Colorado Democratic Delegation 2008

The Green Papers
2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Colorado Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Precinct Caucus: Tuesday 5 February 2008¹
County Assemblies and Conventions: Wednesday 20 February - Monday 17 March 2008
District Conventions: Saturday 3 May - Friday 16 May 2008
State Convention: Saturday 17 May 2008

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Popular Vote	Soft Pledged	Soft Unpledged (source)	Soft Total	Hard Total
Obama, Barack	`80,113 66.53%`	`36.0 65.45%`	`4.0 26.67%`	`40.0 57.14%`	`3.0 4.29%`
Clinton, Hillary Rodham	`38,839 32.26%`	`19.0 34.55%`	`4.0 26.67%`	`23.0 32.86%`	`2.0 2.86%`
Uncommitted	`1,260 1.05%`				`15.0 21.43%`
Edwards, John	`102 0.08%`
Kucinich, Dennis J.	`58 0.05%`
Gravel, Mike	`18 0.01%`
Richardson, William B. "Bill", III	`17 0.01%`
Biden, Joseph R. "Joe", Jr.	`4 0.00%`
Dodd, Christopher J. "Chris"	`0 0.00%`
(available)			`7.0 46.67%`	`7.0 10.00%`	`50.0 71.43%`
Total	`120,411 100.00%`	`55.0 100.00%`	`15.0 100.00%`	`70.0 100.00%`	`70.0 100.00%`

Delegate Selection: Caucus/Convention
Voter Eligibility: Closed Caucus
Voter Participation: Party members

70 total delegate votes - 36 district / 12 at large; 7 Pledged PLEOs; 14 Unpledged PLEOs; 1 Unpledged add-on

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The results above were obtained from a party source for the Tuesday 5 February 2008 COLORADO Democratic Precinct CAUCUSES

Caucuses meet in each precinct to choose delegates to the County Conventions in proportion to the percentage of the support each candidate receives at said caucuses- a mandatory 15 percent threshold being required for such allocation: during the delegate selection process, a non-binding "straw" poll may be taken before an official poll. (NOTE: It is the Congressional District and the State Conventions [with delegates to both chosen by the aforementioned County Conventions] that will, respectively, actually pledge Democratic National Convention delegates to presidential contenders).

Here is how we estimate the delegate count (based on projected State Convention Delegates elected at the County Conventions as submitted by a reader. Note that no national convention delegates are allocated until the May District Conventions so this is a very rough estimate):

A candidate must receive 15% or more of the total popular vote to qualify for delegates. Discard votes cast for those candidates who do not qualify. Clinton and Obama have qualified for delegates.
Allocate Congressional District delegates from the qualified vote in each district. Allocate Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates using the state-wide qualified vote.
In each jurisdiction (CD and statewide):

Total qualified vote = total votes cast for the qualifying candidates in the jurisdiction.
Allocation = (delegates for the jurisdiction) � (candidate's popular vote) � (total qualified vote).
Assign each candidate the WHOLE NUMBER of delegates.
If delegates remain, allocate each of the remaining delegates to those candidates with the LARGEST REMAINDERS.

Tuesday 5 February 2008 Precinct Caucus Estimate
*Note that no national convention delegates are allocated until the May District Conventions so this is a very rough estimate.*
Contest				Obama			Clinton			Unknown
	State Convention Delegates	Qualified State Convention delegates	Del	State Convention Delegates	Alloc	Del	State Convention Delegates	Alloc	Del	State Convention Delegates	Alloc	Del
CD1	750	707	6	464	3.938	4	243	2.062	2	43
CD2	872	872	6	577	3.970	4	295	2.030	2
CD3	772	758	5	470	3.100	3	288	1.900	2	14
CD4	711	710	5	477	3.359	3	233	1.641	2	1
CD5	490	490	4	334	2.727	3	156	1.273	1
CD6	786	718	5	446	3.106	3	272	1.894	2	68
CD7	639	639	5	384	3.005	3	255	1.995	2
PLEO	5,020	4,894	7	3,152	4.508	5	1,742	2.492	2	126
At-Large	5,020	4,894	12	3,152	7.729	8	1,742	4.271	4	126
Delegates			55			36			19

Here are the final delegate counts from the elections of National Convention Delegates at the Colorado District Conventions.

