2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary Pennsylvania presidential 2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary 2008 2020 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary 2020 2016 04 26 MD RI 88 Democratic National Convention delegates(72 pledged, 16 unpledged) File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg Hillary Clinton d4aa00 New York 106 935,107 55.61% File:Bernie Sanders September 2015 cropped.jpg 160x160px Bernie Sanders 228B22 Vermont 83 731,881 43.53% 250px 300px County results Clinton #faec63 40–50% #eccc4b 50–60% #cdac39 60–70% Sanders #a6f398 40–50% #55BE55 50–60% The 2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary was held on April 26 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The Democratic Party's primaries in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland and Rhode Island were held the same day, as were Republican primaries in the same five states, including their own Pennsylvania primary. Despite winning the Pennsylvania primary, Clinton went on to lose the state to Republican candidate Donald Trump in the general election. 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.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ENR_New/Home/CountyResults?countyName=Tioga&ElectionID=54&ElectionType=P&IsActive=0 Pennsylvania Elections - Summary Results Clinton%Sanders%OthersTotalsTurnoutMargin Adams 3,86348.08% 4,101 51.04%718,03541.15%-2.96% Allegheny 123,71555.08% 99,078 44.11%1,819224,61243.18%10.97% Armstrong 2,99248.30% 3,073 49.60%1306,19539.00%-1.31% Beaver 13,53156.92% 9,873 41.53%36923,77340.41%15.39% Bedford 1,38848.91% 1,387 48.87%632,83829.56%0.04% Berks 21,06348.35% 22,078 50.68%42243,56337.68%-2.33% Blair 3,96546.87% 4,360 51.54%13523,98835.27%-4.67% Bradford 1,80948.88% 1,839 49.69%533,70135.49%-0.81% Bucks 46,91755.90% 36,173 43.10%83783,92743.88%12.80% Butler 8,79052.10% 7,833 46.43%24916,87240.98%5.67% Cambria 8,50747.16% 9,024 50.02%50918,04039.64%-2.87% Cameron 18641.89% 240 54.05%1844436.33%-12.16% Carbon 3,38448.73% 3,460 49.82%1016,94538.13%-1.09% Centre 8,45844.72% 10,331 54.63%12318,91241.15%-9.90% Chester 33,08255.62% 26,193 44.04%20459,47946.05%11.58% Clarion 1,52949.34% 1,511 48.76%593,09938.37%0.58% Clearfield 3,19447.30% 3,414 50.56%1456,75332.18%-3.26% Clinton 1,70448.63% 1,739 49.63%613,50439.02%-1.00% Columbia 2,50440.48% 3,601 58.21%816,18639.59%-17.73% Crawford 3,70748.69% 3,789 49.76%1187,61439.39%-1.08% Cumberland 12,42151.54% 11,513 47.77%16824,10245.45%3.77% Dauphin 18,47456.82% 13,787 42.41%25032,51136.26%14.42% Delaware 46,25259.73% 30,824 39.80%36377,43943.45%19.92% Elk 1,60145.50% 1,846 52.46%723,51936.47%-6.96% Erie 20,39552.17% 18,362 46.97%33839,09540.76%5.20% Fayette 9,19557.69% 6,460 40.53%28515,94032.70%17.16% Forest 25152.07% 221 45.85%1048237.28%6.22% Franklin 4,70751.69% 4,282 47.02%1189,10737.27%4.67% Fulton 36648.87% 365 48.73%1874928.81%0.13% Greene 2,26852.55% 1,927 44.65%1214,31634.27%7.90% Huntingdon 1,30443.28% 1,666 55.29%433,01333.11%-12.01% Indiana 4,04950.34% 3,839 47.73%1568,04440.04%2.61% Jefferson 1,24943.89% 1,507 52.95%909,71229.30%-9.07% Juniata 66445.60% 754 51.79%383,99636.44%-6.18% Lackawanna 23,02056.52% 17,308 42.49%40240,73045.36%14.02% Lancaster 19,84047.97% 21,321 51.55%19741,35840.14%-3.58% Lawrence 5,84558.64% 3,981 39.94%1429,96836.39%18.70% Lebanon 4,66949.88% 4,599 49.13%939,36135.78%0.75% Lehigh 20,43052.40% 