Michigan caucus, 2004

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winner of the primary

Joe Lieberman had dropped out on February 4th and got no votes here. Kerry currently had 195 delegates, John Edwards had 76 Wesley Clark had 42 and Howard Dean had 21. One more win would put Kerry way ahead of this contenders. The results were another Kerry win. Kerry got 52% to Dean at 16% and John Edwards got 13%. As early as January 16th Dean lead with 32% to his closest competitor John Kerry who had 7%. A poll taken on February 1st Kerry led Dean 58% to 13%. The reason for Kerry's win here was because he got the men and women vote over Howard Dean and the young voters. Endorsements also racked up for John Kerry he got popular senator Carl Levin and popular house rep John D. Dingell. Howard Dean got endorsements from popular congresswomen Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and popular house rep John Conyers Jr. and State rep Aldo Vagnozzi. After getting 91 delegates he had 286 John Edwards had 82 and Dean had 45.

[edit] results

Candidate No. State Delegates Percentage Potential National delegates
John Kerry 84,214 52.45 91
Howard Dean 26,994 16.81 24
John Edwards 21,919 13.65 6
Al Sharpton 11,270 7.02 7
Wesley Clark 10,986 6.84 0
Dennis Kucinich 5,183 3.23 0