2016 California Democratic primary

The 2016 California Democratic primary was held on June 7 in the U.S. state of California. The primary was nonpartisan, meaning the candidates were not divided based on their political party. Hillary Clinton won the primary with 53.07% of the popular vote.

Other primaries/caucuses occurred on the same day. Those states included Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North and South Dakota.

 Polls 

In 2015, Hillary Clinton dominated the polls. It slowly become a close call between Clinton and Bernie Sanders. The most recent poll before the primary, which was conducted by Fox News from April 18-21, 2016, said that Clinton had 48% of the vote compared to 46% for Sanders. The sample size was 623 people with a 4% margin of error.

 Results 

 California Democratic primary, June 7, 2016 Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total Hillary Clinton 2,745,302  53.07% 25466 320 Bernie Sanders 2,381,722 46.04% 221 0 221 Willie Wilson 12,014 0.23%   Michael Steinberg10,880 0.21%   Rocky De La Fuente 8,453 0.16%   Henry Hewes 7,743 0.15%   Keith Russell Judd7,201 0.14%   write-in23 0.00%   Uncommitted colspan="2"   10 10 Total 5,173,338 100% 475 76 551 Source: The Green Papers

 By county 

Yellow is a victory for Clinton, while green is a victory for Sanders.

 County http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-primary/26-presidential-formatted.pdf Clinton Votes Sanders Votes	Alameda	        51.5%      164,889 48.0% 153,955	Alpine            44.8%          113 54.4% 137	Amador            50.4%	 2,516 47.8% 2,386	Butte	        37.0%	11,766 62.0% 19,739	Calaveras	49.5%	 2,971 48.5% 2,914	Colusa	        49.3%	   835 47.8% 809	Contra Costa56.7%      103,333 42.7% 77,862	Del Norte      40.4%	 1,119 57.6% 1,598	El Dorado      49.1%	12,492 49.6% 12,620	Fresno	        56.0%	45,436 42.7% 34,663	Glenn	        46.8%	   911 51.5% 1,003	Humboldt        28.7%	 8,135 70.4% 19,928	Imperial        65.0%	9,843	 33.7% 5,111	Inyo	        42.5%       1,001	 55.7% 1,313	Kern                54.1%      28,806	 43.9% 23,374	Kings	        57.8%	4,150	 39.9% 2,869	Lake	        42.7%	3,988	 55.7% 5,195	Lassen            42.6%	  812	 53.7% 1,023	Los Angeles	54.4%     780,013	 44.6% 639,886	Madera	        53.1%       5,808	 44.4% 4,852	Marin	        56.4%      43,283	 43.3% 33,214	Mariposa        44.1%	1,102	 54.2% 1,355	Mendocino	32.8%	6,048	 66.5% 12,259	Merced            53.0%      10,839  45.3% 9,273	Modoc	        42.3%	  281	 52.5% 349	Mono        	43.3%	  799	 56.2% 1,038	Monterey        52.8%      29,730	 46.3% 26,073	Napa	        53.4%      13,583	 45.9% 11,682	Nevada            36.9%	8,175	 62.4% 13,827	Orange	        51.9%     171,593	 47.3% 156,235	Placer	        54.1%      25,249	 44.8% 20,916	Plumas	        44.1%	1,211	 53.7% 1,475	Riverside      56.1%     112,526	 42.8% 85,918	Sacramento    54.6%     109,898	 44.4% 89,428	San Benito    54.3%	4,112	 44.6% 3,380	San Bernardino54.6%  96,076  44.2% 77,706	San Diego      51.6%     215,655	 47.7% 199,716	San Francisco     53.6%    116,359  45.9% 99,594	San Joaquin	56.5%      38,212	 42.2% 28,523	San Luis Obispo46.7%21,637	 52.6% 24,379	San Mateo      58.7%      79,756	 40.8% 55,367	Santa Barbara46.9%    31,927	 52.4% 35,717	Santa Clara	57.5%     159,480	 41.9% 116,193	Santa Cruz	40.5%      29,520	 59.0% 42,940	Shasta	        45.4%       7,809	 52.4% 9,026	Sierra            42.5%	  224  56.4% 297	Siskiyou        38.0%	2,466	 60.0% 3,894	Solano 	        55.3%      34,231  43.8% 27,122	Sonoma	        47.3%      55,595	 52.0% 61,167	Stanislaus    51.2%      24,359	 47.1% 22,384	Sutter	        52.7%	4,023	 45.4% 3,463	Tehama	        45.9%       2,372	 51.4% 2,655	Trinity	        35.1%         672	 63.3% 1,211	Tulare	        54.4%      13,472	 43.7% 10,834	Tuolumne        48.2%	3,433	 50.5% 3,592	Ventura	        51.2%      60,615  47.9% 56,751	Yolo	        48.2%      17,655	 51.3% 18,761	Yuba	        45.1%	2,388	 52.4% 2,771Total                                      53.1%         2,745,302   46.0%         2,381,722

 References 

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