Democrats abroad 2008 presidential primary and superdelegates

This page is part of the Superdelegate Transparency Project A project of OpenLeft.com, LiteraryOutpost.com and the Congresspedia community. This collaborative project is building a running audit of the superdelegates to the 2008 Democratic convention, who they are, and whom they support. If neither Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama gain an outright majority of elected delegates in the primaries, these party and elected officials could decide the Democratic nominee. (Project home.) Learn more about superdelegates.

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Primary elections

Democratic presidential primary

The Democrats Abroad Democratic presidential "global primary" election took place between Feb. 5 – 12th, 2008.

• See also the 2008 federal election calendar (U.S.) and the embeddable Google calendar of the presidential primary dates and the congressional primary dates.

Delegate count

This chart shows the delegates to the Democratic National Convention in August 2008, who will elect the Democratic nominee for president. Listed are "pledged delegates" - those who were elected through the state's caucuses or primaries - and the "superdelegates" - those who are delegates by virtue of their party or elected office.

• Learn more about superdelegates.
• Help update and expand this chart.

Delegate allotments for At-Large and PL/EO delegate types are both based on statewide totals. Therefore, the statewide totals need only be listed in the 'At-Large' row

Democrats Abroad Democratic Delegates

Congressional District or Affiliation	Clinton Vote	Obama Vote	Other Vote	Pledged Clinton	Pledged Obama	Superdelegate	Superdelegate Status	Agrees w/ voters?	Accepted Donation(s) From	Donation Amount
Americas Pledged	2288	2873	99	0.5	0.5
Asia-Pacific Pledged	962	2726	67	0	0.5
Europe/Middle East/Africa Pledged	4251	9615	224	1	2
At-Large Pledged	7501	15214	390	0.5	1
PL/EO Pledged				0.5	0.5
DNC						Robert Bell	Hillary Clinton
DNC						Connie Borde	Barack Obama
DNC						Toby Condliffe	Barack Obama
DNC						Liv Gibbons	Barack Obama
DNC					1	Christine Marques	Barack Obama
DNC						Theresa Morelli	Hillary Clinton
DNC						Leo Perez Minaya	Hillary Clinton
DNC						Brent O'Leary	Barack Obama
Totals: Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Undeclared Total Total superdelegate endorsements: 1.5 (0 wobblers) 2.5 (0 wobblers) 0 (0 wobbling Clinton, 0 wobbling Obama) 4 Total pledged delegates 2.5 4.5 n/a 7 Grand delegate total 4 7 0 11

† all delegate votes from Democrats Abroad (both pledged and superdelegate) are worth 1/2 vote each at the Democratic National Convention. This table shows the final value of each vote at the DNC convention, rather than the actual number of pledged and superdelegates attending the convention.

Delegates in the following two categories are pledged delegates

"At-Large Pledged" delegates are pledged delegates and are apportioned according to the statewide popular vote.

"PL/EO Pledged" delegates are also apportioned according to the statewide popular vote but are selected from a pool of party leaders and elected officials.

Delegates in the following five categories are all unpledged superdelegates

"Dem. Governor" delegates are sitting Democratic governors.

"Dem. Senator" delegates are sitting Democratic senators.

"DNC" delegates are party officials.

"Distinguished Party Member" delegates are former Democratic Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Speakers of the House, Minority or Majority leader of either house of Congress, Governors, or DNC Chairmen.

"Add-On Unpledged" delegates are [To Be Determined].

You may use this list to confirm that the correct number of delegates and superdelegates are represented on the table.

Wobbler and leaner superdelegates

The list of "wobbler" and "leaner" superdelegates helps predict shifts as they change or hedge their endorsements. Click on a superdelegate's name in the main state chart above to see more details about their endorsement status.

Articles and resources

See also

• Portal:Superdelegate Transparency Project
  • Superdelegates in the 2008 presidential primaries
• U.S. presidential election, 2008
  • U.S. presidential election, 2008/Congressional endorsements
• Portal:2008 U.S. Congressional Elections

External resources

• DemConWatch - Best source for superdelegate endorsement info.
• USAToday Election Central - Probably the best resource for votes. Pledged PL/EOs and At-Large delegates are shown at the bottom.
• WashingtonPost.com - Adobe Acrobat document with full listing of superdelegates broken out by state and then type.
• CapitalEye - Lists campaign contributions in last cycle.
• PoliticalIndex.com - State political party links (the Washington Post link above should give complete information. However, if you need to follow up, try these links.
• Politico.com - politico.com's page showing superdelegate status. If you click on the '+' icon for any state/territory, the list will expand and show the commitments. WARNING - This should not be considered a valid source for updating the table. It is however useful as a reference for finding source material. For instance, you can use a Google's news search to confirm a superdelegate's status as it is shown on politico.com.
• PoliticalResources.com - Links to Secretary of State offices (for official election results).
• Wikipedia's page on superdelegates - This list may supplement the info available at DemConWatch. Watch out for unsourced information, though.