Colorado Democratic caucuses, 2008
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The 2008 Colorado Democratic caucuses took place February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. A Denver Post poll from late January indicated that Barack Obama was leading rival Hillary Clinton, though polls from earlier in the year showed Clinton with a double digit lead.[1] Both Republican and Democratic caucuses started at 7:00 pm.[2]
As a cost-saving measure, Colorado stopped holding primary elections in 2000 in favor of a caucus system. Caucuses are run and paid for by the political parties.[2]
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[edit] Process
The Colorado Democratic caucus is a closed caucus, open only to registered voters who registered as Democrats no later than December 5, 2007, with the exception of 18-year-olds or new citizens, who can register at the caucus site. The precinct chair takes a presidential preference poll of all caucus attendees, which is what is reported to the media.[3] After the preference poll, delegates are then selected among the attendees for each viable candidate, and supporters of nonviable groups may re-caucus into viable groups. There is a 15% threshold for viability within each level of the selection process.
Following the local caucus, county conventions, Congressional District conventions, and the state convention, on May 17, 2008, are held to finally apportion delegates to the National Convention.[4]
[edit] Polls
[edit] Results
[edit] Precinct caucus results
3,205 precincts total.
Caucus date: February 5, 2008
National pledged delegates determined: 0 (of 55)
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
| Colorado Democratic presidential precinct caucuses, 2008 99.88% of precincts reporting[5] |
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Estimated national delegates[6] |
| Barack Obama | 80,113 | 66.53% | 35 |
| Hillary Clinton | 38,839 | 32.26% | 20 |
| John Edwards | 102 | 0.08% | 0 |
| Dennis Kucinich | 58 | 0.05% | 0 |
| Mike Gravel | 18 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Bill Richardson | 17 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Joe Biden | 4 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Christopher Dodd | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Uncommitted | 1,260 | 1.05% | 0 |
| Totals | 120,971 | 100.00% | 55 |
[edit] County assembly and convention results
Assembly/Convention dates: February 20–March 17, 2008
National pledged delegates determined: 0 (of 55)
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
| Colorado Democratic presidential county assemblies/conventions, 2008 99% of counties reporting[7] |
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| Candidate | County delegates | Percentage | Estimated national delegates[8] |
| Barack Obama | 6,199 | 62.65% | 36 |
| Hillary Clinton | 3,270 | 32.05% | 19 |
| Uncommitted | 426 | 4.31% | 0 |
| Totals | 9,895 | 100.00% | 55 |
[edit] Congressional District convention results
Convention dates: May 3–16, 2008
National pledged delegates determined: 36 (of 55)
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
| Colorado Democratic presidential congressional district conventions, 2008 100% of districts reporting |
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| Candidate | District delegates[9] | Percentage | Estimated national delegates |
| Barack Obama | 23 | 63.9% | 36 |
| Hillary Clinton | 13 | 36.1% | 19 |
| Totals | 36 | 100% | 55 |
[edit] State convention results
National pledged delegates determined: 19 (of 55)
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
| Colorado Democratic presidential state convention, 2008 | |||
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| Candidate | At-Large and PLEO delegates[10] | Percentage | National delegates |
| Barack Obama | 13 | 68.4% | 36 |
| Hillary Clinton | 6 | 31.6% | 19 |
| Totals | 19 | 100% | 55 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Colorado Democratic Caucus. Real Clear Politics. Retrieved on 2008-02-04.
- ^ a b Kosena, Jason (2008-02-05). Republican caucus goers showing up early. The Coloradoan. Retrieved on 2008-02-04.
- ^ http://www.coloradodems.org/docs/2008CaucusWhatIs.pdf
- ^ http://www.coloradodems.org/docs/2008DSPFinal.pdf
- ^ Caucus Results From February 5, 2008. Colorado Democratic Party. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ 2008 Primary Results/State-By-State Results/Colorado. MSNBC (2008-04-14). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
- ^ Leip, Dave. 2008 Presidential Democratic Primary Election Results. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
- ^ Richard E. Berg-Andersson. Colorado Democratic Delegation. The Green Papers. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
- ^ Colorado Democratic Congressional District Convention Results. Colorado Democratic Party. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
- ^ Colorado Democratic Party - State Convention Results. Colorado Democratic Party. Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
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