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March 12, 2016
Contact:
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Today’s county conventions were also the second step of the Iowa Democratic Party’s delegate selection process that began with the precinct caucuses on February 1st. County convention delegates today broke into presidential preference groups and awarded delegates to the district and state conventions proportionate to the percentage of county delegates in each preference group (district and state convention delegates are the same people). Per our long-standing delegate selection rules, none of today’s county convention delegates were bound to their preference from the precinct caucuses. For this reason, the breakdown of state delegates awarded today is expectedly different than the state delegate equivalents that were projected from the precinct caucuses on February 1st.
Results from today’s county conventions are below:
Reminder: None of Iowa’s 44 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention were elected today. Twenty-nine of Iowa’s national delegates will be elected at the district conventions on April 30th (CD 1 & CD 2 elect eight delegates, CD 3 elects seven delegates, and CD 4 elects six delegates). The other fifteen national delegates will be elected at our state convention on June 18th. Just like at county conventions, district and state delegates are not bound.
Attached are the county results from today.
March 12, 2016
Contact:
Sam Lau
Iowa Democratic County Convention Results
DES MOINES—Today Iowa Democrats held county conventions in all 99 counties, as Democrats came together united in our goal to turn Iowa blue up and down the ballot in November.Today’s county conventions were also the second step of the Iowa Democratic Party’s delegate selection process that began with the precinct caucuses on February 1st. County convention delegates today broke into presidential preference groups and awarded delegates to the district and state conventions proportionate to the percentage of county delegates in each preference group (district and state convention delegates are the same people). Per our long-standing delegate selection rules, none of today’s county convention delegates were bound to their preference from the precinct caucuses. For this reason, the breakdown of state delegates awarded today is expectedly different than the state delegate equivalents that were projected from the precinct caucuses on February 1st.
Results from today’s county conventions are below:
| Clinton State/District Delegates | Sanders State/District Delegates | O’Malley State/District Delegates | Uncommitted State/District Delegates | |
| CD 1 | 193 | 195 | 0 | 0 |
| CD 2 | 179 | 193 | 0 | 0 |
| CD 3 | 183 | 169 | 1 | 1 |
| CD 4 | 146 | 141 | 0 | 0 |
| Satellite Caucuses (determined on caucus night) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tele-Caucus (determined on caucus night) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 704 | 700 | 1 | 1 |
Reminder: None of Iowa’s 44 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention were elected today. Twenty-nine of Iowa’s national delegates will be elected at the district conventions on April 30th (CD 1 & CD 2 elect eight delegates, CD 3 elects seven delegates, and CD 4 elects six delegates). The other fifteen national delegates will be elected at our state convention on June 18th. Just like at county conventions, district and state delegates are not bound.
Attached are the county results from today.
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March 11, 2016
FROM: Ben Foecke, Iowa Democratic Party Executive Director
RE: 2016 Iowa Democratic County Conventions
This Saturday, March 12, 2016, Iowa Democrats will hold our county conventions in all 99 counties. County convention times and locations are set by the individual county parties, and a complete list of convention details can be found here.
The county conventions represent the second step of the Iowa Democratic Party’s delegate selection process that began with the precinct caucuses on February 1st and serve as further grassroots building opportunities for our county parties. The attendees of the county conventions—the delegates and alternates who were elected by their peers at the precinct caucuses—will in turn elect delegates to the district and state convention. They will also elect members to the district convention committees and consider and discuss the individual party platform planks from the precinct caucuses.
The state party has assigned each county a certain number of delegates to elect to the district and state conventions (please note that the district/state delegates elected at county conventions are the same people: they meet first at district, conduct some district-level business, then the meet again at state convention to conduct the state-level business of the Iowa Democratic Party). These district/state delegates are apportioned down to the counties based on Democratic performance in the two previous general elections. Just like at the precinct caucuses, delegates will be elected by presidential preference amongst the county convention delegates in attendance. Viability is 15%, and delegates will be assigned proportionate to the percentage of county delegates in each preference group. This is the same process the IDP has had for decades.
While all of the county convention delegates pledged to a presidential candidate on February 1st, as per our long-standing delegate selection rules, this preference is non-binding. Because none of the delegates are bound, and because of the shifting dynamics of the presidential race, including Governor O’Malley’s suspension of his campaign for president, the state delegates elected at the county conventions on March 12 for each presidential candidate can and do change from the state delegate equivalence that was projected from the precinct caucuses on February 1st.
