the vermont democratic party used the results of the state's presidential preference primary on march 4 to determine the allocation of delegates to each presidential candidate. though the primary was used for allocating delegates, the delegates themselves were selected in a caucus process. on march 22, the party held a series of town-level caucuses to select its first tier of delegates. on may 24, the party held its state convention in which the town-level delegates selected the 10 district-level delegates to attend the 2008 democratic national convention. the remaining 5 pledged delegates, plus the remaining unpledged delegate, were selected at the vermont democratic party's national convention delegate meeting on june 7.