On the same day, Democratic caucuses were held in Alaska and Hawaii. While the Republican primary was later held on May 24, 2016.
Sanders overwhelmingly won the March 26 caucus which had about 230,000 participants, winning 72.7% of the state's legislative district delegates to Clinton's 27.1%, giving Sanders a net gain of 47 pledged delegates.[1]
Later, the state also held a non-binding primary vote on May 24, in which Clinton received about 52% of the vote – although this has no actual bearing on the delegate count for the nomination.[2]
Source: Washington Secretary of State - Official Primary Results
Analysis
Sanders scored a landslide victory in the Washington caucus. His victory did not come as a huge surprise, since Seattle as a city had donated the most money per capita to the Bernie Sanders for President Campaign, and Washington state (particularly Seattle) has a history of electing more left-leaning politicians including other self-proclaimed socialists to office.[5] Sanders won all counties in the state on the day of the caucus.
Clinton had lost the Washington caucus eight years earlier to Barack Obama.[6]
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."[7] Clinton won the Washington Democratic Primary, but lost the caucus. The same was true with Nebraska. She won the Primary and lost the caucus. In both states, despite the primary being non-binding it had significantly higher turnout than the caucuses, fueling criticism that caucuses are undemocratic and a form of voter suppression. For the 2020 nominating process, Washington and Nebraska both replaced their caucuses with binding primaries to allocate the states' delegates.
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The 2016 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses were held on March 26 2016 in the U S state of Washington as one of the Democratic Party s primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election 2016 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses 2008 March 26 2016 2016 03 26 2020 Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary ClintonHome state Vermont New YorkDelegate count 74 27Percentage 72 72 27 10 Election results by county Bernie SandersOn the same day Democratic caucuses were held in Alaska and Hawaii While the Republican primary was later held on May 24 2016 Sanders overwhelmingly won the March 26 caucus which had about 230 000 participants winning 72 7 of the state s legislative district delegates to Clinton s 27 1 giving Sanders a net gain of 47 pledged delegates 1 Later the state also held a non binding primary vote on May 24 in which Clinton received about 52 of the vote although this has no actual bearing on the delegate count for the nomination 2 Contents 1 Opinion polling 2 Results 3 Analysis 4 See also 5 ReferencesOpinion polling EditSee also Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries Poll source Date 1st 2nd 3rd OtherCaucus results March 29 2016 Bernie Sanders 72 72 Hillary Clinton 27 10 Other0 18 Gravis Marketing 3 Margin of error 6 Sample size 256 May 18 19 2015 Hillary Clinton35 Elizabeth Warren26 Bernie Sanders19 Joe Biden 4 Martin O Malley 3 Jim Webb 1 Unsure 12 Hillary Clinton45 Bernie Sanders36 Lincoln Chafee2 Bill De Blasio 2 Martin O Malley 2 Jim Webb 1 Unsure 12 Public Policy Polling 4 Margin of error 5 Sample size 391 May 14 17 2015 Hillary Clinton57 Bernie Sanders24 Martin O Malley4 Jim Webb 2 Lincoln Chafee 1 Not sure 12 vte 2016 Washington State Democratic precinct caucuses Eckstein Middle School Seattle Washington March 26 2016 Precinct Committee Officers and other convenors 2016 Washington State Democratic precinct caucuses Eckstein Middle School Seattle Washington March 26 2016 Results EditSee also Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries Washington Democratic caucuses March 26 2016Candidate District delegates Estimated delegatesCount Percentage Pledged Unpledged TotalBernie Sanders 19 159 72 72 74 0 74Hillary Clinton 7 140 27 10 27 10 37OthersUncommitted 46 0 18 0 7 7Total 26 345 100 101 17 118Source The Green PapersWashington Democratic primary May 24 2016Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegatesCount Percentage Pledged Unpledged TotalHillary Clinton 420 461 52 38 27 10 37Bernie Sanders 382 293 47 62 74 0 74OthersUncommittedTotal 802 754 100 00 101 17 118Source Washington Secretary of State Official Primary ResultsAnalysis EditSanders scored a landslide victory in the Washington caucus His victory did not come as a huge surprise since Seattle as a city had donated the most money per capita to the Bernie Sanders for President Campaign and Washington state particularly Seattle has a history of electing more left leaning politicians including other self proclaimed socialists to office 5 Sanders won all counties in the state on the day of the caucus Clinton had lost the Washington caucus eight years earlier to Barack Obama 6 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 7 Clinton won the Washington Democratic Primary but lost the caucus The same was true with Nebraska She won the Primary and lost the caucus In both states despite the primary being non binding it had significantly higher turnout than the caucuses fueling criticism that caucuses are undemocratic and a form of voter suppression For the 2020 nominating process Washington and Nebraska both replaced their caucuses with binding primaries to allocate the states delegates See also Edit2016 Washington Republican presidential primaryReferences Edit Washington Democratic Party Official Website Archived from the original on 2016 06 24 Retrieved 2016 05 28 Santos Melissa 2016 05 24 Trump Clinton win Washington s presidential primary The News Tribune Retrieved 2018 07 15 Washington State poll Paul leads GOP field Murray leads McMorris Rodgers Right to Work up 45 to 33 Gravis Gravismarketing com Retrieved 2015 07 09 PPP WA PDF publicpolicypolling com Retrieved 2015 07 09 Western caucuses primed for Sanders Retrieved 2016 09 24 Western caucuses primed for Sanders Retrieved 2016 09 24 Chozick Amy 2016 03 26 Bernie Sanders Seizes 3 States Sweeping Democratic Contests The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2016 08 07 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2016 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses amp oldid 1078895217, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
