Statewide opinion polling for the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008
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This article is a collection of state-wide public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the Democratic presidential primaries, 2008
. A graphic summary of the data in map form follows. For state and territory names abbreviated in the maps in this article, see: List of US postal abbreviations.
† Barack Obama was not on the ballot in Michigan.
Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008
The 2008 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 U.S. presidential election...
. A graphic summary of the data in map form follows. For state and territory names abbreviated in the maps in this article, see: List of US postal abbreviations.
Polling
Poll summary and current pledged delegate count
Delegate table and polling data
The following table shows a summary of the most recent polling data for each state, as well as completed primary and caucus results. Totals for withdrawn candidates have been placed in the "Uncommitted/Other" and "Other" columns. The pledged delegate vote estimates come from each state's primary or caucus article. Click on the specific election (link) column to see the sources used in those articles.| Date | State | Delegates | Hillary Clinton | Barack Obama | Uncommitted/other | Hillary Clinton | Barack Obama | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-01-03 | Iowa Iowa Democratic caucuses, 2008 The Iowa Democratic Presidential Caucus occurred on January 3, 2008, and was the state caucuses of the Iowa Democratic Party. It was the first election for the Democrats of the 2008 presidential election. Also referred to as "the First in the Nation Caucus," it was the first election of the primary... |
45 | 29% | 38% | 33% | 14 | 24 | 7 |
| 2008-01-08 | New Hampshire New Hampshire Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 New Hampshire Democratic primary on January 8, 2008 was the first primary in the United States in 2008. Its purpose was to determine the number of delegates from New Hampshire that would represent a certain candidate at the National Convention. In a primary, members of a political party—in... |
22 | 39% | 36% | 24% | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| 2008-01-15 | Michigan Michigan Democratic primary, 2008 The Michigan Democratic Presidential Primary took place January 15, 2008. Originally, the state had 156 delegates up for grabs that were to be awarded in the following way: 83 delegates were to be awarded based on the winner in each of Michigan's 15 congressional districts while an additional 45... 1 |
128 | 55% | -† | 45% | 73 | 55 | 0 |
| 2008-01-19 | Nevada Nevada Democratic caucuses, 2008 The Nevada Democratic Presidential Caucuses took place on January 19, 2008 after having been moved from a later date by the Nevada Democratic Party... |
25 | 51% | 45% | 4% | 11 | 14 | 0 |
| 2008-01-26 | South Carolina South Carolina Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on January 26, 2008. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the primary's popular vote by a 28.9% margin.... |
45 | 27% | 55% | 18% | 12 | 25 | 8 |
| 2008-01-29 | Florida Florida Democratic primary, 2008 The Florida Democratic Presidential primary took place on January 29, 2008. Originally, the state had 185 delegates up for grabs that were to be awarded in the following way: 121 delegates were to be awarded based on the winner in each of Florida's 25 congressional districts while an additional 64... 1 |
185 | 50% | 33% | 17% | 105 | 67 | 13 |
| 2008-02-05 | Alabama Alabama Democratic primary, 2008 The Alabama Democratic Presidential Primary was held on Super Tuesday, 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 were awarded to the... |
52 | 42% | 56% | 2% | 25 | 27 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Alaska Alaska Democratic caucuses, 2008 The Alaska Democratic Caucuses took place Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008. This was the first time that Democrats in Alaska participated in Super Tuesday, and the large turnout forced at least one caucusing site to delay closing its doors far beyond the 6 p.m. deadline. The state had a total of 13... |
13 | 25% | 75% | 0% | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | American Samoa American Samoa Democratic caucuses, 2008 The American Samoa Democratic caucuses, 2008 took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. Caucusing began at 11:00 am local time. The early time ensured that results would be reported that evening in the mainland United States. Hillary Clinton won the caucus, the smallest of Super... |
3 | 57% | 43% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Arizona Arizona Democratic primary, 2008 The Arizona Democratic Presidential Primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 56 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Arizona's eight congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, which totaled 37. Another 19 delegates were awarded to the... |
56 | 51% | 42% | 7% | 31 | 25 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Arkansas Arkansas Democratic primary, 2008 The Arkansas Democratic Presidential Primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 35 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Arkansas's four congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 22. Another 13 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner,... |
35 | 70% | 27% | 3% | 27 | 8 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | California California Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 California Democratic primary took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. California was dubbed the "Big Enchilada" by the media because it offers the most delegates out of any other delegation. Hillary Clinton won the primary.... |
