Alaska Democrat Delegation 2000

The Green Papers: Election 2000

Last modified Wednesday, August 16, 2000
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	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
	Alaska Democrat Precinct Caucuses and Legislative District Conventions: Saturday, April 22, 2000 Convention: Saturday, May 20, 2000
	Popular Vote	Floor Vote	Hard Total
Gore, Al		`19. 100%`	`13. 68%`
Uncommitted			`6. 32%`
Bradley, Bill
Total		`19. 100%`	`19. 100%`
Voter Eligibility: Closed Caucus Delegate Selection: Caucus/Convention 19 total delegate votes - 8 district / 3 at-large; 2 Pledged PLEOs; 5 Unpledged PLEOs / 1 Unpledged add-on

1 May 2000 update: The 22 April District Caucuses produced a wide majority for Gore. A few delegates did cast votes for Bradley or "uncommitted". Final totals are not available because some districts mailed their results. (Source Chris Cooke, ADP Chair). This report indicates that Gore will receive the 5 at-large delegates and is likely to receive most, if not all, of the 8 district delegates.

30 April 2000: Unpledged delegate preference update: Gore 2, Bradley 1. Unpledged delegates appear in the "Soft Unpledged" field.

22 April 2000: Unpledged delegate preference update: Gore 1, Bradley 1. Unpledged delegates appear in the "Soft Unpledged" field.

The Popular Vote above is based on unofficial returns from the 22 April 2000 Caucus/Convention (0% of the Conventions reporting).

Here's how we compute the delegate count:

A candidate must receive 15% or more of the total popular vote to qualify for delegates. Discard those votes cast for candidates who do not qualify.
Allocate the 8 Congressional District delegates from the qualified vote statewide (Alaska has one district). Allocate Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates using the statewide qualified vote. Bill Bradley, having withdrawn from the campaign, is not entitled to receive At-Large and PLEO delegates.
In each jurisdiction:

Total qualified vote = total votes cast for the qualifying candidates in the jurisdiction.
Allocation = (delegates for the jurisdiction) × (candidate's popular vote) ÷ (total qualified vote).
Assign each candidate the WHOLE NUMBER of delegates.
If delegates remain, allocate each of the remaining delegates to those candidates with the LARGEST REMAINDERS.

Contest
	Vote	Del
District	0	8
At-Large	0	3
PLEO	0	2
Delegates		13

Saturday 22 April 2000: Democratic Party Caucuses meet in each precinct. Each Precinct Caucus chooses delegates to the Legislative District Conventions based on presidential preference.

"The Precinct Caucus chooses the precinct's delegates to the Legislative District Convention in which the precinct is located. Such Legislative District delegates from the precinct are allocated to presidential contenders in proportion to the percentage of the support each candidate received at the Precinct Caucus- a mandatory 15 percent threshold being required for such allocation."

Saturday 22 April 2000: District Conventions meet in each Legislative District. Each Legislative District Convention chooses delegates to the Alaska State Democratic Convention based on presidential preference.

"These District Conventions choose the Legislative District's delegates to the Alaska State Democratic Convention. Such State Convention delegates from the Legislative District are to be allocated to presidential contenders in proportion to the percentage of the support each candidate received at the Legislative District Convention- a mandatory 15 percent threshold being required for such allocation."

Saturday 20 May 2000: The Alaska State Democratic Convention convenes. The State Convention chooses Alaska's 13 Pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention.

"The Alaska State Convention chooses 8 district delegates, such choice reflecting the support for the presidential contenders among the delegates to the State Convention from each Legislative District. In addition, 3 at-large and 2 Pledged PLEO delegates to the Democratic National Convention reflecting the support for the presidential contenders in the State Convention as a whole are chosen. Such Pledged National Convention delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders in proportion to the percentage of the support each candidate received at the State Convention- a mandatory 15 percent threshold being required for such allocation."

The remainder of Alaska's 19 National Convention delegates consist of 5 Unpledged PLEOs and 1 Unpledged "add-on"; these 6 delegates will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

The breakdown of unpledged delegates is:

4 Democratic National Committee members
1 Governor
1 add-on