Georgia Democratic Delegation 2008

The Green Papers
2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Georgia Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 5 February 2008¹
State Committee Meeting: Saturday 24 May 2008

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Popular Vote	Soft Pledged	Soft Unpledged (source)	Soft Total	Hard Total
Obama, Barack	`704,247 66.39%`	`60.0 68.97%`	`7.0 46.67%`	`67.0 65.69%`	`60.0 58.82%`
Clinton, Hillary Rodham	`330,026 31.11%`	`27.0 31.03%`	`3.0 20.00%`	`30.0 29.41%`	`27.0 26.47%`
Edwards, John	`18,209 1.72%`
Biden, Joseph R. "Joe", Jr.	`2,538 0.24%`
Kucinich, Dennis J.	`2,096 0.20%`
Richardson, William B. "Bill", III	`1,879 0.18%`
Gravel, Mike	`952 0.09%`
Dodd, Christopher J. "Chris"	`904 0.09%`
Uncommitted					`15.0 14.71%`
(available)			`5.0 33.33%`	`5.0 4.90%`
Total	`1,060,851 100.00%`	`87.0 100.00%`	`15.0 100.00%`	`102.0 100.00%`	`102.0 100.00%`

Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary,
Polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 7:00p EST (0000 UTC).
Voter Eligibility: Open Primary

102 total delegate votes - 57 district / 19 at large; 11 Pledged PLEOs; 13 Unpledged PLEOs; 2 Unpledged add-ons

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GEORGIA Democratic PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Tuesday 5 February 2008

87 of 103 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Georgia Presidential Primary: 57 delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 13 congressional districts; 30 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.

The Democratic Party of Georgia 2008 Delegate Selection Plan

Here's how we estimate the delegate count (based on uncertified returns from an official source as of 13 February 2008 2:07:38 PM EST):

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.

The data below is from an early estimate from the Georgia Democratic Party. The final delegate count as tabulated by the Georgia Democratic Party is Obama 60, Clinton 27. The split in CD 2 is Obama 3, Clinton 2. We do not have complete popular vote totals at this time.

Contest				Obama			Clinton
�	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del
CD1	50,098	48,119	3	28,573	1.781	2	19,546	1.219	1
CD2	67,519	65,011	5	45,939	3.533	4	19,072	1.467	1
CD3	72,960	70,866	4	44,822	2.530	3	26,044	1.470	1
CD4	105,637	104,291	6	82,850	4.766	5	21,441	1.234	1
CD5	114,817	113,666	7	84,270	5.190	5	29,396	1.810	2
CD6	64,019	62,316	3	38,472	1.852	2	23,844	1.148	1
CD7	70,009	68,893	4	46,635	2.708	3	22,258	1.292	1
CD8	66,989	64,168	4	43,641	2.720	3	20,527	1.280	1
CD9	46,730	44,368	3	15,652	1.058	1	28,716	1.942	2
CD10	66,744	63,991	4	37,356	2.335	2	26,635	1.665	2
CD11	60,709	58,702	3	32,758	1.674	2	25,944	1.326	1
CD12	72,669	70,311	5	50,347	3.580	4	19,964	1.420	1
CD13	109,390	108,507	6	88,788	4.910	5	19,719	1.090	1
PLEO	968,290	943,209	11	640,103	7.465	7	303,106	3.535	4
At-Large	968,290	943,209	19	640,103	12.894	13	303,106	6.106	6
Delegates	�	�	87	�	�	61	�	�	26

Unpledged delegates as of
29 January 2008: Clinton: 3, Obama: 3
9 February 2008: Clinton: 5, Obama: 3
12 February 2008: Clinton: 5, Obama: 2
16 February 2008: Clinton: 3, Obama: 3
29 February 2008: Clinton: 3, Obama: 5
8 March 2008: Clinton: 3, Obama: 7

Tuesday 5 February 2008: 87 of 102 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Georgia Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.

57 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 13 congressional districts.

CD 1: 3
CD 2: 5
CD 3: 4
CD 4: 6
CD 5: 7
CD 6: 3
CD 7: 4
CD 8: 4
CD 9: 3
CD 10: 4
CD 11: 3
CD 12: 5
CD 13: 6

In addition, 30 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
- 19 at-large National Convention delegates
- 11 Pledged PLEOs

District level delegates and alternates are elected at the Congressional District Caucuses on 19 April 2008.

Saturday 24 May 2008: State Committee Meeting

The remaining 15 National Convention delegates consist of

13 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

6 Democratic National Committee members.
6 Members of Congress (0 Senators and 6 Representatives).
0 Governors.
1 Distinguished Party Leader (former President James "Jimmy" Carter).

2 Unpledged "add-on"s (selected during the State Committee Meeting).

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

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution Links to State Constitutions
	• http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/contoc.htm
	• http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/house/downloads/2003_constitution.pdf
Election Authority
	• Georgia Secretary of State - Elections Division
Legislature Links to State Legislatures
	• Georgia General Assembly
Democratic
	• Georgia Democratic Legislative Caucus
	• The Democratic Party of Georgia
Media & others
	• Athens Banner-Herald
	• Atlanta Journal-Constitution
	• Barnesville Herald-Gazette
	• Bill Shipp's Georgia - Atlanta
	• Capitolimpact - Atlanta
	• DC's Political Report - Georgia
	• GoDeKalb.com - Dekalb County - Decaur
	• LaGrange Daily News
	• Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus
	• MainStreetNews.com - Northeast Georgia
	• NewsLink.org - Georgia
	• Peach Pundit
	• Politics1.com - Georgia
	• Rome News-Tribune
	• Savannah Morning News
	• The Augusta Chronicle
	• The Citizen - Fayetteville
	• The Citizen Newspapers - Fayetteville
	• The Daily Tribune News - Cartersville
	• The Forest Blade - Swainsboro
	• The Gwinnett Gazette
	• The Jackson Herald
	• The Telegraph - Macon
	• The Telegraph - Macon
	• The Times-Herald - Newnan
	• WAGA TV - FOX - Atlanta
	• Waycross Journal-Herald
	• WGCL TV - CBS - Atlanta
	• WSB TV - Atlanta
	• WXIA TV - NBC - Atlanta

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