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The 2008 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses were a series of events designed to determine the
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s that the
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sent to the
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. The party was allocated seven pledged delegates to presidential candidates on March 8 during the Wyoming Democratic County Caucuses. The remaining five pledged delegates were allocated on May 24 during the Wyoming Democratic State Convention. There were six Wyoming
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, so the whole delegation was composed of 18 delegates.


Process

The Wyoming caucus were open to all eligible voters who were registered as Democrats by February 22, 2008. A 15 percent threshold was required in order to receive delegates at any caucus site. Rather than the traditional caucus format, most sites used secret ballots which were then counted and delegates apportioned, without re-caucusing of nonviable groups.


Results


County caucuses

Caucus date: March 8, 2008 National pledged delegates determined: 12


State Convention

Convention date: May 24, 2008 National pledged delegates determined: 5


See also

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2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries From January 3 to June 3, 2008, voters of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party chose their nominee for President of the United States, president in the 2008 United States presidential election. United States Senate, Senato ...
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2008 Wyoming Republican presidential caucuses The 2008 Wyoming Republican presidential caucuses took place on January 5, 2008, with 12 national delegates chosen by county convention delegates. A majority of the national delegates were won by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. In addit ...


References

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