2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
The State of Washington was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 17.1% margin of victory.Continuing on that trend, Washington stayed in the Democratic column as Obama carried the state with over 57% of the vote.The superdelegates were free to vote for any candidate at the national convention and were selected by the Washington State Democratic Party's officials and the pledged delegates.They were allocated to the presidential candidates at the state convention based on the preference of the 51 district delegates on June 13–15.[5] The week before the caucuses, Washington's governor, Christine Gregoire, endorsed Senator Barack Obama.To vote, participants completed a form with their contact information and candidate preference.The form also asked voters to sign an oath stating: "I declare that I consider myself to be a DEMOCRAT and I will not participate in the nomination process of any other political party for the 2008 Presidential election."[7] Unlike other state Democratic Party caucuses, Washington does not require a 15% threshold for allocation of delegates at the precinct level.Each of Washington's 39 counties has a local Democratic Party organization that determined the event at which delegate selection would take place.[2] Primary date: February 19, 2008 National pledged delegates determined: 0 (of 78) Dashes indicate districts for which results are unavailable.The Washington Republican Party declared John McCain the winner on the night of the election, after 87% of the votes were counted.Mike Huckabee disputed the results and accused the state party of calling the election prematurely.Most of the state's population resides in Western Washington along the Pacific Coast and in highly urbanized areas like Seattle.He carried King County, home to Seattle itself and its close suburbs and just over a third of the state's population, with 69.97 percent of the vote—almost three-fifths of his statewide majority.During the same election, incumbent Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire was reelected to a second term with 53.00% of the vote over Republican Dino Rossi who took 46.55% in a rematch of their controversial race from four years earlier.
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