Idaho Democratic caucuses, 2008
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The 2008 Idaho Democratic caucuses were held on February 5, 2008, with 18 national delegates at stake[1]; for the first time, caucuses were held in all 44 counties, all of them open caucuses organized at the county rather than the precinct level.
The caucus was overwhelmingly won by Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, who won 43 of the 44 county-level caucuses and earned the support of 79 percent of caucus attendees statewide. The Idaho caucus was Obama's most lop-sided victory in any state during the 2008 presidential primary season. New York Sen. Hillary Clinton finished a distant second.[2][3] A handful of caucus attendees pledged to support John Edwards on the first ballot even though he dropped out of the race the previous week. The support was enough to give the former North Carolina senator a third place finish.
The caucus (technically caucuses) which convened for Ada County at Qwest Arena in downtown Boise was notable for the unprecedented mass public participation which made it the largest caucus of Super Tuesday 2008: 3,075 votes were cast by the constituents of Congressional District 1 and 5,215 votes were cast by those of Congressional District 2, a total of 8,290 votes cast at single venue. Much higher than anticipated attendance was also reported at other caucus locations throughout the state.[4][5][6] [7](Statewide, 28,000 people caucused, an order of magnitude increase over the 5,000 who had caucused throughout Idaho in 2004.)[8].Thousands of freshly-printed ballots were rushed to those caucusing outside the arena in frigid weather.[9][10][11]
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[edit] Process
Since Idaho residents do not make a political party preference when they register to vote, the 2008 Idaho Democratic caucus was open to all individuals who are or will be qualified to vote in the general election in Idaho on November 4, 2008, including those who were not registered or who were not yet legally old enough to vote. Caucus attendees were required to sign a pledge that they plan on voting Democratic in the county where they are caucusing in. After signing in, participants either marked their first presidential preference or declared themselves uncommitted.
As in past years, the caucuses employed a 15 percent support threshold at the county level. If a candidate failed to meet that threshold on the first vote, the candidate was eliminated from consideration at the county level. A second vote was then taken with all participants free to declare or re-declare their support for any remaining candidate or for "uncommitted."[12][13] In 2008 Obama was the only candidate to meet the threshold requirement on the first vote in several counties, most notably in Ada County. Clinton won the caucus vote only in Lewis County.
After the second vote, county caucuses wree broken up into groups by candidate support. These groups then selected county delegates and alternates to the state Democratic Party convention who are pledged but unbound by the results. The 2008 Idaho Democratic convention will be held June 12-14 in Boise.[14][15]
[edit] Polls
[edit] Results
[edit] County caucuses
Caucus date: February 5, 2008
National pledged delegates determined: 12 (of 18)
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
| Idaho Democratic presidential county caucuses, 2008[16] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | District delegates[17] | Estimated national delegates[17] |
| Barack Obama | 16,880 | 79.53% | 10 | 15 |
| Hillary Clinton | 3,655 | 17.22% | 2 | 3 |
| John Edwards | 137 | 0.65% | 0 | 0 |
| Uncommitted | 552 | 2.60% | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21,224 | 100.00% | 12 | 18 |
[edit] Primary
On May 27, 2008, a non-binding presidential preference primary was held on the Democratic ticket. The primary had no impact on the Democratic Party delegate selection process. Obama won the primary, but by a considerably smaller margin than his caucus win three months earlier.
National pledged delegates determined: 0 (of 18)
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
| Idaho Democratic presidential primary, 2008 100% of precincts reporting[18] |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Barack Obama | 23,988 | 55.9% | |
| Hillary Clinton | 16,119 | 37.6% | |
| Keith Russell Judd | 734 | 1.7% | |
| Uncommitted | 2,041 | 4.8% | |
| Totals | 42,882 | 100% | |
[edit] State convention
Convention date: June 12–14, 2008
National pledged delegates determined: 6 (of 18)
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
| Idaho Democratic presidential state convention, 2008 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | At-Large and PLEO delegates | Percentage | National delegates |
| - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
| - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 0.00% | 18 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Idaho Democratic Delegation 2008", The Green Papers. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
- ^ Election Center 2008: Results for Barack Obama
- ^ Election Center 2008: Primary Results for Idaho
- ^ Our View: Caucus turnout suggests change in Idaho politics | Editorial | Idaho Statesman
- ^ Final Caucus Results
- ^ http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/286707.html
- ^ idaho For Obama - ADA County Caucus
- ^ Old Messages
- ^ http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_id_idaho_caucus_overflow.html
- ^ Super Tuesday: Boise, Idaho sur Flickr : partage de photos !
- ^ Stupid Dingo
- ^ Idaho Democratic Party
- ^ Idaho Democratic Party
- ^ http://www.idaho-democrats.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/1125550
- ^ Calendar
- ^ FINAL CAUCUS RESULTS. Idaho Democratic Party (2008-02-05). Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- ^ a b Berg-Andersson, Richard (2008-02-29). Idaho Democrat Presidential Nominating Process. The Green Papers. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
- ^ Idaho Secretary of State: election night results
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