Massachusetts Democratic Delegation 2008

The Green Papers
2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Massachusetts Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 5 February 2008¹
State Committee and National Convention Delegate Meeting: Saturday 10 May 2008

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Popular Vote	Soft Pledged	Soft Unpledged (source)	Soft Total	Hard Total
Clinton, Hillary Rodham	`705,185 55.80%`	`55.0 59.14%`	`9.0 32.14%`	`64.0 52.89%`	`55.0 45.45%`
Obama, Barack	`511,680 40.49%`	`38.0 40.86%`	`11.0 39.29%`	`49.0 40.50%`	`38.0 31.40%`
Edwards, John	`20,101 1.59%`
No Preference	`8,041 0.64%`
Blanks	`4,841 0.38%`
Others	`3,279 0.26%`
Biden, Joseph R. "Joe", Jr.	`3,216 0.25%`
Kucinich, Dennis J.	`2,992 0.24%`
Richardson, William B. "Bill", III	`1,846 0.15%`
Gravel, Mike	`1,463 0.12%`
Dodd, Christopher J. "Chris"	`1,120 0.09%`
Uncommitted					`28.0 23.14%`
(available)			`8.0 28.57%`	`8.0 6.61%`
Total	`1,263,764 100.00%`	`93.0 100.00%`	`28.0 100.00%`	`121.0 100.00%`	`121.0 100.00%`

Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary,
Polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC). Some municipalities may open their polls as early as 5:45a EST.
Voter Eligibility: Modified Primary

121 total delegate votes - 61 district / 20 at large; 12 Pledged PLEOs; 26 Unpledged PLEOs; 2 Unpledged add-ons

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MASSACHUSETTS Democratic PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Tuesday 5 February 2008

93 of 121 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Massachusetts Presidential Primary: 61 delegates allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 10 congressional districts; 32 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.

Results and the delegate count from a party source.

Here is how we compute the delegate count (based on certified returns from an official source):

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.

Contest				Clinton			Obama
�	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del
CD1	115,949	112,124	6	62,455	3.342	3	49,669	2.658	3
CD2	110,947	106,623	6	65,075	3.662	4	41,548	2.338	2
CD3	110,482	106,039	6	67,549	3.822	4	38,490	2.178	2
CD4	133,628	129,693	7	78,406	4.232	4	51,287	2.768	3
CD5	119,537	115,105	5	68,343	2.969	3	46,762	2.031	2
CD6	133,271	128,200	6	78,224	3.661	4	49,976	2.339	2
CD7	143,336	137,434	6	81,944	3.577	4	55,490	2.423	2
CD8	126,150	123,054	6	50,621	2.468	2	72,433	3.532	4
CD9	136,498	130,360	6	77,935	3.587	4	52,425	2.413	2
CD10	133,966	128,233	7	74,633	4.074	4	53,600	2.926	3
PLEO	1,263,764	1,216,865	12	705,185	6.954	7	511,680	5.046	5
At-Large	1,263,764	1,216,865	20	705,185	11.590	12	511,680	8.410	8
Delegates	�	�	93	�	�	55	�	�	38

Unpledged delegates as of
29 January 2008: Clinton: 5, Edwards: 1, Obama: 6
31 January 2008: Clinton: 5, Obama: 6
2 February 2008: Clinton: 6, Obama: 6
9 February 2008: Clinton: 7, Obama: 6
16 February 2008: Clinton: 9, Obama: 10
24 February 2008: Clinton: 9, Obama: 11
30 March 2008: Clinton: 9, Obama: 10
30 April 2008: Clinton: 9, Obama: 11

MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATE SELECTION PLAN FOR THE 2008 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION - MARCH 2007

Tuesday 5 February 2008: 93 of 121 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Massachusetts 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.

61 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 10 congressional districts.

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

In addition, 32 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
- 20 at-large National Convention delegates
- 12 Pledged PLEOs

Saturday 10 May 2008: State Committee and National Convention Delegate Meeting

The remaining 28 National Convention delegates consist of

26 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

10 Democratic National Committee members.
12 Members of Congress (2 Senators and 10 Representatives).
1 Governor.
3 Distinguished Party Leaders (former DNC Chairman Steve Grossman, former DNC Chairman Debra DeLee, former DNC Chairman Paul G. Kirk, Jr.).

2 Unpledged "add-on"s (selected by the State Party Committee).

These 28 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution Links to State Constitutions
	• http://www.state.ma.us/legis/const.htm
Election Authority
	• Massachusetts Elections Division
	• Office of Campaign and Political Finance
Legislature Links to State Legislatures
	• The General Court of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Democratic
	• Massachusetts Democratic Party
Media & others
	• Boston Globe
	• Boston Herald
	• Cape Cod Times
	• Daily Hampshire Gazette - Northampton
	• DC's Political Report - Massachusetts
	• Dorchester Reporter
	• Everett Independent
	• Gloucester Daily Times
	• IssueSource - MassINC - The State House News Service
	• Lowell Sun
	• MassINC - The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth
	• MassLive.com - The Republican - Springfield
	• Mayor James J. "Jim" Fiorentini, City of Haverhill
	• North Adams Transcript
	• Politics1.com - Massachusetts
	• Sentinel & Enterprise - Fitchburg
	• South Boston Online
	• South of Boston Media Group - Quincy
	• State House News Service
	• The Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield
	• The Boston Phoenix
	• The Daily News - Newburyport
	• The Daily News Tribune - Needham
	• The Eagle-Tribune - Lawrence
	• The Haverhill Gazette
	• The Herald News - Fall River
	• The Landmark - Holden
	• The Salem News
	• The Standard Times - South Coast Today - New Bedford
	• The Taunton Gazette
	• WBZ TV - CBS - Boston
	• WCVB TV - ABC - Needham
	• WHDH TV - NBC - Boston
	• Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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