2016 California Democratic presidential primary

June 2025 September 2023 none 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 California Democratic presidential primary California presidential no 2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_California#Democratic_primary 2012 2016 06 07 2020 California Democratic presidential primary 2020 546 delegates to the Democratic National Convention (475 pledged, 71 unpledged)The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote PR MT File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg 160x160px Hillary Clinton New York 254 2,745,302http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/president/party/democratic/ California Secretary of State - Semi-Official Primary Results ca.gov 2016-06-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20160608132046/http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/president/party/democratic/ 2016-06-08 dead 53.07% 280px 300px Election results by county. Clinton #faec63 40 – 50% #eccc4b 50 – 60% #cdac39 60 – 70% Sanders #a6f398 40 – 50% #55BE55 50 – 60% #228B22 60 – 70% #005D00 70 – 80% d4aa00 File:Bernie Sanders September 2015 cropped.jpg Bernie Sanders 228B22 Vermont 2,381,722 46.04% 221 The 2016 California Democratic presidential primary was held on June 7 in the U.S. state of California as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The Democratic Party's primaries in Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota were held the same day, as were Republican primaries in the same five states. Additionally, the Democratic Party held North Dakota caucuses the same day. Opinion polling Statewide opinion polling for the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016 #California Poll source Date 1st 2nd OtherCalifornia Secretary of State Primary resultsJune 7, 2016 Hillary Clinton 53.1% Bernie Sanders 46.0% Others0.9%CBS News/YouGovhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-down-to-the-wire-in-california/ Poll: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders down to the wire in California www.cbsnews.com 2016-06-07 Margin of error: ±5.0% Sample size: 674 May 31-June 3, 2016Hillary Clinton 49%Bernie Sanders47% Others / Undecided 4% American Research Grouphttp://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/primary-forecast/california-democratic/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160123211236/http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/primary-forecast/california-democratic/ dead January 23, 2016 California 2016 Primary Forecasts 12 January 2016 ARG June 7, 2016 Margin of error: ± 5% Sample size: 400 May 31 – June 2, 2016 Hillary Clinton48% Bernie Sanders47% Others / Undecided5%NBC/WSJ/Maristhttps://www.scribd.com/doc/314520082/NBC-News-WSJ-Marist-California-Poll-Annotated-Questionnaire-June-2016 NBC News/WSJ/Marist Poll June 2016 California Questionnaire scribd.com June 1, 2016 Margin of error: ±4.2% Sample size: 557 May 29–31, 2016Hillary Clinton 49%Bernie Sanders47% Others / Undecided 4%Fieldhttp://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article81253937.ece/BINARY/Rls2537 California's Democratic Presidential Primary Tightening. Clinton's Lead Over Sanders Declines to Two Points. State Republicans Appear to Be Warming to Trump's Candidacy June 2, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160602135514/http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article81253937.ece/BINARY/Rls2537 June 2, 2016 dead Margin of error: ±4.1% Sample size: 571 May 26–31, 2016Hillary Clinton 45%Bernie Sanders43% Others / Undecided 12%USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Timeshttps://gqrr.app.box.com/s/xcuxiz76cj9ff0a5v4a1ruwo9gl0u566 NBC News/WSJ/Marist Poll June 2016 California Questionnaire scribd.com June 3, 2016 Margin of error: ± 2.9% Sample size: 1,500 May 19–31, 2016Hillary Clinton49%Bernie Sanders39% Others / Undecided13%SurveyUSAhttp://abc7.com/politics/poll-clinton-poised-to-defeat-sanders-in-california-primary/1351808/ Hillary Clinton poised to defeat Bernie Sanders in California's presidential primary, SurveyUSA poll shows ABC News 23 May 2016 Margin of error: ±% Sample size: 803 May 19–22, 2016Hillary Clinton 57% Bernie Sanders39% Undecided 4%PPIChttps://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/other/Crosstabs_LikelyVoters0516.pdf Californians and Their Government May 2016 Full Crosstabs – Likely Voters Only PPIC Statewide Survey 26 May 2016 Margin of error: ±5.7% Sample size: 552 May 13–22, 2016Hillary Clinton 46%Bernie Sanders44% Undecided 10%Hoover Institution State PollPoll: Clinton up 13 over Sanders in Calif. 31 May 2016 https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/281696-poll-clinton-has-13-point-lead-over-sanders-in-california/ May 31, 2016 Margin of error: ±3.47% Sample size: 1,700 May 4–16, 2016Hillary Clinton51% Bernie Sanders38%Others / Undecided11%Sextant (D)/Capitol WeeklyCapitol Weekly California Statewide Dem Primary April 28-May 1, 2016 http://capweekly.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Toplines-5-3.pdf May 4, 2016 July 15, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160715060618/http://capweekly.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Toplines-5-3.pdf dead Margin of error: ±2.3% Sample size: 1,617 April 28-May 1, 2016Hillary Clinton49% Bernie Sanders39%Others / Undecided12%SurveyUSA/KABC/SCNGCalifornia voters resigned to vote for Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton, SurveyUSA poll shows http://abc7.com/politics/poll-ca-voters-resigned-to-vote-for-donald-trump-vs-hillary-clinton/1318792/ May 2, 2016 Margin of error: ± % Sample size: 826April 27–30, 2016Hillary Clinton57% Bernie Sanders38%Others / Undecided6%FOX NewsFox News Poll: California Presidential Primaries http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2016/04/22/fox-news-poll-california-presidential-primaries/ Fox News April 22, 2016 April 22, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160423033544/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2016/04/22/fox-news-poll-california-presidential-primaries/ April 23, 2016 dead mdy-all Margin of error: ± 4% Sample size: 623April 18–21, 2016Hillary Clinton48%Bernie Sanders46%Others / Undecided6% CBS News/YouGovhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-hillary-clinton-keeps-new-york-edge-leads-bernie-sanders-in-california-election-2016/ Poll: Clinton keeps New York edge, leads Sanders in California CBS News 2016-04-17 Margin of error: ± 4.5% Sample size: 1,124 April 13–15, 2016Hillary Clinton52% Bernie Sanders40% Others / Undecided8% Gravis Marketinghttps://gravismarketing.com/polling-and-market-research/california-democratic-primary-polling/ California Democratic Primary Polling 2016-04-20 Margin of error: ± 3.4% Sample size: 846 April 7–10, 2016Hillary Clinton47%Bernie Sanders41% Others / Undecided12% Fieldhttps://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/election/presidential-election/article70613117.html Sanders gaining on Clinton in California poll 2016-04-08 Margin of error: ± 4.0% Sample size: 584 March 24 - April 4, 2016Hillary Clinton47% Bernie Sanders41% Others / Undecided12% SurveyUSA2016-04-05 In CA, 47% of Registered Voters and 15% of Likely GOP Primary Voters Have 'Extremely Negative' View of Trump; Still He Leads Cruz Narrowly; Clinton Atop Sanders in Democrat Primary; Harris & Sanchez Likely To Advance for Boxer's Seat; CA's Vital 55 Electoral Votes Stay Blue in 2016 https://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=4114a2c6-213f-4447-8c7b-eb137d8c3312 SurveyUSA 2016-04-05 Margin of error: ± 3.6% Sample size: 767 March 30 - April 3, 2016Hillary Clinton53% Bernie Sanders39% Others / Undecided8% USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Timeshttps://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-latimes-democratic-primary-poll-20160328-story.html As California primary