2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses

none June 2025 September 2023 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses Colorado presidential no 2008 Colorado Democratic caucuses 2008 2016 03 01 2020 Colorado Democratic primary 2020 AR GA File:Bernie Sanders September 2015 cropped.jpg 160x160px Bernie Sanders Vermont 41 72,846 58.98% 250px 250px Colorado results by county Sanders #a6f398 40 – 50% #55BE55 50 – 60% #228B22 60 – 70% #005D00 70 – 80% #003F00 80 – 90% Clinton #faec63 40 – 50% #eccc4b 50 – 60% #cdac39 60 – 70% Uncommitted #000000 30 – 40% File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg Hillary Clinton New York 25 49,789 40.31% 228B22 d4aa00 The 2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Colorado 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 Colorado caucuses. Youth2016-03-01 Bernie Sanders defeats Hillary Clinton in Colorado Democratic caucus https://www.denverpost.com/2016/03/01/bernie-sanders-defeats-hillary-clinton-in-colorado-democratic-caucus/ 2020-12-28 The Denver Post en-USMarkus Ben Record Caucus Crowds Catch Officials Off Guard As Sanders Wins Colorado https://www.cpr.org/2016/03/02/record-caucus-crowds-catch-officials-off-guard-as-sanders-wins-colorado/ 2020-12-28 Colorado Public Radio en and LatinoTexas Latinos Back Clinton, Sanders Takes Latino Counties in Colorado https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/texas-latinos-back-clinton-sanders-takes-hispanic-counties-colorado-n530371 2020-12-28 NBC News en caucus-goers delivered a win for Bernie Sanders. Opinion polling Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries Results Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries Results of the precinct caucus Caucus date: March 1, 2016 Detailed estimates per congressional district + Detailed results for the Colorado Democratic caucuses, March 1, 2016The Green Papers District Total estimate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton Votes Estimated delegates Votes Estimated delegates Votes Estimated delegates 1st district 29,474 8 16,232 4 13,242 4 2nd district 30,624 7 19,376 4 11,248 3 3rd district 14,671 6 8,956 4 5,715 2 4th district 10,060 5 6,115 3 3,945 2 5th district 10,315 5 6,338 3 3,977 2 6th district 12,836 6 6,675 3 6,161 3 7th district 14,655 6 9,154 4 5,501 4 At-large delegates 122,635 14 72,846 8 49,789 6 Pledged PLEOs 9 5 4 Total 66 38 28 Results of the county assemblies Timeframe for the county assemblies: March 2–26, 2016 Colorado Democratic county assemblies, March 2–26, 2016 |- ! rowspan="2" | Candidate ! colspan="2" | State + District delegateshttp://www.coloradodems.org/sites/coloradodems/files/National%20Delegate%20Candidates_1.pdf Colorado Democrats 2016 Delegates 2016-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20160415143751/http://www.coloradodems.org/sites/coloradodems/files/National%20Delegate%20Candidates_1.pdf 2016-04-15 dead ! colspan="3" | Estimated delegates |- ! style="width:70px;" | Count ! style="width:80px;" | Percentage ! style="width:45px;" | Pledged ! style="width:45px;" | Unpledged ! style="width:45px;" | Total |- | style="text-align:left;" | Bernie Sanders | 372 || 61.39% | || || |- | style="text-align:left;"| Hillary Clinton | 234 || 38.61% | || || |- | style="text-align:left;"| Uncommitted | || | || || |- ! Total ! 606 !! 100% ! !! !! |} Results of the congressional district conventions Detailed results for the congressional district conventions, April 1–15, 2016The Green Papers |- ! rowspan=2 | District ! rowspan=2 style="width:60px;" | Delegatesavailable ! colspan=2 | Delegates won |- ! style="width:60px;" | Sanders ! style="width:60px;" | Clinton |- | style="text-align:left" | 1st district | 8 | 5 | 3 |- | style="text-align:left" | 2nd district | 7 | 4 | 3 |- | style="text-align:left" | 3rd district | 6 | 4 | 2 |- | style="text-align:left" | 4th district | 5 | 3 | 2 |- | style="text-align:left" | 5th district | 5 | 3 | 2 |- | style="text-align:left" | 6th district | 6 | 3 | 3 |- | style="text-align:left" | 7th district | 6 | 4 | 2 |- ! Total ! style="text-align:right" | 43 ! style="text-align:right" | 26 ! style="text-align:right" | 17 |} Results of the state convention State convention date: April 16, 2016 + Colorado Democratic State Convention, April 16, 2016The Green Papers Candidate State convention delegates National delegates won Count Percentage At-large PLEO Total Bernie Sanders 1,900 62.3% 9 6 15 Hillary Clinton 1,150 37.7% 5 3 8 Total 3,050 100.0% 14 9 23 Analysis As Barack Obama had similarly done eight years earlier in the state, Bernie Sanders won a convincing 19-point victory in the Colorado caucus, relying on turnout from young adult voters in a majority white electorate.http://www.koaa.com/story/31360165/the-latest-long-weeks-for-sanders-volunteer-in-colorado The Latest: Bernie Sanders wins Colorado's Democratic caucus 2016-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20160808085742/http://www.koaa.com/story/31360165/the-latest-long-weeks-for-sanders-volunteer-in-colorado 2016-08-08 deadhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-colorado-caucus_us_56d609f4e4b03260bf7876b2 Bernie Sanders Wins Colorado Democratic Caucus Wilkie Christina 2016-03-01 The Huffington Post 2016-08-07 He ran up big margins in the capital city of Denver and in Denver County at large, as well as in Colorado Springs in El Paso County and Fort Collins in Larimer County. Sanders also performed very strongly in the western parts of the state along the Rocky Mountains, in regions such as the Colorado Mineral belt and Northwestern Colorado which are rural and sparsely populated. Clinton won in the city of Pueblo in Pueblo County. Sanders gained more delegates over Clinton with a large turnout from supporters at the conventions in April.http://www.denverpost.com/2016/04/16/bernie-sanders-wins-colorado-with-big-showing-at-state-convention/ Bernie Sanders wins Colorado with big showing at state convention – The Denver Post 2016-08-07 References 30em Colorado Democratic primary 2016