370 | 52% | 43% | 6% | 204 | 166 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Colorado Colorado Democratic caucuses, 2008 The Colorado Democratic Presidential Caucuses took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008. As he did in every other state that held a caucus rather than a primary, Barack Obama won the caucus by a wide, two-to-one margin over Hillary Rodham Clinton.... |
55 | 32% | 67% | 1% | 20 | 35 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Connecticut Connecticut Democratic primary, 2008 The Connecticut Democratic Presidential Primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 48 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Connecticut's five congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 31. Another 17 delegates were awarded to the statewide... |
48 | 47% | 51% | 2% | 22 | 26 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Delaware Delaware Democratic primary, 2008 The Delaware Democratic Presidential Primary was held on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 15 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Delaware's subdivisions was awarded those subdivisions' delegates, totaling 10. Another five delegates were awarded to the statewide winner,... |
15 | 43% | 53% | 4% | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Georgia Georgia Democratic primary, 2008 The Georgia Democratic Presidential Primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 87 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Georgia's 13 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 57. Another 30 delegates were awarded to the... |
87 | 31% | 67% | 2% | 27 | 60 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Idaho Idaho Democratic caucuses, 2008 The Idaho Democratic Presidential Caucuses were held on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 18 national delegates at stake. For the first time, caucuses were held in all 44 counties, all of them open caucuses organized at the county level rather than the precinct level.The Idaho Democratic Caucus... |
18 | 17% | 79% | 1% | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Illinois Illinois Democratic primary, 2008 The Illinois Democratic Presidential Primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 153 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Illinois's 19 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 100. Another 53 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner,... |
153 | 33% | 65% | 2% | 49 | 104 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Kansas Kansas Democratic caucuses, 2008 The Kansas Democratic Presidential Caucuses took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 21 delegates at stake. The remaining 11 delegates were selected at the Kansas Democratic Party District Conventions on April 12... |
32 | 26% | 74% | 0% | 9 | 23 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Massachusetts Massachusetts Democratic primary, 2008 The Massachusetts Democratic Presidential Primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 93 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Massachusetts's 10 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 61. Another 32 delegates were awarded to... |
93 | 56% | 41% | 3% | 55 | 38 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Minnesota Minnesota Democratic caucuses, 2008 The Minnesota Democratic Caucus took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008 with 78 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Minnesota's eight congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 47. Another 25 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama... |
72 | 32% | 67% | 1% | 24 | 48 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Missouri Missouri Democratic primary, 2008 The Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, with 72 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Missouri's nine congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, which totaled 47. Another 25 delegates were awarded to the statewide... |
72 | 48% | 49% | 3% | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | New Jersey New Jersey Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 New Jersey Democratic primary took place February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. Hillary Clinton won this primary.-Polls:- Results :- See also :* Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008... |
107 | 54% | 44% | 2% | 59 | 48 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | New Mexico | 26 | 49% | 48% | 3% | 14 | 12 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | New York New York Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 New York Democratic primary took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday. Polls indicated that New York Senator Hillary Clinton was leading rival Senator Barack Obama by double digits in the weeks before the contest, and she ended up winning with roughly 58% of the... |
232 | 57% | 40% | 3% | 139 | 93 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | North Dakota North Dakota Democratic caucuses, 2008 The 2008 North Dakota Democratic caucuses took place on February 5, 2008, one of the many Super Tuesday nominating contests held that day. Barack Obama won the caucuses, securing 8 out of 13 national delegates.- Process :... |
13 | 37% | 61% | 2% | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Oklahoma Oklahoma Democratic primary, 2008 The Oklahoma Democratic primary, 2008, part of the process of selecting that party's nominee for President of the United States, took place on February 5, one of the many nominating contests of 2008's "Super Tuesday". The primary election chose 38 pledged delegates to represent Oklahoma at the... |
