United States Presidential Election, 2008
2008 Democratic presidential primaries:
Excluding penalized contests, only primary and caucuses votes:
- Barack Obama - 16,706,853 (49.03%)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton - 16,239,821 (47.66%)
- John Edwards* - 742,010 (2.17%)
- Bill Richardson* - 89,054 (0.26%)
- Uncommitted - 82,660 (0.24%)
- Dennis Kucinich* - 68,482 (0.2%)
- Joe Biden* - 64,041 (0.18%)
- Mike Gravel* - 27,662 (0.08%)
- Christopher Dodd* - 25,300 (0.07%)
- Others - 22,556 (0.06%)
Including penalized contests:
- Hillary Rodham Clinton - 18,225,175 (48.03%)
- Barack Obama - 17,988,182 (47.41%)
- John Edwards* - 1,006,275 (2.65%)
- Uncommitted - 299,610 (0.79%)
- Bill Richardson* - 106,073 (0.28%)
- Dennis Kucinich* - 103,994 (0.27%)
- Joe Biden* - 81,641 (0.22%)
- Scattering - 44,348 (0.12%)
- Mike Gravel* - 40,251 (0.11%)
- Christopher Dodd* - 35,281 (0.09%)
(* - dropped out from race before end of caucuses and primaries)
2008 Democratic delegate counts (just before dropping out):
(2,118 delegates needed to secure nomination)
Pledged delegates:
- Barack Obama - 1,765
- Hillary Rodham Clinton - 1,637
- John Edwards - 4
Including superdelegates:
- Barack Obama - 2,156 (52.79%)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton - 1,922 (47.06%)
- John Edwards - 6 (0.15%)
2008 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):
Unfinished roll call vote:
- Barack Obama - 1549 (35.07%)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton - 341.5 (7.73%)
- Abstaining - 1 (0%)
Read more about this topic: Electoral History Of Hillary Rodham Clinton
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