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The 2016 Utah Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 22 in the U.S. state of Utah as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
On the same day, the Democratic Party held another caucus in Idaho and a primary in Arizona, while the Republican Party held primaries in two states, including their own Utah caucuses, plus in American Samoa.
Opinion polling
See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries| Poll source | Date | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caucus results | March 24, 2016 | Bernie Sanders 79.21% |
Hillary Clinton 20.33% |
Other 0.46% | |
| Dan Jones & Associates
Margin of error: ± 7%
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March 8–15, 2016 | Bernie Sanders 52% |
Hillary Clinton 44% |
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| Dan Jones & Associates
Margin of error: ± ?
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February 10–15, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 51% |
Bernie Sanders 44% |
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| SurveyUSA
Margin of error: ± 7.2%
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January 6–13, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 50% |
Bernie Sanders 40% |
Other/Undecided 10% | |
| Dan Jones & Associates
Margin of error: ± 3.9%
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November 5–14, 2015 | Hillary Clinton 54% |
Bernie Sanders 34% |
Martin O'Malley 3% | Don't Know 5% |
| Dan Jones & Associates
Margin of error: ?
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September 8–17, 2015 | Bernie Sanders 31% |
Hillary Clinton 30% |
Joe Biden 20% |
Other/Undecided 19% |
| Dan Jones & Associates
Margin of error: ± ?
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July 14–21, 2015 | Hillary Clinton 50% |
Bernie Sanders 30% |
Joe Biden 12% |
Other/Undecided 8% |
| Dan Jones & Associates
Margin of error: ± ?
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March 3–5, 2015 | Hillary Clinton 56% |
Elizabeth Warren 25% |
Joe Biden 4% |
Other/Undecided 15% |
Results
| Utah Democratic caucuses, March 22, 2016 | |||||
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| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Bernie Sanders | 62,992 | 79.21% | 27 | 2 | 29 |
| Hillary Clinton | 16,166 | 20.33% | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Others | 34 | 0.04% | |||
| Uncommitted | 334 | 0.42% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 79,526 | 100% | 33 | 4 | 37 |
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Analysis
Sanders defeated Clinton by a landslide margin in Utah's caucus, winning almost 80 percent of the vote to Clinton's 20 percent. Sanders had held several rallies in Utah and spent $300,000 on TV advertising ahead of the state's caucuses, as well as those in Idaho and Arizona that were held on the same day. Though Clinton had been endorsed by some of the most prominent Democrats in Utah, such as then-Mayor of Salt Lake County Ben McAdams, she did not compete in the state as much as Sanders did. Turnout in the Utah caucus was unusually high, with some caucus sites needing to print extra ballots after running out multiple times. Sanders' victory in Utah was seen as part of a trend in which he tended to do better in whiter states and in those that held caucuses rather than primaries.
References
- Caucus results
- Lisa Riley Roche. "Cruz, Sanders top picks in Tuesday's Utah caucuses, poll says". ksl.com.
- Lisa Riley Roche. "Cruz, Sanders are Utahns' pick for president; Trump announces Utah organization". desertnews.com.
- Lee Davidson. "Poll: 4-way tie among GOP presidential candidates in Utah". sltrib.com.
- Bryan Schott. "Poll Shows Sanders Leads the Democratic Field Overall in Utah; Utah Democrats Back Clinton". utahpolicy.com.
- "Carson, Sanders Top Picks Among Utahns for 2016". Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- "Utahns Still Mostly Undecided on Presidential Field; Bush and Clinton in the Lead". Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- Schott, Bryan. "Bush, Clinton are Frontrunners for 2016 Nomination Among Utahns". Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- Utah Democratic Party
- "'Feeling the Bern': Utah Dems give Sanders near 80 percent of their votes against Clinton". Salt Lake Tribune. March 23, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
- ^ Martin, Jonathan (March 22, 2016). "Clinton and Trump Win Arizona; Cruz Picks Up Utah; Sanders Takes 2". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
- Park, Benjamin E. (March 25, 2016). "Why Utah Felt the Bern: Mormonism's Forgotten Progressive Past". Retrieved September 20, 2019.