2016 Utah Democratic presidential caucuses

The 2016 Utah Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 22 in the U.S. state of Utah as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

2016 Utah Democratic presidential caucuses
March 22, 2016 (2016-03-22)
 
Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton
Home state Vermont New York
Delegate count 27 6
Popular vote 62,992 16,166
Percentage 79.21% 20.33%
Election results by county.
  Bernie Sanders
Elections in Utah

On the same day, the Democratic Party held another caucus in Idaho and a primary in Arizona, while the Republican Party held primaries in two states, including their own Utah caucuses, plus in American Samoa.

Opinion polling
See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Poll source Date 1st 2nd 3rd Other
Caucus results March 24, 2016 Bernie Sanders
79.21%		 Hillary Clinton
20.33%		 Other
0.46%
Dan Jones & Associates[1]

Margin of error: ± 7%
Sample size: 250

 March 8–15, 2016 Bernie Sanders
52%		 Hillary Clinton
44%
Dan Jones & Associates[2]

Margin of error: ± ?
Sample size: 625

 February 10–15, 2016 Hillary Clinton
51%		 Bernie Sanders
44%
SurveyUSA[3]

Margin of error: ± 7.2%
Sample size: 188

 January 6–13, 2016 Hillary Clinton
50%		 Bernie Sanders
40%		 Other/Undecided 10%
Dan Jones & Associates[4]

Margin of error: ± 3.9%
Sample size: 624

 November 5–14, 2015 Hillary Clinton
54%		 Bernie Sanders
34%		 Martin O'Malley 3% Don't Know 5%
Dan Jones & Associates[5]

Margin of error: ?
Sample size: ?

 September 8–17, 2015 Bernie Sanders
31%		 Hillary Clinton
30%		 Joe Biden
20%		 Other/Undecided 19%
Dan Jones & Associates[6]

Margin of error: ± ?
Sample size: ?

 July 14–21, 2015 Hillary Clinton
50%		 Bernie Sanders
30%		 Joe Biden
12%		 Other/Undecided 8%
Dan Jones & Associates[7]

Margin of error: ± ?
Sample size: ?

 March 3–5, 2015 Hillary Clinton
56%		 Elizabeth Warren
25%		 Joe Biden
4%		 Other/Undecided 15%

Results
Utah delegation participates in the roll call vote at the 2016 Democratic National Convention
See also: Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Utah Democratic caucuses, March 22, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Bernie Sanders 62,992 79.21% 27 2 29
Hillary Clinton 16,166 20.33% 6 2 8
Others 34 0.04%
Uncommitted 334 0.42% 0 0 0
Total 79,526 100% 33 4 37
Source: Utah Democratic Party

Analysis

Sanders defeated Clinton by a landslide margin in Utah's caucus, winning almost 80 percent of the vote to Clinton's 20 percent. Sanders had held several rallies in Utah and spent $300,000 on TV advertising ahead of the state's caucuses, as well as those in Idaho and Arizona that were held on the same day. Though Clinton had been endorsed by some of the most prominent Democrats in Utah, such as then-Mayor of Salt Lake County Ben McAdams, she did not compete in the state as much as Sanders did.[8] Turnout in the Utah caucus was unusually high, with some caucus sites needing to print extra ballots after running out multiple times.[9][10] Sanders' victory in Utah was seen as part of a trend in which he tended to do better in whiter states and in those that held caucuses rather than primaries.[9]

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References
  1. Lisa Riley Roche. "Cruz, Sanders top picks in Tuesday's Utah caucuses, poll says". ksl.com.
  2. Lisa Riley Roche. "Cruz, Sanders are Utahns' pick for president; Trump announces Utah organization". desertnews.com.
  3. Lee Davidson. "Poll: 4-way tie among GOP presidential candidates in Utah". sltrib.com.
  4. Bryan Schott. "Poll Shows Sanders Leads the Democratic Field Overall in Utah; Utah Democrats Back Clinton". utahpolicy.com.
  5. "Carson, Sanders Top Picks Among Utahns for 2016". Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  6. "Utahns Still Mostly Undecided on Presidential Field; Bush and Clinton in the Lead". Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  7. Schott, Bryan. "Bush, Clinton are Frontrunners for 2016 Nomination Among Utahns". Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  8. "'Feeling the Bern': Utah Dems give Sanders near 80 percent of their votes against Clinton". Salt Lake Tribune. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  9. Martin, Jonathan (2016-03-22). "Clinton and Trump Win Arizona; Cruz Picks Up Utah; Sanders Takes 2". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  10. Park, Benjamin E. (2016-03-25). "Why Utah Felt the Bern: Mormonism's Forgotten Progressive Past". Retrieved 2019-09-20.
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