2016 New York Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 February 2023 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 New York Democratic presidential primary New York Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg presidential no 2008 New York Democratic presidential primary 2008 2020 New York Democratic presidential primary 2020 April 19, 2016 WY CT File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg 160x160px Hillary Clinton d4aa00 New York 139 1,133,980http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2016/Primary/DemocraticPresPrimaryResults.pdf New York State Board of Elections 2017-08-25 June 30, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160630031503/http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2016/Primary/DemocraticPresPrimaryResults.pdf dead 57.54% File:Bernie Sanders September 2015 cropped.jpg Bernie Sanders 228B22 Vermont 108 820,256 41.62% 2016_New_York_Democratic_Presidential_Primary_by_county.svg 300px County resultsClinton: #eccc4b 50-60% #cdac39 60-70% #a8862b 70-80%Sanders: #71bc62 50-60% #458933 60-70% #265c16 70-80% thumb|New York City results by precinct #5FD35F Sanders #87DE87 40–50% #5FD35F 50–60% #37C837 60–70% #2CA02C 70–80% #217821 80–90% #165016 90–100% #F1C92A Clinton #FFDD55 40–50% #F1C92A 50–60% #DEB02A 60–70% #CE9B1E 70–80% #B98A35 80–90% #A58100 90–100% #AE8BB1 Other #D2B1D9 40–50% tie #AE8BB1 50% tie #808080 No votes The 2016 New York Democratic presidential primary was held on April 19 in the U.S. state of New York as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Hillary Clinton, who had previously represented New York in the United States Senate from 2001 to 2009, won a comfortable majority in both the popular vote and delegate count over Bernie Sanders, who was born in Brooklyn. The Republican Party also held their own New York primary on the same day. Apart from that, no other primaries were scheduled for that day by either party. Campaign The week before the primary, Sanders drew large crowds to campaign events in New York City: 28,000 heard Sanders speak in Brooklyn the weekend before the primary and 27,000 heard him speak in Manhattan the week before.Peter Nicholas, Five Reasons the New York Democratic Primary Felt Competitive, Wall Street Journal (April 20, 2016). Clinton drew "appreciative crowds of respectable size" but did not approach the attendance of Sanders events. In early April, ahead of the primary, former President Bill Clinton visited western New York twice for campaign events, speaking at an event in Depew (attended by almost a thousand people) and addressing a room of activists and volunteers at Clinton's Buffalo campaign office.Bill Clinton Rallies Hillary Backers in Final N.Y. Primary Push, Roll Call (April 18, 2016). In total, the Sanders campaign spent about $2 million more than the Clinton campaign on television ads in New York.Patrick Healy & Maggie Haberman, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Win Easily in New York Primary, New York Times (April 19, 2016). In terms of campaign-expenditures per vote, Sanders' campaign spent about $9.03 per vote, while Clinton's campaign spent about $3.62 per vote.Michael Beckel, Sanders spent $9 per vote in New York. Trump? About 13 cents., Center for Public Integrity (April 20, 2016). April 2016 presidential debate A ninth debate was held on April 14, 2016, in Brooklyn, New York at the Duggal Greenhouse in Brooklyn Navy Yard. The debate was aired on CNN and NY1.Stelter Brian Clinton, Sanders to meet for Brooklyn debate http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/04/politics/democratic-debate-brooklyn/ April 5, 2016 CNN April 4, 2016 Wolf Blitzer of CNN served as moderator.http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/04/politics/democratic-debate-brooklyn/ Clinton, Sanders to meet for Brooklyn debate Brian Stelter, Host April 4, 2016 CNN Election Day irregularities The New York Times reported the day after the primary: The Democratic vote was marred by major irregularities at polling places across Brooklyn. The city comptroller's office announced that the Board of Elections had confirmed that more than 200,000 Democratic voters in Brooklyn were dropped between November and this month, while about 63,000 were added – a net loss that was not explained. Mayor Bill de Blasio described 'the purging of entire buildings and blocks of voters,' while the comptroller, Scott Stringer, said his office would audit the Board of Elections. The Brooklyn voter purge disproportionately affected Hispanic voters, and mostly voters between the ages of 30 and 80, and happened at similar rates in election districts where Clinton won and where Sanders won.https://www.wnyc.org/story/brooklyn-voter-purge-age-clinton-sanders/ The Brooklyn Voter Purge: By Age, Registration and Sanders Districts WNYC News John Keefe, Jenny Ye and Brigid Bergin June 22, 2016 June 2, 2019 Although 121,056 people voted with provisional ballots in New York City, the board threw out nearly 91,000 "either because their names were taken off the rolls or because their party affiliation had been dropped or switched to a different party without their knowing."http://thevillager.com/2016/05/12/29936/ Elections chief defends botched N.Y. primary election; Challenges loom The Villager Newspaper October 16, 2014 May 13, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160513104324/http://thevillager.com/2016/05/12/29936/ May 13, 2016 live In November 2016, several groups sued the New York City Board of Elections over the voter roll purge. Initial parties to the lawsuit included "Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, Latino Justice/PRLDEF and Dechert LLP on behalf of Common Cause New York and several individual plaintiffs. In early 2017, both the Justice Department and New York State Attorney General's office made motions to join the lawsuit."City Board of Elections Admits It Broke the Law, Accepts Reforms http://www.wnyc.org/story/city-board-elections-admits-it-broke-law-accepts-reforms/ en 2017-10-26 In October 2017 WNYC reported that, pending court approval to the consent decree, that the New York State Board of Elections agreed to a settlement with parties to the lawsuit against them, admitting to illegally purging over 200,000 eligible voters from New York City voter rolls. As a part of the settlement, the Board agreed to a series of remedial measures that will be in place at least through the next presidential election, November 2020 – pending court approval. The deal restores the rights of improperly purged voters and establishes a comprehensive plan to prevent illegal voter purges in future elections. Opinion polling Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries List of polls Results Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries Results by county Countyhttps://www.cnn.com/election/2016/primaries/counties/ny/Dem 2016 Election Center – Presidential Primaries and Caucuses CNN June 4, 2018 Clinton % Sanders %BVSTotals TurnoutMargin Albany 19,91447.74% 21,798 52.26%http://app.albanycounty.com/boe/electionresults/_electionnight/2016PresPrimaryRecanvass.pdf Election results https://web.archive.org/web/20170214002455/http://app.albanycounty.com/boe/electionresults/_electionnight/2016PresPrimaryRecanvass.pdf app.albanycounty.com February 3, 2023 February 14, 2017 dead35442,066 47.47%-4.48% Allegany 84740.62% 1,209 57.99%292,085 35.53%-17.36% Bronx 105,71968.76% 46,189 30.04%1,834153,742 31.31%38.72% Broome 7,64143.11% 9,951 56.15%13117,723 43.40%-13.03% Cattaraugus 1,84442.28% 2,481 56.89%364,361 