2016 Arizona Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 Arizona Democratic presidential primary Arizona presidential no 2012 Arizona Democratic presidential primary 2012 2020 Arizona Democratic presidential primary 2020 2016 03 22 OH ID File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg 160x160px Hillary Clinton d4aa00 New York 262,459Arizona Secretary of State 56.3% 42 File:Bernie Sanders September 2015 cropped.jpg Bernie Sanders 228B22 Vermont 192,962 41.4% 33 2016_Arizona_Democratic_Presidential_Primary_by_county.svg 250px Results by county:Clinton: #faec63 40-50% #eccc4b 50-60% #cdac39 60-70%Sanders: #71bc62 50-60% 2016 Arizona presidential primary The 2016 Arizona Democratic presidential primary was held on March 22 in the U.S. state of Arizona as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. On the same day, the Democratic Party held caucuses in Idaho and Utah, while the Republican Party held primaries in two states, including their own Arizona primary and a primary in American Samoa. Voter suppression controversy thumb|250x250px|Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a campaign rally at Carl Hayden High School in Phoenix on March 21, 2016. thumb|250x250px|Senator Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix on March 15, 2016. thumb|250x250px|Former President Bill Clinton at a campaign rally for his wife at Central High School in Phoenix on March 20, 2016. There was controversy surrounding the Arizona primary elections of 2016, specifically having to do with the decrease in polling places in Maricopa County from 200 in 2012 to only 60 in 2016, enacted by Republican officials despite the number of registered voters having increased from 300,000 in 2012 to 800,000 in 2016.http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/05/politics/justice-department-investigation-arizona/index.html DOJ looking into voter suppression claims in Arizona Eugene Scott CNN 5 April 2016 2016-06-05https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/03/22/live-arizona-primary-coverage-presidential-preference-election/82096726/ Arizona primary: Maricopa County had one polling site for every 21,000 voters azcentral 2016-06-05 This decrease in polling places was most pronounced in minority neighborhoods, most notably Latino neighborhoods, with areas like Central Phoenix having only one polling place for 108,000 voters. There were also reports of voters who had been previously registered coming up as unregistered or registered as an independent, making them ineligible to vote in the closed primary. Voters who did manage to vote had to stand in long lines to cast their ballots, some for as long as five hours.http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html Election Other – President Obama Job Approval RealClearPolitics March 23, 2016 Additionally, voters reported being required to vote with a provisional ballot.Sabato Larry J. Clinton's Real Opponent: Barack Obama http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/obama-approval-ratings-swing-states-117019.html https://archive.today/20160316044432/http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/obama-approval-ratings-swing-states-117019.html dead March 16, 2016 May 11, 2015 Politico March 25, 2016 In 2005, Arizona threw out 27,878 provisional ballots, counting only about 72.5% of the total provisional ballots reported.http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=4738 Counties inconsistent in provisional-vote rules Beal Tom 29 January 2005 votersunite.org Arizona Daily Star March 26, 2016 5 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160405125401/http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=4738 dead This was the first election in the state of Arizona since the 2013 Supreme Court decision to strike down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which would have previously required states with a history of voter discrimination, including Arizona, to receive Federal approval before implementing any changes to voting laws and practices. In Maricopa County, Republican officials have conducted voter purges that disproportionately affected poor and minority areas.https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/04/minorities-poor-areas-most-affected-maricopa-county-voter-purges/1855248002/ Maricopa County residents purged from voter rolls more than 1 million times in past decade Arizona Republic Dianna M. Náñez and Agnel Philip November 4, 2018 June 2, 2019 Within a day after the election took place on March 22, a petition went viral on the White House petitions site asking the Department of Justice to investigate voter suppression and election fraud in Arizona.http://www.12news.com/news/politics/petition-to-white-house-about-arizona-voter-suppression-hit-goal-in-about-40-hours/101986939 Petition to White House about Arizona 'voter suppression' hit goal in about 40 hours 2016-03-27 2016-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20160912062820/http://www.12news.com/news/politics/petition-to-white-house-about-arizona-voter-suppression-hit-goal-in-about-40-hours/101986939 dead The petition reached 100,000 signatures in 40 hours,http://www.12news.com/news/politics/petition-to-white-house-about-arizona-voter-suppression-hit-goal-in-about-40-hours/101986939 