Relative Turnout and Performance by Representative District in the 2008 Democratic Primary for Governor

Explanation of chart terms:

% of votes= the percentage of votes cast that each RD contributed in the 2008 primary of the statewide total.Of votes cast statewide, this is the percentage cast from each district.

% of DelRegDems= the percentage of registered Democrats each RD represents of the total number of Democrats statewide.Of the Democrats registered statewide,this is percentage from each district.

turnout= the percentage of Democrats within a Representative District that voted in the 2008 Democratic Primary


The more the % of votes cast in the statewide primary exceeds the % of registered Democrats statewide in any district, the higher that district performed. It means the influence exerted by that district on the outcome exceeded its proportion to the voter pool. For example- for the 1st Representative District, the 5.2% of the votes casts statewide means that the district exerted more influence on the outcome than if it accounted for the 3.5% of the registered Democrats, if district turnout was identical across the state.



Rep District----% of vote-----% ofDelregDems-----Turnout

1st RD-----------5.2%-------------3.5%----------------40.1%
2nd RD-----------3.4%-------------3.2-----------------29.6%
3rd RD-----------2.8%-------------3.2%----------------24.3%
4th RD-----------3.9%-------------2.8%----------------38.7%
5th RD-----------2.0%-------------3.0%----------------18.3%
6th RD-----------2.8%-------------2.7%----------------29.1%
7th RD-----------2.8%-------------2.1%----------------37.2%
8th RD-----------3.0%-------------3.3%----------------21.9%
9th RD-----------2.9%-------------2.9%----------------28.4%
10th RD----------2.5%-------------2.5%----------------27.5%
11th RD----------2.8%-------------2.2%----------------34.4%
12th RD----------2.8%-------------2.1%----------------36.7%
13th RD----------2.4%-------------2.6%----------------25.9%
14th RD----------3.4%-------------2.9%----------------29.1%
15th RD----------2.9%-------------3.5%----------------23.3%
16th RD----------3.5%-------------3.2%----------------30.0%
17th RD----------2.7%-------------2.7%----------------27.7%
18th RD----------1.9%-------------2.4%----------------22.0%
19th RD----------2.3%-------------2.2%----------------28.7%
20th RD----------2.5%-------------2.0%----------------34.4%
21st RD----------2.3%-------------2.2%----------------28.5%
22nd RD----------2.3%-------------1.9%----------------33.1%
23rd RD----------2.5%-------------2.0%----------------34.2%
24th RD----------1.4%-------------2.2%----------------17.4%
25th RD----------1.6%-------------1.8%----------------24.6%
26th RD----------1.8%-------------2.6%----------------19.2%
27th RD---------1.9%--------------2.3%-----------------22.0%
28th RD---------2.3%--------------2.4%-----------------25.8%
29th RD---------2.2%--------------2.4%-----------------24.6%
30th RD---------1.6%--------------1.9%-----------------21.2%
31st RD---------1.9%--------------2.2%-----------------24.4%
32nd RD---------1.4%--------------1.9%-----------------20.9%
33rd RD---------1.8%--------------2.1%-----------------23.8%
34th RD---------1.9%--------------2.2%-----------------23.5%
35th RD---------1.6%--------------1.9%-----------------23.1%
36th RD---------2.6%--------------2.4%-----------------30.2%
37th RD---------2.3%--------------1.9%-----------------33.1%
38th RD---------2.4%--------------2.5%-----------------28.6%
39th RD---------1.4%--------------1.6%-----------------24.1%
40th RD---------1.6%--------------2.0%-----------------22.1%
41st RD---------2.8%--------------2.4%-----------------33.1%