Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries

This article will show the current results of the **2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries**. The Democratic Party presidential primary is a process of choosing delegates, or people that represent someone, to go to the 2016 Democratic National Convention. People in each state will vote on who they think will be good for the presidency, and each candidate gets a certain amount of delegates based on the number of votes they receive.
The primaries began on 1 February 2016 in Iowa. The remaining candidates are former first lady and secretary of state and senator Hillary Clinton and senator Bernie Sanders.

On June 6, 2016, the Associated Press reported that senator Hillary Clinton has gotten enough delegates to become the presumptive Democratic nominee. However, their count includes some superdelegates. Since superdelegates can vote however they want at the Democratic convention, their votes could change at any time before then, so it is possible (but only remotely possible) that Clinton will not get the nomination. Bernie Sanders endorsed Clinton on 12 July 2016.

## Main candidates

- Hillary Clinton – 67th United States Secretary of State (2009 to 2013), First Lady of the United States (1993 to 2001) and New York senator (2001 to 2009).
- Bernie Sanders – Vermont senator (2007 to present) and representative (1991 to 2007).

### Dropped out during primaries

- Martin O'Malley – Maryland governor (2007 to 2015) and Baltimore mayor (1999 to 2007).

### Dropped out before primaries

- Jim Webb – Virginia senator (2007 to 2013) and Secretary of the Navy (1987 to 1988).
- Lincoln Chafee – Rhode Island governor (2011 to 2015), senator (1999 to 2007) and Warwick mayor (1993 to 1999)
- Lawrence Lessig – professor

