2016 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 June 2017 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary North Carolina presidential no 2008 North Carolina Democratic primary 2008 2020 North Carolina Democratic primary 2020 March 15, 2016 MO OH File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg 160x160px Hillary Clinton d4aa00 New York 622,915 54.50% 60 File:Bernie Sanders September 2015 cropped.jpg Bernie Sanders 228B22 Vermont 467,018 40.86% 47 2016 North Carolina Democratic Presidential Primary by county.svg 325px Results by countyClinton: #faec63 40-50% #eccc4b 50-60% #cdac39 60-70% #a8862b 70-80%Sanders: #a6f398 40-50% #71bc62 50-60% #458933 60-70% The 2016 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on March 15 in the U.S. state of North Carolina as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. On the same day, the Democratic Party held primaries in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, and Ohio, while the Republican Party held primaries in the same five states, including their own North Carolina primary, plus the Northern Mariana Islands. Clinton easily won the primary, though Sanders did outperform polls. Clinton had the in-state backing of Rep. G.K. Butterfield, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, as well as Reps. Alma Adams and David Price.Gass Nick Hillary Clinton wins North Carolina Democratic primary https://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/hillary-clinton-wins-north-carolina-democratic-primary-2016-220810 2021-01-23 POLITICO March 15, 2016 en Sanders, meanwhile, did not have any endorsements from members of Congress representing the state. Clinton won 80% of African Americans. 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/nc/Dem 2016 Election Center CNN June 4, 2018 Clinton Votes Sanders Votes Alamance 53.7% 7,374 41.3% 5,755 Alexander 45.8% 1,148 44.8% 1,123 Alleghany 44.2% 563 44.8% 571 Anson 66.1% 2,307 26.2% 914 Ashe 46.4% 1,219 45.9% 1,205 Avery 41.4% 326 53.9% 425 Beaufort 55.6% 2,934 34.9% 1,840 Bertie 69.5% 2,065 25.4% 756 Bladen 59.6% 3,442 26.4% 1,524 Brunswick 60.1% 7,192 35.5% 4,252 Buncombe 35.4% 17,604 62.1% 30,913 Burke 46.1% 3,511 45.4% 3,460 Cabarrus 51.7% 8,096 44.3% 6,931 Caldwell 47.0% 2,156 45.9% 2,108 Camden 54.2% 468 34.5% 298 Carteret 48.5% 2,946 44.4% 2,694 Caswell 59.8% 1,701 31.1% 885 Catawba 51.2% 5,310 44.0% 4,561 Chatham 55.0% 7,406 40.9% 5,510 Cherokee 43.9% 1,024 43.7% 1,021 Chowan 61.8% 974 29.8% 470 Clay 52.8% 487 38.5% 355 Cleveland 55.9% 4,880 35.6% 3,104 Columbus 56.3% 3,628 31.1% 2,002 Craven 58.1% 5,187 35.7% 3,184 Cumberland 63.9% 22,744 31.0% 11,052 Currituck 47.8% 780 43.5% 710 Dare 42.5% 2,003 48.9% 2,307 Davidson 50.3% 4,489 43.5% 3,878 Davie 54.0% 1,377 40.4% 1,031 Duplin 61.2% 3,036 29.2% 1,450 Durham 57.5% 35,845 41.0% 25,584 Edgecombe 70.8% 6,411 22.7% 2,058 Forsyth 58.0% 24,446 39.8% 16,779 Franklin 59.4% 4,951 34.3% 2,858 Gaston 54.1% 7,697 40.3% 5,738 Gates 61.7% 749 29.3% 356 Graham 44.3% 321 40.7% 295 Granville 58.8% 4,693 34.0% 2,715 Greene 58.7% 1,643 29.4% 822 Guilford 56.0% 37,880 41.7% 28,204 Halifax 66.7% 6,224 24.8% 2,313 Harnett 55.1% 4,655 36.8% 3,111 Haywood 44.5% 3,748 46.0% 3,873 Henderson 47.0% 4,811 