nears, even Sanders supporters are uniting behind Clinton and against a common enemy: Trump Los Angeles Times 28 March 2016 2016-03-29 Margin of error: ± 3.7% Sample size: 832 March 16–23, 2016Hillary Clinton47% Bernie Sanders36% Others / Undecided17% PPIChttps://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/other/Crosstabs_LikelyVoters0316.pdf Californians and Their Government - March 2016 Full Crosstabs - Likely Voters Only 2016-03-24 Margin of error: ± 6.2% Sample size: 529 March 6–15, 2016Hillary Clinton48%Bernie Sanders41% Others / Undecided11%Field Pollhttp://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2522.pdf Clinton Maintains 11-Point Lead Over Sanders Among Likely Voters in California's Democratic Presidential Primary. Both Candidates Are Highly Regarded Field Research Corporation 6 January 2016 Mark DiCamillo 22 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160116115312/http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2522.pdf 16 January 2016 dead dmy-all Margin of error: ± 5.6% Sample Size: 329 January 6, 2016Hillary Clinton 46%Bernie Sanders 35% Martin O'Malley 1% Undecided 18% Polls in 2015 background:#B0CEFF; text-align:center; Poll source Date 1st 2nd Other Field PollSanders gains on Clinton http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article38041509.ece/BINARY/PDF:%20Field%20Poll%20results:%20Sanders%20gains%20on%20Clinton sacbee.com 2015-10-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20151010001954/http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article38041509.ece/BINARY/PDF:%20Field%20Poll%20results:%20Sanders%20gains%20on%20Clinton 2015-10-10 dead Margin of error: ± 5.0% Sample size: 391 September 17 – October 4, 2015 Hillary Clinton 47% Bernie Sanders 35% Martin O'Malley 1% Jim Webb 1% Lincoln Chafee 0% Other 2% Undecided 14%Hillary Clinton 40% Bernie Sanders 31% Joe Biden 15% Martin O'Malley 1% Lincoln Chafee 0% Jim Webb 1% Other 2% Undecided 12%USC/LA Times Trump and Clinton lead presidential contenders in California https://news.usc.edu/86115/trump-and-clinton-lead-presidential-contenders-in-california/ news.usc.edu/ 2015-09-13 Margin of error: ± 3.6% Sample size: ?August 29 – September 8, 2015 Hillary Clinton 42% Bernie Sanders 26% Other/NA 16% Undecided 16% Hillary Clinton 39% Bernie Sanders 23% Joe Biden 11% Other/NA 11% Undecided 16% Field PollField Poll Online http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2506.pdf field.com 2015-07-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150528073519/http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2506.pdf 2015-05-28 Margin of error: ± 7.0% Sample size: 356 April 23 – May 16, 2015 Hillary Clinton 53% Elizabeth Warren 13% Joe Biden 6% Bernie Sanders 5% Jim Webb 1% Martin O'Malley 0% Lincoln Chafee 0% Undecided/other 22% Emerson College2016 California Presidential Republican Primary – Bush 17%, Walker 17% http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/polls/emerson-college-polling-society-22014 Emerson College 22 January 2016 7 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161107003038/http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/polls/emerson-college-polling-society-22014 dead Margin of error: ± ? Sample size: 487 April 2–8, 2015 Hillary Clinton 56% Elizabeth Warren 11% Joe Biden 8% Bernie Sanders 3% Martin O'Malley 2% Jim Webb 1% Andrew Cuomo 0% Other 2% Undecided 17% Field Poll http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2496.pdf Archived copy 2015-02-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150220015800/http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2496.pdf 2015-02-20 Margin of error: ± 5% Sample size: 425 January 26 – February 16, 2015 Hillary Clinton 59% Elizabeth Warren 17% Joe Biden 9% Bernie Sanders 6% Jim Webb 2% Others <0.5% Undecided 7% Results Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016 Sanders won eight Congressional districts, including the Latino-heavy 34th