18,338 47.03%22438,99235.66%5.37% Luzerne 20,54251.94% 18,543 46.89%46239,54737.49%5.05% Lycoming 3,80843.94% 4,730 54.58%1288,66639.29%-10.64% McKean 1,05346.18% 1,190 52.19%372,28031.50%-6.01% Mercer 6,53056.99% 4,739 41.36%19011,45933.91%15.63% Miflin 1,20148.29% 1,242 49.94%442,48732.93%-1.65% Monroe 8,16953.27% 7,042 45.92%12315,33431.37%7.35% Montgomery 75,62859.00% 52,132 40.67%421128,18149.31%18.33% Montour 84647.85% 890 50.34%321,76837.84%-2.49% Northampton 18,10451.18% 16,940 47.89%32835,37237.27%3.29% Northumberland 3,58248.92% 3,632 49.60%1087,32233.78%-0.68% Perry 1,32942.60% 1,752 56.15%393,12043.59%-13.56% Philadelphia 218,95962.59% 129,353 36.98%1,493349,80543.50%25.62% Pike 2,00951.22% 1,894 48.29%193,92229.70%2.93% Potter 40240.94% 560 57.03%2098233.83%-16.09% Schuylkill 6,53451.30% 6,040 47.42%16412,73837.61%3.88% Snyder 1,12550.40% 1,081 48.43%262,23241.42%1.97% Somerset 3,11448.18% 3,206 49.61%1436,46335.95%-1.42% Sullivan 31250.16% 296 47.59%1462240.65%2.57% Susquehanna 1,68050.42% 1,610 48.32%423,33241.41%2.10% Tioga 1,05543.20% 1,354 55.45%332,44234.07%-12.24% Union 1,62650.50% 1,579 49.04%153,22046.09%1.46% Venango 2,02048.08% 2,087 49.68%944,20137.90%-1.59% Warren 1,83651.66% 1,665 46.85%533,55433.49%4.81% Washington 15,87257.43% 11,262 40.75%50527,63941.38%16.68% Wayne 1,85947.44% 2,026 51.70%343,91939.12%-4.26% Westmoreland 25,00954.31% 20,286 44.05%75446,04939.24%10.26% Wyoming 1,12348.21%1,168 50.42%332,39845.72%-2.21% York 18,45950.72% 17,544 48.21%39036,39336.74%2.51%Total 935,10755.61%731,881 43.53% 14,4391,681,42741.39%12.09% Analysis Clinton won a large victory over runner-up Bernie Sanders in Pennsylvania, replicating her 2008 performance against Barack Obama in Pennsylvania. According to exit polls, Clinton won the white vote 51–47 (68% of the electorate), won the African American vote 70–30 (19% of the electorate), and won among women 60-39 (she lost men 50–49 to Sanders). While Sanders won among younger voters 63–37, Clinton won voters over the age of 45 66–33. Clinton swept all income and educational attainment levels except for whites without college degrees, whom Sanders won 50–49. Clinton swept all political ideologies in the primary. She won Democrats 62-38 but lost self-identified Independents to Sanders 72–26. Clinton also won among unions 56–43, a very important demographic in a big manufacturing state like Pennsylvania. Clinton won large victories in all of Pennsylvania's major cities: she won in Philadelphia 63–37, the affluent Philadelphia suburbs 58–42, and also carried the cities of Pittsburgh and Erie. She won in Northeastern Pennsylvania 51–48, and in Western Pennsylvania 54–45. Sanders, for his part, did better in the rural parts of the state, winning rural voters 50–48 and carrying Central Pennsylvania 50–49.http://www.cnn.com/election/primaries/polls/pa/Dem 2016 Election Center CNN 2016-10-16 Sanders swept many of the more remote and conservative counties of the state, including parts of Amish country such as Lancaster County. Of her victory in Pennsylvania, New York Times analyst Alan Rappeport commented, "Lots of Philadelphia history and imagery coming from Clinton now. It's almost as if she has her convention speech ready."https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/pennsylvania Pennsylvania Primary Election Results 2016 The New York Times 2016-10-16 References 30em Pennsylvania Democratic primary 2016