South Carolina Democratic Delegation 2008

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2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

South Carolina Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Party-run Primary: Saturday 26 January 2008¹
Precinct Meetings: Saturday 23 February 2008
State Convention: Saturday 3 May 2008

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Popular Vote	Soft Pledged	Soft Unpledged (source)	Soft Total	Hard Total
Obama, Barack	`294,898 55.42%`	`25.0 55.56%`	`3.0 33.33%`	`28.0 51.85%`	`25.0 46.30%`
Clinton, Hillary Rodham	`140,990 26.49%`	`12.0 26.67%`	`2.0 22.22%`	`14.0 25.93%`	`12.0 22.22%`
Edwards, John	`93,801 17.63%`	`8.0 17.78%`		`8.0 14.81%`	`8.0 14.81%`
Richardson, William B. "Bill", III	`726 0.14%`
Biden, Joseph R. "Joe", Jr.	`693 0.13%`
Kucinich, Dennis J.	`551 0.10%`
Dodd, Christopher J. "Chris"	`247 0.05%`
Gravel, Mike	`245 0.05%`
Uncommitted					`9.0 16.67%`
(available)			`4.0 44.44%`	`4.0 7.41%`
Total	`532,151 100.00%`	`45.0 100.00%`	`9.0 100.00%`	`54.0 100.00%`	`54.0 100.00%`

Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary,
Polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 7:00p EST (0000 UTC).
Voter Eligibility: Open Primary
Voter Affiliation: Voter registration does not include party affiliation

54 total delegate votes - 29 district / 10 at large; 6 Pledged PLEOs; 8 Unpledged PLEOs; 1 Unpledged add-on

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South Carolina Delegate Selection Plan for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Conditional approval pending final review by The Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee August 25, 2007

Illinois Senator Barack Obama has won the South Carolina Democratic Primary with a clear majority: New York Senator Hillary Clinton is well back in 2d place, but still ahead of former N.C. Senator John Edwards who, although in 3d place, remains above the threshold needed to qualify for National Convention delegates.

Official statewide returns from an official source as of 8 April 2008.

Here's how we compute the delegate count (based on official results from a 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. Obama, Clinton, and Edwards 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				Obama			Clinton			Edwards
�	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del
CD1	90,180	89,779	4	45,292	2.018	2	26,160	1.166	1	18,327	0.817	1
CD2	96,315	95,898	5	53,890	2.810	3	27,367	1.427	1	14,641	0.763	1
CD3	69,242	68,952	4	31,595	1.833	2	19,460	1.129	1	17,897	1.038	1
CD4	72,658	72,383	4	35,043	1.937	2	20,664	1.142	1	16,676	0.922	1
CD5	87,422	86,999	6	48,120	3.319	3	23,422	1.615	2	15,457	1.066	1
CD6	116,334	104,875	6	80,958	4.632	5	23,917	1.368	1	10,803	�	�
PLEO	532,151	529,689	6	294,898	3.340	3	140,990	1.597	2	93,801	1.063	1
At-Large	532,151	529,689	10	294,898	5.567	5	140,990	2.662	3	93,801	1.771	2
Delegates	�	�	45	�	�	25	�	�	12	�	�	8

Unpledged delegates as of
29 January 2008: Clinton: 2, Obama: 1
8 March 2008: Clinton: 2, Obama: 2
4 May 2008: Clinton: 2, Obama: 3

Saturday 26 January 2008: 45 of 54 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's South Carolina 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.

29 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 6 congressional districts.

CD 1: 4
CD 2: 5
CD 3: 4
CD 4: 4
CD 5: 6
CD 6: 6

In addition, 16 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
- 10 at-large National Convention delegates
- 6 Pledged PLEOs

Participation is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. All voters in the primary and all participants in the precinct meetings and caucuses shall sign the following statement prior to voting: "I do solemnly swear or affirm that I am a registered voter of this precinct, I consider myself to be a Democrat, and I have not participated in the 2008 Presidential nominating process of any other political party".

Saturday 23 February 2008. Precinct Meetings are held to elect delegates to the County Democratic Conventions. The County Conventions are held between 6 and 20 March 2008. The County Convention elect delegates to the State Democratic Convention.

Saturday 3 May 2008: State Convention.

The remaining 9 National Convention delegates consist of

8 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

6 Democratic National Committee members.
2 Members of Congress (0 Senators and 2 Representatives).
0 Governors.
0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

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

These 9 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

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	• Campaigns and Elections Magazine - scpols.com
	• Carolina Morning News - Bluffton
	• DC's Political Report - South Carolina
	• Greenville Magazine
	• Island Packet - Hilton Head
	• Lexington County Chronicle
	• Morning News - Florence, Myrtle Beach
	• Politics1.com - South Carolina
	• SC Hotline - South Carolinas for Responsible Government
	• South Carolina Citizens for Life (SCCL is a non-partisan, non-sectarian pro-life organization and is the state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee)
	• South Carolina Headlines
	• Spartanburg Herald-Journal
	• The Beaufort Gazette
	• The Charlotte Observer
	• The Greenville News
	• The Herald - Rock Hill
	• The Item - Sumter
	• The Lancaster News
	• The Messinger - Hartsville
	• The News & Reporter - Chester County
	• The Post and Courier - Charleston
	• The State - Columbia
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	• The Times and Democrat - Orangeburg
	• The Union Daily Times
	• WCBD TV - NBC - Charleston
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	• WLTX TV - CBS - Columbia
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¹ Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.