The Vermont Democratic Party sent 23 total delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention . Of those delegates , 15 were pledged and 8 were unpledged . The 15 pledged delegates were allocated ( pledged ) to vote for a particular candidate at the National Convention according to the results of Vermont 's Democratic primary on March 4 . The 8 unpledged delegates ( popularly called " superdelegates " because their votes represented their personal decisions rather than the collective decision of many voters ) were free to vote for any candidate at the National Convention and were selected by the Vermont Democratic Party 's officials
2008 Democratic National Convention
2008 Democratic National Convention
2008 Vermont Democratic primary