2016 Democratic presidential primaries
The 2016 store holds county-level primary returns for 50 of the cycle’s 51 jurisdictions (50 states + DC). Every figure on this page is the sum over those covered contests — not the full national primary.
Who led each state
Each covered state filled by the candidate who led its 2016 Democratic contest. States without county returns in the store stay neutral — absence of coverage, not a result.
The vote across the 50 states with county returns in the store
30,608,577 votes summed over the covered states — caucus states report by their party's measure, so shares are the honest comparison.
- Clinton✓16,919,54555.3%
- Sanders13,210,82443.2%
- All others478,2101.6%
By state (50)
Who led each state. Each row links to the state's county-level primary page.
| State | Led by | Margin | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | Clinton | +7.0 | 5,173,338 |
| Illinois | Clinton | +1.9 | 2,056,047 |
| New York | Clinton | +16.1 | 1,954,236 |
| Florida | Clinton | +31.2 | 1,709,183 |
| Pennsylvania | Clinton | +12.1 | 1,681,427 |
| Texas | Clinton | +32.0 | 1,435,895 |
| Ohio | Clinton | +13.0 | 1,241,478 |
| Massachusetts | Clinton | +1.4 | 1,215,970 |
| Michigan | Sanders | +1.4 | 1,205,552 |
| North Carolina | Clinton | +13.6 | 1,142,916 |
| Wisconsin | Sanders | +13.5 | 1,007,600 |
| Maryland | Clinton | +28.7 | 916,763 |
| New Jersey | Clinton | +26.6 | 896,221 |
| Virginia | Clinton | +29.1 | 785,190 |
| Georgia | Clinton | +43.1 | 765,366 |
| Oregon | Sanders | +14.2 | 641,595 |
| Indiana | Sanders | +4.9 | 638,779 |
| Missouri | Clinton | +0.3 | 629,425 |
| Arizona | Clinton | +14.9 | 466,235 |
| Kentucky | Clinton | +0.4 | 454,565 |
| Alabama | Clinton | +58.6 | 399,889 |
| Tennessee | Clinton | +33.6 | 372,222 |
| South Carolina | Clinton | +47.4 | 370,904 |
| Oklahoma | Sanders | +10.4 | 335,843 |
| Connecticut | Clinton | +5.4 | 328,255 |
| Louisiana | Clinton | +47.9 | 311,776 |
| New Hampshire | Sanders | +22.5 | 253,062 |
| West Virginia | Sanders | +15.6 | 242,539 |
| Mississippi | Clinton | +65.8 | 227,164 |
| Arkansas | Clinton | +36.1 | 221,020 |
| New Mexico | Clinton | +3.0 | 216,075 |
| Minnesota | Sanders | +21.4 | 204,766 |
| Iowa | Clinton | +0.2 | 140,048 |
| Vermont | Sanders | +72.4 | 134,838 |
| Montana | Sanders | +7.4 | 126,376 |
| Colorado | Sanders | +18.7 | 123,457 |
| Rhode Island | Sanders | +12.4 | 117,408 |
| District of Columbia | Clinton | +57.6 | 97,763 |
| Delaware | Clinton | +20.6 | 93,640 |
| Utah | Sanders | +58.9 | 79,521 |
| South Dakota | Clinton | +2.1 | 53,006 |
| Hawaii | Sanders | +39.7 | 33,713 |
| Nebraska | Sanders | +14.3 | 33,460 |
| Washington | Sanders | +45.6 | 26,314 |
| Idaho | Sanders | +56.8 | 23,884 |
| Nevada | Clinton | +5.3 | 12,233 |
| Wyoming | Sanders | +13.6 | 7,265 |
| Maine | Sanders | +28.8 | 3,422 |
| Alaska | Sanders | +63.3 | 539 |
| North Dakota | Sanders | +38.6 | 394 |
Source. Official statewide canvasses — 2016 Democratic presidential primary returns · county returns aggregated by state, summed over the covered states. Coverage: 50 of the cycle's 51 jurisdictions. No national claim is made from a partial store. Real returns — nothing estimated.