2016 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary

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2016 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary
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  2012 April 26, 2016 (2016-04-26) 2020  
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Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton
Home state Vermont New York
Delegate count1311
Popular vote66,993 [1] 52,749
Percentage54.71%43.08%

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Sanders:     50-60%     60-70%
Clinton:     40-50%     50-60%

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

Contents

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

Opinion polling

Poll sourceDate1st2ndOther
Certified Primary results [2] April 26, 2016Bernie Sanders
54.7%
Hillary Clinton
43.1%
Others / Uncommitted
2.2%
Public Policy Polling [3]

Margin of error: ± 3.8%
Sample size: 668

April 22–24, 2016Bernie Sanders
49%
Hillary Clinton
45%
Others / Undecided
6%
Brown University [4]

Margin of error: ± 4.0%
Sample size: 436

April 19–21, 2016Hillary Clinton
43%
Bernie Sanders
34%
Others / Undecided
23%
Brown University [5]

Margin of error: ± ?%
Sample size: 394

February 22–23, 2016Hillary Clinton
49%
Bernie Sanders
40%
Others / Undecided
11%
Brown University [5]

Margin of error: ± ?%
Sample size: 396

February 17–20, 2016Bernie Sanders
48%
Hillary Clinton
41%
Others / Undecided
11%

Results

Rhode Island Democratic primary, April 26, 2016
CandidatePopular voteEstimated delegates
CountPercentagePledgedUnpledgedTotal
Bernie Sanders 66,99354.71%13013
Hillary Clinton 52,74943.08%11920
Mark Stewart2360.19%000
Rocky De La Fuente 1450.12%000
Write-in6730.55%000
Uncommitted1,6621.36%000
Total122,458100%24933
Source: [6] [7] [8]

Results by county

County [9] ClintonVotesSandersVotes
Bristol 47.3%3,21051.6%3,507
Kent 40.0%7,16258.1%10,404
Newport 42.5%4,43356.4%5,891
Providence 44.6%29,15853.6%35,019
Washington 37.9%6,13660.8%9,858
Total43.1%52,74954.7%66,993

Analysis

With its socially liberal coalition of mostly white Irish Catholic/Portuguese Catholic/Italian Catholic voters, Rhode Island was seen as Bernie Sanders's best chance at victory in the so-called "Acela Primaries" on April 26. He pulled out an 11-point win in Rhode Island on election day. He carried all municipalities but four, winning in the major cities of Providence and Warwick.

Sanders' Rhode Island win limited Clinton's success in New England to slimmer victories in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

References

  1. Rhode Island Board of Elections
  2. Certified Primary results
  3. "Clinton, Sanders close in CT/PA/RI; Trump Headed for Big Wins" (PDF). Public Policy Polling. April 25, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  4. "Taubman Center poll: Clinton, Trump lead in Rhode Island, but many voters undecided" . Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Statewide Presidential primary poll: Trump strong, Clinton rising". Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  6. The Green Papers
  7. Rhode Island Board of Elections
  8. Rhode Island Democratic Party - Official Pledged Delegates Allocation
  9. "Rhode Island Election Results 2016: President Live Map by County, Real-Time Voting Updates - POLITICO".