Vermont Democratic primary, 2016

Vermont Democratic primary, 2016

March 1, 2016

Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton Home state Vermont New York Delegate count 16 0 Popular vote 115,900[1] 18,338 Percentage 85.69% 13.56%

Election results by county.   Bernie Sanders

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

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 Vermont primary.

Opinion polling

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	Other
Official Primary results	March 1, 2016	Bernie Sanders 85.7%	Hillary Clinton 13.6%	Others / Uncommitted 0.8%
The Castleton Polling Institute [2] Margin of error: ± 3.27 Sample size: 895	February 3–17, 2016	Bernie Sanders 83.1%	Hillary Clinton 9.0%	Others / Undecided 7.9%
Public Policy Polling[3] Margin of error: ± 3.7 Sample size: 500	February 14–16, 2016	Bernie Sanders 86%	Hillary Clinton 10%
Castleton University[4] Margin of error: ± 4% Sample size: 617	August 24 – September 14, 2015	Bernie Sanders 65%	Hillary Clinton 14%	Others 10%, Not sure 11%
Castleton University[5] Margin of error: ± 3.8% Sample size: 653	October 10, 2014	Bernie Sanders 36%	Hillary Clinton 29%	Neither 29%%, Not sure 5%, Refused 1%

Results

Sanders presidential campaign kickoff in his home state of Vermont, May 2015. Sanders would go on to win the Green Mountain state with over 80% of the vote.

Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 26

Vermont Democratic primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Bernie Sanders	115,900	85.69%	16	6	22
Hillary Clinton	18,338	13.56%	0	4	4
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)	282	0.21%
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente	80	0.06%
Total Blank Votes	260	0.19%
Total Write-ins	238	0.18%
Total Spoiled Votes	158	0.12%
Uncommitted	N/A		0	0	0
Total	135,256	100%	16	10	26
Source: The Green Papers, Vermont Secretary of State

Results By County

County [6]	Clinton	Votes	Sanders	Votes
Addison	12.5%	1,111	87.0%	7,732
Bennington	17.9%	1,255	80.5%	5,651
Caldonia	10.2%	527	89.0%	4,598
Chittenden	14.9%	5,687	84.5%	32,244
Essex	13.5%	141	85.1%	890
Franklin	10.2%	778	88.8%	6,746
Grand Isle	13.1%	233	85.6%	1,529
Lamoille	11.3%	574	88.0%	4,471
Orange	10.7%	646	88.8%	5,402
Orleans	11.7%	472	87.6%	3,540
Rutland	14.3%	1,584	84.6%	9,354
Washington	12.2%	1,717	87.1%	12,313
Windham	12.2%	1,416	87.2%	10,085
Windsor	16.1%	2,197	83.3%	11,345
Total	13.6%	18,338	85.7%	115,900

Analysis

Bernie Sanders won his largest victory of the entire 2016 primary season in his home state of Vermont, routing Hillary Clinton by a 72-point margin and therefore blocking her from collecting any pledged delegates from the state. He carried every county in the state. Sanders won all major demographics -- age, gender, income and educational attainment levels. The electorate in Vermont was 95% white, with white voters backing Sanders 86-13.^[7]

After voting in the primary, Sanders said of his chances in other Super Tuesday contests: "I am confident that if there is a large voter turnout today across this country, we will do well [...] If not we're going to be struggling."^[8]

References

1. Vermont Secretary of State
2. "Subject: The VPR Poll: The Races, The Issues And The Full Results".
3. "Subject: Clinton leads in 10 of 12 Early March Primaries; Benefits From Overwhelming Black Support" (PDF).
4. "Poll: Bernie Sanders popular in Vt., even among Republicans · Castleton College". Wcax.com. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
5. "Vermont Election Poll – 2014". Castleton.edu. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
6. http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-primary/26-presidential-formatted.pdf
7. "2016 Election Center". CNN. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
8. "Bernie Sanders Wins Vermont". Retrieved 2016-09-25.