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Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Sunday 1 June 20081
Democratic Assembly: Saturday 21 June 2008
Democrats
CandidatePopular
Vote
Delegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor Vote
Clinton, Hillary Rodham263,120  68.42%38.0  60.32% 
Obama, Barack Hussein121,458  31.58%17.0  26.98% 
Uncommitted 8.0  12.70% 
(available)   
(not voting)  63.0 100.00%
Total384,578 100.00%63.0 100.00%63.0 100.00%

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Sunday 1 June 2008 Puerto Rico Primary returns from an official source.

Saturday 21 June 2008 Puerto Rico Democratic Assembly coverage from Vocero De Puerto Rico: Divididos demócratas locales.

Information in English and Spanish-- Puerto Rico's 2008 Democratic presidential primary from ElectionResources.org.



Here is how we compute the delegate count:

  1. 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.
  2. Allocate Congressional District delegates from the qualified vote in each district. Allocate Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates using the state-wide qualified vote.
  3. In each jurisdiction (CD and statewide):
    1. Total qualified vote = total votes cast for the qualifying candidates in the jurisdiction.
    2. Allocation = (delegates for the jurisdiction) × (candidate's popular vote) ÷ (total qualified vote).
    3. Assign each candidate the WHOLE NUMBER of delegates.
    4. If delegates remain, allocate each of the remaining delegates to those candidates with the LARGEST REMAINDERS.
Sunday 1 June 2008 Primary Results
Preliminary Results as of 2 June 2008 with 100% of the units reporting
Source: Comisión Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico
ContestClintonObama
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDel
SD1 San Juan51,79151,791637,2344.314414,5571.6862
SD2 Bayamón50,55850,558534,9463.456315,6121.5442
SD3 Arecibo49,87349,873434,7242.785315,1491.2151
SD4 Mayagüez52,93652,936436,4032.751316,5331.2491
SD5 Ponce44,65844,658431,6632.836312,9951.1641
SD6 Guayama45,35745,357430,0542.650315,3031.3501
SD7 Humacao46,19346,193429,8902.588316,3031.4121
SD8 Carolina43,21243,212528,2063.264315,0061.7362
PLEO384,578384,5787263,1204.7895121,4582.2112
At-Large384,578384,57812263,1208.2108121,4583.7904
Delegates  55  38  17

Unpledged delegates as of
29 January 2008: Clinton: 3
16 February 2008: Clinton: 3, Obama: 2
30 April 2008: Clinton: 4, Obama: 2


Reference: PUERTO RICO AMENDED DELEGATE SELECTION PLAN COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO AMENDED DELEGATE SELECTION PLAN FOR THE 2008 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ISSUED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY Of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico MARCH 6, 2008

7 March 2008 correction: Puerto Rico will hold a 1 June primary rather than a 7 June 2008 caucus. The decision to change to a caucus was made circa 6 March 2008. The previously listed caucus date of 7 June 2008 was a typo in an official document.


   

Having begun their first determining step in Stage III in 2008 (14 June 2008), Puerto Rico receives a 10% Bonus in district and at-large delegate votes (+3 district and +1 at-large).

Sunday 1 June 2008: 55 of 63 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Puerto Rico Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the senatorial district or islandwide level.

36 district delegates are proportionally allocated by senatorial district (Puerto Rico has no congressional districts).

  • District 1 San Juan: 6
  • District 2 Bayamón: 5
  • District 3 Arecibo: 4
  • District 4 Mayagüez: 4
  • District 5 Ponce: 4
  • District 6 Guayama: 4
  • District 7 Humacao: 4
  • District 8 Carolina: 5

In addition, 12 at-large and 7 Pledged PLEOs are proportionally allocated by the islandwide vote.

  • 12 at-large National Convention delegates
  • 7 Pledged PLEOs

Every person qualified to vote in the general election in Puerto Rico is entitled to vote in the Presidential Primary. Voters shall certify under oath that they have not participated and will not participate in the selection of Presidential candidates for any other party.

 

Saturday 21 June 2008: Democratic Assembly

The remaining 8 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 7 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 6 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 0 Members of Congress (the Resident Commissioner is a non-voting Delegate in the House of Representatives).
    • 1 Governor.
    • 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.
  • 1 Unpledged "add-on" (selected during the Democratic Assembly).

These 8 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".


Delegation to the National Convention

Puerto Rico Delegation (as posted by http://www.demconvention.com/, 18 July 2008)

RoleClintonObama(total)
Pledged District000
Pledged PLEO000
Pledged At-Large000
Total Pledged000
Alternate Pledged District606
Alternate Pledged PLEO000
Alternate Pledged At-Large213
Total Alternates819
Unpledged  8
Credentials Committee  3
Platform Committee  2
Rules Committee  2
Pages  2
 
Role(s)PreferenceNameResidence
Alternate Pledged DistrictClintonLuis CaraballoCidra, PR
Alternate Pledged DistrictClintonVeronica CortésSan Juan, PR
Alternate Pledged DistrictClintonSergio M. MarxuachDorado, PR
Alternate Pledged DistrictClintonLoida MeléndezGuaynabo, PR
Alternate Pledged DistrictClintonHon. Luis D. MuñizMoca, PR
Alternate Pledged DistrictClintonAndrea A. Ríos-RodríguezHumacao, PR
Alternate Pledged At-LargeObamaAlejandro García-PadillaCaguas, PR
Alternate Pledged At-LargeClintonSheymar LausellSan Juan, PR
Alternate Pledged At-LargeClintonSuzette Rivera-Mac MurraySan Juan, PR
Unpledged
Delegation Vice Chair
 Luisette Cabanas-ColonSan Juan, PR
Unpledged
Delegation Chair
 Hon. Roberto L. PratsSan Juan, PR
Unpledged Add-On Marie O. RiveraSan Juan, PR
Unpledged DNC Member Celita Arroyo de RoquesSan Juan, PR
Unpledged DNC Member Francisco J. DomenechGuaynabo, PR
Unpledged DNC Member Hon. Kenneth McClintockSan Juan, PR
Unpledged DNC Member Eliseo Roques-ArroyoSan Juan, PR
Unpledged Governor Hon. Anibal Acevedo VilaSan Juan, PR
Credentials CommitteeClintonFrancisco ChévereSan Juan, PR
Credentials CommitteeObamaMarie H. ReinholdSan Juan, PR
Credentials Committee Eliseo Roques-ArroyoSan Juan, PR
Platform CommitteeObamaAndrés Guillemard-NobleGuaynabo, PR
Platform CommitteeClintonLiza M. Ortíz-CamachoSan Juan, PR
Rules CommitteeClintonEnid M. GavilánGuaynabo, PR
Rules CommitteeClintonMiguel LausellSan Juan, PR
Page Michael Ayala-CarriónTrujillo Alto, PR
Page Marinina LuisSan Juan, PR

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

 


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