# 2016 Utah Democratic presidential caucuses

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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.
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

| 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 Margin of error: ± 7% Sample size: 250 | March 8–15, 2016 | Bernie Sanders 52% | Hillary Clinton 44% | | |
| Dan Jones & Associates Margin of error: ± ? Sample size: 625 | February 10–15, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 51% | Bernie Sanders 44% | | |
| SurveyUSA Margin of error: ± 7.2% Sample size: 188 | January 6–13, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 50% | Bernie Sanders 40% | | Other/Undecided 10% |
| Dan Jones & Associates 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 Margin of error: ? Sample size: ? | September 8–17, 2015 | Bernie Sanders 31% | Hillary Clinton 30% | Joe Biden 20% | Other/Undecided 19% |
| Dan Jones & Associates Margin of error: ± ? Sample size: ? | July 14–21, 2015 | Hillary Clinton 50% | Bernie Sanders 30% | Joe Biden 12% | Other/Undecided 8% |
| Dan Jones & Associates Margin of error: ± ? Sample size: ? | March 3–5, 2015 | Hillary Clinton 56% | Elizabeth Warren 25% | Joe Biden 4% | Other/Undecided 15% |

## Results

Utah Democratic caucuses, March 22, 2016 :
| Candidate | Popular vote | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates |
| Candidate | 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 |
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## 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. Turnout in the Utah caucus was unusually high, with some caucus sites needing to print extra ballots after running out multiple times. 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.