March 6. ³ Only local delegates were selected at the Iowa and Idaho caucuses. National delegates were selected later. 4 These figures are based on correctly rounded percentages based on complete counts directly from the state parties and from The Washington Post. These figures differ slightly from those reported in most major media outlets (including some linked at the bottom of the page), where percentages have been slightly mis-stated for some candidates in some elections (either by applying inconsistent rounding or by inconsistently excluding minor candidates or candidates who had dropped out). 5 Expatriate Democrats, represented the Democrats Abroad organization, held their 2004 caucus on April 7 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Counties carried Nationwide There were 4,353 total delegates to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, of which 802 were superdelegates: party leaders, even including some of the candidates, who were not bound by any state's primary or caucus votes and could change their support at any time. A candidate needed 2,162 delegates to become the nominee. Except for the Northern Mariana Islands and Midway Atoll, all states, territories, and other inhabited areas of the United States offered delegates to the 2004 Democratic National Convention. John Kerry won 4,255 votes at the convention, including those won by all of his former rivals except Dennis Kucinich, who received 37 votes. There were 26 abstentions. |- | style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9; vertical-align:top;"|Candidates ! style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Votes ! style="background:#e9e9e9;"|% ! style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Delegates |- |align=left|John Kerry | 9,871,270 | 61% | 2573.5 |- |align=left|John Edwards | 3,133,899 | 19% | 559 |- |align=left|Howard Dean | 894,367 | 5% | 167.5 |- |align=left|Dennis Kucinich | 617,264 | 4% | 40 |- |align=left|Wesley Clark | 536,148 | 3% | 60 |- |align=left|Al Sharpton | 384,766 | 2% | 26 |- |align=left|Other | 744,178 | 5% |0 |- style="background:#e9e9e9;" | style="text-align:left; "|Total | style="text-align:right; width:75px; "| 16,181,892 | style="text-align:right; width:30px; "| 100% | style="text-align:right; width:30px; "|''' 4322 |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Source: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |} See also Republican Party presidential primaries, 2004 2004 United States presidential election timeline References General references CNN: Election 2004 The New Republic Online: The TNR Primary The Green Papers Online: 2004 Presidential Primaries At a Glance, Democratic Delegate Allocation External links No Democratic candidate gets 50 percent in online primary - Associated Press, June 27, 2003 Debate Bares Democrats' Great Divide - The Washington Post'', May 5, 2003 Democrats discuss Iraq early in debate -