2016 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary Kentucky presidential no 2012 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary 2012 2020 Kentucky Democratic primary 2020 2016 05 17 WV OR File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg 160x160px Hillary Clinton d4aa00 New York 212,534Kentucky Secretary of State 46.76% 28 File:Bernie Sanders September 2015 cropped.jpg Bernie Sanders 228B22 Vermont 210,623 46.33% 27 File:NOTA Option Logo 3x4.svg Uncommitted 000000 N/A 3 24,104 5.30% 320px 320px Election results by county. Clinton #faec63 40 – 50% #eccc4b 50 – 60% Sanders #a6f398 40 – 50% #55BE55 50 – 60% #228B22 60 – 70% The 2016 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary was held on May 17 in the U.S. state of Kentucky as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. On the same day, the Democratic Party held their Oregon primary. The Republican Party held their Kentucky caucuses in early March. Opinion polling Statewide opinion polling for the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016 Results Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016 Results by county Countyhttps://www.cnn.com/election/primaries/counties/ky/Dem 2016 Election Center CNN June 4, 2018 Clinton Votes Sanders Votes Adair 49.6% 466 43.7% 410 Allen 46.0% 427 47.4% 440 Anderson 36.0% 1,132 52.4% 1,649 Ballard 32.0% 405 52.0% 659 Barren 37.2% 1,979 49.9% 2,653 Bath 45.6% 628 46.6% 641 Bell 44.7% 567 45.6% 578 Boone 51.8% 2,932 44.1% 2,496 Bourbon 46.5% 1,109 45.6% 1,087 Boyd 44.7% 2,193 46.1% 2,262 Boyle 49.9% 1,648 43.9% 1,451 Bracken 32.5% 251 54.9% 424 Breathitt 33.9% 1,123 51.8% 1,716 Breckinridge 45.9% 877 45.8% 875 Bullitt 44.4% 2,907 49.1% 3,210 Butler 51.1% 238 42.1% 196 Caldwell 34.3% 570 52.1% 866 Calloway 35.8% 1,460 55.0% 2,239 Campbell 48.1% 3,169 47.5% 3,133 Carlisle 25.6% 206 57.5% 462 Carroll 41.5% 481 49.4% 573 Carter 39.1% 800 51.4% 1,051 Casey 50.7% 210 44.0% 182 Christian 50.2% 2,437 39.9% 1,936 Clark 45.5% 1,810 47.5% 1,888 Clay 48.4% 184 41.6% 158 Clinton 57.9% 151 35.6% 93 Crittenden 35.6% 240 51.0% 344 Cumberland 44.8% 78 50.0% 87 Daviess 45.5% 5,066 46.6% 5,188 Edmonson 49.5% 275 47.1% 262 Elliott 35.7% 301 52.6% 443 Estill 47.6% 446 47.0% 440 Fayette 52.8% 20,014 45.0% 17,048 Fleming 40.7% 627 52.3% 806 Floyd 31.4% 2,327 54.1% 4,010 Franklin 45.1% 5,218 46.6% 5,398 Fulton 46.6% 315 36.2% 245 Gallatin 39.5% 260 51.6% 340 Garrard 50.5% 434 45.0% 387 Grant 40.9% 594 49.2% 715 Graves 31.8% 1,631 51.3% 2,631 Grayson 49.9% 705 44.6% 630 Green 40.4% 284 51.2% 360 Greenup 43.8% 1,517 47.7% 1,655 Hancock 42.5% 491 49.7% 573 Hardin 47.8% 4,359 46.2% 4,208 Harlan 25.9% 451 62.8% 1,092 Harrison 41.4% 886 49.5% 1,059 Hart 39.7% 817 51.6% 1,062 Henderson 43.4% 2,887 42.9% 2,850 Henry 