Five-year-old Courtney Skinner holds up a "Bernie Sanders for President" sign while sitting on Tom Skinner's shoulders at the Juneau Democratic Caucus on Saturday, March 26, 2016, in Centennial Hall's Sheffield Ballroom. Sanders won the majority of Juneau's votes and those across Alaska. (James Brooks photo)
Kim Metcalfe tallies votes at the Juneau Democratic Caucus on Saturday, March 26, 2016, in Centennial Hall's Sheffield Ballroom as voters hold up their cellphones to capture the results. (James Brooks photo)
Alaska gave Sanders his largest win outside of his home state of Vermont. He won 80% of the vote and 82% of the state convention delegates, and carried every borough and census area in the state by landslide margins.[2] He swept Democratic strongholds - including sparsely populated areas in the Bush - as well as GOP strongholds such as Fairbanks and surrounding Interior Alaska, Anchorage on the Kenai Peninsula, and Juneau in the Southeast.
A Sanders win in Alaska was expected, since he generally performed well in caucus states, in majority white electorates, and in the Pacific Northwest. Also, Clinton had lost the state eight years before to Barack Obama, and she did not campaign personally in the state (Sanders did not either, but he sent his wife Jane to campaign for him in Anchorage).[3]
At a rally in Wisconsin on March 26, Sanders told supporters “We knew from day one that politically we were going to have a hard time in the Deep South, but we knew things were going to improve when we headed west.”[4]
References
^ ab"ADN poll: Alaskans like Trump, Sanders for president". 23 January 2016.
2016, alaska, democratic, presidential, caucuses, were, held, march, state, alaska, democratic, party, primaries, ahead, 2016, presidential, election, 2012, march, 2016, 2016, 2020, candidate, bernie, sanders, hillary, clintonhome, state, vermont, yorkdelegate. The 2016 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses were held on March 26 in the U S state of Alaska as one of the Democratic Party s primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election 2016 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses 2012 March 26 2016 2016 03 26 2020 Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary ClintonHome state Vermont New YorkDelegate count 14 4Popular vote 8 447 2 146Percentage 79 6 20 2 Results by state house district Bernie SandersOn the same day Democratic caucuses were held in Hawaii and in the state of Washington The Republican Party did not hold any primaries that day their own Alaska caucuses took place on March 1 2016 Contents 1 Opinion polling 2 Results 3 Analysis 4 ReferencesOpinion polling Edit Five year old Courtney Skinner holds up a Bernie Sanders for President sign while sitting on Tom Skinner s shoulders at the Juneau Democratic Caucus on Saturday March 26 2016 in Centennial Hall s Sheffield Ballroom Sanders won the majority of Juneau s votes and those across Alaska James Brooks photo See also Statewide opinion polling for the Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 Poll source Date 1st 2nd OtherCaucus results March 29 2016 Bernie Sanders 79 6 Hillary Clinton 20 2 Other0 2 Alaska Dispatch News Ivan Moore Research 1 Margin of error 3 8 Sample size 651 Published January 23 2016 1 Bernie Sanders 48 Hillary Clinton34 Martin O Malley 6 Undecided 14 vteResults EditSee also Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 e d 2016 Democratic Party s presidential nominating process in Alaska Summary of results Candidate Popular vote District delegates Estimated delegatesCount Percentage Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged TotalBernie Sanders 8 447 79 61 441 81 52 13 1 14Hillary Clinton 2 146 20 23 100 18 48 3 1 4Rocky De La Fuente 1 lt 0 01 Uncommitted 16 0 15 0 2 2Total 10 610 100 541 100 16 4 20Source The Green PapersAnalysis Edit Kim Metcalfe tallies votes at the Juneau Democratic Caucus on Saturday March 26 2016 in Centennial Hall s Sheffield Ballroom as voters hold up their cellphones to capture the results James Brooks photo Alaska gave Sanders his largest win outside of his home state of Vermont He won 80 of the vote and 82 of the state convention delegates and carried every borough and census area in the state by landslide margins 2 He swept Democratic strongholds including sparsely populated areas in the Bush as well as GOP strongholds such as Fairbanks and surrounding Interior Alaska Anchorage on the Kenai Peninsula and Juneau in the Southeast A Sanders win in Alaska was expected since he generally performed well in caucus states in majority white electorates and in the Pacific Northwest Also Clinton had lost the state eight years before to Barack Obama and she did not campaign personally in the state Sanders did not either but he sent his wife Jane to campaign for him in Anchorage 3 At a rally in Wisconsin on March 26 Sanders told supporters We knew from day one that politically we were going to have a hard time in the Deep South but we knew things were going to improve when we headed west 4 References Edit a b ADN poll Alaskans like Trump Sanders for president 23 January 2016 Alaska Caucus Election Results Retrieved 2016 08 07 Jane Sanders holding Anchorage rally Thursday evening for husband Bernie Alaska Dispatch News Retrieved 2016 08 07 Chozick Amy 2016 03 26 Bernie Sanders Seizes 3 States Sweeping Democratic Contests The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2016 08 07 This Alaska elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2016 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses amp oldid 1047766940, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
