Maryland Democrat Delegation 2000

The Green Papers: Election 2000

Last modified Sunday, December 24, 2000
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	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
	Maryland Democrat Primary: Tuesday, March 7, 2000
	Popular Vote	Floor Vote	Hard Total
Gore, Al	`341,630 67%`	`95. 100%`	`49. 52%`
Bradley, Bill	`144,387 28%`		`19. 20%`
Uncommitted	`16,935 3%`		`27. 28%`
LaRouche, Lyndon	`4,510 1%`
Total	`507,462 100%`	`95. 100%`	`95. 100%`
Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary, Polls Close at 8 PM EST (0100 UTC) Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary 95 total delegate votes - 44 district / 15 at-large; 9 Pledged PLEOs; 25 Unpledged PLEOs; 2 Unpledged add-ons

18 March 2000: Unpledged delegate preference update: Gore 25, Bradley 0. 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Bill Bradley, having withdrawn from the campaign, is no longer entitled to receive At-Large and unpledged PLEO delegates (rule 9.C).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 4 At-Large and 3 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 from the 7 March Primary. 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:

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.
Allocate Congressional District delegates from the qualified vote in each district. Allocate Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates using the statewide qualified vote.
In each jurisdiction:

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			Gore			Bradley
	Vote	Del	Vote	%	Del	Vote	%	Del
CD1	49,501	5	31,599	63.835%	3	17,902	36.165%	2
CD2	51,243	5	31,296	61.074%	3	19,947	38.926%	2
CD3	59,883	6	41,620	69.502%	4	18,263	30.498%	2
CD4	68,820	7	57,294	83.252%	6	11,526	16.748%	1
CD5	57,205	5	41,223	72.062%	4	15,982	27.938%	1
CD6	43,787	4	27,454	62.699%	3	16,333	37.301%	1
CD7	55,968	6	45,909	82.027%	5	10,059	17.973%	1
CD8	77,162	6	50,245	65.116%	4	26,917	34.884%	2
PLEO	463,569	9	326,640	70.462%	6	136,929	29.538%	3
At-Large	463,569	15	326,640	70.462%	11	136,929	29.538%	4
Delegates		68			49			19

Tuesday 7 March 2000: 68 of 95 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Maryland Presidential Primary.

"44 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 8 congressional districts. In addition, 15 at-large National Convention delegates plus 9 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 27 National Convention delegates consist of 25 Unpledged PLEOs and 2 Unpledged "add-on"s; these 27 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 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:"

18 Democratic National Committee members
6 Members of Congress (2 Senators, 4 Representatives)
1 Governor
2 add-ons

Maryland Counties

Maryland has 23 Counties plus the independent City of Baltimore (not part of any County) and 8 Congressional Districts: 18 counties are wholly within one congressional district; 5 counties- along with the independent City of Baltimore- are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (those wholly within one Congressional District):

CD # 1: Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico and Worcester
CD # 2: Harford
CD # 5: Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's
CD # 6: Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett and Washington

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

Anne Arundel: CDs 1, 2, 3 and 5
Baltimore County [NOTE: this is NOT the City of Baltimore nor does it include the City of Baltimore]: CDs 2, 3 and 7
Howard: CDs 3 and 6
Montgomery: CDs 4 and 8 [CD # 8 is wholly within Montgomery County]
Prince George's: CDs 4 and 5

The independent City of Baltimore is divided among CDs 1, 3 and 7.