2016 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary Connecticut presidential 2008 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary 2008 2020 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary 2020 2016 04 26 NY DE File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg 160x160px Hillary Clinton d4aa00 New York 28 170,045http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/april_2016_democratic_ppp_sov.pdf Connecticut Secretary of State - Official Primary Results 2016-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20161203025609/http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/april_2016_democratic_ppp_sov.pdf 2016-12-03 dead 51.80% File:Bernie Sanders September 2015 cropped.jpg Bernie Sanders 228B22 Vermont 27 152,379 46.42% 250px County results 250px Municipality results 300px Clinton: #faec63 40-50% #eccc4b 50-60% #cdac39 60-70% #a8862b 70-80%Sanders: #a6f398 40-50% #71bc62 50-60% #458933 60-70% The 2016 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary were held on April 26 in the U.S. state of Connecticut as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The Democratic Party's primaries in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island were held the same day, as are Republican primaries in the same five states, including their own Connecticut primary. Clinton has many endorsements from the state's Congressional delegation, including the popular Senator Chris Murphy. Clinton campaigned to Sanders' left on gun control, which paid off for her with mothers in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting. Opinion polling Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries Results Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries Results by county Countyhttp://www.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/april_2016_democratic_ppp_sov.pdf Archived copy 2016-08-06 2016-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20160821211203/http://www.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/april_2016_democratic_ppp_sov.pdf dead Clinton % Sanders % Fairfield 46,38761.0% 29,596 39.0% Hartford 47,82354.3% 40,183 45.7% Litchfield 6,64342.4% 9,022 57.6% Middlesex 8,49846.4% 9,829 53.6% New Haven 38,83051.7% 36,259 48.3% New London 10,51844.5% 13,142 55.5% Tolland 5,60939.1% 8,737 60.9% Windham 3,67640.7% 5,352 59.3% Total 170,045 51.8% 152,379 46.4% Analysis Clinton managed a five-point-win in Connecticut, a state she had narrowly lost to Barack Obama eight years earlier. She relied on turnout in larger cities, including Hartford (which she won 51–47), New Haven, and Bridgeport.https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/connecticut Connecticut Primary Election Results The New York Times 2016-08-07 She managed a large win in Greenwich, bolstered by support from more affluent Democratshttp://patch.com/connecticut/greenwich/greenwich-presidential-primary-results-who-did-residents-vote-0 Greenwich Presidential Primary Results: Who Did Residents Vote For? 27 April 2016 en-US 2016-08-07 and won in the New York City suburbs as a whole 59–40. Sanders held Clinton to a narrow margin statewide, thanks to his support in rural areas which he won 63–37.http://www.cnn.com/election/primaries/polls/ct/Dem 2016 Election Center CNN 2016-09-25 In terms of demographics, Clinton won the African American vote 69–30, older voters 62–35, and the votes of women 57–41. Clinton also won women with children 55–44, and women without children 58–40. Sanders won the youth vote by an overwhelming margin of 66–34, the votes of men 55–43, and won the Caucasian vote (74% of the electorate) by a narrow 50–48 margin. Sanders won among voters with an income of less than 50k and 100k, with Clinton winning more affluent voters.http://www.cnn.com/election/primaries/polls/ct/dem 2016 Election Center CNN 2016-08-31 In terms of political ideology, Clinton won liberals 52–48 and moderates/conservatives 53–43. Clinton won Democrats 60–39 but lost self-identified independents to Sanders 74–23. Clinton's stance on gun control resonated with voters in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/nbc-clinton-wins-ct-dem-primary-674429507678 NBC: Clinton wins CT Dem. primary MSNBC 2016-08-07 References 30em Connecticut Democratic primary 2016