2008 Alabama Democratic presidential primary
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 Primary results by county Clinton: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Obama: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 Alabama Democratic presidential primary was held on
Denver, Colorado. Eight other delegates were chosen on March 1, 2008, during an Alabama Democratic Party Executive Committee meeting. Those eight delegates attended the National Convention as officially unpledged.[1]
Polling
Results
| Alabama Democratic presidential primary results – 2008 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates | ||
| Democratic | Barack Obama | 300,321 | 55.96% | 27 | ||
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 223,096 | 41.57% | 25 | ||
| Democratic | John Edwards | 7,841 | 1.46% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Joe Biden | 1,174 | 0.22% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Bill Richardson | 1,017 | 0.19% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Christopher Dodd
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523 | 0.10% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Uncommitted | 2,663 | 0.50% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 536,635 | 100.00% | 52 | |||
| Voter turnout | % | — | ||||
Analysis
With its heavily
white
voters who backed Clinton by a margin of 72–25. Obama won all age groups and educational attainment levels in Alabama except senior citizens aged 65 and over and those who did not complete high school. Obama won voters who identified as Democrats but Clinton won those who identified as Republicans; both candidates split among Independents. Clinton won Protestants but Obama won those who identified as Other Christian (excluding Catholics) and agnostics/atheists.
Obama did best in the Black Belt counties in Alabama which are majority African American. He also performed extremely well in the urban areas of Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile and Huntsville. Clinton performed best in Northern Alabama and did best in counties that were majority white.
See also
References
- ^ "Alabama Democratic Delegation 2008". The Green Papers. Retrieved March 25, 2008.