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  MI US President - D Primary
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Michigan > President
Parent RaceUS President - D Primaries
OfficePresident
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline October 23, 2007 - 05:00pm
Polls Open January 15, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close January 15, 2008 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 20, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
ContributorJoshua L.
Last ModifiedCrimson October 27, 2011 04:41pm
Data SourcesMI SOS [Link]
[Link]
DescriptionPolling Hours: 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.

The vast majority of Michigan lies in the EST zone.
Four counties in the western part of the Upper Peninsula are in the Central Time Zone.

The Sample Ballot [Link] includes Clinton, Dodd, Kucinich and Gravel.

According to the Green Papers, [Link] no delegates will be determined by this primary.

"...the DNC has determined that the date of Michigan's 15 January 2008 primary violates party rules and
has decided to strip the state of its delegation. The determination was made official on 5 January 2008."
"Total delegate votes changed from 156 to 0."
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/02/2004
NameJohn F. Kerry Votes2,479,183 (51.23%)
Term01/20/2005 - 01/20/2009 Margin165,437 (+3.42%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 1.5000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Hillary Clinton
Safe 16
Strong 3
Slight 3
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

12/16/2005 01/14/2008

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Sen. Hillary Clinton Uncommitted Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich Sen. Chris Dodd Sen. Mike Gravel
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Votes328,309 (55.23%) 238,168 (40.07%) 21,715 (3.65%) 3,845 (0.65%) 2,361 (0.40%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -90,141 (-15.17%) -306,594 (-51.58%) -324,464 (-54.59%) -325,948 (-54.84%)
Predict Avg.56.47% 39.98% 1.23% 0.38% 0.37%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
American Research Group 
01/12-01/14
56.00% (-1.0) 31.00% (+3.0) 3.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+1.0)
EPIC/MRA 
01/09-01/12
56.00% (+7.0) 33.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mitchell Research & Communications 
01/10-01/11
44.00% (+0.0) 26.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
American Research Group 
01/09-01/11
57.00% (+14.0) 28.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Selzer & Co. 
01/09-01/11
56.00% (+0.0) 30.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
MIRS (D) 
01/06-01/07
48.00% (+11.0) 28.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+1.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+1.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Haley Stevens [L]
D James J. "Jim" Blanchard [L]
D John Cherry [L]
D Jennifer Granholm [L]
D Andy Levin [L]
  Michigan Daily
I McCord 2014
D Monica Conyers [L]
  Western Herald (Western Michigan University)
D Dan Petersen [L]

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
May 08, 2008 10:00am Proposed Legislation Mich. Dems: Split our delegates between rivals  Article RP 
Mar 14, 2008 12:00pm News Michigan Dems close to do-over primary  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Jan 15, 2008 04:20pm News (Michigan) Democratic ballot called sham, unfair  Article ScottĀ³ 
Jan 14, 2008 01:00pm Strategy Edwards and Obama on no MI ballot  Not Available CincinnatiReds1990 
Jan 09, 2008 11:00am Endorsement John and Monica Conyers urge Mich. Democrats to vote 'uncommitted'  Article Thomas Walker 
Oct 10, 2007 12:00pm Editorial Editorial: Snub candidates who snub Michigan  Article Thomas Walker 

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