It’s also very important to remember that, just like the presidential campaigns needed to organize their supporters for the precinct caucuses in order to receive county delegates, they must also organize and motivate their delegates to attend the county conventions in order to receive district/state delegates.
Reminder: None of Iowa’s 44 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be elected at the county conventions. Twenty-nine of Iowa’s national delegates will be elected at the district conventions on April 30th (CD 1 & CD 2 award eight delegates, CD 3 elects seven delegates, and CD 4 elects six delegates). The other fifteen national delegates will be elected at our state convention on June 18th. Just like at county conventions, district and state delegates are not bound.
The reason our Delegates are not bound to their original presidential preference is because the Democratic Party wishes to continue to encourage participation in our open delegate selection process at each step of the way–all the way to the National Convention. This is a long-standing tradition of the Democratic Party. As presidential candidates drop out of the race for the Democratic nomination, Delegates are free to shift their allegiance and continue to take part in our process.
And finally, as a reminder, here are the state delegate equivalent projections based on the February 1st precinct caucuses:
Clinton: 700.47 SDEs–49.84%
Sanders: 696.92 SDEs–49.59%
O’Malley: 7.63 SDEs–0.54%
Uncommitted: 0.46 SDEs–0.03%
MEMO: 2016 Iowa Democratic County Conventions
TO: Interested PartiesFROM: Ben Foecke, Iowa Democratic Party Executive Director
RE: 2016 Iowa Democratic County Conventions
This Saturday, March 12, 2016, Iowa Democrats will hold our county conventions in all 99 counties. County convention times and locations are set by the individual county parties, and a complete list of convention details can be found here.
The county conventions represent the second step of the Iowa Democratic Party’s delegate selection process that began with the precinct caucuses on February 1st and serve as further grassroots building opportunities for our county parties. The attendees of the county conventions—the delegates and alternates who were elected by their peers at the precinct caucuses—will in turn elect delegates to the district and state convention. They will also elect members to the district convention committees and consider and discuss the individual party platform planks from the precinct caucuses.
The state party has assigned each county a certain number of delegates to elect to the district and state conventions (please note that the district/state delegates elected at county conventions are the same people: they meet first at district, conduct some district-level business, then the meet again at state convention to conduct the state-level business of the Iowa Democratic Party). These district/state delegates are apportioned down to the counties based on Democratic performance in the two previous general elections. Just like at the precinct caucuses, delegates will be elected by presidential preference amongst the county convention delegates in attendance. Viability is 15%, and delegates will be assigned proportionate to the percentage of county delegates in each preference group. This is the same process the IDP has had for decades.
While all of the county convention delegates pledged to a presidential candidate on February 1st, as per our long-standing delegate selection rules, this preference is non-binding. Because none of the delegates are bound, and because of the shifting dynamics of the presidential race, including Governor O’Malley’s suspension of his campaign for president, the state delegates elected at the county conventions on March 12 for each presidential candidate can and do change from the state delegate equivalence that was projected from the precinct caucuses on February 1st.
It’s also very important to remember that, just like the presidential campaigns needed to organize their supporters for the precinct caucuses in order to receive county delegates, they must also organize and motivate their delegates to attend the county conventions in order to receive district/state delegates.
Reminder: None of Iowa’s 44 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be elected at the county conventions. Twenty-nine of Iowa’s national delegates will be elected at the district conventions on April 30th (CD 1 & CD 2 award eight delegates, CD 3 elects seven delegates, and CD 4 elects six delegates). The other fifteen national delegates will be elected at our state convention on June 18th. Just like at county conventions, district and state delegates are not bound.
The reason our Delegates are not bound to their original presidential preference is because the Democratic Party wishes to continue to encourage participation in our open delegate selection process at each step of the way–all the way to the National Convention. This is a long-standing tradition of the Democratic Party. As presidential candidates drop out of the race for the Democratic nomination, Delegates are free to shift their allegiance and continue to take part in our process.
And finally, as a reminder, here are the state delegate equivalent projections based on the February 1st precinct caucuses:
Clinton: 700.47 SDEs–49.84%
Sanders: 696.92 SDEs–49.59%
O’Malley: 7.63 SDEs–0.54%
Uncommitted: 0.46 SDEs–0.03%
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