Wyoming Democratic caucuses, 2008

The 2008 Wyoming Democratic caucuses are a series of events designed to determine the delegates that the Wyoming Democratic Party will send to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The party allocated 7 pledged delegates to presidential candidates on March 8 during the Wyoming Democratic County Caucuses. The remaining 5 pledged delegates will be allocated on May 24 during the Wyoming Democratic State Convention. There are 6 Wyoming superdelegates, so the whole delegation is composed of 18 delegates.

Process

The Wyoming caucus were open to all eligible voters who were registered as Democrats by February 22, 2008. A 15% threshold was required in order to receive delegates at any caucus site. [ [http://www.wyomingdemocrats.com/ht/d/sp/i/1015876/pid/1015876 Welcome to the Wyoming Democratic Party! ] ] Rather than the traditional caucus format, most sites used secret ballots which were then counted and delegates apportioned, without re-caucusing of nonviable groups. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/us/politics/09wyoming.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin Obama Wins Wyoming Caucuses - New York Times ] ]

Results

County caucuses

Caucus date: March 8, 2008

National pledged delegates determined: 12

State Convention

Convention date: May 24, 2008

National pledged delegates determined: 5

ee also

* Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008
* Wyoming Republican county conventions, 2008

References