The Green Papers: Election 2000 
 
Democratic PartyCalifornia Democrat
Primary: Tuesday, March 7, 2000
Popular VoteDelegate Votes
Floor VoteHard Total
Gore, Al  2,155,321  81%  431.  100%  305.   70%
Bradley, Bill  482,882  18%         62.   14%
Uncommitted                66.   15%
LaRouche, Lyndon  15,911   1%            
abstentions           2.    0%      
Total  2,654,114 100%  433.  100%  433.  100%
Voter Eligibility: Open Primary (party only), Polls Close at 8 PM PST (0400 UTC)
Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary

433 total delegate votes - 239 district / 80 at-large; 48 Pledged PLEOs; 61 Unpledged PLEOs / 5 Unpledged add-ons

Last modified Saturday, December 23, 2000
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4 August 2000: On July 26, 2000 Congressman Matthew "Marty" Martinez (California District 31) switched his affiliation from Democrat to Republican. This means that Congressman Martinez will not attend the convention as an unpledged PLEO delegate. The the size of the California Delegation has decreased from 435 to 434 delegates.

30 April 2000: Unpledged delegate preference update: Gore 61, Bradley 0. Unpledged delegates appear in the "Soft Unpledged" field.

18 March 2000: Unpledged delegate preference update: Gore 59, Bradley 2. Unpledged delegates appear in the "Soft Unpledged" field.

Bill Bradley, having withdrawn from the campaign, is no longer entitled to receive At-Large and unpledged PLEO delegates (rule 9.C). The 15 At-Large and 9 unpledged PLEO delegates originally assigned to Bradley have been reassigned to Gore in our "Soft Pledged". The "Hard Total" however, shows the delegates as originally assigned.


The Popular Vote above is based on official returns of registered Democratic voters from the 7 March Primary. While this is an Open Primary, delegate allocation is based exclusively on the votes of Registered Democrats. This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary. These coinciding primaries tend to have an impact upon voter turnout.

Here's how we compute the delegate count:
  1. A candidate must receive 15% or more of the total popular vote to qualify for delegates. Discard those votes cast for candidates who do not qualify. Gore alone received 15% or more of the vote in many districts, hence, he receives all of the delegates from that district.
  2. Allocate Congressional District delegates from the qualified vote in each district. Allocate Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates using the statewide qualified vote.
  3. In each jurisdiction:
    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.
ContestGoreBradley
 VoteDelVote%DelVote%Del
CD157,542545,07678.336%412,46621.664%1
CD243,700532,92875.350%410,77224.650%1
CD352,173541,49179.526%410,68220.474%1
CD453,974542,79579.288%411,17920.712%1
CD562,768551,35781.820%411,41118.180%1
CD683,065660,04872.290%423,01727.710%2
CD770,100557,65482.245%412,44617.755%1
CD881,590659,71473.188%421,87626.812%2
CD985,375661,75072.328%423,62527.672%2
CD1066,870550,61275.687%416,25824.313%1
CD1144,584437,45784.014%37,12715.986%1
CD1266,431551,36177.315%415,07022.685%1
CD1354,298544,39781.765%49,90118.235%1
CD1463,016544,29070.284%418,72629.716%1
CD1558,650544,75876.314%413,89223.686%1
CD1645,292538,34984.671%46,94315.329%1
CD1753,433542,01578.631%411,41821.369%1
CD1832,516432,516100.000%45,079  
CD1940,399433,83783.757%36,56216.243%1
CD2025,233425,233100.000%43,165  
CD2129,853425,21884.474%34,63515.526%1
CD2244,941534,57976.943%410,36223.057%1
CD2341,959534,64282.562%47,31717.438%1
CD2454,572543,94280.521%410,63019.479%1
CD2537,260430,93083.011%36,33016.989%1
CD2632,847432,847100.000%44,492  
CD2747,071538,08080.899%48,99119.101%1
CD2841,390434,75583.970%36,63516.030%1
CD2971,946655,65177.351%516,29522.649%1
CD3030,643430,643100.000%44,238  
CD3134,983434,983100.000%43,277  
CD3264,518564,518100.000%59,018  
CD3326,393426,393100.000%41,544  
CD3445,658545,658100.000%54,329  
CD3549,241549,241100.000%53,839  
CD3647,602537,34578.453%410,25721.547%1
CD3746,523446,523100.000%43,404  
CD3836,309536,309100.000%56,486  
CD3935,847429,90483.421%35,94316.579%1
CD4033,502428,39284.747%35,11015.253%1
CD4127,697427,697100.000%44,551  
CD4234,674434,674100.000%44,501  
CD4335,838429,91183.462%35,92716.538%1
CD4434,697434,697100.000%45,109  
CD4531,888425,87281.134%36,01618.866%1
CD4619,826419,826100.000%42,523  
CD4738,804431,17180.329%37,63319.671%1
CD4834,872428,47381.650%36,39918.350%1
CD4945,522536,83080.906%48,69219.094%1
CD5031,976431,976100.000%43,361  
CD5138,722431,28080.781%37,44219.219%1
CD5231,491431,491100.000%45,037  
PLEO2,474,027482,022,08981.733%39451,93818.267%9
At-Large2,474,027802,022,08981.733%65451,93818.267%15
Delegates 367  305  62

Tuesday 7 March 2000: 367 of 435 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's California Presidential Primary.

