The Republican Party held primaries in two states, including their own West Virginia primary, while for the Democratic Party this was the only primary on that day.
In a heavily white, working-class state where voters were angry about the Obama administration's policies, Bernie Sanders easily outpolled Clinton. Thirty percent of Democratic primary voters came from a coal household, and Sanders won 63 percent of these.[1]
Although West Virginia had breathed new life into Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign eight years earlier, it failed to deliver for Clinton's front-running campaign in 2016. Clinton lost every county in the state to Bernie Sanders.
Sanders's West Virginia victory came from strong support among workers in the coal industry; fifty-five percent of West Virginia's Democratic voters with coal workers in their households voted for Sanders, while only 29 percent voted for Clinton.[10] His easy win was likely fueled by Clinton's comments in March about coal, "We're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business."[11]
Analysts speculated Sanders's win in West Virginia came not from support for his own coal policies, but from a rejection of the Obama administration's.[12] Sanders was also helped by large numbers of Republican cross-over voters. Thirty-nine percent of Sanders voters stated they planned to vote for Donald Trump over Sanders in the November general election.[13]
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The 2016 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary was held on May 10 in the U S state of West Virginia as one of the Democratic Party s primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election 2016 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary 2012 May 10 2016 2016 05 10 2020 GUKY Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton Paul T Farrell Jr Home state Vermont New York West VirginiaDelegate count 18 11 0Popular vote 124 700 86 914 21 694Percentage 51 41 35 84 8 94 County ResultsSanders 40 50 50 60 60 70 Results by county of Paul T Farrell Jr lt 5 5 10 10 15 15 20 gt 20 The Republican Party held primaries in two states including their own West Virginia primary while for the Democratic Party this was the only primary on that day In a heavily white working class state where voters were angry about the Obama administration s policies Bernie Sanders easily outpolled Clinton Thirty percent of Democratic primary voters came from a coal household and Sanders won 63 percent of these 1 Contents 1 Opinion polling 2 Results 2 1 County results 3 Analysis 4 ReferencesOpinion polling editSee also Statewide opinion polling for the Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 List of pollsMain article West Virginia Democratic primary 2016 Delegate count 29 Pledged 8 Unpledged Winner nbsp Bernie Sanders Primary date May 10 2016Poll source Date 1st 2nd 3rd OtherPrimary results May 10 2016 Bernie Sanders51 4 Hillary Clinton35 8 Paul Farrell8 9 Others3 9 MetroNews 2 Margin of error 4 0 Sample size 315 April 22 May 2 2016 Bernie Sanders47 Hillary Clinton 43 Undecided 11 Public Policy Polling 3 Margin of error 3 9 Sample size 637 April 29 May 1 2016 Bernie Sanders45 Hillary Clinton 37 Undecided 18 West Virginia Veterans Thirty Ninth Street Strategies 4 Margin of error 3 9 Sample size 600 March 2 6 2016 Hillary Clinton44 Bernie Sanders31 Paul Farrell6 Keith Judd 1 Others 7 Undecided 11 Orion Strategies 5 Margin of error 5 6 Sample size 306 February 20 21 2016 Bernie Sanders32 Hillary Clinton24 Undecided 44 REPASS Research Margin of error 4 9 6 Sample size 411 February 11 16 2016 Bernie Sanders57 Hillary Clinton29 Orion Strategies 7 Margin of error 4 9 8 Sample size 306 August 27 2015 Hillary Clinton23 Joe Biden16 Bernie Sanders12 Undecided 49 Prism Surveys 9 Margin of error 3 21 Sample size 900 August 21 2015 Hillary Clinton36 Bernie Sanders32 Undecided 32 Results editSee also Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 West Virginia Democratic primary May 10 2016Candidate Popular vote DelegatesCount Percentage Pledged Unpledged TotalBernie Sanders 124 700 51 41 18 18Hillary Clinton 86 914 35 84 11 8 19Paul T Farrell Jr 21 694 8 94 Keith Judd 4 460 1 84 Martin O Malley withdrawn 3 796 1 57 Rocky De La Fuente 975 0 40 Uncommitted 0 0 0Total 242 539 100 29 8 37Source The Green Papers West Virginia Secretary of StateCounty results edit County Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton Paul T Ferrell Others Total votes Barbour 51 47 996 35 66 690 8 53 165 4 34 84 1 935Berkeley 49 24 3 994 43 95 3 565 2 71 220 4 10 333 8 112Boone 51 92 2 423 26 83 1 252 15 83 739 5 42 253 4 667Braxton 51 39 1 330 34 85 902 8 54 221 5 22 135 2 588Brooke 51 35 1 807 37 97 1 336 7 73 272 2 95 104 3 519Cabell 46 18 5 408 37 89 4 437 14 45 1 692 1 48 174 11 711Calhoun 62 06 854 22 75 313 8 50 117 6 69 92 1 376Clay 50 98 755 29 37 435 14 52 215 5 13 76 1 481Doddridge 58 85 236 28 93 116 7 48 30 4 