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The 2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Colorado as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

On the same day, dubbed "Super Tuesday," Democratic primaries were held in ten other states plus American Samoa, while the Republican Party held primaries in eleven states including their own Colorado caucuses.

Youth and Latino caucus-goers delivered a win for Bernie Sanders.

Opinion polling

Results

Results of the precinct caucus

Caucus date: March 1, 2016

Detailed estimates per congressional district

Results of the county assemblies

Timeframe for the county assemblies: March 2–26, 2016

Results of the congressional district conventions

Detailed results for the congressional district conventions, April 1–15, 2016

Results of the state convention

State convention date: April 16, 2016

Analysis

As Barack Obama had similarly done eight years earlier in the state, Bernie Sanders won a convincing 19-point victory in the Colorado caucus, relying on turnout from young adult voters in a majority white electorate. He ran up big margins in the capital city of Denver and in Denver County at large, as well as in Colorado Springs in El Paso County and Fort Collins in Larimer County. Sanders also performed very strongly in the western parts of the state along the Rocky Mountains, in regions such as the Colorado Mineral belt and Northwestern Colorado which are rural and sparsely populated. Clinton won in the city of Pueblo in Pueblo County.

Sanders gained more delegates over Clinton with a large turnout from supporters at the conventions in April.

References

1. "Bernie Sanders defeats Hillary Clinton in Colorado Democratic caucus". The Denver Post. March 1, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
2. Markus, Ben. "Record Caucus Crowds Catch Officials Off Guard As Sanders Wins Colorado". Colorado Public Radio. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
3. "Texas Latinos Back Clinton, Sanders Takes Latino Counties in Colorado". NBC News. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
4. Caucus results
5. "Free Beacon Poll: Sanders Overtakes Clinton in Colorado".
6. "Quinnipiac poll" (PDF).
7. "Suffolk" (PDF). suffolk.edu. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
8. The Green Papers
9. Colorado Democrats 2016 Caucus results
10. The Green Papers
11. "Colorado Democrats 2016 Delegates" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
12. The Green Papers
13. The Green Papers
14. "The Latest: Bernie Sanders wins Colorado's Democratic caucus". Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
15. Wilkie, Christina (March 1, 2016). "Bernie Sanders Wins Colorado Democratic Caucus". The Huffington Post. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
16. "Bernie Sanders wins Colorado with big showing at state convention – The Denver Post". Retrieved August 7, 2016.

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