## Results

All delegate total are approximate.
|colspan="2" width="230"|Candidates|width="150"|Hillary Clinton|width="150"|Bernie Sanders|width="150"|Martin O'Malley|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|**2,219**|align="center"|1,832|align="center"|0|||
|align="center"|**581**|align="center"|49|align="center"|1|||
|align="center"|**2,800**|align="center"|1,881|align="center"|1|||
|align="center"|**34**|align="center"|23|align="center"|0|||
|align="center" width="80"|Feb 1|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**49.9%** <small>**(23 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|49.6% <small>(21 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|0.6% <small>(0 delegates)</small>|||
|align="center" width="80"|Feb 9|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|38.0% <small>(9 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**60.4%** <small>**(15 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80"|Feb 20|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**52.6%** <small>**(20 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|47.3% <small>(15 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80"|Feb 27|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**73.5%** <small>**(39 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|26.0% <small>(14 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=12|Mar 1|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**77.8%** <small>**(44 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|19.2% <small>(9 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**68.4%** <small>**(4 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|25.7% <small>(2 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**66.3%** <small>**(22 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|29.7% <small>(10 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|40.4% <small>(28 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**59.0%** <small>**(38 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**71.3%** <small>**(74 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|28.2% <small>(28 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**50.1%** <small>**(46 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|48.7% <small>(45 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|38.3% <small>(31 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**61.7%** <small>**(46 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|41.5% <small>(17 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**51.9%** <small>**(21 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**66.1%** <small>**(44 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|32.4% <small>(23 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**65.2%** <small>**(147 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|33.2% <small>(75 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|13.6% <small>(0 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**86.1%** <small>**(16 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**64.3%** <small>**(62 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|35.2% <small>(33 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=3|Mar 5|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|32.3% <small>(9 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**67.7%** <small>**(24 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**71.1%** <small>**(37 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|23.2% <small>(14 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|42.9% <small>(10 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**57.2%** <small>**(15 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=1|Mar 6|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|35.5% <small>(9 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**64.2%** <small>**(16 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=1|Mar 1–8|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|30.9% <small>(4 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**68.9%** <small>**(9 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=2|Mar 8|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|48.2% <small>(63 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**49.8%** <small>**(67 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**82.6%** <small>**(32 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|16.5% <small>(4 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=1|Mar 12|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**54.0%** <small>**(4 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|34.4% <small>(2 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=5|Mar 15|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**64.4%** <small>**(142 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|33.3% <small>(72 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**50.5%** <small>**(80 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|48.7% <small>(76 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**49.6%** <small>**(36 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|49.4% <small>(35 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**54.6%** <small>**(60 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|40.8% <small>(47 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**56.5%** <small>**(81 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|42.7% <small>(62 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=3|Mar 22|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**57.6%** <small>**(44 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|<abbr title="To be determined">TBD</abbr> <small>(30 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|21.2% <small>(5 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**78.0%** <small>**(17 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|20.3% <small>(6 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**79.3%** <small>**(27 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=3|Mar 26|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|18.4% <small>(3 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**81.6%** <small>**(13 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|30.0% <small>(8 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**69.8%** <small>**(17 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|27.1% <small>(21 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**72.7%** <small>**(68 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=1|Apr 5|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|43.1% <small>(38 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**56.6%** <small>**(48 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=1|Apr 9|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|44.3% <small>**(7 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**55.7%** <small>**(7 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=1|Apr 19|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**58.0%** <small>**(139 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|42.0% <small>(108 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=5|Apr 26|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**51.7%** <small>**(27 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|46.5% <small>(24 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**59.8%** <small>**(12 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|39.2% <small>(9 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**63.0%** <small>**(53 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|33.3% <small>(24 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**55.6%** <small>**(91 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|43.6% <small>(59 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|43.3% <small>(11 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**55.0%** <small>**(13 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=1|May 3|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|47.5% <small>(39 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**52.5%** <small>**(44 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=1|May 7|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**59.5%** <small>**(4 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|40.5% <small>(3 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=1|May 10|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|36.1% <small>(9 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**51.3%** <small>**(14 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=2|May 17|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**46.8%** <small>**(28 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|46.3% <small>(27 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|45.7% <small>(24 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**54.3%** <small>**(28 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=1|Jun 4|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**84.2%** <small>**(7 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|12.2% <small>(0 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=1|Jun 5|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**59.4%** <small>**(36 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|37.5% <small>(24 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=6|Jun 7|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**55.8%** <small>**(269 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|43.2% <small>(206 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|44.6% <small>(9 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**51.0%** <small>**(10 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**63.3%** <small>**(64 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|36.7% <small>(41 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**51.5%** <small>**(17 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|48.5% <small>(14 delegates)</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=|25.6% <small>(5 delegates)</small>|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**64.2%** <small>**(13 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**51.0%** <small>**(10 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|49.0% <small>**(10 delegates)**</small>|||||
|align="center" width="80" rowspan=1|Jun 14|||||||
|align="center" bgcolor=#B0CEFF|**78.7%** <small>**(16 delegates)**</small>|align="center" bgcolor=|21.1% <small>(4 delegates)</small>|||||
- <small> The delegate count that is under the popular vote percentage is estimated. If you add all the delegates listed, you may get a result that is a little bit off from the total at the top of the table. It also only shows pledged delegates, and not super delegates.</small>

## Related pages

- Results of the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
- **country**: United States
- **type**: presidential
- **previous election**: Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2012
- **previous year**: 2012
- **next election**: Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2020
- **next year**: _2020_
- **election date**: February 1 – June 14, 2016
- **votes for election**: 4,765 delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Democratic National Convention
- **needed votes**: 2,383 delegates
- **party name**: no
- **image1**: Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
- **image1 size**: x150px
- **candidate1**: Hillary Clinton
- **home state1**: **New York**
- **states carried1**: **33**
- **image2**: Bernie Sanders September 2015 cropped.jpg
- **image2 size**: x150px
- **candidate2**: Bernie Sanders
- **home state2**: Vermont
- **states carried2**: 23
- **map image**: Democratic Party presidential primaries results, 2016.svg
- **map size**: 300px
- **map caption**: **First place (popular vote or delegate count)**
<div style="font-size:110%;">  </div>
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- **title**: Nominee
- **before election**: Mitt Romney
- **posttitle**: Nominee
- **after election**: TBD