Montana Democrat Delegation 2000

The Green Papers: Election 2000

Last modified Sunday, December 24, 2000
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	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
	Montana Democrat Primary: Tuesday, June 6, 2000
	Popular Vote	Floor Vote	Hard Total
Gore, Al	`68,420 78%`	`24. 100%`	`15. 63%`
Uncommitted	`19,447 22%`		`9. 38%`
Total	`87,867 100%`	`24. 100%`	`24. 100%`
Voter Eligibility: Open Primary, Polls Close at 8 PM MDT (0200 UTC) Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary 24 total delegate votes - 11 district / 4 at-large; 2 Pledged PLEOs; 6 Unpledged PLEOs; 1 Unpledged add-on

15 June 2000: Reports indicate that the 2 uncommitted delegates elected during the primary will vote for Gore. These two delegates are now counted as "Soft Unpledged" for Gore but will remain "Uncommitted" in the "Hard Total".

The Popular Vote above is based on official returns from the 6 June Primary. This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary. These coinciding primaries tend to have an impact upon voter turnout.

Al Gore is running unopposed. Votes cast for "No Preference" are shown as "Uncommitted" in the table above.

6 June 2000: Unpledged delegate preference update: Gore 3. Unpledged delegates appear in the "Soft Unpledged" column.

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 statewide. Allocate Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates using the statewide qualified vote. Bill Bradley, having withdrawn from the campaign, is not entitled to receive At-Large and PLEO delegates.
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			Uncommitted
	Vote	Del	Vote	%	Del	Vote	%	Del
District	85,916	11	67,585	78.664%	9	18,331	21.336%	2
At-Large	67,585	4	67,585	100.000%	4	18,331
PLEO	67,585	2	67,585	100.000%	2	18,331
Delegates		17			15			2

Tuesday 6 June 2000: 17 of 24 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Montana Presidential Primary.

"11 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results statewide as Montana has only a single at-large congressional seat. In addition, 4 at-large National Convention delegates plus 2 Pledged PLEOs are also 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 the statewide level."

The remaining 7 National Convention delegates consist of 6 Unpledged PLEOs and 1 Unpledged "add-on"; these 7 delegates will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

The breakdown of unpledged delegates is:

4 Democratic National Committee members
1 Member of Congress (Senator)
1 Distinguished Party Leader
1 add-on