district in Los Angeles, represented by Clinton supporter Rep. Xavier Becerra. In the 28th district the candidates were separated by just 67 votes, which covers the Los Angeles suburbs of Glendale and Burbank, and is represented by Rep. Adam Schiff.Weigel David One month later, California finishes its vote count, and Clinton wins en-US Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/07/one-month-later-california-finishes-its-vote-count-and-clinton-wins/ 2021-01-23 0190-8286 Results by county Countyhttps://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-primary/26-presidential-formatted.pdf Presidential election results Elections Clinton % Sanders %Others%TotalsTurnout (%)Margin% Alameda 164,88951.5% 153,955 48.0%1,5770.5%320,42110,9343.4% Alpine 11344.8% 137 54.4%20.8%25224-9.5% Amador 2,51650.4% 2,386 47.8%881.8%4,9901302.6% Butte 11,76637.0% 19,739 62.0%3151.0%31,8207,973-25.1% Calaveras 2,97149.5% 2,914 48.5%1232.0%6,008570.9% Colusa 83549.3% 809 47.8%482.8%1,692261.5% Contra Costa 103,33356.7% 77,862 42.7%1,0820.6%182,27725,47114.0% Del Norte 1,11940.4% 1,598 57.6%552.0%2,772479-17.3% El Dorado 12,49249.1% 12,620 49.6%3131.2%25,425128-0.5% Fresno 45,43656.0% 34,663 42.7%9981.2%81,09710,77313.3% Glenn 91146.8% 1,003 51.5%341.7%1,94892-4.7% Humboldt 8,13528.7% 19,928 70.4%2400.8%28,30311,793-41.7% Imperial 9,84365.0% 5,111 33.7%1901.3%15,1444,73231.2% Inyo 1,00142.5% 1,313 55.7%441.9%2,358312-13.2% Kern 28,80654.1% 23,374 43.9%1,0542.0%53,2345,43210.2% Kings 4,15057.8% 2,869 39.9%1652.3%7,1841,28117.8% Lake 3,98842.7% 5,195 55.7%1481.6%9,3311,207-12.9% Lassen 81242.6% 1,023 53.7%703.7%1,905211-11.1% Los Angeles 780,01354.4% 639,886 44.6%14,7681.0%1,434,667140,1279.8% Madera 5,80853.1% 4,852 44.4%2792.6%10,9399568.7% Marin 43,28356.4% 33,214 43.3%2600.3%76,75710,06913.1% Mariposa 1,10244.1% 1,355 54.2%441.8%2,501253-10.1% Mendocino 6,04832.8% 12,259 66.5%1190.6%18,4266,211-33.7% Merced 10,83953.0% 9,273 45.3%3391.7%20,4511,5667.7% Modoc 28142.3% 349 52.5%355.3%66568-10.2% Mono 79943.3% 1,038 56.2%100.5%1,847239-12.9% Monterey 29,73052.8% 26,073 46.3%5130.9%56,3163,6576.5% Napa 13,58353.4% 11,682 45.9%1900.7%25,4551,9017.5% Nevada 8,17536.9% 13,827 62.4%1480.7%22,1505,652-25.5% Orange 171,59351.9% 156,235 47.3%2,7670.8%330,59515,3584.6% Placer 25,24954.1% 20,916 44.8%4901.1%46,6554,3339.3% Plumas 1,21144.1% 1,475 53.7%622.3%2,748264-9.6% Riverside 112,52656.1% 85,918 42.8%2,1971.1%200,64126,60813.3% Sacramento 109,89854.6% 89,428 44.4%1,9331.0%201,25920,47010.2% San Benito 4,11254.3% 3,380 44.6%831.1%7,5757329.7% San Bernardino 96,07654.6% 77,706 44.2%2,1941.2%175,97618,37010.4% San Diego 215,65551.6% 199,716 47.7%2,9090.7%418,28015,9393.8% San Francisco 116,35953.6% 99,594 45.9%9610.4%216,91416,7657.7% San Joaquin 38,21256.5% 28,523 42.2%8791.3%67,6149,68914.3% San Luis Obispo21,63746.7% 24,379 52.6%3460.7%46,3622,742-5.9% San Mateo 79,75658.7% 55,367 40.8%7050.5%135,82824,38918.0% Santa Barbara 31,92746.9% 35,717 52.4%4740.7%68,1183,790-5.6% Santa Clara 159,48057.5% 116,193 41.9%1,8400.7%277,51343,28715.6% Santa Cruz 29,52040.5% 42,940 59.0%3770.5%72,83713,420-18.4% Shasta 7,80945.4% 9,026 52.4%3772.2%17,2121,217-7.1% Sierra 22442.5% 297 56.4%61.1%52773-13.9% Siskiyou 2,46638.0% 3,894 60.0%1261.9%6,4861,428-22.0% Solano 34,23155.3% 27,122 43.8%5270.9%61,8807,10911.5% Sonoma 55,59547.3% 61,167 52.0%8030.7%117,5655,572-4.7% Stanislaus 24,35951.2% 22,384 47.1%7981.7%47,5411,9754.2% Sutter 4,02352.7% 3,463 45.4%1461.9%7,6325607.3% Tehama 2,37245.9% 2,655 51.4%1362.6%5,163283-5.5% Trinity 67235.1% 1,211 63.3%311.6%1,914539-28.2% Tulare 13,47254.4% 10,834 43.7%4681.9%24,7742,63810.6% Tuolumne 3,43348.2% 3,592 50.5%911.3%7,116159-2.2% Ventura 60,61551.2% 56,751 47.9%1,0150.9%118,3813,8643.3% Yolo 17,65548.2% 18,761 51.3%1900.5%36,6061,106-3.0% Yuba 2,38845.1% 2,771 52.4%1322.5%5,291383-7.2%Total 2,745,30253.1%2,381,722 46.0% 46,3140.9%5,173,338363,5807.0% Analysis Clinton won the California primary, after