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2008 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary

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Field	Value
election_name	2008 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary
country	Puerto Rico
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2004 Puerto Rico Democratic primary
previous_year	2004
next_election	2012 Puerto Rico Democratic caucuses
next_year	2012
election_date
image1	[[File:Hillary Rodham Clinton-cropped.jpg	x150px]]
nominee1	Hillary Clinton
colour1	d4aa00
home_state1	New York
popular_vote1	263,120
percentage1	67.73%
image2	[[File:Barack Obama Senate portrait crop.jpg	x150px]]
nominee2	Barack Obama
colour2	800080
home_state2	Illinois
popular_vote2	121,458
percentage2	31.27%
map_image	Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary election results by municipality, 2008.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	Primary results by municipality
outgoing_members	[ID](2008-idaho-democratic-presidential-caucuses)
elected_members	[MT](2008-montana-democratic-presidential-primary)

The 2008 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential 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 Rico also decided to conduct a primary, rather than caucuses. Puerto Rico sent 55 pledged delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. These delegates were allotted on a proportional basis. The territory's delegation also included eight unpledged "superdelegates". Puerto Rico also selected one unpledged add-on delegate. Selection of the unpledged add-on delegate occurred at the Assembly of the Democratic Party of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on June 21, 2008, in San Juan. Polls were open from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, prevailing local time, Atlantic Standard Time (AST) (UTC-4, same as Eastern Daylight Time). Hillary Clinton won the primary.

The primary was the subject of a book published in 2010.

Polls

Main article: Statewide opinion polling for the April, May, and June Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008#Puerto Rico

In a poll conducted from March 31–April 5, 2008, Clinton led Obama by 13%, holding 50% to his 37%, with 13% undecided and a margin of error of ± 4.4%.

In a poll conducted from May 8–May 20, 2008, Clinton led Obama by 13%, holding 51% to his 38%, with 11% undecided and a margin of error of ± 3.4%.

Superdelegate endorsements

Puerto Rico's superdelegates endorsed candidates before the election. Four superdelegates, Democratic State Chair Roberto Prats, Vice Chair Luisette Cabañas, Puerto Rico Democratic National Committeeman Kenneth McClintock and Young Democrats of America (YDA) National Committeeman Francisco Domenech, a majority, had announced support for Sen. Hillary Clinton and the remaining 2, Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá and National Committeewoman Celita Roque, had announced support for Sen. Barack Obama.

Campaigning on the Island

Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama visited the island, campaigning to get as many votes as possible.

Both campaigns also sent surrogates. In the Obama campaign, his spouse, Michelle, travelled once to Puerto Rico. In the Clinton campaign, the candidate's daughter, Chelsea, and her spouse President Bill Clinton, both travelled twice to Puerto Rico and during one extensive campaign day, May 26, the three attended several events together in Ponce and San Juan, according to a book by Democratic State Chair Roberto Prats and Senate President Kenneth McClintock.

Results

Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary, 2008
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Hillary Clinton	263,120	67.73%	38
Barack Obama	121,458	31.27%	17
Pending	1,650	0.42%	0
Blank Ballots	1,071	0.28%	0
Provisional Ballot	1,178	0.30%	0
Total	388,477	100.00%	55

References

(2008-03-06). "Puerto Rico Amended Delegate Selection Plan". [[Puerto Rico Democratic Party.
(2008-03-24). "Puerto Rico Moves Up Primary". [[Associated Press]].
[http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/PR-D.phtml Puerto Rico Democratic Delegation 2008]
• Te Quiero Puerto Rico - Primaria Presidencial Demócrata 2008,[21] [[Kenneth McClintock]] and [[Roberto Prats]], published by Aguilar, a subsidiary of Editorial Santillana, First edition in Spanish (200pp), 2010, {{ISBN. 978-1-60484-744-4
"Pollster.com: POLL: Puerto Rico Dems".
[http://www.slate.com/id/2175496/ Clinton holds the lead in a new Puerto Rico poll. - By Tony Romm - Slate Magazine]
(May 24, 2008). "Clinton, Obama court Puerto Rican voters - CNN.com". CNN.
(2008-06-01). "Primarias Presidenciales 2008 - Partido Demócrata". Commonwealth Elections Commission of Puerto Rico.
Berg-Andersson, Richard E.. (2008-06-01). "Puerto Rico Democratic Delegation 2008". The Green Papers.

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