2016 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses

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2016 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses
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  2012 March 5, 2016 (2016-03-05) 2020  
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Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton
Home state Vermont New York
Delegate count2310
Popular vote26,63712,593
Percentage67.90%32.10%

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Election results by congressional district.
  Bernie Sanders

The 2016 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 5 in the U.S. state of Kansas as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Contents

On the same day, Democratic primaries were held in Louisiana and in Nebraska, while the Republican Party held primaries in four states including their own Kansas caucuses.

Opinion polling

Poll sourceDate1st2nd3rdOther
Caucus results [1] March 5, 2016Bernie Sanders
67.9%
Hillary Clinton
32.1%
Uncommitted
0.0%
Fort Hays State University [2]

Margin of error: ± 5.0
Sample size: 440

February 19–26, 2016Hillary Clinton
33%
Bernie Sanders
23%
Undecided 44%
Suffolk University [3]

Margin of error: ± ?
Sample size: 118

September 27–30, 2014Hillary Clinton
62%
Elizabeth Warren
14%
Joe Biden
4%
Andrew Cuomo 4%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Other 2%, Undecided/Refused 14%

Results

Kansas Democratic caucuses, March 5, 2016
CandidateDistrict delegatesEstimated delegates
CountPercentagePledgedUnpledgedTotal
Bernie Sanders 26,63767.90%23023
Hillary Clinton 12,59332.10%10414
Uncommitted000
Total39,230100%33437
Source: [4]

Analysis

As he did throughout most other states that held caucuses, as well as most farm belt and Great Plains states, Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton by a two-to-one margin in Kansas, one of the reddest states in the nation. Sanders ran up big margins in urban areas including Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka, and Wichita, but also won in very rural areas. He won all four congressional districts in the state, never dipping below 60% of the vote. His worst showing was in Kansas's Third Congressional District which borders Missouri, where he received 62% of the vote.

References

  1. Caucus results
  2. "Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton hold leads in Kansas poll, but many voters are undecided".
  3. "Suffolk Kansas Toplines" (PDF). suffolk.edu. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  4. The Green Papers