29.93%-14.61% Cayuga 2,59247.65% 2,805 51.56%435,440 36.89%-3.92% Chautauqua 3,86546.09% 4,431 52.84%908,386 32.68%-6.75% Chemung 2,74049.43% 2,752 49.65%515,543 35.91%-0.22% Chenango 1,06239.23% 1,613 59.59%322,707 37.60%-20.35% Clinton 1,77426.76% 4,797 72.35%596,630 39.37%-45.60% Columbia 3,03945.14% 3,660 54.37%336,732 51.64%-9.22% Cortland 1,51541.90% 2,037 56.33%643,616 42.80%-14.44% Delaware 1,17238.96% 1,813 60.27%233,008 41.70%-21.31% Dutchess 11,70148.37% 12,395 51.23%9724,193 41.70%-2.87% Erie 54,27950.40% 52,473 48.72%955107,707 38.91%1.68% Essex 83827.90% 2,145 71.40%213,004 47.40%-43.51% Franklin 1,07629.74% 2,512 69.43%303,618 37.59%-39.69% Fulton 1,01040.16% 1,475 58.65%302,515 32.80%-18.49% Genesee 1,39345.66% 1,622 53.16%363,051 33.66%-7.51% Greene 1,19542.82% 1,566 56.11%302,791 40.29%-13.29% Hamilton 14135.97% 245 62.50%6392 44.70%-26.53% Herkimer 1,50744.01% 1,873 54.70%443,424 34.22%-10.69% Jefferson 2,57948.80% 2,656 50.26%505,285 34.96%-1.46% Kings (Brooklyn) 183,66259.07% 123,872 39.84%3,372310,906 36.42%19.23% Lewis 49240.53% 703 57.91%191,214 28.88%-17.38% Livingston 1,68539.86% 2,516 59.52%264,227 42.23%-19.66% Madison 2,03944.12% 2,528 54.71%544,621 41.82%-10.58% Monroe 39,31051.60% 36,490 47.90%38076,180 43.85%3.70% Montgomery 1,29842.31% 1,732 56.45%383,068 33.64%-14.15% Nassau 74,87062.14% 44,731 37.13%884120,485 32.59%25.01% New York (Manhattan) 190,80665.42% 98,194 33.67%2,656291,656 47.20%31.75% Niagara 8,20246.48% 9,294 52.67%14917,645 34.09%-6.19% Oneida 6,58645.21% 7,739 53.12%24314,568 33.81%-7.91% Onondaga 21,78652.90% 19,186 46.59%21241,184 41.40%6.31% Ontario 4,04047.31% 4,445 52.05%558,540 43.88%-4.74% Orange 12,85551.14% 12,077 48.04%20625,138 33.12%3.09% Orleans 72543.36% 923 55.20%241,672 31.43%-11.84% Oswego 2,63143.98% 3,273 54.71%785,982 35.11%-10.73% Otsego 1,99540.72% 2,868 58.54%364,899 47.17%-17.82% Putnam 3,71849.00% 3,832 50.50%387,588 42.73%-1.50% Queens 133,21061.32% 81,782 37.64%2,272217,244 32.15%23.68% Rensselaer 5,06841.76% 7,003 57.70%6612,137 43.14%-15.94% Richmond (Staten Island) 17,61252.40% 15,471 46.03%53033,613 28.17%6.37% Rockland 17,86859.78% 11,790 39.44%23329,891 35.11%20.33% St. Lawrence 3,14244.04% 4,425 57.87%537,646 35.72% −16.78% Saratoga 7,67244.04% 9,694 55.65%10417,419 45.81% −11.61% Schenectady 6,52647.05% 7,241 52.20%1513,871 40.12% −5.15% Schoharie 70636.45% 1,216 62.78%81,937 40.93% −26.33% Schuyler 54838.27% 876 61.17%121,432 44.27% −22.91% Seneca 1,12547.19% 1,247 52.31%792,384 40.18% −5.12% Steuben 2,14941.86% 2,926 56.99%595,134 36.61% −15.13% Suffolk 53,42054.80% 44,033 45.14%2597,478 32.07%9.63% Sullivan 2,36944.12% 2,958 55.09%425,369 31.84% −10.97% Tioga 1,31840.12% 1,936 58.93%313,285 41.14%-18.81% Tompkins 6,13837.60% 10,130 62.06%5616,324 63.40%-24.45% Ulster 7,64237.90% 12,435 61.68%8420,161 50.70%-23.77% Warren 1,86839.21% 2,871 60.26%254,764 46.75%-21.05% Washington 1,29236.08% 2,274 63.50%153,581 41.49%-27.42% Wayne 1,98844.56% 2,436 54.61%374,461 34.17%-10.04% Westchester 74,90066.87% 36,753 32.81%354112,007 42.45%34.06% Wyoming 63939.89% 958 59.80%51,602 30.12%-19.91% Yates 63746.46% 720 52.52%141,371 42.98%-6.05%Total 1,133,98057.54%820,256 41.62% 16,6671,970,703 37.41%15.93% Note: New York State is a closed primary state, meaning the turnout is based on active enrolled democrats by county on April 1, 2016. Blank, void, and scattering votes (BVS) are only for blank and void, since there was not other candidate on the ballot or the ability to write-in. New York City results 2016 Democratic primaryManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Staten IslandTotal Hillary Clinton190,806105,719183,662133,21017,612631,00964.42%68.76%59.07%61.32%52.40%62.65%Bernie