Wisconsin Democratic Delegation 2008

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2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Wisconsin Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 19 February 2008¹
County Caucuses: Sunday 6 April 2008
Congressional District Caucuses: Sunday 4 May 2008
State Convention: Friday 13 June 2008

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Popular Vote	Soft Pledged	Soft Unpledged (source)	Soft Total	Hard Total
Obama, Barack	`646,851 58.08%`	`42.0 56.76%`	`10.0 55.56%`	`52.0 56.52%`
Clinton, Hillary Rodham	`453,954 40.76%`	`32.0 43.24%`	`2.0 11.11%`	`34.0 36.96%`
Edwards, John	`6,693 0.60%`
Kucinich, Dennis J.	`2,625 0.24%`
Uninstructed	`861 0.08%`
Biden, Joseph R. "Joe", Jr.	`755 0.07%`
Richardson, William B. "Bill", III	`528 0.05%`
Gravel, Mike	`517 0.05%`
Dodd, Christopher J. "Chris"	`501 0.04%`
Scattering	`468 0.04%`
Uncommitted					`18.0 19.57%`
(available)			`6.0 33.33%`	`6.0 6.52%`	`74.0 80.43%`
Total	`1,113,753 100.00%`	`74.0 100.00%`	`18.0 100.00%`	`92.0 100.00%`	`92.0 100.00%`

Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary,
Polling hours 7:00a CST (1300 UTC) to 8:00p CST (0200 UTC).
Voter Eligibility: Open Primary

92 total delegate votes - 48 district / 16 at large; 10 Pledged PLEOs; 16 Unpledged PLEOs; 2 Unpledged add-ons

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Wisconsin 2008 Delegate Selection Plan

Here's how we compute the delegate count (based on certified returns from the 19 February Primary 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				Obama			Clinton
	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del
CD1	135,238	133,703	6	70,457	3.162	3	63,246	2.838	3
CD2	191,988	189,661	8	125,234	5.282	5	64,427	2.718	3
CD3	124,590	122,978	6	70,246	3.427	3	52,732	2.573	3
CD4	140,483	139,068	6	96,380	4.158	4	42,688	1.842	2
CD5	143,149	141,846	5	78,075	2.752	3	63,771	2.248	2
CD6	119,555	118,151	5	65,761	2.783	3	52,390	2.217	2
CD7	131,273	129,328	6	69,484	3.224	3	59,844	2.776	3
CD8	127,477	126,070	6	71,214	3.389	3	54,856	2.611	3
PLEO	1,113,753	1,100,805	10	646,851	5.876	6	453,954	4.124	4
At-Large	1,113,753	1,100,805	16	646,851	9.402	9	453,954	6.598	7
Delegates			74			42			32

Unpledged delegates as of
29 January 2008: Clinton: 2, Edwards: 2, Obama: 2
31 January 2008: Clinton: 2, Obama: 2
9 February 2008: Clinton: 2, Obama: 3
12 February 2008: Clinton: 2, Obama: 4
24 February 2008: Clinton: 2, Obama: 8
4 March 2008: Clinton: 2, Obama: 9
15 March 2008: Clinton: 2, Obama: 10

Tuesday 19 February 2008: 74 of 92 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Wisconsin 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.

48 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 8 congressional districts.

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

In addition, 26 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
- 16 at-large National Convention delegates
- 10 Pledged PLEOs

Sunday 6 April 2008: County Caucuses. The first tier caucuses for District Delegate selection are held at the County or Assembly District level.

Sunday 4 May 2008: Congressional District Caucuses. The second and final tier caucuses for District Delegate selection are held at the Congressional District level.

Friday 13 June 2008: State Convention

The remaining 18 National Convention delegates consist of

16 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

8 Democratic National Committee members.
7 Members of Congress (2 Senators and 5 Representatives).
1 Governor.
0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

2 Unpledged "add-on"s (just before the Convention meets, the Administrative Committee of the Wisconsin Democratic Party chooses these delegates).

These 18 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution Links to State Constitutions
	• http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/2wiscon.html
Election Authority
	• Wisconsin State Elections Board
Legislature Links to State Legislatures
	• Wisconsin State Assembly
	• Wisconsin State Legislature
	• Wisconsin State Senate
Democratic
	• The Democratic Party of Wisconsin
	• Wisconsin State Senate Democratic Committee
Media & others
	• DC's Political Report - Wisconsin
	• Fond du Lac Reporter
	• Greater Milwaukee Today
	• Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee
	• LaCrosse Tribune
	• Leader-Telegram - Eau Claire
	• Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
	• Marshfield News-Herald
	• Oshkosh Northwestern
	• Politics1.com - Wisconsin
	• Sheboygan-Press
	• Stevens Point Journal
	• The Chippewa Herald
	• The Janesville Gazette
	• The Journal Times - Racine
	• The Kenosha News
	• The Wheeler Report - Madison
	• Watertown Daily Times
	• Wausau Daily Herald
	• WISC TV - IBS - Madison
	• Wisconsin Radio Network - Madison
	• Wisconsin Vote - University of Wisconsin
	• Wisinfo
	• WisPolitics.com
	• WKOW TV - ABC - Madison

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