2016 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary

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2016 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary
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37 Democratic National Convention delegates (32 pledged, 5 unpledged)
The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote
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Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders
Home state New York Vermont
Delegate count2210
Popular vote146,05766,236
Percentage66.08%29.97%
2016 Democratic Presidential Primary in Arkansas by county.svg
Results by county
Clinton:     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%
Sanders:     40-50%     50-60%

The 2016 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Arkansas as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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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 Arkansas primary.

Opinion polling

Poll sourceDate1st2ndOther
Primary results [1] March 1, 2016Hillary Clinton
66.1%		Bernie Sanders
30.0%		Others
4.0%
Public Policy Polling [2]

Margin of error: ± 4.3
Sample size: 525

February 14–16, 2016Hillary Clinton
57%		Bernie Sanders
32%
Talk Business/Hendrix [3]

Margin of error: ± 3.3% Sample size: 451

February 4, 2016Hillary Clinton
57%		Bernie Sanders
25%		Don't Know 18%
Suffolk University [4]

Margin of error: ± ?
Sample size: 209

September 20–23, 2014Hillary Clinton
71%		Joe Biden
8%		Andrew Cuomo 5%
Elizabeth Warren 3%
Martin O’Malley 2%
Undecided/Refused 10%
Polling Company/WomenTrend [5]

Margin of error: ± ?
Sample size: ?

August 6–7, 2013Hillary Clinton
59%		Joe Biden
14%		Others/Undecided 27%

Results

Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 69

e  •  d   2016 Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in Arkansas
– Summary of results –
CandidatePopular voteEstimated delegates
CountPercentagePledgedUnpledgedTotal
Hillary Clinton 146,05766.08%22527
Bernie Sanders 66,23629.97%10010
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)2,7851.26%
John Wolfe Jr. 2,5561.16%
James Valentine1,7020.77%
Rocky De La Fuente 1,6840.76%
Total221,020100%32537
Sources: [6] [7]

Analysis

Arkansas, the state where Hillary Clinton served as First Lady during her husband Bill Clinton’s tenure as governor, gave Clinton one of her largest victories during the course of the Democratic Primary. She swept the state among every major demographic – gender, race, income, and educational attainment. According to exit polls, 67 percent of voters in the Arkansas Democratic Primary were white and they opted for Clinton by a margin of 62–35 compared to the 27 percent of African Americans who backed Clinton by an even larger margin of 91–6. [8]

After his landslide defeat, the Sanders campaign reported that Hillary Clinton had notched wins in southern states including Arkansas because Bernie Sanders did not compete with her, although this claim was widely debunked. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Primary results
  2. ↑ "Subject: Clinton leads in 10 of 12 Early March Primaries; Benefits From Overwhelming Black Support" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Poll: Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz hold leads in Democratic, GOP Presidential primaries" . Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Arkansas September Toplines" (PDF). Suffolk.edu. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  5. ↑ Goodman, Alana. "Tom Cotton in Dead Heat with Mark Pryor for Arkansas Senate". The Washington Free Beacon.
  6. ↑ The Green Papers
  7. ↑ Official County results (provisional) Arkansas Secretary of State
  8. ↑ "2016 Election Center". CNN. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Sanders campaign rewrites history of Super Tuesday losses" . Retrieved August 7, 2016.
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