2016 Delaware Democratic presidential primary

2016 Delaware Democratic presidential primary

April 26, 2016 (2016-04-26)

Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders Home state New York Vermont Delegate count 12 9 Popular vote 55,954 36,662 Percentage 59.75% 39.15%

Clinton:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%

The 2016 Delaware Democratic presidential primary were held on April 26 in the U.S. state of Delaware as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

The Democratic Party's primaries in Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island were held the same day, as were Republican primaries in the same five states.

Opinion polling

See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	Other
Official Primary results	April 26, 2016	Hillary Clinton 59.8%	Bernie Sanders 39.2%	Other 1.1%
Gravis Marketing Margin of error: ± 3.1% Sample size: 1,026	April 17–18, 2016	Hillary Clinton 45%	Bernie Sanders 38%	Others / Undecided 17%

Results

See also: Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries

 2016 Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in Delaware
– Summary of results –

Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Hillary Clinton	55,954	59.75%	12	11	23
Bernie Sanders	36,662	39.15%	9	0	9
Roque De La Fuente	1,024	1.09%
Uncommitted	—		0	0	0
Total	93,640	100%	21	11	32
Source: The Green Papers, Delaware Department of Elections - Official Primary Results

Results by county

County	Clinton	%	Sanders	%
Kent	7,338	58.8%	4,980	39.9%
New Castle	38,580	59.5%	25,738	39.7%
Sussex	10,032	61.4%	5,941	36.4%
Total	55,954	59.8%	36,662	39.2%

Analysis

With a coalition of African Americans and college-educated, affluent Caucasian progressive/liberal professionals, Delaware was a state Hillary Clinton was expected to win in the so-called "Acela Primaries" on April 26. Clinton swept all three counties in the state and the largest cities of Wilmington and Dover, winning the primary by 19 points. This marked a clear difference from 2008, when she had lost Delaware to Barack Obama.