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2008 Georgia Democratic presidential primary

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Field	Value
election_name	2008 Georgia Democratic presidential primary
country	Georgia (U.S. state)
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2004 Georgia Democratic presidential primary
previous_year	2004
next_election	2012 Georgia Democratic presidential primary
next_year	2012
election_date
image1	Barack Obama Senate portrait crop.jpg
candidate1	Barack Obama
colour1	800080
home_state1	Illinois
popular_vote1	704,247
percentage1	66.39%
delegate_count1	60
image2	Hillary_Rodham_Clinton-cropped.jpg
candidate2	Hillary Clinton
colour2	d4aa00
home_state2	New York
popular_vote2	330,026
percentage2	31.11%
delegate_count2	27
map_image	[[File:Georgia Democratic presidential primary election results by county margins, 2008.svg	275px]]
map_size	275px
map_caption	Primary results by county
Clinton:
Obama:
elected_members	ID (caucus)
outgoing_members	DE
votes_for_election	102 Democratic National Convention delegates (87 pledged, 15 unpledged)
The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote

Clinton:
Obama:
The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote

The 2008 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 statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 87 delegates represented Georgia at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Sixteen other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.

Polls

Main article: Statewide opinion polling for the Super Tuesday Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008#Georgia

Results

Georgia Democratic Presidential Primary Results – 2008	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Democratic	Barack Obama	704,247	66.39%	60
Democratic	Hillary Clinton	330,026	31.11%	27
Democratic	John Edwards	18,209	1.72%	0
Democratic	Joe Biden	2,538	0.24%	0
Democratic	Dennis Kucinich	2,096	0.20%	0
Democratic	Bill Richardson	1,879	0.18%	0
Democratic	Mike Gravel	952	0.09%	0
Democratic	Christopher Dodd	904	0.09%	0
Totals	1,060,851	100.00%	87
Voter turnout	%	—

Analysis

Georgia, with its heavily African American population, gave Barack Obama one of his largest victories in a primary during the course of the Democratic Presidential Primary as he solidly defeated Hillary Clinton by more than a two-to-one margin of victory. According to exit polls, 51 percent of voters in the Georgia Democratic Primary were African Americans and they opted for Obama by a margin of 88-11 compared to the 43 percent of Caucasian voters who backed Clinton by a margin of 53-43. Obama won all age groups, educational attainment levels and socioeconomic classes in Georgia except senior citizens aged 65 and over who backed Clinton by a margin of 55-45. Obama won all ideological groups and self-identified Democrats by a margin of 67-32 and Independents by a similar 63-33 percent margin of victory. Obama also swept every major religious denomination – Protestants went for Obama 52-46; Roman Catholics 56-44; other Christians 77-22; other religions 71-24; and atheists/agnostics 69-30.

Obama performed extremely well throughout the state of Georgia and won over three-quarters of its counties. He performed best in Atlanta where he won 76 percent of the vote as well as its suburbs which backed him 66-32. Central Georgia also strongly favored Obama by a margin of 69-31. Obama did best in the state’s major urban areas like Atlanta, Savannah, Columbus, Augusta, and Athens as well as a majority of the rural counties that were predominantly African American. Clinton performed extremely well in North Georgia, mostly in the more rural, white and conservative parts of the state which are considered to be an extreme part of Appalachia, a region where she consistently did well during the course of the primaries; she defeated Obama by a margin of 48-45 percent in North Georgia.

Obama received a major endorsement from U.S. Representative John Lewis of Atlanta, a former civil rights activist.

References

(2008-02-06). "RESULTS: Georgia". CNN.

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