2016 Vermont Democratic presidential primary
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The 2016 Vermont Democratic presidential primary was held on March 1, 2016, in the state of Vermont as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
On the same day, dubbed "Super Tuesday," Democratic primaries were held in ten other states plus American Samoa, while the Republican Party held primaries in eleven states including their own Vermont primary.
Senator Bernie Sanders took a very strong victory in his home state, receiving over 85% of the vote and winning all 16 of the state's pledged delegates.
Opinion polling
| Poll source | Date | 1st | 2nd | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official Primary results | March 1, 2016 | Bernie Sanders 85.7% | Hillary Clinton 13.6% | Others / Uncommitted 0.8% |
| The Castleton Polling Institute [1] Margin of error: ± 3.27 | February 3–17, 2016 | Bernie Sanders 83.1% | Hillary Clinton 9.0% | Others / Undecided 7.9% |
| Public Policy Polling[2] Margin of error: ± 3.7 | February 14–16, 2016 | Bernie Sanders 86% | Hillary Clinton 10% | |
| Castleton University[3] Margin of error: ± 4% | August 24 – September 14, 2015 | Bernie Sanders 65% | Hillary Clinton 14% | Others 10%, Not sure 11% |
| Castleton University[4] Margin of error: ± 3.8% | October 10, 2014 | Bernie Sanders 36% | Hillary Clinton 29% | Neither 29%, Not sure 5%, Refused 1% |
Results
Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 26
| Vermont Democratic primary, March 1, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Bernie Sanders | 115,900 | 85.69% | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| Hillary Clinton | 18,338 | 13.56% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) | 282 | 0.21% | |||
| Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente | 80 | 0.06% | |||
| Total blank votes | 260 | 0.19% | |||
| Total write-ins | 238 | 0.18% | |||
| Total spoiled votes | 158 | 0.12% | |||
| Uncommitted | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 135,256 | 100% | 16 | 10 | 26 |
| Source: The Green Papers, Vermont Secretary of State | |||||
Results by county
| County | Clinton | % | Sanders | % | Others | Totals | Turnout | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addison | 1,111 | 12.5% | 7,732 | 87.0% | ||||
| Bennington | 1,255 | 17.9% | 5,651 | 80.5% | ||||
| Caledonia | 527 | 10.2% | 4,598 | 89.0% | ||||
| Chittenden | 5,687 | 14.9% | 32,244 | 84.5% | ||||
| Essex | 141 | 13.5% | 890 | 85.1% | ||||
| Franklin | 778 | 10.2% | 6,746 | 88.8% | ||||
| Grand Isle | 233 | 13.1% | 1,529 | 85.6% | ||||
| Lamoille | 574 | 11.3% | 4,471 | 88.0% | ||||
| Orange | 646 | 10.7% | 5,402 | 88.8% | ||||
| Orleans | 472 | 11.7% | 3,540 | 87.6% | ||||
| Rutland | 1,584 | 14.3% | 9,354 | 84.6% | ||||
| Washington | 1,717 | 12.2% | 12,313 | 87.1% | ||||
| Windham | 1,416 | 12.2% | 10,085 | 87.2% | ||||
| Windsor | 2,197 | 16.1% | 11,345 | 83.3% | ||||
| Total | 18,338 | 13.6% | 115,900 | 85.7% |
Analysis
Bernie Sanders won his largest victory of the entire 2016 primary season in his home state of Vermont, routing Hillary Clinton by a 72-point margin and therefore blocking her from collecting any pledged delegates from the state. He carried every county in the state. Sanders won all major demographics—age, gender, income and educational attainment levels. The electorate in Vermont was 95% white, with voters backing Sanders 86–13.[5]
After voting in the primary, Sanders said of his chances in other Super Tuesday contests: "I am confident that if there is a large voter turnout today across this country, we will do well [...] If not we're going to be struggling."[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Subject: The VPR Poll: The Races, The Issues And The Full Results".
- ^ "Subject: Clinton leads in 10 of 12 Early March Primaries; Benefits From Overwhelming Black Support" (PDF).
- ^ "Poll: Bernie Sanders popular in Vt., even among Republicans · Castleton College". Wcax.com. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ^ "Vermont Election Poll – 2014". Castleton.edu. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ "2016 Election Center". CNN. March 1, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ^ Martin, Jacquelyn (March 1, 2016). "Bernie Sanders Wins Vermont". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
