RESULTS: Washington

Special Notes

• Del* - The delegate column shows the most recent estimated number of pledged delegates from this state
• How CNN projects winners
• More about the delegate selection process
• 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 a specific segments of the voters sided on a particular race or ballot measure. Because of the nature of caucuses, these polls are conducted as voters enter a caucus venue and are known as entrance polls. How to read entrance or exit polls
• Candidates are ranked in order of votes or state delegates received during primaries and caucuses, and not by the most recent estimated number of pledged delegates.
• Open caucuses: There is no party registration. For the Democratic caucuses, any voter can participate but must declare that he or she is a Democrat. For the Republican caucuses, any voter can participate but must sign a declaration indicating that he or she is a member of the Republican Party and has/will not participate in the 2008 precinct caucus or convention system of any other party.