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.
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 Colorado results by county
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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
edit| Poll source | Date | 1st | 2nd | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caucus results[4] | March 1, 2016 | Bernie Sanders 59.44% |
Hillary Clinton 39.85% |
Other 0.71% |
| Washington Free Beacon/TPC Research[5]
Margin of error: ± 3%
|
February 16–17, 2016 | Bernie Sanders 49% |
Hillary Clinton 43% |
Undecided 9% |
| Quinnipiac University[6]
Margin of error: ± 4.9%
|
November 11–15, 2015 | Hillary Clinton 55% |
Bernie Sanders 27% |
Martin O'Malley 2% Undecided 15% |
| Suffolk University[7]
Margin of error: ± ?
|
September 13–16, 2014 | Hillary Clinton 59% |
Elizabeth Warren 21% |
Joe Biden 8% Andrew Cuomo 4% Martin O’Malley 0% Undecided 6% Other 2% Refused 1% |
Results
editResults of the precinct caucus
editCaucus date: March 1, 2016
| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Bernie Sanders | 72,846 | 58.98% | 41 | 0 | 41 |
| Hillary Clinton | 49,789 | 40.31% | 25 | 9 | 34 |
| Uncommitted | 822 | 0.67% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Others | 51 | 0.04% | |||
| Total | 123,508 | 100% | 66 | 12 | 78 |
| Sources: [8][9] | |||||
Detailed estimates per congressional district
edit| District | Total estimate | Bernie Sanders | Hillary Clinton | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Estimated delegates | Votes | Estimated delegates | Votes | Estimated delegates | |
| 1st district | 29,474 | 8 | 16,232 | 4 | 13,242 | 4 |
| 2nd district | 30,624 | 7 | 19,376 | 4 | 11,248 | 3 |
| 3rd district | 14,671 | 6 | 8,956 | 4 | 5,715 | 2 |
| 4th district | 10,060 | 5 | 6,115 | 3 | 3,945 | 2 |
| 5th district | 10,315 | 5 | 6,338 | 3 | 3,977 | 2 |
| 6th district | 12,836 | 6 | 6,675 | 3 | 6,161 | 3 |
| 7th district | 14,655 | 6 | 9,154 | 4 | 5,501 | 4 |
| At-large delegates | 122,635 | 14 | 72,846 | 8 | 49,789 | 6 |
| Pledged PLEOs | 9 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Total | 66 | 38 | 28 | |||
Results of the county assemblies
editTimeframe for the county assemblies: March 2–26, 2016
| Candidate | State + District delegates[11] | Estimated delegates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Bernie Sanders | 372 | 61.39% | |||
| Hillary Clinton | 234 | 38.61% | |||
| Uncommitted | |||||
| Total | 606 | 100% | |||
Results of the congressional district conventions
editDetailed results for the congressional district conventions, April 1–15, 2016[12]
| District | Delegates available |
Delegates won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanders | Clinton | ||
| 1st district | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 2nd district | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 3rd district | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 4th district | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 5th district | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 6th district | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 7th district | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Total | 43 | 26 | 17 |
Results of the state convention
editState convention date: April 16, 2016
| Candidate | State convention delegates | National delegates won | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | At-large | PLEO | Total | |
| Bernie Sanders | 1,900 | 62.3% | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Hillary Clinton | 1,150 | 37.7% | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Total | 3,050 | 100.0% | 14 | 9 | 23 |
Analysis
editAs 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]
References
edit- ^ "Bernie Sanders defeats Hillary Clinton in Colorado Democratic caucus". The Denver Post. March 1, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ Markus, Ben. "Record Caucus Crowds Catch Officials Off Guard As Sanders Wins Colorado". Colorado Public Radio. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "Texas Latinos Back Clinton, Sanders Takes Latino Counties in Colorado". NBC News. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ Caucus results
- ^ "Free Beacon Poll: Sanders Overtakes Clinton in Colorado".
- ^ "Quinnipiac poll" (PDF).
- ^ "Suffolk" (PDF). suffolk.edu. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- ^ The Green Papers
- ^ Colorado Democrats 2016 Caucus results
- ^ The Green Papers
- ^ "Colorado Democrats 2016 Delegates" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- ^ The Green Papers
- ^ The Green Papers
- ^ "The Latest: Bernie Sanders wins Colorado's Democratic caucus". Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
- ^ Wilkie, Christina (March 1, 2016). "Bernie Sanders Wins Colorado Democratic Caucus". The Huffington Post. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
- ^ "Bernie Sanders wins Colorado with big showing at state convention – The Denver Post". Retrieved August 7, 2016.