Bernie Sanders had made a very serious play for the state and barnstormed it before election day. Sanders was significantly behind in the overall race by the time California voted (June 7, 2016), and it would have been hard for him to win the nomination by that point unless he persuaded Superdelegates to switch their support to him at the convention. He hoped a California win would assist in that effort. He rallied large numbers of supporters across the state, but in the end his barnstorming did not prevail, with Clinton winning by seven points (more than most polls predicted). She won in all the major cities: Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, Fresno, Los Angeles, and San Diego; Sanders did well in the northernmost counties bordering Oregon where he had won the month before.https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/california California Primary Election Results 2016-08-07 After Sanders' disappointing loss, Rose Kapolczynski, an advisor to Barbara Boxer, described the primary results: "You can have a lot of excitement and a compelling message and inspire people, but if they don’t show up to vote, it doesn’t matter. Sanders did have very impressive rallies all over the state, but were those people turning around and calling their neighbors and taking action to get other people to vote for Sanders?"https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-clinton-california-20160609-snap-story.html How Hillary Clinton won California Times Los Angeles Los Angeles Times 8 June 2016 2016-08-07 For her part, Clinton had campaigned aggressively for the state's diverse electorate, with Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Chinese-language ads being aired by her campaign on the airwaves and on TV to make a play for both Latino and Asian American voters.https://aapiforhillary.com/2016/05/27/hillary-clinton-campaign-launches-new-asian-american-ads/ Hillary Clinton Campaign Launches New Asian American Ads 2016-05-27 AAPI for Hillary 2016-08-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20161011021729/https://aapiforhillary.com/2016/05/27/hillary-clinton-campaign-launches-new-asian-american-ads/ 2016-10-11 usurped Clinton was declared the presumptive winner of the democratic nomination by multiple news outlets on June 6, the night before the California primary.http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4c9c850385c84b12ad5b85fda49743f9/after-weekend-wins-clinton-cusp-democratic-nomination AP count: Clinton has delegates to win Democratic nomination ap.org 2016-11-03 2017-05-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20170501203536/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4c9c850385c84b12ad5b85fda49743f9/after-weekend-wins-clinton-cusp-democratic-nomination deadhttps://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/ap-declares-clinton-winner-of-democratic-primary-223972 Clinton clinches Democratic nomination politico.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/06/make-no-mistake-hillary-clinton-will-clinch-the-democratic-nomination-on-tuesday/ Analysis - Hillary Clinton just clinched the Democratic nomination. Here's the math behind it. Philip Bump 6 June 2016 www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/us/politics/hillary-clinton-presidential-race.html Hillary Clinton Has Clinched Democratic Nomination, Survey Reports The New York Times 6 June 2016 Chozick Amy Healy Patrick She had previously not had enough delegates, and the declaration that she had clinched the nomination was based on a survey of superdelegates, not on votes. This announcement being made the night before a primary as large as California's was considered controversial, and may or may not have affected voter turnout the next day.https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/no-one-wanted-hillary-clinton-win-way No one wanted Hillary Clinton to win this way msnbc.com References 30em California Democratic primary 2016