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2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Territorial Caucus: Saturday 23 February 2008 		Republicans
CandidatePopular
Vote		Delegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor Vote
McCain, John Sidney, III 6  66.67%9 100.00%
Uncommitted 3  33.33% 
Total 9 100.00%9 100.00%

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Saturday 23 February 2008: A Territorial Caucus convenes as a Convention to choose 6 delegates to the Republican National Convention.

  • "The delegates from American Samoa are chosen in such a way so that they best reflect the presidential preference of the Caucus/Convention participants."

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the American Samoa's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.

24 February 2008: ap.google.com reports that McCain Wins 20 GOP Delegates: "On Saturday, McCain picked up all 9 delegates awarded by the GOP in American Samoa". About 50 people attended the caucus.

 

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