2016 Utah Democratic presidential caucuses

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2016 Utah Democratic presidential caucuses
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Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton
Home state Vermont New York
Delegate count276
Popular vote62,99216,166
Percentage79.21%20.33%

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Election results by county.

The 2016 Utah Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 22 in the U.S. state of Utah as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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On the same day, the Democratic Party held another caucus in Idaho and a primary in Arizona, while the Republican Party held primaries in two states, including their own Utah caucuses, plus in American Samoa.

Opinion polling

Poll sourceDate1st2nd3rdOther
Caucus results March 24, 2016Bernie Sanders
79.21%
Hillary Clinton
20.33%
Other
0.46%
Dan Jones & Associates [1]

Margin of error: ± 7%
Sample size: 250

March 8–15, 2016Bernie Sanders
52%
Hillary Clinton
44%
Dan Jones & Associates [2]

Margin of error: ± ?
Sample size: 625

February 10–15, 2016Hillary Clinton
51%
Bernie Sanders
44%
SurveyUSA [3]

Margin of error: ± 7.2%
Sample size: 188

January 6–13, 2016Hillary Clinton
50%
Bernie Sanders
40%
Other/Undecided 10%
Dan Jones & Associates [4]

Margin of error: ± 3.9%
Sample size: 624

November 5–14, 2015Hillary Clinton
54%
Bernie Sanders
34%
Martin O'Malley 3%Don't Know 5%
Dan Jones & Associates [5]

Margin of error: ?
Sample size: ?

September 8–17, 2015Bernie Sanders
31%
Hillary Clinton
30%
Joe Biden
20%
Other/Undecided 19%
Dan Jones & Associates [6]

Margin of error: ± ?
Sample size: ?

July 14–21, 2015Hillary Clinton
50%
Bernie Sanders
30%
Joe Biden
12%
Other/Undecided 8%
Dan Jones & Associates [7]

Margin of error: ± ?
Sample size: ?

March 3–5, 2015Hillary Clinton
56%
Elizabeth Warren
25%
Joe Biden
4%
Other/Undecided 15%

Results

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Utah delegation participates in the roll call vote at the 2016 Democratic National Convention
Utah Democratic caucuses, March 22, 2016
CandidatePopular voteEstimated delegates
CountPercentagePledgedUnpledgedTotal
Bernie Sanders 62,99279.21%27229
Hillary Clinton 16,16620.33%628
Others340.04%
Uncommitted3340.42%000
Total79,526100%33437
Source: Utah Democratic Party

Analysis

Sanders defeated Clinton by a landslide margin in Utah's caucus, winning almost 80 percent of the vote to Clinton's 20 percent. Sanders had held several rallies in Utah and spent $300,000 on TV advertising ahead of the state's caucuses, as well as those in Idaho and Arizona that were held on the same day. Though Clinton had been endorsed by some of the most prominent Democrats in Utah, such as then-Mayor of Salt Lake County Ben McAdams, she did not compete in the state as much as Sanders did. [8] Turnout in the Utah caucus was unusually high, with some caucus sites needing to print extra ballots after running out multiple times. [9] [10] Sanders' victory in Utah was seen as part of a trend in which he tended to do better in whiter states and in those that held caucuses rather than primaries. [9]

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