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2016 Oregon Democratic presidential primary
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2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
2016 Oregon Democratic presidential primary Oregon presidential no 2008 Oregon Democratic presidential primary 2008 2020 Oregon Democratic presidential primary 2020 2016 05 17 KY VI File:Bernie Sanders September 2015 cropped.jpg 160x160px Bernie Sanders 228B22 Vermont 36 360,829http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873801 Oregon Secretary of State - Official Election Results October 6, 2020 May 24, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200524102715/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873801 dead 56.24% File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg Hillary Clinton d4aa00 New York 25 269,846 42.06% 260px 300px Election results by county.
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#228B22 60 – 70%
Clinton
#faec63 40 – 50%
thumb|Supporters of both Clinton and Sanders at the 2015 Portland Pride Parade
The 2016 Oregon Democratic presidential primary was held on May 17 in the U.S. state of Oregon as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
On the same day, the Democratic Party held their Kentucky primary, while the Republican Party held their own Oregon primary on that day.
Opinion polling
Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries#Oregon
Poll source Date 1st 2ndOtherOfficial Primary Resultshttp://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873801 Official Primary Results October 6, 2020 May 24, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200524102715/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873801 dead May 17, 2016 Bernie Sanders56.2% Hillary Clinton42.1% Misc.1.7% DHM ResearchPoll: Despite Bernie Sanders' Crowds, Hillary Clinton Ahead In Oregon http://www.opb.org/news/series/election-2016/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-oregon-poll/ May 10, 2016 May 11, 2016
Margin of error: ± 5.6%
Sample size: 901 May 6–9, 2016 Hillary Clinton48% Bernie Sanders33% Others / Undecided19% KATU-TV/SurveyUSAhttp://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=1afbdb05-a0ab-4ea2-aace-864f31e6542e In City of Portland, Oregon: Ted Wheeler Is Overwhelming Favorite to Win Mayoral Primary; But Will He Avoid an 11/08/16 Runoff? 2016-04-02
Margin of error: ± 4.0%
Sample size: 630 March 28-April 1, 2016Hillary Clinton37%Bernie Sanders36% Others / Undecided27%DHM Research Oregon presidential poll: Hillary Clinton pressed by Bernie Sanders; Donald Trump leads GOP field http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2015/08/oregon_presidential_poll_hilla.html#incart_river 2015-08-06
Margin of error: ± 7%
Sample size: 206July 22–27, 2015Hillary Clinton44%Bernie Sanders39% Others / Undecided17%
Results
thumb|Bernie Sanders rally in Portland, Oregon, March 25, 2016.
Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Analysis
As Barack Obama had done against Hillary Clinton in the state eight years earlier, Sanders won a convincing double-digit victory in Oregon, as he tried to breathe new life into his campaign. Massive grassroots support across the state helped the progressive and populist candidate achieve a double-digit win in a state with a closed primary. Sanders swept all counties in the state but one. He won a large victory in populous Portland in Multnomah County, where the bulk of the vote came from. He also was buoyed by support from the capital city of Salem in Marion County. Sanders swept all of the other major cities as well, including Eugene, Bend, and Medford, and likewise performed strongly in most of the rural and remote counties of the state, including those of Central Oregon and in the Oregon high desert bordering Idaho from the west. Sanders performed well in areas that were diverse in ethnicity as well as those which were less diverse. In fact, some of his largest margins of victory came from areas with a greater ethnic diversity in the state, such as Portland or Hillsboro, Oregon.
Clinton only won one county, Gilliam County, by one vote.
See also
2016 Oregon Republican presidential primary
References
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