Alabama Democratic primary, 2008

The 2008 Alabama Democratic primary was held on February 5, 2008 and had a total of 52 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Alabama's seven congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 34. Another 18 delegates will be awarded to the statewide winner. The 52 delegates will represent Alabama at the National Convention. Eight other delegates were chosen on March 1, 2008 during a Alabama Democratic Party Executive Committee meeting. Those eight delegates will attend the National Convention as officially unpledged.cite news | url = http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/AL-D.phtml | title = Alabama Democratic Delegation 2008 | publisher = The Green Papers | accessdate = 2008-03-25]

Polling

Results

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-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"! colspan="4" | Alabama Democratic presidential primary, 2008 [cite web |title=2008 Alabama Democratic Party Presidential Preference Primary: Unofficial Results from County Summary Reports |url=http://www.aladems.org/custom/results/Presidential%20Preference%20Primary%20Results.htm |publisher=Alabama Democratic Party |accessdate=2008-03-25]
-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"! style="width: 17em"|Candidate! style="width: 5em"|Votes! style="width: 7em"|Percentage! style="width: 5em"|National delegates
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align="left"| Barack Obama
300,321
55.96%
27
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align="left"| Hillary Clinton
223,096
41.57%
25
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align="left"| "John Edwards"
"7,841"
"1.46%"
"0"
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align="left"| "Joe Biden"
"1,174"
"0.22%"
"0"
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align="left"| "Bill Richardson"
"1,017"
"0.19%"
"0"
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align="left"| "Christopher Dodd"
"523"
"0.10%"
"0"
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align="left"| Uncommitted
2,663
0.50%
0
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Totals
536,635
100.00%
52

See also

*Alabama Republican primary, 2008

References