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The2008 Arizona Democratic presidential primary took place onSuper Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 56 delegates at stake. The winner in each ofArizona's eight congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, which totaled 37. Another 19 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner,Hillary Clinton. The 56 delegates represented Arizona at theDemocratic National Convention inDenver, Colorado. Eleven other unpledged delegates, known assuperdelegates, also attended the convention.[1]
| 2008 Arizona Democratic Presidential Primary Results | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates | ||
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 229,501 | 50.37% | 31 | ||
| Democratic | Barack Obama | 193,126 | 42.39% | 25 | ||
| Democratic | John Edwards | 23,621 | 5.18% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Other Candidates | 3,748 | 0.82% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Bill Richardson | 2,842 | 0.62% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Dennis Kucinich | 1,973 | 0.43% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Eddie Dobson | 398 | 0.8% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Others | 426 | 0.10% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 455,635 | 100.00% | 56 | |||
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One of the most diverse states in the nation with a heavilyLatino population, Hillary Clinton was declared the winner of the Arizona Democratic primary. According to exit polls, 68 percent of voters in the Arizona Democratic primary wereCaucasian and they opted for Clinton by a margin of 53–38. Clinton also won the Latino vote in Arizona by a margin of 55–41, which accounted for 18 percent of the electorate, as well as theNative American vote by a margin of 53-45 which accounted for 5 percent of the total voters in the primary. Obama carried the African American vote by a margin of 79–12, which accounted for 8 percent of the electorate. In terms of age, Obama won all voters under the age of 40 while Clinton won those over the age of 40. In terms of educational attainment, Clinton won all those who had a high school diploma, some college and/or college graduates while Obama won those who possessed postgraduate degrees. Clinton won self-identified Democratic voters and all ideological groups while Obama carried Independents in the state. Pertaining to religion, Clinton won all the major denominations in Arizona – Protestants backed Clinton 51–38, Catholics 57–37, Jews 51–44, and other Christians 47–46. Obama won nonreligious voters and voters who affiliated with other religions.
Clinton performed extremely well statewide in Arizona – carrying all counties but two:Coconino andYavapai. She carriedMaricopa County, which contains the state capital and largest city ofPhoenix by a healthy margin as well as many of its suburbs. She also performed well in Southern Arizona, carryingYuma andTucson. She also carried seven of the state's eight congressional districts –the 5th District, which containsTempe andScottsdale, was won by Obama.
FormergovernorJanet Napolitano endorsed Obama.
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