Securing the Nomination

Chapter Four

A candidate needs a majority of the total number of delegate votes in order to secure the Party’s nomination. At the 2008 Convention, 2,210 delegate votes were needed to secure the nomination.

There were a total of 4,419 delegate votes to the 2008 Democratic National Convention that were eligible to be cast by 4,440 delegates. The difference is that certain delegates from American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands and Democrats Abroad cast ½ delegate votes.

A candidate needs a majority of the total number of delegate votes in order to secure the Party’s nomination. At the 2008 Convention, 2,210 delegate votes were needed to secure the nomination.

Roll Call Vote

Below is the final vote tally for President of the United States at the 2008 Democratic National Convention - as compiled by the Office of the Secretary.

STATE	ALLOCATED VOTES	TOTAL VOTES CAST	CLINTON	OBAMA
AL	60	54	6	48
AK	18	18	3	15
AS	9	9	0	9
AZ	67	67	27	40
AR	47	45	8	37
CA	441	400	145	255
CO	70	70	15	55
CT	60	59	21	38
DE	23	23	0	23
DA	11	11	2.5	8.5
DC	40	37	7	30
FL	211	194	59	135
GA	102	100	18	82
GU	9	9	3	6
HI	29	27	1	26
ID	23	23	3	20
IL	185	181	45	136
IN	85	81	6	75
IA	57	57	9	48
KS	41	39	6	33
KY	60	60	24	36
LA	67	53	7	46
ME	32	32	8	24
MD	100	98	6	92
MA	121	117	52	65
MI	157	152	27	125
MN	88	86	8	78
MS	41	37	8	29
MO	88	88	6	82
MT	25	25	7	18
NE	31	31	7	24
NV	34	33	8	25
NH	30	30	0	30
NJ	127	106	0	106
NM	38	38	4	34
NY	282	270	76	194
NC	134	134	22	112
ND	21	21	4	17
OH	162	151	21	130
OK	48	48	13	35
OR	65	64	20	44
PA	187	157	20	137
PR	63	59	36	23
RI	33	33	11	22
SC	54	54	3	51
SD	23	22	5	17
TN	85	83	34	49
TX	227	219	96	123
UT	29	28	9	19
VT	23	22	0	22
VI	9	9	0	9
VA	101	96	29	67
WA	97	94	26	68
WV	39	39	2	37
WI	92	88	21	67
WY	18	18	6	12
TOTALS:	4419		1010.5	3188.5