Saturday 3 May 2008 CD 6 Results
Saturday 10 May 2008 CDs 1, 2 and 7 Results
Contest				Obama			Clinton
	State Convention delegates	Qualified State Convention delegates	Del	State Convention delegates	Alloc	Del	State Convention delegates	Alloc	Del
CD1			6
CD2			6
CD3			5
CD4			5
CD5			4
CD6	741	741	5	479	3.232	3	262	1.768	2
CD7			5
Delegates			36			3			2

Unpledged delegates as of
29 January 2008: Clinton: 4, Obama: 2
9 February 2008: Clinton: 4, Obama: 4

References: COLORADO DELEGATE SELECTION PLAN FOR THE 2008 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION FINAL PLAN ISSUED BY THE COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS APPROVED BY THE STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON APRIL 29, 2007 AND SUBMITTED TO THE DNC FOR APPROVAL ON APRIL 30, 2007 AND AMENDED BY THE COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PARTY STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON JULY 21, 2007

There are two separate processes in Colorado that are dealt with simultaneously: Caucuses and conventions select Colorado's National Delegates while assemblies designate candidates for nomination at the August Colorado state primary.

During the delegate selection process, a non-binding "straw" poll may be taken before an official poll.

Tuesday 5 February 2008: Precinct Caucuses meet in each precinct to choose delegates to the County Conventions based in proportion to the percentage of the support each candidate receives- a mandatory 15 percent threshold being required for such allocation.

Wednesday 20 February - Monday 17 March 2008 - County Conventions. Congressional District and State Convention delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders in proportion to the percentage of the support each candidate receives at the County Conventions- a mandatory 15 percent threshold being required for such allocation.

Saturday 3 May - Friday 16 May 2008: Congressional District Conventions. 36 of 70 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in Colorado District Conventions. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at the congressional district level.

36 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the convention results in each of the State's 7 congressional districts.

CD 1: 6 (Saturday 10 May)
CD 2: 6 (Saturday 10 May)
CD 3: 5 (Friday 16 May)
CD 4: 5 (Friday 16 May)
CD 5: 4 (Friday 16 May)
CD 6: 5 (Saturday 3 May)
CD 7: 5 (Saturday 10 May)

Saturday 17 May 2008: State Convention. 19 of 70 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the preferences of convention participants as a whole. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at the statewide level.

12 at-large National Convention delegates
7 Pledged PLEOs

The remaining 15 National Convention delegates consist of

14 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

7 Democratic National Committee members.
5 Members of Congress (1 Senator and 4 Representatives).
1 Governor.
1 Distinguished Party Leader (former DNC Chairman Roy Romer).

1 Unpledged "add-on" (selected during the State Convention).

These 15 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

Congressional Districts

COLORADO
Congressional Districts re: Counties

County	District(s)
Adams	CDs 1, 2 & 7
Alamosa	CD 3
Arapahoe	CDs 1, 6 & 7
Archuleta	CD 3
Baca	CD 4
Bent	CD 4
Boulder	CDs 2 & 4
Chaffee	CD 5
Cheyenne	CD 4
Clear Creek	CD 2
Conejos	CD 3
Costilla	CD 3
Crowley	CD 5
Custer	CD 3
Delta	CD 3
Denver (coterminous with the city of Denver)	CDs 1 & 6
Dolores	CD 3
Douglas	CD 6
Eagle	CD 2
Elbert	CD 6
El Paso	CD 5
Fremont	CD 5
Garfield	CD 3
Gilpin	CD 2
Grand	CDs 2
Gunnison	CD 3
Hinsdale	CD 3
Huerfano	CD 3
Jackson	CD 3
Jefferson	CDs 1, 2, 6 & 7
Kiowa	CD 4
Kit Carson	CD 4
Lake	CD 5
La Plata	CD 3
Larimer	CD 4
Las Animas	CD 3
Lincoln	CD 4
Logan	CD 4
Mesa	CD 3
Mineral	CD 3
Moffat	CD 3
Montezuma	CD 3
Montrose	CD 3
Morgan	CD 4
Otero	CD 5
Ouray	CD 3
Park	CDs 5 & 6
Phillips	CD 4
Pitkin	CD 3
Prowers	CD 4
Pueblo	CDs 3
Rio Blanco	CD 3
Rio Grande	CD 3
Routt	CD 3
Saguache	CD 3
San Juan	CD 3
San Miguel	CD 3
Sedgwick	CD 4
Summit	CD 2
Teller	CD 5
Washington	CD 4
Weld	CD 4
Yuma	CD 4

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	• The Denver Business Journal
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	• The Gazette - Colorado Springs
	• The Herald Democrat - Leadville
	• The Journal Advocate - Sterling
	• The Mountain Mail - Salida
	• The Mountain-Ear - Nederland
	• U.S. Politics Today - Colorado 2008 Presidential Primary News
	• Vail Daily

¹ Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

COLORADOCongressional Districts re: Counties

COLORADO
Congressional Districts re: Counties