# 2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses

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The 2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Colorado as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
On the same day, dubbed "Super Tuesday," Democratic primaries were held in ten other states plus American Samoa, while the Republican Party held primaries in eleven states including their own Colorado caucuses.
Youth and Latino caucus-goers delivered a win for Bernie Sanders.

## Opinion polling

| Poll source | Date | 1st | 2nd | Other |
| Caucus results | March 1, 2016 | Bernie Sanders 59.44% | Hillary Clinton 39.85% | Other 0.71% |
| Washington Free Beacon/TPC Research Margin of error: ± 3% Sample size: 1144 | February 16–17, 2016 | Bernie Sanders 49% | Hillary Clinton 43% | Undecided 9% |
| Quinnipiac University Margin of error: ± 4.9% Sample size: 404 | November 11–15, 2015 | Hillary Clinton 55% | Bernie Sanders 27% | Martin O'Malley 2% Undecided 15% |
| Suffolk University Margin of error: ± ? Sample size: 159 | September 13–16, 2014 | Hillary Clinton 59% | Elizabeth Warren 21% | Joe Biden 8% Andrew Cuomo 4% Martin O’Malley 0% Undecided 6% Other 2% Refused 1% |

## Results
### Results of the precinct caucus

Caucus date: March 1, 2016
e • d 2016 Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in Colorado – Summary of results – :
| Candidate | Popular vote | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates |
| Candidate | Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total |
| Bernie Sanders | 72,846 | 58.98% | 41 | 0 | 41 |
| Hillary Clinton | 49,789 | 40.31% | 25 | 9 | 34 |
| Uncommitted | 822 | 0.67% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Others | 51 | 0.04% | | | |
| Total | 123,508 | 100% | 66 | 12 | 78 |
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### Results of the county assemblies

Timeframe for the county assemblies: March 2–26, 2016
Colorado Democratic county assemblies, March 2–26, 2016 :
| Candidate | State + District delegates | State + District delegates | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates |
| Candidate | Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total |
| Bernie Sanders | 372 | 61.39% | | | |
| Hillary Clinton | 234 | 38.61% | | | |
| Uncommitted | | | | | |
| Total | 606 | 100% | | | |

### Results of the congressional district conventions

Detailed results for the congressional district conventions, April 1–15, 2016
| District | Delegates available | Delegates won | Delegates won |
| District | Delegates available | Sanders | Clinton |
| 1st district | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 2nd district | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 3rd district | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 4th district | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 5th district | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 6th district | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 7th district | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Total | 43 | 26 | 17 |

### Results of the state convention

State convention date: April 16, 2016
Colorado Democratic State Convention, April 16, 2016 :
| Candidate | State convention delegates | State convention delegates | National delegates won | National delegates won | National delegates won |
| Candidate | Count | Percentage | At-large | PLEO | Total |
| Bernie Sanders | 1,900 | 62.3% | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Hillary Clinton | 1,150 | 37.7% | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Total | 3,050 | 100.0% | 14 | 9 | 23 |

## Analysis

As Barack Obama had similarly done eight years earlier in the state, Bernie Sanders won a convincing 19-point victory in the Colorado caucus, relying on turnout from young adult voters in a majority white electorate. He ran up big margins in the capital city of Denver and in Denver County at large, as well as in Colorado Springs in El Paso County and Fort Collins in Larimer County. Sanders also performed very strongly in the western parts of the state along the Rocky Mountains, in regions such as the Colorado Mineral belt and Northwestern Colorado which are rural and sparsely populated. Clinton won in the city of Pueblo in Pueblo County.
Sanders gained more delegates over Clinton with a large turnout from supporters at the conventions in April.