2016 Vermont Democratic presidential primary

2016 Vermont Democratic presidential primary

March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01)

Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton Home state Vermont New York Delegate count 16 0 Popular vote 115,900 18,338 Percentage 85.69% 13.56%

Results by county Sanders:      80-90%

The 2016 Vermont Democratic presidential primary was held on March 1, 2016, in the state of Vermont 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 Vermont primary.

Senator Bernie Sanders took a very strong victory in his home state, receiving over 85% of the vote and winning all 16 of the state's pledged delegates.

Opinion polling

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

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	Other
Official Primary results	March 1, 2016	Bernie Sanders 85.7%	Hillary Clinton 13.6%	Others / Uncommitted 0.8%
The Castleton Polling Institute Margin of error: ± 3.27 Sample size: 895	February 3–17, 2016	Bernie Sanders 83.1%	Hillary Clinton 9.0%	Others / Undecided 7.9%
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ± 3.7 Sample size: 500	February 14–16, 2016	Bernie Sanders 86%	Hillary Clinton 10%
Castleton University Margin of error: ± 4% Sample size: 617	August 24 – September 14, 2015	Bernie Sanders 65%	Hillary Clinton 14%	Others 10%, Not sure 11%
Castleton University Margin of error: ± 3.8% Sample size: 653	October 10, 2014	Bernie Sanders 36%	Hillary Clinton 29%	Neither 29%, Not sure 5%, Refused 1%

Results

Sanders presidential campaign kickoff in his home state of Vermont, May 2015. Sanders would go on to win Vermont with over 85% of the vote.

Vermont participates in the roll call vote at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

See also: Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 26

Vermont Democratic primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Bernie Sanders	115,900	85.69%	16	6	22
Hillary Clinton	18,338	13.56%	0	4	4
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)	282	0.21%
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente	80	0.06%
Total blank votes	260	0.19%
Total write-ins	238	0.18%
Total spoiled votes	158	0.12%
Uncommitted	—		0	0	0
Total	135,256	100%	16	10	26
Source: The Green Papers, Vermont Secretary of State

Results by county

County	Clinton	%	Sanders	%	Others	Totals	Turnout	Margin
Addison	1,111	12.5%	7,732	87.0%
Bennington	1,255	17.9%	5,651	80.5%
Caledonia	527	10.2%	4,598	89.0%
Chittenden	5,687	14.9%	32,244	84.5%
Essex	141	13.5%	890	85.1%
Franklin	778	10.2%	6,746	88.8%
Grand Isle	233	13.1%	1,529	85.6%
Lamoille	574	11.3%	4,471	88.0%
Orange	646	10.7%	5,402	88.8%
Orleans	472	11.7%	3,540	87.6%
Rutland	1,584	14.3%	9,354	84.6%
Washington	1,717	12.2%	12,313	87.1%
Windham	1,416	12.2%	10,085	87.2%
Windsor	2,197	16.1%	11,345	83.3%
Total	18,338	13.6%	115,900	85.7%

Analysis

Bernie Sanders won his largest victory of the entire 2016 primary season in his home state of Vermont, routing Hillary Clinton by a 72-point margin and therefore blocking her from collecting any pledged delegates from the state. He carried every county in the state. Sanders won all major demographics—age, gender, income and educational attainment levels. The electorate in Vermont was 95% white, with voters backing Sanders 86–13.

After voting in the primary, Sanders said of his chances in other Super Tuesday contests: "I am confident that if there is a large voter turnout today across this country, we will do well [...] If not we're going to be struggling."

See also

• 2016 Vermont Republican presidential primary