Alabama Democratic primary, 2008

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Counties with a popular vote for Obama are in purple and those for Clinton are in yellow.
Counties with a popular vote for Obama are in purple and those for Clinton are in yellow.

The 2008 Alabama Democratic primary was held on February 5, 2008 and had a total of 52 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Alabama's seven congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 34. Another 18 delegates will be awarded to the statewide winner. The 52 delegates will represent Alabama at the National Convention. Eight other delegates were chosen on March 1, 2008 during a Alabama Democratic Party Executive Committee meeting. Those eight delegates will attend the National Convention as officially unpledged.[1]

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[edit] Polling

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

[edit] Results

See also: Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Key: Withdrew
prior to contest
Alabama Democratic presidential primary, 2008[2]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates[1]
Barack Obama 300,321 55.96% 27
Hillary Clinton 223,096 41.57% 25
John Edwards 7,841 1.46% 0
Joe Biden 1,174 0.22% 0
Bill Richardson 1,017 0.19% 0
Christopher Dodd 523 0.10% 0
Uncommitted 2,663 0.50% 0
Totals 536,635 100.00% 52

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Alabama Democratic Delegation 2008", The Green Papers. Retrieved on 2008-03-25. 
  2. ^ 2008 Alabama Democratic Party Presidential Preference Primary: Unofficial Results from County Summary Reports. Alabama Democratic Party. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
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