Sanders98,19446,189123,87281,76215,471365,48833.67%30.04%39.84%37.64%46.03%36.29%Blank, Void2,6561,8343,3722,27253010,6641.91%1.2%1.09%1.04%1.57%1.06%TOTAL291,656153,742310,906217,24433,6131,007,161TURNOUT47.20%31.31%36.42%32.15%28.17%36.52% Analysis Clinton won a 16-point victory in her home state. Exit polls showed that Sanders won among voters age 18–29 in the Empire State, capturing 65% of this demographic, while Clinton won every other age group, performing better with older groups (53% of voters ages 30–44, 63% of voters aged 45–54, and 73% of voters aged 65 and over).New York Exit Polls (conducted by Edison Research of Somerville, New Jersey, for the National Election Pool which consists of ABC News, The Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News) (April 19, 2016). Clinton tied men with Sanders 50-50, but won a 63–37 landslide among women (both married and unmarried). The candidates split the white vote 50–50, but Clinton won the African American vote 75–25 and the Hispanic/Latino vote 64–36. Clinton swept all income levels/socioeconomic statuses and educational attainment levels in her home state. In terms of political ideology, Clinton won 62–38 among Democrats while Sanders won 72–28 among Independents, who were 14% of the electorate. Clinton won both liberals and moderate/conservative voters. She won among union households 58–42, and won both married and unmarried voters. In terms of religious affiliation, Clinton won Protestants 65–35, Catholics 62–38, and also won the Jewish vote by a 2 to 1 margin after Sanders caused controversy by criticizing Israel.https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/u-s-election-2016/1.715455 https://web.archive.org/web/20160420161057/http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/u-s-election-2016/1.715455 dead April 20, 2016 Hillary Clinton takes Jewish vote in New York primaries – U.S. Election 2016 Haaretz 2016-10-10 Sanders won agnostic/atheist voters 57–43. While Clinton won voters who said Wall Street does more to help the economy, Sanders won among those who said it hurts the economy.http://www.cnn.com/election/primaries/polls/ny/Dem 2016 Election Center CNN 2016-10-10 Clinton performed very well on Long Island and in the five boroughs of New York City, particularly in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx; she also won handily in Brooklyn and Staten Island. Clinton ran up big margins in New York City neighborhoods like Harlem, where the percentage of African American voters was highest. Sanders did better in rural, whiter upstate New York counties, with Clinton winning Buffalo, Syracuse, and Rochester while Sanders won in Albany. Sanders also performed well in the Hudson Valley, with a high concentration of liberals and college students. Aftermath After winning her home state convincingly, Clinton told supporters, "New Yorkers, you've always had my back and I've always tried to have yours [...] Today together we did it again and I am deeply, deeply grateful."https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-36088637 US election 2016: Trump and Clinton win New York primaries April 20, 2016 BBC News Following his primary, a Manhattan attorney filed suit, seeking a temporary restraining order to block certification of the presidential primary election by New York City Board of Elections and the state elections board based on his argument that New York's closed primary system violated the state Constitution. This argument was rejected by the New York Supreme Court (the state trial court).Barbara Ross, Judge rejects challenge to New York's 'closed primary' system, New York Daily News (May 2, 2016). See also 2016 New York Republican presidential primary References 30em New York Democratic primary 2016 Category:April 2016 in the United States Category:Controversies of the 2016 United States presidential election