2016 Delaware Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 Delaware Democratic presidential primary Delaware presidential 2008 Delaware Democratic presidential primary 2008 2020 Delaware Democratic presidential primary 2020 CT MD 2016 04 26 File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg 160x160px Hillary Clinton d4aa00 New York 55,954Delaware Department of Elections - Official Primary Results 59.75% 12 File:Bernie Sanders September 2015 cropped.jpg Bernie Sanders 228B22 Vermont 36,662 39.15% 9 110px County results 110px State House district results Clinton: #faec63 40-50% #eccc4b 50-60% #cdac39 60-70% The 2016 Delaware Democratic presidential primary were held on April 26 in the U.S. state of Delaware as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The Democratic Party's primaries in Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island were held the same day, as were Republican primaries in the same five states. 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.cnn.com/election/primaries/states/de/Dem 2016 Election Center Clinton % Sanders % Kent 7,33858.8% 4,980 39.9% New Castle 38,58059.5% 25,738 39.7% Sussex 10,03261.4% 5,941 36.4%Total 55,954 59.8% 36,662 39.2% Analysis With a coalition of African Americans and college-educated, affluent Caucasian progressive/liberal professionals, Delaware was a state Hillary Clinton was expected to win in the so-called "Acela Primaries" on April 26. Clinton swept all three counties in the state and the largest cities of Wilmington and Dover, winning the primary by 19 points. This marked a clear difference from 2008, when she had lost Delaware to Barack Obama. References 30em Delaware Democratic primary 2016