38 | 55% | 31% | 14% | 24 | 14 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Tennessee Tennessee Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Tennessee Democratic primary took place on February 5, 2008, also known as Super Tuesday.-Polls:- Results :- See also :*Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008*Tennessee Republican primary, 2008... |
68 | 54% | 41% | 5% | 40 | 28 | 0 |
| 2008-02-05 | Utah Utah Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Utah Democratic primary took place on February 5, 2008, with the votes of 23 pledged delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention at stake. The primary was one of many held on Super Tuesday. Barack Obama won the primary.-Polls:... |
23 | 39% | 57% | 4% | 9 | 14 | 0 |
| 2008-02-09 | Louisiana Louisiana Democratic primary, 2008 The Louisiana Democratic Presidential Primary took place on February 9, 2008, and had 56 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Louisiana's seven congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 37. Another 29 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack... |
56 | 36% | 57% | 7% | 22 | 34 | 0 |
| 2008-02-09 | Nebraska Nebraska Democratic caucuses, 2008 The Nebraska Democratic Presidential Caucuses took place on February 9, 2008, where 24 of the state's 31 convention delegates were chosen. Like he did throughout many other states that held caucuses instead of primaries, Barack Obama won the Nebraska Democratic Caucus by more than a two-to-one... |
24 | 32% | 68% | 0% | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| 2008-02-09 | U.S. Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands Democratic territorial convention, 2008 The 2008 United States Virgin Islands Democratic territorial convention took place on February 9, 2008. The convention chose 6 delegates, all pledged to Senator Barack Obama. Each delegate, however, only counted for half a vote at the 2008 Democratic National Convention... |
3 | 8% | 92% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008-02-09 | Washington caucus Washington Democratic caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Washington Democratic caucuses were a series of events held by the Washington State Democratic Party to determine the delegates that the Party sent to the 2008 Democratic National Convention... |
78 | 31% | 68% | 1% | 26 | 52 | 0 |
| 2008-02-10 | Maine Maine Democratic caucuses, 2008 The Maine Democratic Presidential Caucuses took place on February 10, 2008, and had 24 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Maine's two congressional districts received all of that district's total delegates, which totaled 16. Another eight delegates were awarded to the statewide winner,... |
24 | 40% | 59% | 1% | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| 2008-02-12 | Democrats Abroad Democrats Abroad primary, 2008 The 2008 Democrats Abroad primary took place from February 5, 2008 until February 12. The first voting began at midnight in Indonesia, with one of the first unofficial results came from a polling station at the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta. Of roughly 100 votes, 75% were for Senator Barack Obama... |
7 | 33% | 66% | 1% | 2.5 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2008-02-12 | District of Columbia District of Columbia Democratic primary, 2008 The District of Columbia Democratic Presidential Primary took place on February 12, 2008, nicknamed the "Potomac Primary" because Maryland and Virginia, which border the Potomac River, also held Democratic primaries that day... |
15 | 24% | 75% | 1% | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 2008-02-12 | Maryland Maryland Democratic primary, 2008 The Maryland Democratic Presidential Primary took place on February 12, 2008. Nicknamed the "Potomac Primary" or the "Chesapeake Primary" because the District of Columbia and Virginia also held their primaries that day , a total of 70 delegates were up for grabs in Maryland... |
70 | 36% | 61% | 3% | 28 | 42 | 0 |
| 2008-02-12 | Virginia Virginia Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Virginia Democratic primary took place on February 12, 2008, an election day nicknamed the "Potomac Primary" because the District of Columbia and Maryland also held Democratic primaries. The Virginia Democratic primary was an open primary, and was competitive for the first time since 1988... |
83 | 35% | 64% | 1% | 29 | 54 | 0 |
| 2008-02-19 | Hawaii Hawaii Democratic caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Hawaii Democratic Presidential Caucuses took place on February 19, 2008, with 20 pledged delegates at stake. The winner in each of Hawaii's two congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 13. Another seven delegates were awarded to both candidates at the... |
20 | 24% | 76% | 0% | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| 2008-02-19 | Wisconsin Wisconsin Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Wisconsin Democratic primary took place on February 19, 2008. 74 pledged delegates were at stake. The Hawaii Democratic caucuses, 2008 took place the same day.... |
74 | 41% | 58% | 1% | 32 | 42 | 0 |
| 2008-03-04 | Ohio Ohio Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Ohio Democratic primary took place on March 4, 2008 and was open to registered Democrats and Independents. Ohio sent 141 pledged delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, which were awarded to the candidates proportionally based on the outcome of the election. In addition,... |
141 | 54% | 44% | 2% | 75 | 66 | 0 |
| 2008-03-04 | Rhode Island Rhode Island Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Rhode Island Democratic primary took place on March 4, 2008. It was an open primary. 21 delegates were awarded on a proportional basis. Rhode Island's delegation to the 2008 Democratic National Convention also included 11 superdelegates whose votes were not bound by the results of the... |
