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  WA US President - D Primary
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Washington > President
OfficePresident
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline December 28, 2007 - 12:00pm
Polls Open February 19, 2008 - 09:00am
Polls Close February 19, 2008 - 10:00pm
Term Start January 20, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifiedRalphie March 16, 2008 11:51pm
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionElection Day Voting Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (PST)

State Democrats have refused to allocate any convention delegates based on
the outcome of this primary. All delegates will be selected via precinct caucuses.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/02/2004
NameJohn F. Kerry Votes1,510,201 (52.82%)
Term01/20/2005 - 01/20/2009 Margin205,307 (+7.18%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 8.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Barack Obama
Strong 2
Lean 2
Slight 13
Hillary Clinton
Safe 1
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

08/06/2005 02/08/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. Barack Obama Sen. Hillary Clinton Sen. John Edwards Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich Gov. Bill Richardson Joe Biden Sen. Mike Gravel
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Votes354,112 (51.22%) 315,744 (45.67%) 11,892 (1.72%) 4,021 (0.58%) 2,040 (0.30%) 1,883 (0.27%) 1,071 (0.16%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -38,368 (-5.55%) -342,220 (-49.50%) -350,091 (-50.64%) -352,072 (-50.92%) -352,229 (-50.95%) -353,041 (-51.06%)
Predict Avg.34.00% 30.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 1.50%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Survey USA 
02/07-02/08
50.00% (-3.0) 45.00% (+5.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
02/02-02/03
53.00% (+23.0) 40.00% (+2.0) 0.00% (-19.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (-4.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Washington Poll (University of Washington) 
10/22-10/28
29.00% (+0.0) 44.00% (+0.0) 16.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Strategic Vision (R) 
10/05-10/07
22.00% (+0.0) 48.00% (+17.0) 10.00% (-2.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (+4.0) 3.00% (+2.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
05/01-05/03
30.00% (+0.0) 38.00% (+0.0) 19.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 4.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Strategic Vision (R) 
07/21-08/23
0.00% (+0.0) 32.00% (+1.0) 13.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Frank Chopp [L]
D Brian Baird [L]
D Christine Gregoire [L]
  The Columbian
D John Lovick [L]
D Norm Dicks [L]
D Thomas S. Foley
D Patty Murray [L]
D Jenny A. Durkan
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. Chris Dodd
PartyDemocratic
Votes618 (0.09%)
Margin-353,494 (-51.13%)
Predict Avg.0.00%
Finances$0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Survey USA 
02/07-02/08
0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
02/02-02/03
0.00% (+0.0)
Washington Poll (University of Washington) 
10/22-10/28
0.00% (+0.0)
Strategic Vision (R) 
10/05-10/07
1.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
05/01-05/03
0.00% (+0.0)
Strategic Vision (R) 
07/21-08/23
0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Feb 08, 2008 11:00am Endorsement Wash. Gov. Gregoire Endorses Obama  Article WesternDem 
Jan 30, 2008 12:00pm Endorsement Washington Senator Patty Murray Endorses Clinton  Article New York Democrat 
Nov 12, 2007 07:00pm Blog Entry None of state's "strong women" yet back Clinton  Article Ralphie 

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