Oklahoma Democratic primary, 2008

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The Oklahoma Democratic primary, 2008, part of the process of selecting that party's nominee for President of the United States, took place on February 5. Oklahoma has a total of 47 delegates, 38 of which are pledged delegates. The primary is a closed primary meaning that only registered Democrats can vote in this election.

Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd (withdrawn), Bill Richardson (withdrawn), Barack Obama, Dennis Kucinich (withdrawn), John Edwards (withdrawn), and Jim Rodgers will appear on this year's ballot. All but Jim Rogers are or were serious candidates nationwide. Rogers is a constant candidate who ran for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in 2006.

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[edit] Pre-primary polling, predictions, and events

Main article: Statewide opinion polling for the Super Tuesday Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008#Oklahoma

The polling in Oklahoma consistently shows that Clinton and Edwards are the leaders in the state, and Obama a more distant third. The polling also indicates that other candidates are barely registering. In 2004 Edwards narrowly finished second in Oklahoma behind Wesley Clark by about one thousand votes. Oklahoma was a key state for John Edwards as he made stops in the state January 15 and 18, over three weeks ahead of the primary date but Edwards withdrew on January 30th 2008. Bill Clinton stopped at the University of Oklahoma on January 30th to speak at a rally supporting his wife.

[edit] Money raised from Oklahoma

Obtained from The Oklahoman [1]

Candidate Money raised (US$)
John Edwards $397,316
Barack Obama $396,592
Bill Richardson $83,070
Hillary Clinton $508,050
Joe Biden $5,400
Chris Dodd $850
Dennis Kucinich $3,767

[edit] Delegates

Oklahoma has 47 delegates for the Democratic National Convention:

In order to attain delegates a candidate must receive at least 15% of the vote.

  • 25 District Level Delegates that are allotted proportionally based on the support each candidate receives in each congressional district, there are 5 delegates for each congressional district.
  • 8 At-large Delegates that are allotted proportionally based on the support each candidate receives statewide.
  • 5 PLEO Delegates that are allotted proportionally based on the support each candidate receives statewide.

[edit] Results

See also: Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Key: Withdrew
prior to contest
Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary, 2008[2]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates[3]
Hillary Clinton 228,480 54.76% 24
Barack Obama 130,130 31.19% 14
John Edwards 42,725 10.24% 0
Bill Richardson 7,078 1.70% 0
Jim Rogers 3,905 0.94% 0
Christopher Dodd 2,511 0.60% 0
Dennis Kucinich 2,378 0.57% 0
Totals 417,207 100.00% 38

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fundraising totals.
  2. ^ Presidential Preferential Primary Election. OKLAHOMA STATE ELECTION BOARD (2008-02-05). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  3. ^ RESULTS: Oklahoma. CNN (2008-02-05). Retrieved on 2008-02-05.

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