2016 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary

Last updated

2016 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary
Flag of Connecticut.svg
←  2008 April 26, 2016 (2016-04-26) 2020  →
  Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg Bernie Sanders September 2015 cropped.jpg
Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders
Home state New York Vermont
Delegate count2827
Popular vote170,045 [1] 152,379
Percentage51.80%46.42%
2016 Connecticut Democratic Presidential Primary by county.svg
2016 Connecticut Democratic Presidential Primary by town.svg
Clinton:     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%
Sanders:     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%

The 2016 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary were held on April 26 in the U.S. state of Connecticut as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Contents

The Democratic Party's primaries in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island were held the same day, as are Republican primaries in the same five states, including their own Connecticut primary.

Clinton has many endorsements from the state's Congressional delegation, including the popular Senator Chris Murphy. Clinton campaigned to Sanders' left on gun control, which paid off for her with mothers [2] in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting. [3]

Opinion polling

Poll sourceDate1st2ndOther
Official Primary Results April 26, 2016Hillary Clinton
51.8%		Bernie Sanders
46.4%		Others / Uncommitted
1.8%
Public Policy Polling [4]

Margin of error: ± 3.7%
Sample size: 709

April 22–24, 2016Hillary Clinton
48%		Bernie Sanders
46%		Others / Undecided
6%
Quinnipiac [5]

Margin of error: ± 3.0%
Sample size: 1,037

April 12–18, 2016Hillary Clinton
51%		Bernie Sanders
42%		Others / Undecided
8%
Emerson College [6]

Margin of error: ± 5.2%
Sample size: 356

April 10–11, 2016Hillary Clinton
49%		Bernie Sanders
43%		Others / Undecided
3%
Emerson College Polling Society [7]

Margin of error: ± 6%
Sample size: 251 LV

November 17, 2015Hillary Clinton
49.6%		Bernie Sanders
30.7%		Martin O’Malley 9.1%
Other 3.2%
Undecided 6.6%
Quinnipiac University [8]

Margin of error: ± 4%
Sample size: 610

October 7–11, 2015Hillary Clinton
35%		Bernie Sanders
25%		Joe Biden 18%
Lincoln Chafee 0%
Lawrence Lessig 0%
Martin O’Malley 0%
Jim Webb 0%
Other 1%
Wouldn't vote 6%
Undecided 12%
Hillary Clinton
47%		Bernie Sanders
29%		Jim Webb 1%
Lincoln Chafee 0%
Lawrence Lessig 0%
Martin O’Malley 0%
Other 1%
Wouldn't vote 6%
Undecided 16%
Quinnipiac University [9]

Margin of error: ± 4.6%
Sample size: 459

March 6–9, 2015Hillary Clinton
53%		Elizabeth Warren
15%		Joe Biden 8%
Bernie Sanders 2%
Martin O’Malley 1%
Jim Webb 1%
Other 2%
Wouldn't vote 3%
Undecided 15%

Results

e  •  d   2016 Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in Connecticut
– Summary of results –
CandidatePopular voteEstimated delegates
CountPercentagePledgedUnpledgedTotal
Hillary Clinton 170,04551.80%281543
Bernie Sanders 152,37946.42%27027
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente 9600.29%000
Uncommitted4,8711.48%011
Total328,255100%551671
Source: The Green Papers , Connecticut Secretary of State - Official Primary Results

Results by county

County [10] Clinton %Sanders %
Fairfield 46,38761.0%29,59639.0%
Hartford 47,82354.3%40,18345.7%
Litchfield 6,64342.4%9,02257.6%
Middlesex 8,49846.4%9,82953.6%
New Haven 38,83051.7%36,25948.3%
New London 10,51844.5%13,14255.5%
Tolland 5,60939.1%8,73760.9%
Windham 3,67640.7%5,35259.3%
Total170,04551.8%152,37946.4%

Analysis

Clinton managed a five-point-win in Connecticut, a state she had narrowly lost to Barack Obama eight years earlier. She relied on turnout in larger cities, including Hartford (which she won 51–47), New Haven, and Bridgeport. [11] She managed a large win in Greenwich, bolstered by support from more affluent Democrats [12] and won in the New York City suburbs as a whole 59–40. Sanders held Clinton to a narrow margin statewide, thanks to his support in rural areas which he won 63–37. [2]

In terms of demographics, Clinton won the African American vote 69–30, older voters 62–35, and the votes of women 57–41. Clinton also won women with children 55–44, and women without children 58–40. Sanders won the youth vote by an overwhelming margin of 66–34, the votes of men 55–43, and won the Caucasian vote (74% of the electorate) by a narrow 50–48 margin. Sanders won among voters with an income of less than 50k and 100k, with Clinton winning more affluent voters. [13]

In terms of political ideology, Clinton won liberals 52–48 and moderates/conservatives 53–43. Clinton won Democrats 60–39 but lost self-identified independents to Sanders 74–23.

