home city of Chicago as well as its suburbs and the metropolitan area He also won Northern Illinois as well as the collar counties by substantial victories Clinton s best performance was in Southern Illinois among the more rural and conservative counties that are majority white although Obama still won the region as a whole See also Edit2008 Illinois Republican presidential primary 2008 United States presidential election in IllinoisReferences Edit Illinois Democratic Primary Real Clear Politics Retrieved 2008 02 04 Clinton Loses Two Illinois Delegates Chicago Public Radio WBEZ Archived from the original on 2008 03 14 Retrieved 2008 04 02 This Illinois elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary amp oldid 1146462922, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
