The 2008 Maine Democratic presidential caucuses took place on February 10, 2008, and had 24 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Maine's two congressional districts received all of that district's total delegates, which totaled 16. Another eight delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama, at the Maine Democratic Party Statewide Convention on May 31, 2008. These 24 delegates represented Maine at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Another 10 unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.
Caucus results by county Clinton: 50–60% 60–70% Obama: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Although Maine technically sent 24 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention, John Knutson, the superdelegate Chairman of the Maine Democratic Party, had pledged to support whoever won the majority of the vote, making the total number of pledged delegates effectively 25.[1]
The Maine Democratic Caucus was a closed caucus open to all Democratic voters. New voters and nonpartisan voters could register as Democrats at the door, while members of other parties must have changed their party registration by January 26, 2008. In addition, absentee ballots were permitted for the disabled and those in the military who could not personally attend.
At the caucus, participants gathered in groups among presidential preference. Unlike most other caucuses, there was no 15-percent minimum threshold, as long as a candidate had enough votes to elect a whole delegate after rounding. Re-caucusing after the first preference groups was divided was permitted among all participants.[2] After dividing presidential delegates, voters were elected to be delegates to the Maine Democratic Party State Convention on May 31, 2008, pledged but not bound to their candidate. Only state delegates are reported by the party. At the state level, delegates were selected for the Democratic National Convention; these delegates were bound.[3]
2008, maine, democratic, presidential, caucuses, took, place, february, 2008, delegates, stake, winner, each, maine, congressional, districts, received, that, district, total, delegates, which, totaled, another, eight, delegates, were, awarded, statewide, winn. The 2008 Maine Democratic presidential caucuses took place on February 10 2008 and had 24 delegates at stake The winner in each of Maine s two congressional districts received all of that district s total delegates which totaled 16 Another eight delegates were awarded to the statewide winner Barack Obama at the Maine Democratic Party Statewide Convention on May 31 2008 These 24 delegates represented Maine at the Democratic National Convention in Denver Colorado Another 10 unpledged delegates known as superdelegates also attended the convention and cast their votes as well 2008 Maine Democratic presidential caucuses 2004 February 10 2008 2008 02 10 2016 WA caucus DA Candidate Barack Obama Hillary ClintonHome state Illinois New YorkDelegate count 15 9Popular vote 2 079 1 397Percentage 59 30 39 85 Caucus results by county Clinton 50 60 60 70 Obama 50 60 60 70 70 80 Although Maine technically sent 24 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention John Knutson the superdelegate Chairman of the Maine Democratic Party had pledged to support whoever won the majority of the vote making the total number of pledged delegates effectively 25 1 Contents 1 Process 2 Polls 3 Results 3 1 Municipal Caucus Results 3 2 State Convention Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesProcess editThe Maine Democratic Caucus was a closed caucus open to all Democratic voters New voters and nonpartisan voters could register as Democrats at the door while members of other parties must have changed their party registration by January 26 2008 In addition absentee ballots were permitted for the disabled and those in the military who could not personally attend At the caucus participants gathered in groups among presidential preference Unlike most other caucuses there was no 15 percent minimum threshold as long as a candidate had enough votes to elect a whole delegate after rounding Re caucusing after the first preference groups was divided was permitted among all participants 2 After dividing presidential delegates voters were elected to be delegates to the Maine Democratic Party State Convention on May 31 2008 pledged but not bound to their candidate Only state delegates are reported by the party At the state level delegates were selected for the Democratic National Convention these delegates were bound 3 Polls editMain article Statewide opinion polling for the February 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries MaineResults editSee also Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries Municipal Caucus Results edit Caucus Date February 10 2008National Pledged Delegates Determined 0 of 24 2008 Maine Democratic Presidential Caucus ResultsParty Candidate Votes Percentage DelegatesDemocratic Barack Obama 2 079 59 30 15Democratic Hillary Clinton 1 397 39 85 9Democratic Uncommitted 27 0 77 0Democratic Others 3 0 09 0Totals 3 506 100 00 24Voter turnout State Convention Results edit Caucus Date May 31 2008 National Pledged Delegates Determined 24 of 24 See also edit2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Maine Republican presidential caucusesReferences edit Quinn Franci X February 7 2008 Democratic caucuses pledge delegate shares to candidates The Boston Globe Retrieved February 11 2008 Microsoft PowerPoint Caucus Training pptx Archived 2008 02 20 at the Wayback Machine Maine Democratic Delegation 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 Maine Democratic presidential caucuses amp oldid 1174220811, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