21 | 58% | 40% | 2% | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| 2008-03-04 | Texas primary Texas Democratic primary and caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Texas Democratic primary and caucuses were a series of events to determine the delegates that the Texas Democratic Party sent to the 2008 Democratic National Convention... |
126 | 51% | 47% | 2% | 65 | 61 | 0 |
| 2008-03-04 | Texas caucus | 67 | 44% | 56% | 0% | 30 | 37 | 0 |
| 2008-03-04 | Vermont Vermont Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Vermont Democratic primary was an open primary that took place on March 4, 2008. Barack Obama won the primary, his only decisive win among the four March 4 contests. The primary determined the 15 pledged delegates that represented Vermont at the 2008 Democratic National Convention... |
15 | 39% | 59% | 2% | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| 2008-03-08 | Wyoming Wyoming Democratic caucuses, 2008 The 2008 Wyoming Democratic caucuses were a series of events designed to determine the delegates that the Wyoming Democratic Party sent to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The party was allocated seven pledged delegates to presidential candidates on March 8 during the Wyoming Democratic... |
12 | 38% | 61% | 1% | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 2008-03-11 | Mississippi Mississippi Democratic primary, 2008 The Mississippi Democratic Presidential Primary took place on March 11, 2008, with 33 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Mississippi's four congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 22. Another 11 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama... |
33 | 37% | 61% | 2% | 14 | 19 | 0 |
| 2008-04-22 | Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Democratic primary in Pennsylvania was held on April 22 by the Pennsylvania Department of State in which voters chose their preference for the Democratic Party's candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential election. Voters also chose the Pennsylvania Democratic Party's candidates for various... |
158 | 55% | 45% | 0% | 85 | 73 | 0 |
| 2008-05-03 | Guam Guam Democratic territorial convention, 2008 The 2008 Guam Democratic territorial convention took place on May 3, 2008. Senator Barack Obama won by 7 votes, a margin of less than 0.2%. This resulted in each candidate getting 2 pledged delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention... |
4 | 50% | 50% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008-05-06 | Indiana Indiana Democratic primary, 2008 Clinton narrowly defeated Obama to win the primary.The Indiana Democratic Presidential Primary took place on May 6, 2008. It was an open primary with 72 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Indiana's nine congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 47.... |
72 | 51% | 49% | 0% | 39 | 33 | 0 |
| 2008-05-06 | North Carolina North Carolina Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Democratic presidential primary in North Carolina took place on May 6, 2008, one of the last primary elections in the long race for nomination between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Obama won the primary.... |
115 | 42% | 56% | 2% | 50 | 65 | 0 |
| 2008-05-13 | West Virginia West Virginia Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 West Virginia Democratic primary took place on May 13, 2008 with polls closing at 7:30 p.m. EST. It was open to Democrats and Independents. The primary determined 28 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, who were awarded on a proportional basis. West Virginia's Democratic... |
28 | 67% | 26% | 7% | 20 | 8 | 0 |
| 2008-05-20 | Kentucky Kentucky Democratic primary, 2008 The Kentucky Democratic Presidential Primary took place May 20, 2008, and had 51 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Kentucky's six congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 34. Another 17 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Hillary Rodham... |
51 | 65% | 30% | 5% | 37 | 14 | 0 |
| 2008-05-20 | Oregon Oregon Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Oregon Democratic primary was a mail-only primary in the U.S. state of Oregon. Ballots were mailed to registered Democratic voters between May 2 and May 6, 2008. To be counted, all ballots had to have been received by county elections offices by 8:00 p.m. PDT on May 20, 2008... |
52 | 41% | 58% | 1% | 21 | 31 | 0 |
| 2008-06-01 | Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 Puerto Rico Democratic primary took place on June 1, 2008. It was an open primary. Puerto Rico initially planned to hold caucuses, as was done in 2000 and 2004, on June 7, 2008. In December 2007, an error in the plan was discovered; the caucus date should have read June 1, 2008. Puerto... |
55 | 68% | 32% | 1% | 38 | 17 | 0 |
| 2008-06-03 | Montana Montana Democratic primary, 2008 The Montana Democratic Presidential Primary took place on June 3, 2008, with 16 delegates at stake. Along with South Dakota, it was one of the last two elections in the 2008 Democratic Party Presidential Primary. The winner in Montana's at-large congressional district was awarded all of that... |
16 | 41% | 56% | 3% | 7 | 9 | |
| 2008-06-03 | South Dakota South Dakota Democratic primary, 2008 The 2008 South Dakota Democratic primary took place on June 3, 2008. Along with Montana, it was one of the final two elections in the 2008 primary season... |
15 | 55% | 45% | 0% | 9 | 6 | |
| Total | 3,545 | 1,744.5 | 1,787.5 | 32 | ||||
† Barack Obama was not on the ballot in Michigan.
- On 24 August, the DNC gave Florida and Michigan full voting rights.
External links
- 2008 Democratic National Convention Website - FAQ gives map with delegation information.
- Pollster.com Graphs showing various primary and general polls
- USAElectionPolls.com - Primary polling by state
- Select2008 - Live issue-based and policy-based polling