Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary, 2016

Rhode Island Democratic primary, 2016
Rhode Island
April 26, 2016 (2016-04-26)

 
Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton
Home state Vermont New York
Delegate count 13 11
Popular vote 66,993[1] 52,749
Percentage 54.71% 43.08%

Election results by county.
  Bernie Sanders

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

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

Opinion polling

Poll source Date 1st 2nd Other
Certified Primary results April 26, 2016 Bernie Sanders
54.7%
Hillary Clinton
43.1%
Others / Uncommitted
2.2%
Public Policy Polling[2]

Margin of error: ± 3.8%
Sample size: 668

April 22–24, 2016 Bernie Sanders
49%
Hillary Clinton
45%
Others / Undecided
6%
Brown University[3]

Margin of error: ± 4.0%
Sample size: 436

April 19–21, 2016 Hillary Clinton
43%
Bernie Sanders
34%
Others / Undecided
23%
Brown University[4]

Margin of error: ± ?%
Sample size: 394

February 22–23, 2016 Hillary Clinton
49%
Bernie Sanders
40%
Others / Undecided
11%
Brown University[4]

Margin of error: ± ?%
Sample size: 396

February 17–20, 2016 Bernie Sanders
48%
Hillary Clinton
41%
Others / Undecided
11%

Results

Rhode Island Democratic primary, April 26, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Bernie Sanders 66,993 54.71% 13 0 13
Hillary Clinton 52,749 43.08% 11 9 20
Mark Stewart 236 0.19% 0 0 0
Rocky De La Fuente 145 0.12% 0 0 0
Write-in 673 0.55% 0 0 0
Uncommitted 1,662 1.36% 0 0 0
Total 122,458 100% 24 9 33
Source: The Green Papers, Rhode Island Board of Elections and
Rhode Island Democratic Party - Official Pledged Delegates Allocation

Results By County

County [5] Clinton Votes Sanders Votes
Bristol 47.3% 3,210 51.6% 3,507
Kent 40.0% 7,162 58.1% 10,404
Newport 42.5% 4,433 56.4% 5,891
Providence 44.6% 29,158 53.6% 35,019
Washington 37.9% 6,136 60.8% 9,858
Total 43.1% 52,749 54.7% 66,993

Analysis

With its socially liberal coalition of mostly white Irish Catholic/Portuguese Catholic voters, Rhode Island was seen as Bernie Sanders's best chance at victory in the so-called "Acela Primaries" on April 26. He pulled out a commanding, 11-point win in the Ocean State on election day. He carried all municipalities but four, winning in the major cities of Providence and Warwick.

Sanders's Rhode Island win limited Clinton's success in New England to slimmer victories in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

With his double-digit losses to Clinton the same day in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, coupled with a slimmer defeat in Connecticut, it became clear Sanders would likely not be the nominee.

References

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