Elections / 2016 · Dem primary · national
Clinton led the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries.
Nationwide vote summed from the states with county-level returns; Clinton led by 12.1 points. This is the Democratic nominating contest — the November result is on the general-election page.
Statewide result
2016 Democratic presidential primaries — nationwide vote across 50 states with county returns.
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Clinton | 16,919,544.906 | 55.3% |
| Sanders | 13,210,823.858 | 43.2% |
| Other | 478,210 | 1.6% |
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 | 204,765.764 |
| 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 |