40.6% 781 49.8% 958 Hickman 32.5% 209 46.6% 300 Hopkins 32.7% 1,690 52.2% 2,696 Jackson 35.9% 78 59.0% 128 Jefferson 57.3% 64,090 40.3% 45,048 Jessamine 44.2% 1,875 49.8% 2,113 Johnson 32.9% 444 55.5% 749 Kenton 49.0% 5,146 46.5% 4,880 Knott 30.8% 583 58.8% 1,114 Knox 47.9% 520 46.4% 504 LaRue 34.7% 612 51.6% 910 Laurel 49.1% 845 45.9% 791 Lawrence 35.3% 444 52.4% 659 Lee 42.9% 199 48.3% 224 Leslie 43.8% 64 52.7% 77 Letcher 26.7% 838 56.9% 1,788 Lewis 51.7% 211 37.0% 151 Lincoln 47.7% 779 45.5% 742 Livingston 34.4% 400 52.4% 610 Logan 43.8% 1,077 46.0% 1,131 Lyon 40.5% 497 45.7% 561 Madison 41.6% 3,441 53.0% 4,385 Magoffin 42.7% 511 52.3% 626 Marion 50.3% 1,162 42.6% 983 Marshall 34.7% 1,577 50.8% 2,308 Martin 31.2% 104 57.4% 191 Mason 44.1% 727 47.0% 775 McCracken 43.8% 3,334 46.5% 3,541 McCreary 41.9% 169 50.4% 203 McLean 38.1% 477 50.1% 628 Meade 41.9% 1,312 49.2% 1,541 Menifee 44.8% 311 46.5% 323 Mercer 39.1% 988 52.6% 1,331 Metcalfe 41.7% 506 47.9% 582 Monroe 50.8% 126 44.0% 109 Montgomery 45.8% 1,289 47.0% 1,322 Morgan 31.6% 544 57.3% 988 Muhlenberg 43.3% 1,544 45.7% 1,632 Nelson 47.6% 2,395 46.6% 2,345 Nicholas 42.2% 353 50.2% 420 Ohio 41.3% 778 50.0% 943 Oldham 52.4% 2,730 44.4% 2,315 Owen 34.6% 453 55.0% 720 Owsley 43.3% 77 51.1% 91 Pendleton 36.6% 388 51.5% 546 Perry 30.0% 839 59.6% 1,666 Pike 26.1% 2,335 54.3% 4,848 Powell 42.4% 623 50.7% 744 Pulaski 47.4% 1,169 46.6% 1,148 Robertson 32.0% 95 59.6% 177 Rockcastle 45.7% 238 48.8% 254 Rowan 44.0% 1,170 51.2% 1,363 Russell 48.2% 343 46.7% 332 Scott 48.6% 2,505 46.4% 2,394 Shelby 47.8% 2,195 44.5% 2,044 Simpson 45.9% 708 45.1% 695 Spencer 42.7% 673 51.2% 806 Taylor 50.3% 949 44.8% 844 Todd 35.1% 333 53.5% 507 Trigg 40.8% 604 48.3% 715 Trimble 38.3% 415 50.0% 542 Union 29.9% 672 49.3% 1,106 Warren 44.9% 4,829 49.9% 5,365 Washington 47.0% 601 45.5% 582 Wayne 55.6% 502 39.4% 356 Webster 28.7% 693 48.5% 1,169 Whitley 52.5% 522 41.1% 409 Wolfe 42.1% 414 50.7% 499 Woodford 46.3% 1,862 47.7% 1,918 Total 46.8% 212,550 46.3% 210,626 Analysis Clinton's strength with conservative white voters in the Appalachia region, including Coal Country, had clearly regressed since 2008; she had beaten Barack Obama 65–29 in Kentucky eight years earlier, and only beat rival Bernie Sanders 47–46 in 2016. She ran strongly in Louisville, where the African American population is highest, but lost many of the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield counties in the state to Bernie Sanders, who had won a large victory in neighboring West Virginia the week prior. Sanders also won many counties in the Jackson Purchase area. Notably, in 2012, almost all of the Sanders counties voted for the "Uncommitted" ballot option in a protest vote against Obama. References 30em Kentucky Democratic primary 2016