50.1% 5,129 Hertford 67.5% 2,926 22.2% 961 Hoke 59.7% 3,528 31.1% 1,837 Hyde 48.0% 459 40.5% 388 Iredell 50.9% 5,888 43.2% 4,998 Jackson 38.1% 2,022 57.0% 3,021 Johnston 52.1% 7,992 40.5% 6,223 Jones 58.0% 910 32.0% 501 Lee 54.6% 3,224 38.1% 2,248 Lenoir 64.1% 4,731 26.4% 1,947 Lincoln 51.3% 2,812 41.8% 2,291 Macon 47.9% 1,548 44.2% 1,428 Madison 34.5% 1,201 58.7% 2,044 Martin 61.8% 2,469 27.4% 1,097 McDowell 40.9% 1,353 49.0% 1,622 Mecklenburg 60.3% 71,265 38.3% 45,224 Mitchell 40.4% 314 57.9% 450 Montgomery 54.9% 1,366 35.5% 885 Moore 58.8% 4,679 37.0% 2,948 Nash 65.8% 8,554 28.2% 3,664 New Hanover 48.4% 12,240 48.6% 12,276 Northampton 68.4% 3,195 22.9% 1,067 Onslow 54.2% 4,560 38.2% 3,213 Orange 48.4% 17,546 49.9% 18,096 Pamlico 53.0% 922 38.9% 676 Pasquotank 65.2% 2,471 29.8% 1,128 Pender 56.4% 2,880 36.8% 1,880 Perquimans 51.4% 711 34.8% 481 Person 51.0% 2,954 37.1% 2,150 Pitt 57.0% 11,856 36.3% 7,548 Polk 47.7% 1,099 48.7% 1,123 Randolph 46.6% 2,969 45.8% 2,914 Richmond 57.1% 2,941 31.0% 1,595 Robeson 51.0% 8,457 31.4% 5,206 Rockingham 54.4% 4,464 36.5% 3,000 Rowan 52.7% 5,031 41.6% 3,969 Rutherford 46.0% 2,382 44.5% 2,306 Sampson 65.7% 3,790 26.9% 1,554 Scotland 63.0% 2,671 26.9% 1,142 Stanly 49.1% 2,153 41.4% 1,813 Stokes 47.8% 1,433 44.0% 1,319 Surry 47.5% 2,380 44.0% 2,204 Swain 41.0% 666 51.2% 831 Transylvania 45.8% 1,794 49.9% 1,954 Tyrrell 49.3% 266 36.5% 197 Union 55.8% 7,630 40.6% 5,547 Vance 64.0% 4,561 28.0% 1,999 Wake 53.4% 77,927 44.8% 65,380 Warren 70.0% 2,827 24.5% 988 Washington 62.1% 1,374 27.0% 597 Watauga 29.6% 2,514 68.5% 5,811 Wayne 62.5% 7,546 29.5% 3,564 Wilkes 50.4% 2,107 42.6% 1,783 Wilson 64.2% 6,408 29.4% 2,935 Yadkin 48.0% 832 45.2% 783 Yancey 40.5% 1,134 49.5% 1,386 Total 54.6% 616,383 40.8% 460,316 Analysis After North Carolina had sealed the deal on Clinton's dying 2008 presidential effort eight years prior by handing a double-digit win to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton managed a commanding 13-percentage-point-victory in North Carolina over Bernie Sanders in 2016. Clinton won both men 48-47, and women 59-37; she won both married and unmarried women voters in the state. While Sanders won 59–40 with younger voters, and 52-43 with white voters, Clinton won 64–30 with older voters and 80-19 with African American voters. Clinton swept all educational attainment levels and all income levels except those who made between $50k and $100k per year. Clinton won Democrats 65-34, but lost Independents 58-34 to Sanders. Clinton won among liberals, moderates, and conservatives in the Old North State. Clinton won in urban, Suburban, and rural areas of the state. She won Raleigh-Durham 55-42, the Charlotte area 60-39, Piedmont and central North Carolina 60-31, and Eastern North Carolina 58-34. Sanders performed strongly in Western North Carolina, which is whiter, conservative, more rural and considered to be part of Appalachia, winning 52–44. Outside of the western part of the state, Sanders won only three counties: New Hanover, home to Wilmington; the state's eighth most populated city, Dare, and Orange, the latter of which is home to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. References 30em North Carolina Democratic primary 2016