Louisiana Democratic primary, 2016

Louisiana Democratic primary, 2016

March 5, 2016

Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders Home state New York Vermont Delegate count 37 14 Popular vote 221,613 72,242 Percentage 71.12% 23.18%

Election results by parish.   Hillary Clinton   Bernie Sanders

The 2016 Louisiana Democratic primary took place on March 5 in the U.S. state of Louisiana as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

On the same day, Democratic primaries were held in Kansas and in Nebraska, while the Republican Party held primaries in four states, including their own Louisiana primary.

Opinion polling

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
Primary results	March 5, 2016	Hillary Clinton 71.1%	Bernie Sanders 23.2%	Uncommitted 5.7%
Magellan Strategies[1] Margin of error: ± 3.3% Sample size: 865	March 1, 2016	Hillary Clinton 61%	Bernie Sanders 14%		Others / Undecided 25%
Public Policy Polling[2] Margin of error: ± 4.4 Sample size: 500	February 14–16, 2016	Hillary Clinton 60%	Bernie Sanders 29%
WWL-TV-Clarus[3] Margin of error: ? Sample size: ?	September 20–23, 2015	Hillary Clinton 57%	Joe Biden 22%	Bernie Sanders 7%	Martin O'Malley 2%, Jim Webb 1%, Lincoln Chafee 0%

Results

Louisiana Democratic primary, March 5, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Hillary Clinton	221,613	71.12%	37	7	44
Bernie Sanders	72,242	23.18%	14	0	14
Steve Burke	4,782	1.53%
John Wolfe, Jr.	4,507	1.45%
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)	2,546	0.82%
Willie Wilson	1,421	0.46%
Keith Russell Judd	1,356	0.44%
Rocky De La Fuente	1,338	0.43%
Michael A. Steinberg	995	0.32%
Henry Hewes	807	0.26%
Uncommitted	N/A		0	1	1
Total	311,607	100%	51	8	59
Source: The Green Papers

References

1. "LOUISIANA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY SURVEY TOPLINE RESULTS" (PDF).
2. "Subject: Clinton leads in 10 of 12 Early March Primaries; Benefits From Overwhelming Black Support" (PDF).
3. "WWL-TV/Advocate poll: Carson the favorite of state's Republicans". Retrieved 2015-10-16.