Clinton's stance on gun control resonated with voters in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries</span>

This article contains opinion polling by U.S. state for the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries. The shading for each poll indicates the candidate(s) which are within one margin of error of the poll's leader.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries</span>

This article contains opinion polling by U.S. state for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries. For currency and accuracy, please note the specific dates for each polling as listed below. For the significance of the earliest state votes, the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, see United States presidential primary – Iowa and New Hampshire. To know when any given state votes, see the timeline of primaries and caucuses.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary</span>

The 2016 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary was held on Tuesday February 9. As per tradition, it was the first primary and second nominating contest overall to take place in the cycle. Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton in the primary by a margin of more than 22% in the popular vote. Sanders claimed 15 delegates to Clinton's 9.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses</span>

The 2016 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses were held on Monday February 1 in Iowa, as usual marking the Democratic Party's first nominating contest in their series of presidential primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut</span>

The 2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Connecticut voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Connecticut has seven electoral votes in the Electoral College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 United States presidential election in Utah</span>

The 2016 United States presidential election in Utah was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election which was also held in the other 49 states and in the District of Columbia. Voters were asked to pick 6 electors to be pledged for a candidate in the Electoral College. The two main tickets of the election were the Republican one, consisting of businessman Donald Trump and Indiana Governor Mike Pence, and the Democratic one, consisting of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary</span>

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Texas Democratic presidential primary</span>

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Florida Democratic presidential primary</span>

The 2016 Florida Democratic presidential primary took place on March 15 in the U.S. state of Florida as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Illinois Democratic presidential primary</span>

The 2016 Illinois Democratic presidential primary took place on March 15 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary</span>

The 2016 Ohio Democratic presidential primary took place on March 15 in the U.S. state of Ohio as one of the Democratic Party's primaries prior to the 2016 presidential election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 New York Democratic presidential primary</span>

The 2016 New York Democratic presidential primary was held on April 19 in the U.S. state of New York as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Hillary Clinton, who had previously represented New York in the United States Senate from 2001 to 2009, won a comfortable majority in both the popular vote and delegate count over Bernie Sanders, who was born in Brooklyn.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Maryland Democratic presidential primary</span>

The 2016 Maryland Democratic presidential primary was held on April 26 in the U.S. state of Maryland as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary</span>

The 2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary was held on April 26 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary</span>

The 2016 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary was held on June 7 in the U.S. state of New Jersey as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary</span>

The 2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary was held on April 5 in the U.S. state of Wisconsin as one of the Republican Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Texas senator Ted Cruz won the contest with 48%, ahead of nationwide frontrunner Donald Trump by 13 percentage points. Taking advantage of the state's two-level "winner takes all" provision, Cruz took 36 out of the 42 available delegates.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 New York Republican presidential primary</span>

The 2016 New York Republican presidential primary was held on April 19 in the U.S. state of New York as one of the Republican Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Ohio Republican presidential primary</span>

The 2016 Ohio Republican presidential primary took place March 15 in the U.S. state of Ohio, as a part of the Republican Party's series of presidential primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The Ohio primary was held alongside Republican primary elections in Florida, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina, along with the Democratic contest in Ohio.

Statewide polls for the 2016 United States presidential election are as follows. The polls listed here, by state, are from January 1 to August 31, 2016 and provide early data on opinion polling between a possible Republican candidate against a possible Democratic candidate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary</span>

The 2016 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary was held on Tuesday March 1, as one of the Republican Party's 2016 presidential primaries. Massachusetts was one of eleven states that held both their Democratic and Republican presidential primaries on that day, dubbed "Super Tuesday". 42 delegates were allocated proportionally to all candidates who received at least 5 percent of the vote in the primary.

References

  1. ↑ "Connecticut Secretary of State - Official Primary Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "2016 Election Center". CNN. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "NBC: Clinton wins CT Dem. primary". MSNBC . Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Clinton, Sanders close in CT/PA/RI; Trump Headed for Big Wins" (PDF). Public Policy Polling. April 25, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  5. ↑ "TRUMP LEADS, KASICH TOPS CRUZ IN CONNECTICUT GOP RACE, QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY POLL FINDS; WOMEN, BLACKS GIVE CLINTON LEAD AMONG DEMOCRATS" (PDF). Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ "TRUMP COULD SWEEP CONNECTICUT; SANDERS IN STRIKING DISTANCE; KASICH BEATS BERNIE, HILLARY" (PDF). Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Emerson College Poll" (PDF). Emerson College Polling Society. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Release Detail". Quinnipiac University. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Release Detail". Quinnipiac University. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 21, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ↑ "Connecticut Primary Election Results". The New York Times . Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Greenwich Presidential Primary Results: Who Did Residents Vote For?". April 27, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  13. ↑ "2016 Election Center". CNN. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.