The 2008 California Democratic presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. California offered the most delegates out of any nominating contest. Hillary Clinton won the primary with 51.47% of the vote, winning 204 delegates, while Barack Obama got 43.16% of the vote and won 166 delegates.
Process In the primary, 370 of California's 441 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were selected. Of these delegates, 241 were awarded at the congressional district level, and the remaining 129 were allocated to candidates based on the primary vote statewide. The remaining delegates were superdelegates not obligated to vote for any candidate at the convention. Candidates were required to receive at least 15% of either the district or statewide vote to receive any delegates. Registered Democrats and Decline to State voters were eligible to vote.
Number of delegates Congressionaldistricts 3 20, 47 4 2, 3, 11, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 31, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 52 5 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 33, 35, 36, 37, 50, 53 6 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 30
Polls
The latest six polls were averaged (only counting the latest Zogby poll).
Candidate Mean of polls released in February 2008 Median of polls released in February 2008 RCP average Hillary Clinton 42.8% 40.5% 44.2% Barack Obama 40.3% 40.4% 41.6%
Results
Key: Withdrew prior to contest California Democratic presidential primary, 2008CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Hillary Clinton 2,608,184 51.47% 204 Barack Obama 2,186,662 43.16% 166 John Edwards 193,617 3.82% 0 Dennis Kucinich 24,126 0.48% 0 Bill Richardson 19,939 0.39% 0 Joe Biden 18,261 0.36% 0 Mike Gravel 8,184 0.16% 0 Christopher Dodd 8,005 0.16% 0 Willie Carter (write-in) 4 0.00% 0 Eric Hinzman (write-in) 4 0.00% 0 Phil Epstein (write-in) 3 0.00% 0 Brian Calef (write-in) 2 0.00% 0 David Frey (write-in) 1 0.00% 0 Joseph McAndrew (write-in) 1 0.00% 0 Keith Judd (write-in) 0 0.00% 0 Julius Mogyorossy (write-in) 0 0.00% 0 Totals 5,066,993 100.00% 370 Voter turnout — —
Notes Turnout information is not available because Decline to State voters were allowed to participate. There were a total of 6,749,406 eligible registered voters registered with the Democratic Party and 3,043,164 who declined to state.
References
See also 2008 California Republican presidential primary February 2008 California elections 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 United States presidential election in California