2008 Presidential Primary & Caucus use by State

[Tender Branson]

Just to show which state will use a primary or caucus to select the Presidential nominee:


Democrats:

Orange = Caucus, Red = Primary





Republicans:

Light Blue = Caucus, Dark Blue = Primary




http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/2008pdates.pdf

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There seems to be a trend in recent years away from caucuses, right ?

[HappyWarrior]

Is there any real difference?

[Alcon]

I'm not sure if any other states are doing this, but the Washington Republicans are splitting the delegates as follows:

Primary - 19
Caucus - 18
Automatic - 3

So, resultingly, the caucus is rather important too.