  • "239 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 52 congressional districts. In addition, 80 at-large National Convention delegates plus 48 Pledged PLEOs 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 remaining 68 National Convention delegates consist of 63 Unpledged PLEOs and 5 Unpledged "add-on"s; these 68 delegates will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

"The breakdown of Unpledged Party Leader and Elected Official delegates to the Democratic National Convention below is somewhat different from that provided by the Democratic Party: the reason for this is that the state's Governor along with one or more of its Members of Congress are also members of the Democratic National Committee and are considered to be DNC members (i.e. "Party Leaders") rather than Democratic office holders (i.e. "Elected Officials") by the Party. However, it is the opinion of "The Green Papers" that the average voter/citizen or other interested party who accesses this website would more readily identify Party Leaders who are also Elected Officials by their political office rather than their status as members of the DNC and we, therefore, count them as Elected Officials rather than as Party Leaders in the following breakdown:"

  • 31 Democratic National Committee members
  • 30 Members of Congress (2 Senators and 28 Representatives)
  • 1 Governor
  • 1 Distinguished Party Leader
  • 5 add-ons

California has 52 Congressional Districts from which 239 district delegates are elected:

  • 25 Congressional Districts have 4 delegates each: (total=100) #11, #18, #19, #20, #21, #25, #26, #28, #30, #31, #33, #37, #39, #40, #41, #42, #43, #44, #45, #46, #47, #48, #50, #51, #52.
  • 23 Congressional Districts have 5 delegates each: (total=115) #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7, #10, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #22, #23, #24, #27, #32, #34, #35, #36, #38, #49.
  • 4 Congressional Districts have 6 delegates each: (total=24) #6, #8, #9, #29.

California has 58 Counties and 52 Congressional Districts: 36 counties are wholly within a congressional district; 22 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (those wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD # 1: Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino and Napa
  • CD # 2: Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Trinity and Yuba
  • CD # 3: Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Tehama and Yolo
  • CD # 4: Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Placerand Tuolumne
  • CD # 6: Marin
  • CD # 17: Monterey and San Benito
  • CD # 18: Merced and Stanislaus
  • CD # 19: Mariposa
  • CD # 20: Kings
  • CD # 22: San Luis Obispo
  • CD # 40: Inyo
  • CD # 52: Imperial

DIVIDED COUNTIES (those split among more than one Congressional District):

  • Alameda: CDs 9, 10 and 13 [CD # 9 is wholly within Alameda County]
  • Butte: CDs 2 and 3
  • Contra Costa: CDs 7 and 10
  • Fresno: CDs 18, 19 and 20
  • Kern: CDs 20 and 21
  • Los Angeles: CDs 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 41 [CDs # 25, # 26, # 27, # 28, # 29, # 30, # 31, # 32, # 33, # 34, # 35, # 36, # 37 and # 38 are all wholly within Los Angeles County]
  • Madera: CDs 18 and 19
  • Orange: CDs 39, 41, 45, 46, 47 and 48 [CDs # 45, # 46 and # 47 are wholly within Orange County]
  • Riverside: CDs 43, 44 and 48 [CDs # 43 and # 44 are wholly within Riverside County]
  • Sacramento: CDs 3, 4 and 5 [CD # 5 is wholly within Sacramento County]
  • San Bernardino: CDs 40, 41 and 42 [CD # 42 is wholly within San Bernardino County]
  • San Diego: CDs 48, 49, 50, 51 and 52 [CDs # 49, # 50 and # 51 are wholly within San Diego County]
  • San Francisco (coterminous with the City of San Francisco): CDs 8 and 12 [CD # 8 is wholly within the City and County of San Francisco]
  • San Joaquin: CDs 11 and 18
  • San Mateo: CDs 12 and 14
  • Santa Barbara: CDs 22 and 23
  • Santa Clara: CDs 13, 14, 15 and 16 [CD # 16 is wholly within Santa Clara County]
  • Santa Cruz: CDs 15 and 17
  • Solano: CDs 1, 3 and 7
  • Sonoma: CDs 1 and 6
  • Tulare: CDs 19, 20 and 21
  • Ventura: CDs 23 and 24


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