No later than 1 October 2011, the Florida Presidential Preference Primary Date Selection Committee sets the date of the Florida Presidential Primary. On 30 September 2011, the Florida Presidential Preference Primary Committee voted 7-2 to hold the Florida Presidential Primary on Tuesday 31 January 2012.

Tuesday 31 January 2012: Florida non-binding Presidential Primary. The primary has no effect on delegate allocation.

Since the only candidate on the ballot is President Obama, the primary is cancelled.

After HB 1355 was signed into law, the date of the Florida Primary is set by the Florida Legislature's Presidential Primary Date Selection Committee. The Committee is required to make their decision no later than 1 October 2011. If the Primary is held before 6 March 2012 (out of compliance with the Democratic National Committee rules), the results of the 5 May 2012 County Caucuses is used to pledge National Convention delegates. Accordingly, the state receives a 20% pledged delegate bonus for starting in Stage III (May-June).

All Democratic voters are eligible to participate in the caucus of the county in which they are registered to vote.

Saturday 5 May 2012 - County Caucuses. 276 of 300 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in the County Caucuses. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.

• 184 district delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the caucus results in each of the State's 25 congressional districts (using the District boundaries of the 2000 Census). (the numbers below are from 25 October 2011). No presidential preference vote was taken at the caucuses. All delegates are pledged to President Obama.
• CD 1: 5 delegates
• CD 2: 8 delegates
• CD 3: 8 delegates
• CD 4: 6 delegates
• CD 5: 9 delegates
• CD 6: 8 delegates
• CD 7: 8 delegates
• CD 8: 8 delegates
• CD 9: 7 delegates
• CD 10: 7 delegates
• CD 11: 7 delegates
• CD 12: 7 delegates
• CD 13: 8 delegates
• CD 14: 7 delegates
• CD 15: 7 delegates
• CD 16: 8 delegates
• CD 17: 9 delegates
• CD 18: 5 delegates
• CD 19: 10 delegates
• CD 20: 8 delegates
• CD 21: 5 delegates
• CD 22: 8 delegates
• CD 23: 8 delegates
• CD 24: 8 delegates
• CD 25: 5 delegates
• In addition, 92 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based on the caucus vote statewide.
  • 61 at-large National Convention delegates.
  • 31 Pledged PLEOs

Saturday 2 June - Sunday 3 June 2012: State Convention.

National Convention delegates are elected during the State Convention according to the results of the primary.

• National Convention Congressional District delegates are elected at Congressional District Caucuses at the State Convention.
• National Convention Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates are elected by National Convention District Level delegates.

The remaining 24 National Convention delegates consist of

• 23 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
• 12 Democratic National Committee members.
• 10 Members of Congress (1 Senator and 9 Representatives).
• 0 Governors.
• 1 Distinguished Party Leader (former DNC Chairman Kenneth Curtis).

These 24 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".