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PRIMARY RESULTS: California - March 2
Democratic Presidential: Modified closed primary
440 total delegates* -- 370 tied to March 2 primary

State Information: 55 electoral votes
15,437,370 registered voters -- 43.6% Dem., 35.3% Rep., 5.0% other, 16.1% declined to state
This page represents results, including delegate count, reported immediately after each state's contest. More >
RACE STATUS CANDIDATE VOTES VOTE% DEL PRECINCTS LOCAL EXIT POLL
California
updated: 11:01 a.m.,
March 12
 Kerry 1,858,382 64%288 100% reporting results by county voter survey results
  Edwards 569,564 20%82
  Kucinich 133,656 4%0
  Dean 121,837 4%0
  Sharpton 55,014 2%0

 California has 370 pledged and 69 unpledged delegates. Of the 370 pledged delegates, 241 are district-level delegates (based on results of a given district's binding primary), 81 are at-large delegates and 48 are "party leader and elected official" (PLEO) delegates. Of the 70 unpledged delegates, 65 are PLEO delegates and five are add-ons selected in April 2004.
• For more about the delegate selection process, click here.
• How does CNN project winners in races? Click here.
• Exit polls are a survey of selected voters taken soon after they leave their voting place. Pollsters use this sample information, collected from a small percentage of voters, to track and project how all voters or specific segments of the voters sided on a particular race or ballot measure. For more on how to read exit polls, click here.
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