Petition to White House about Arizona 'voter suppression' hit goal in about 40 hours TEGNA KPNX en-US 2016-06-05 2016-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20160912062820/http://www.12news.com/news/politics/petition-to-white-house-about-arizona-voter-suppression-hit-goal-in-about-40-hours/101986939 dead and as of June 5, 2016, nearly 220,000 people had signed the petition. The White House responded on May 20, 2016. In addition, Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton asked the Justice Department to launch an investigation into the allegations of voter suppression.Cohn Nate What a Rise in Obama's Approval Rating Means for 2016 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/20/upshot/what-a-rise-in-obamas-approval-rating-means-for-2016.html?abt=0002&abg=0 March 25, 2016 The New York Times January 16, 2015 Both the Clinton and Sanders campaigns, as well as the Democratic National Committee, sued the Arizona state government over the alleged voter suppression.https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/14/politics/dnc-lawsuit-arizona/index.html Clinton, Sanders campaigns join DNC suit over alleged Arizona voter suppression Eugene Scott CNN April 14, 2016 June 2, 2019 The Department of Justice has since launched a federal investigation into the primary.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/justice-department-arizona_us_5702b720e4b083f5c6085933 The DOJ Is Investigating Arizona's Election Mess Lachman Samantha Reilly Ryan J. The Huffington Post April 4, 2016 April 4, 2016 Opinion polling Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries Results Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries Detailed results per congressional district + Detailed results for the Arizona Democratic primary, April 5, 2016http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/AZ-D Arizona Democratic Delegation 2016 thegreenpapers.com 21 May 20162016 Arizona District-Level Delegate Math Arizona Democratic Party http://www.azdem.org/sites/azdems/files/PDFs/Updated%202016%20DISTRICT%20Delegate%20Selection%20Allocation%20Math.pdf April 5, 2016 April 8, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160418091112/http://www.azdem.org/sites/azdems/files/PDFs/Updated%202016%20DISTRICT%20Delegate%20Selection%20Allocation%20Math.pdf April 18, 2016 dead mdy-all District Total Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders Votes Delegates Votes % Delegates Votes % Delegates 1st district 63,863 6 35,445 55.5% 3 26,267 41.1% 3 2nd district 78,237 8 42,797 54.7% 4 33,891 43.3% 4 3rd district 51,520 5 30,298 58.8% 3 20,091 39.0% 2 4th district 37,273 4 20,662 55.4% 2 15,289 41.0% 2 5th district 40,847 5 22,973 56.2% 3 16,982 41.6% 2 6th district 50,465 6 29,266 58.0% 4 20,259 40.1% 2 7th district 42,199 5 24,245 57.5% 3 17,173 40.7% 2 8th district 46,491 5 27,672 59.5% 3 17,651 38.0% 2 9th district 55,340 6 29,101 52.6% 3 25,359 45.8% 3 At-large delegates 466,235 16 262,459 56.3% 9 192,962 41.4% 7 Pledged PLEOs 466,235 9 262,459 56.3% 5 192,962 41.4% 4 Total 466,235 75 262,464 56.3% 42 192,965 41.4% 33 Results by county Countyhttps://www.cnn.com/election/primaries/counties/az/Dem 2016 Election Center CNN June 4, 2018 Clinton % Sanders % Apache 4,45066.4% 1,933 28.8% Cochise 4,65456.5% 3,265 39.7% Coconino 5,73844.1% 6,941 53.4% Gila 2,19659.2% 1,305 35.2% Graham 93749.1% 851 44.6% Greenlee 49754.6% 325 35.7% La Paz 30951.7% 259 43.3% Maricopa 126,98858.1% 86,942 39.8% Mohave 4,17056.4% 2,847 38.5% Navajo 4,41559.7% 2,621 35.4% Pima 56,31757.3% 40,228 40.9% Pinal 9,77162.1% 5,414 34.4% Santa Cruz 2,49665.8% 1,205 31.8% Yavapai 8,40152.9% 7,108 44.7% Yuma 4,35863.7% 2,156 31.5% Total 262,45956.3%192,96241.4% Analysis A Clinton win in Arizona was expected; she had beat Barack Obama in the state eight years earlier by a similar wide margin, and she generally performed well with minority voters in the 2016 primaries. She won in counties with high populations of Hispanic voters, including the largest county Maricopa where the capital city of Phoenix is located, and she also performed well in counties with large populations of Native Americans including Apache County and Navajo County. Sanders won only in Coconino County.https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/arizona Arizona Primary Election Results The New York Times 2016-08-07 Bernie Sanders made a late play for the state of Arizona, including airing Spanish-language ads featuring Congressman Raúl Grijalva.https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/arizona-is-tuesday-s-biggest-prize-649625155657 Arizona is Tuesday's biggest prize MSNBC 2016-08-07 Hillary Clinton offset his efforts with advertising featuring former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, and airing radio ads in the Navajo language.https://www.npr.org/2016/03/22/471389530/democratic-presidential-hopefuls-court-native-american-vote-in-arizona Arizona Primary: Native Americans Could Be Key For Democrats NPR.org 2016-08-07 References 30em Arizona Democratic primary Category:2016 controversies in the United States Category:March 2016 in the United States 2016 Category:Electoral fraud in the United States Category:Voter suppression