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March 15, 2016 Primaries in FL, IL, MO, NC and OH
March 15 Reps: FL, IL, MO, NC, OH and NM
793 Delegates (691 Pledged)
Summary: Clinton won all five states, and her
campaign touted "a nearly insurmountable lead in pledged
delegates (+)."
The race in Missouri was very tight and AP did not call it in
her favor until the Thursday after Election Day. (+)
FLORIDA PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY (214 pledged delegates)
| CLINTON |
SANDERS | (O'MALLEY) |
TOTAL |
| 1,101,414 (64.44%) |
568,839 (33.28%) |
38,930 (2.28%) |
1,709,183 |
Organization: CLINTON
|
SANDERS
OVERVIEW
The Sanders campaign put few resources into Florida and fared
poorly. Clinton carried 58 of 67 counties, and the counties that
Sanders did win were sparsely populated. This race was grealy
overshadowed by the Republican campaign, where Sen. Marco Rubio and
Donald Trump were fully engaged.
REACTION
Florida Democratic Party
March 15, 2016
Statement on Florid Democratic Primary
Result
Chair Tant Congratulates Secretary
Clinton on Her Primary Victory
Tonight,
following Secretary Hillary Clinton’s victory
in
the
2016
Florida
Democratic
presidential
primary, FDP
Chair Allison Tant issued the following statement:
“I want to extend my congratulations to
Secretary Hillary Clinton on her victory in Florida’s 2016
Democratic
Presidential Preference Primary. Both Secretary Clinton and Senator
Sanders have inspired more than 1.3 million Florida Democrats
to make
their voices heard, and we look forward to continuing to build this
grassroots energy as we head towards November.
“The contrast between the two parties in
this campaign could not be more clear. Americans have seen a Democratic
primary based on a debate over substance and a Republican primary based
on bigotry, violence, and nativism. Floridians know we’ve made
tremendous progress under President Obama and know we cannot turn back
the clock tot he policies of the Bush era — let alone the policies of
the 1950s as Trump would have it.
“Florida Democrats will not be outworked and we will not be out-organized in this campaign, and we look forward to delivering the Sunshine State to the Democratic nominee for the third time in a row.”
DELEGATES
246 Delegates and 18 Alternates:
140 District-level Delegates
46 At-large Delegates
28 Pledged Party Leaders and Elected Officials
32 Unpledged Party Leaders and Elected Officials
Pledged
delegate allocation: Clinton 141, Sanders 73.
Congressional
District
Caucuses:
May
7,
2016.
Florida Democratic Party Special
Meeting in Orlando: May 21, 2016.
ILLINOIS PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY (156
pledged delegates)
| CLINTON |
SANDERS | MORE
(6) |
TOTAL |
| 1,039,555 (50.56%) |
999,494 (48.46%) |
16,998 (0.83%) |
2,056,047 |
D.Formhals 25, B.O'Neill 2.
OVERVIEW
This was a surprisingly close result. Given that Hillary
Clinton grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), one
might have expected her to do better here. Clinton
carried 23 counties, mostly around the edges of the state. Cook
County accounted for more than half the votes in the Democratic primary
and for Clinton's margin of victory; she finished ahead of Sanders by
633,300 votes to 536,805.
Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, who lost to Mayor Rahm
Emanuel April 2015 runoff for Mayor of Chicago, was a key backer of
Sanders and campaigned actively for him. Sanders made some sharp
attacks on Mayor Emanuel (+).
DELEGATES
182 Delegates and 13 Alternates:
102 District-level Delegates
34 At-large Delegates
20 Pledged Party Leaders and Elected Officials
26 Unpledged Party Leaders and Elected Officials
Pledged delegate allocation:
Clinton 79,
Sanders 77.
May 9, 2016 - "National Convention delegation meeting. Pledged PLEO delegates selected. Following selection of PLEO delegates, presidential candidates provide approved list of at-large delegate and alternate candidates to State Party. State Convention selects at-large delegates and alternates. Delegates select National Convention Standing Committee Members and Delegation Chair. State Chair names convention pages."
MISSOURI PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY (71
pledged delegates)
| CLINTON |
SANDERS |
OTHERS (7) |
UNCOMM. |
TOTAL |
| 312,285 (49.61%) |
310,711 (49.36%) |
2,712 (0.43%) |
3,717 (0.59%) |
629,425 |
OVERVIEW
Missouri was very tight for both Democrats and
Republicans. The AP did not declare the Democratic race for
Clinton until the evening of March 17.
DELEGATES
84 Delegates and 6 Alternates:
47 District-level Delegates
15 At-large Delegates
9 Pledged Party Leaders and Elected Officials
13 Unpledged Party Leaders and Elected Officials
Pledged delegate
allocation: Clinton 36, Sanders 35.
Congressional Conventions: April 28, 2016
[PDF]
State Convention: June 17-18, 2016 at the Mathewson Exhibition
Center, Missouri State Fair Grounds in Sedalia.
NORTH CAROLINA PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY
(107 pledged
delegates)
| CLINTON |
SANDERS |
OTHERS (2) |
NO PREF. |
TOTAL |
| 622,915 (54.50%) |
467,018 (40.86%) |
15,498 (1.36%) |
37,485 (3.28%) |
1,142,916 |
Organization: CLINTON
| SANDERS
DELEGATES
121 Delegates and 9 Alternates:
70 District-level Delegates
23 At-large Delegates
14 Pledged Party Leaders and Elected Officials
14 Unpledged Party Leaders and Elected Officials
Pledged delegate allocation: Clinton 60, Sanders 47.
County Conventions:
April 16, 2016.
Congressional District Conventions: May 21, 2016 [PDF]
State Convention: June 11, 2016 at McKimmon Center in Raleigh.
OHIO PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY (143 pledged
delegates)
| CLINTON |
SANDERS |
UNCOMM. |
TOTAL |
| 696,681 (56.12%) |
535,395 (43.13%) |
9,402 (0.76%) |
1,241,478 |
OVERVIEW
As in many other states, Clinton received endorsements of many top officials including U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and three members of Congress. Former State Sen. Nina Turner was an active surrogate for Sanders, who also received the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur. Sanders focused on the issue of trade deals that have cost jobs. "While others [i.e. Clinton] supported unfair trade deals, Bernie stood with American workers," one of his TV ads stated (+). Clinton carried 75 counties to 13 for Sanders.
On the legal front, the Sanders campaign filed a lawsuit on March 8 challenging a directive from Secretary of State Jon Husted; a judge ruled that 17-year olds who will turn 18 in time for the general election could vote in the primary (+).
There was quite a contrast between the presidential primary results in 2016 and the results eight years earlier in 2008. In the 2008 Democratic primary Clinton defeated Obama by 1,259,620 votes (53.5%) to 1,055,769 votes (44.8%) with 2,354,721 total votes cast, while 1,095,917 votes were cast in the Republican primary. In 2016 just 1,241,478 votes were cast in the Democratic primary, while 1,988,960 were cast in the Republican primary.
After the primary Secretary of State Husted reported, "The Republican Party had the biggest gains in terms of newly-affiliated voters, netting 1,030,752 overall, including 60,716 first-time voters. The Democratic Party netted 747,275 newly-affiliated voters during this election cycle, including 58,139 first-time voters (+)."
DELEGATES
160 Delegates and 12 Alternates:
93 District-level Delegates
31 At-large Delegates
19 Pledged Party Leaders and Elected Officials
17 Unpledged Party Leaders and Elected Officials
Pledged delegate allocation: Clinton 81, Sanders 62.
Delegates
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