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WI US President - D Caucuses

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Parent Race

US President - D Primaries

Office

President

Honorific

President - Abbr: President

Type

Democratic Primary Election

Filing Deadline

00, 1984 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

April 07, 1984 - 06:00am Central

Polls Close

April 07, 1984 - 08:00pm Central

Term Start

January 20, 1985 - 12:00pm

Term End

January 20, 1989 - 12:00pm

Contributor

RBH

Last Modified

RBH July 08, 2008 06:54pm

Data Sources

Vote totals: [Link] [Link] [Link] [Link]

Description

In 1984, Wisconsin's delegates to the Democratic National Convention were elected through a two-tier caucus process rather than by the presidential preference primary, which was advisory only. A total of 89 delegates and 30 alternates were allocated to Wisconsin by the Democratic National Committee to attend the 1984 National Convention. The 53 congressional district (CD) delegates, elected through a two-tier process, were apportioned to the CDs based on a formula which gave equal weight to the vote for Democratic candidates in the 1980 presidential and the 1982 gubernatorial elections. The remaining 36 pledged, unpledged and at- large delegates were elected by the CD delegates in accordance with rules of the 1984 Democratic Convention.

First-Tier Vote, April 7, 1984

The first-tier caucuses were held on April 7 at the county level except in those counties with a population over 200,000 (Dane, Milwaukee, Waukesha), in which case the initial caucus was at the Assembly district level. In those counties located in more than one congressional district, separate caucuses were held.

The caucuses were open to any qualified elector who, upon registration, declared a Democratic Party preference and had that preference recorded. The 1,799 delegates elected here then attended the Congressional district caucuses on May 5 to elect the 53 CD delegates.

Delegates elected
Mondale - 1038 (58%)
Hart - 547 (30%)
Jackson - 183 (10%)
Uncommitted - 31 (2%)