2016 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary

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
	Results by county; Clinton: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%; Sanders: 40-50% 50-60%

Last updated February 28, 2024

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.

Opinion polling

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	Other
Primary results	March 1, 2016	Hillary Clinton 66.1%	Bernie Sanders 30.0%	Others 4.0%
Public Policy Polling^[1] Margin of error: ± 4.3 Sample size: 525	February 14–16, 2016	Hillary Clinton 57%	Bernie Sanders 32%
Talk Business/Hendrix^[2] Margin of error: ± 3.3% Sample size: 451	February 4, 2016	Hillary Clinton 57%	Bernie Sanders 25%	Don't Know 18%
Suffolk University^[3] Margin of error: ± ? Sample size: 209	September 20–23, 2014	Hillary Clinton 71%	Joe Biden 8%	Andrew Cuomo 5% Elizabeth Warren 3% Martin O’Malley 2% Undecided/Refused 10%
Polling Company/WomenTrend^[4] Margin of error: ± ? Sample size: ?	August 6–7, 2013	Hillary Clinton 59%	Joe Biden 14%	Others/Undecided 27%

Results

Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 69

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– Summary of results –
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
Candidate	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Hillary Clinton	146,057	66.08%	22	5	27
Bernie Sanders	66,236	29.97%	10	0	10
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)	2,785	1.26%
John Wolfe Jr.	2,556	1.16%
James Valentine	1,702	0.77%
Rocky De La Fuente	1,684	0.76%
Total	221,020	100%	32	5	37
Sources: The Green Papers and Official County results (provisional) Arkansas Secretary of State

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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References

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

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[1] "Subject: Clinton leads in 10 of 12 Early March Primaries; Benefits From Overwhelming Black Support" (PDF).

[talkbusiness.net-2] "Poll: Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz hold leads in Democratic, GOP Presidential primaries" . Retrieved February 7, 2016.

[3] "Arkansas September Toplines" (PDF). Suffolk.edu. Retrieved July 11, 2015.

[4] Goodman, Alana. "Tom Cotton in Dead Heat with Mark Pryor for Arkansas Senate". The Washington Free Beacon.

[5] "2016 Election Center". CNN. Retrieved September 25, 2016.

[6] "Sanders campaign rewrites history of Super Tuesday losses" . Retrieved August 7, 2016.

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