74 19 401Fayette 52 28 3 609 33 84 2 336 9 78 675 4 10 283 6 903Gilmer 52 87 645 28 36 346 10 08 123 8 69 106 1 220Grant 46 75 187 41 75 167 8 00 32 3 50 14 400Greenbrier 52 92 2 871 35 02 1 900 9 55 518 2 51 136 5 425Hampshire 52 85 1 056 33 13 662 8 41 168 5 61 112 1 998Hancock 54 10 2 285 36 74 1 552 6 08 257 3 08 130 4 224Hardy 46 14 885 34 20 656 11 00 211 8 66 166 1 918Harrison 49 09 5 406 38 27 4 214 7 71 849 4 93 543 11 012Jackson 50 00 1 810 39 97 1 447 7 02 254 3 01 109 3 620Jefferson 50 23 3 267 44 86 2 918 2 31 150 2 60 169 6 504Kanawha 47 90 13 654 45 12 12 863 4 69 1 336 2 29 653 28 506Lewis 54 89 1 240 31 78 718 8 37 189 4 96 112 2 259Lincoln 47 12 1 523 31 81 1 028 16 46 532 4 61 149 3 232Logan 50 48 3 216 23 50 1 497 20 30 1 293 5 72 365 6 371Marion 52 45 5 355 35 00 3 573 8 10 827 4 45 454 10 209Marshall 56 11 2 618 31 16 1 454 7 16 334 5 57 260 4 666Mason 51 68 1 781 35 58 1 226 9 40 324 3 34 115 3 446McDowell 55 23 1 488 30 33 817 8 69 234 5 75 155 2 694Mercer 51 38 3 239 34 47 2 173 8 60 542 5 55 350 6 304Mineral 49 43 1 120 37 82 857 7 50 170 5 25 119 2 266Mingo 48 32 2 432 21 42 1 078 23 64 1 190 6 62 333 5 033Monongalia 57 60 8 142 35 27 4 986 5 26 743 1 87 265 14 136Monroe 50 00 834 36 51 609 8 21 137 5 28 88 1 668Morgan 55 09 682 39 26 486 1 94 24 3 71 46 1 238Nicholas 52 86 1 959 29 52 1 094 12 36 458 5 26 195 3 706Ohio 52 91 3 377 39 01 2 490 5 50 351 2 58 165 6 383Pendleton 46 83 539 40 83 470 7 65 88 4 69 54 1 151Pleasants 54 99 551 33 33 334 9 18 92 2 50 25 1 002Pocahontas 54 69 828 34 81 527 5 81 88 4 69 71 1 514Preston 56 14 1 720 31 36 961 8 09 248 4 41 135 3 064Putnam 51 26 3 271 40 09 2 558 5 94 379 2 71 173 6 381Raleigh 52 49 4 986 34 58 3 285 8 77 833 4 16 395 9 499Randolph 52 23 2 494 31 79 1 518 10 64 508 5 34 255 4 775Ritchie 57 98 356 32 74 201 6 35 39 3 93 18 614Roane 52 93 1 004 39 06 741 5 06 96 2 95 56 1 896Summers 51 06 1 063 37 51 781 7 64 159 3 79 79 2 082Taylor 51 84 1 112 35 71 766 8 39 180 4 06 87 2 145Tucker 60 82 773 25 96 330 7 47 95 5 75 73 1 271Tyler 60 22 436 28 18 204 7 60 55 4 00 29 724Upshur 52 81 1 073 36 61 744 7 58 154 3 00 61 2 032Wayne 45 92 2 920 30 54 1 942 19 99 1 271 3 55 226 6 359Webster 53 77 841 24 68 386 15 92 249 5 63 88 1 564Wetzel 56 54 1 751 27 28 845 11 11 344 5 07 157 3 097Wirt 55 73 438 28 63 225 10 69 84 4 95 39 786Wood 53 23 4 560 37 27 3 193 6 96 596 2 54 218 8 567Wyoming 52 01 1 500 24 62 710 18 86 544 4 51 130 2 884Analysis editAlthough West Virginia had breathed new life into Clinton s 2008 presidential campaign eight years earlier it failed to deliver for Clinton s front running campaign in 2016 Clinton lost every county in the state to Bernie Sanders Sanders s West Virginia victory came from strong support among workers in the coal industry fifty five percent of West Virginia s Democratic voters with coal workers in their households voted for Sanders while only 29 percent voted for Clinton 10 His easy win was likely fueled by Clinton s comments in March about coal We re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business 11 Analysts speculated Sanders s win in West Virginia came not from support for his own coal policies but from a rejection of the Obama administration s 12 Sanders was also helped by large numbers of Republican cross over voters Thirty nine percent of Sanders voters stated they planned to vote for Donald Trump over Sanders in the November general election 13 References edit Bernie Sanders Wins West Virginia Primary NPR org Retrieved January 23 2021 Overwhelming support for Trump small lead for Sanders in MetroNews West Virginia Poll MetroNews May 6 2016 Retrieved May 6 2016 Trump Sanders lead in West Virginia april 2016 PDF Scribd Retrieved May 3 2016 WV Gov Thirty Ninth Street Strategies for West Virginia Veterans March 2016 Scribd Retrieved April 21 2016 Poll WV prefers GOP for president Democrat for governor wvgazettemail com February 25 2016 Retrieved February 29 2016 Trump and Sanders Have Big Leads in MetroNews West Virginia Poll PDF wvmetronews com February 22 2016 Retrieved February 22 2016 Survey WV residents likely to pick Trump over Clinton in 2016 Statejournal com Retrieved August 27 2015 Trump leads Republican field and Clinton in West Virginia according to new Orion Strategies statewide poll prnewswire com August 26 2015 Poll Democrats running for WV gov locked in dead heat Wvgazettemail com August 26 2015 Retrieved August 26 2015 How Anti Coal Bernie Sanders Won Coal Country May 12 2016 Retrieved September 24 2016 How Anti Coal Bernie Sanders Won Coal Country May 12 2016 Retrieved September 24 2016 How Anti Coal Bernie Sanders Won Coal Country May 12 2016 Retrieved September 24 2016 Donald Trump Supporters Boost Bernie Sanders in West Virginia NBC News Retrieved August 28 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2016 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary amp oldid 1174241651, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
