2016 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary

The 2016 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary were held on April 26 in the U.S. state of Rhode Island as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

2016 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary
April 26, 2016 (2016-04-26)
 
Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton
Home state Vermont New York
Delegate count 13 11
Popular vote 66,993[1] 52,749
Percentage 54.71% 43.08%
Election results by county.
  Bernie Sanders
Elections in Rhode Island

The Democratic Party's primaries in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania were held the same day, as were Republican primaries in the same five states, including their own Rhode Island primary.

Opinion polling
Poll source Date 1st 2nd Other
Certified Primary results April 26, 2016 Bernie Sanders
54.7%		 Hillary Clinton
43.1%		 Others / Uncommitted
2.2%
Public Policy Polling[2]

Margin of error: ± 3.8%
Sample size: 668

 April 22–24, 2016 Bernie Sanders
49%		 Hillary Clinton
45%		 Others / Undecided
6%
Brown University[3]

Margin of error: ± 4.0%
Sample size: 436

 April 19–21, 2016 Hillary Clinton
43%		 Bernie Sanders
34%		 Others / Undecided
23%
Brown University[4]

Margin of error: ± ?%
Sample size: 394

 February 22–23, 2016 Hillary Clinton
49%		 Bernie Sanders
40%		 Others / Undecided
11%
Brown University[4]

Margin of error: ± ?%
Sample size: 396

 February 17–20, 2016 Bernie Sanders
48%		 Hillary Clinton
41%		 Others / Undecided
11%

Results
Rhode Island Democratic primary, April 26, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Bernie Sanders 66,993 54.71% 13 0 13
Hillary Clinton 52,749 43.08% 11 9 20
Mark Stewart 236 0.19% 0 0 0
Rocky De La Fuente 145 0.12% 0 0 0
Write-in 673 0.55% 0 0 0
Uncommitted 1,662 1.36% 0 0 0
Total 122,458 100% 24 9 33
Source: The Green Papers, Rhode Island Board of Elections and
Rhode Island Democratic Party - Official Pledged Delegates Allocation

Results by county
County[5] Clinton Votes Sanders Votes
Bristol47.3%3,21051.6%3,507
Kent40.0%7,16258.1%10,404
Newport42.5%4,43356.4%5,891
Providence44.6%29,15853.6%35,019
Washington37.9%6,13660.8%9,858
Total43.1%52,74954.7%66,993

Analysis

With its socially liberal coalition of mostly white Irish Catholic/Portuguese Catholic/Italian Catholic voters, Rhode Island was seen as Bernie Sanders's best chance at victory in the so-called "Acela Primaries" on April 26. He pulled out a commanding, 11-point win in the Ocean State on election day. He carried all municipalities but four, winning in the major cities of Providence and Warwick.

Sanders' Rhode Island win limited Clinton's success in New England to slimmer victories in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

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References
  1. Rhode Island Board of Elections
  2. "Clinton, Sanders close in CT/PA/RI; Trump Headed for Big Wins" (PDF). Public Policy Polling. April 25, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  3. "Taubman Center poll: Clinton, Trump lead in Rhode Island, but many voters undecided". Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  4. "Statewide Presidential primary poll: Trump strong, Clinton rising". Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  5. http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/rhode-island
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