2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses

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2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses
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Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton
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Delegate count4125
Popular vote72,84649,789
Percentage58.98%40.31%

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Colorado results by county

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

Contents

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 Colorado caucuses.

Youth [1] [2] and Latino [3] caucus-goers delivered a win for Bernie Sanders.

Opinion polling

Poll sourceDate1st2ndOther
Caucus results [4] March 1, 2016Bernie Sanders
59.44%
Hillary Clinton
39.85%
Other
0.71%
Washington Free Beacon/TPC Research [5]

Margin of error: ± 3%
Sample size: 1144

February 16–17, 2016Bernie Sanders
49%
Hillary Clinton
43%
Undecided 9%
Quinnipiac University [6]

Margin of error: ± 4.9%
Sample size: 404

November 11–15, 2015Hillary Clinton
55%
Bernie Sanders
27%
Martin O'Malley 2%
Undecided 15%
Suffolk University [7]

Margin of error: ± ?
Sample size: 159

September 13–16, 2014Hillary Clinton
59%
Elizabeth Warren
21%
Joe Biden 8%
Andrew Cuomo 4%
Martin O’Malley 0%
Undecided 6%
Other 2%
Refused 1%

Results

Results of the precinct caucus

Caucus date: March 1, 2016

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– Summary of results –
CandidatePopular voteEstimated delegates
CountPercentagePledgedUnpledgedTotal
Bernie Sanders 72,84658.98%41041
Hillary Clinton 49,78940.31%25934
Uncommitted8220.67%033
Others510.04%
Total123,508100%661278
Sources: [8] [9]

Detailed estimates per congressional district

Detailed results for the Colorado Democratic caucuses, March 1, 2016 [10]
DistrictTotal estimate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton
VotesEstimated delegatesVotesEstimated delegatesVotesEstimated delegates
1st district 29,474816,232413,2424
2nd district 30,624719,376411,2483
3rd district 14,67168,95645,7152
4th district 10,06056,11533,9452
5th district 10,31556,33833,9772
6th district 12,83666,67536,1613
7th district 14,65569,15445,5014
At-large delegates122,6351472,846849,7896
Pledged PLEOs954
Total663828

Results of the county assemblies

Timeframe for the county assemblies: March 2–26, 2016

Colorado Democratic county assemblies, March 2–26, 2016
CandidateState + District delegates [11] Estimated delegates
CountPercentagePledgedUnpledgedTotal
Bernie Sanders 37261.39%
Hillary Clinton 23438.61%
Uncommitted
Total606100%

Results of the congressional district conventions

Detailed results for the congressional district conventions, April 1–15, 2016 [12]

DistrictDelegates
available
Delegates won
Sanders Clinton
1st district 853
2nd district 743
3rd district 642
4th district 532
5th district 532
6th district 633
7th district 642
Total432617

Results of the state convention

State convention date: April 16, 2016

Colorado Democratic State Convention, April 16, 2016 [13]
CandidateState convention delegatesNational delegates won
CountPercentageAt-largePLEOTotal
Bernie Sanders 1,90062.3%9615
Hillary Clinton 1,15037.7%538
Total3,050100.0%14923

Analysis

As Barack Obama had similarly done eight years earlier in the state, Bernie Sanders won a convincing 19-point victory in the Colorado caucus, relying on turnout from young adult voters in a majority white electorate. [14] [15] He ran up big margins in the capital city of Denver and in Denver County at large, as well as in Colorado Springs in El Paso County and Fort Collins in Larimer County. Sanders also performed very strongly in the western parts of the state along the Rocky Mountains, in regions such as the Colorado Mineral belt and Northwestern Colorado which are rural and sparsely populated. Clinton won in the city of Pueblo in Pueblo County.

Sanders gained more delegates over Clinton with a large turnout from supporters at the conventions in April. [16]

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