2008 Oregon Democratic presidential primary


The 2008 Oregon Democratic presidential 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. It was a closed primary and voters had to have registered as Democrats by April 29, 2008 to be eligible to vote in any of the partisan races. Barack Obama won the presidential primary with 58% of the vote.
At the time of the election there were 868,371 registered Democratic voters; 73.56% of them voted in this election.

Delegates

Oregon had a total of 65 delegates at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Of these, 52 pledged delegates were allocated proportionally to one of the Democratic Presidential candidates in the primary.
The 52 pledged delegates were allocated as follows:
Oregon also had 13 unpledged superdelegates, all of whom endorsed Obama :
SourceDateClintonObamaOtherUndecided
May 16–May 18, 200842%55%2%1%
May 15–May 17, 200841%45%--8%
May 14–May 15, 200845%50%--5%
May 10–May 11, 200839%53%--7%
May 9–May 11, 200843%54%2%2%
May 8–May 10, 200835%55%--10%
May 1, 200839%51%--10%
April 28–April 30, 200844%50%2%4%
April 4–April 6, 200842%52%4%3%
January 21–January 29, 200836%28%18%13%

May 18 Obama rally

On May 18, 2008, Barack Obama addressed a rally in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, with a crowd estimated at 72,000. This crowd was the largest ever to greet Obama, surpassing his previous record of 35,000 people in Pennsylvania. It was also likely the largest-ever political rally in Oregon, surpassing the John Kerry rally in 2004, which drew 50,000. Large, media-attracting rallies and meetings such as this were noted to make a substantial difference in electorate enthusiasm and volunteer sign-ups for both Democratic Party potential candidates.

Results

Primary date: May 20, 2008
National pledged delegates determined: 52