Michigan Democratic primary, 2016

Michigan Democratic primary, 2016

March 8, 2016

Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton Home state Vermont New York Delegate count 67 63 Popular vote 598,943 581,775 Percentage 49.68% 48.26%

Election results by county.   Bernie Sanders   Hillary Clinton

The 2016 Michigan Democratic primary took place on March 8 in the U.S. state of Michigan as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

On the same day, the Democratic Party held a second primary in Mississippi, while the Republican Party held primaries in four states, including their own Michigan primary.

Forums and debates

March 2016 debate in Flint

On March 6, 2016 the Democratic Party held a seventh presidential debate at the The Whiting at the Flint Cultural Center. Flint, Michigan was chosen as the epicenter of the ongoing Flint water crisis.^[1] The debate was hosted by Anderson Cooper and aired on CNN. Participants were Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. At the end of the debate, Cooper announced a labor union fund had committed $25 million in low-interest loans towards repairing the water system.

March 2016 forum in Detroit

Next day, on March 7, 2016, a Town Hall event, was held as the eighth democratic forum. It started at 6:00 p.m. E.S.T., at the Gem Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, and was aired by the Fox News Channel.^[2] The forum was moderated by Bret Baier.

Opinion polling

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
Primary results	March 8, 2016	Bernie Sanders 49.8%	Hillary Clinton 48.3%		Other 1.9%
FOX 2 Detroit/Mitchell[3] Margin of error: ± 4.5% Sample size: 482	March 7, 2016	Hillary Clinton 61%	Bernie Sanders 34%		Others / Undecided 5%
FOX 2 Detroit/Mitchell[4] Margin of error: ± 4.5% Sample size: 475	March 6, 2016	Hillary Clinton 66%	Bernie Sanders 29%		Others / Undecided 5%
Monmouth[5] Margin of error: ± 5.6% Sample size: 302	March 3–6, 2016	Hillary Clinton 55%	Bernie Sanders 42%		Others / Undecided 4%
ARG[6] Margin of error: ± 5.0% Sample size: 400	March 4–5, 2016	Hillary Clinton 60%	Bernie Sanders 36%		Others / Undecided 4%
CBS News/YouGov[6] Margin of error: ± 7.7% Sample size: 597	March 2–4, 2016	Hillary Clinton 55%	Bernie Sanders 44%		Others / Undecided 1%
Mitchell/FOX 2[7] Margin of error: ± 4.0% Sample size: 610	March 2–3, 2016	Hillary Clinton 55%	Bernie Sanders 37%		Others / Undecided 8%
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl[8] Margin of error: ± 4.2% Sample size: 546	March 1–3, 2016	Hillary Clinton 57%	Bernie Sanders 40%		Others / Undecided 3%
MSU[9] Margin of error: ± 6.1% Sample size: 262	January 25-March 3, 2016	Hillary Clinton 52%	Bernie Sanders 47%		Others / Undecided 1%
FOX 2 Detroit/Mitchell[10] Margin of error: ± 4.7% Sample size: 427	March 1, 2016	Hillary Clinton 61%	Bernie Sanders 33%		Others / Undecided 6%
MRG[11] Margin of error: ± 4.0% Sample size: 218	February 22–27, 2016	Hillary Clinton 56%	Bernie Sanders 36%		Others / Undecided 8%
FOX 2 Detroit/Mitchell[12] Margin of error: ± 5.3% Sample size: 344	February 23, 2016	Hillary Clinton 65%	Bernie Sanders 31%		Others / Undecided 4%
ARG[13] Margin of error: ± 5% Sample size: 400	February 19–20, 2016	Hillary Clinton 53%	Bernie Sanders 40%		Others / Undecided 7%
Fox 2 Detroit/Mitchell[14] Margin of error: ± 4.69% Sample size: 430	February 15, 2016	Hillary Clinton 60%	Bernie Sanders 27%		Others / Undecided 13%
Public Policy Polling[15] Margin of error: ± 4.4 Sample size: 500	February 14–16, 2016	Hillary Clinton 50%	Bernie Sanders 40%
Fox 2 Detroit/Mitchell[16] Margin of error: ± 5.5% Sample size: 321	February 4, 2016	Hillary Clinton 57%	Bernie Sanders 28%		Others / Undecided 15%
IMP/Target Insyght [16] Margin of error: ± 5.0% Sample size: 400	February 2–4, 2016	Hillary Clinton 62%	Bernie Sanders 30%		Others / Undecided 8%
Marketing Resource Group[17] Margin of error: ± 4% Sample size: 600	September 9–14, 2015	Hillary Clinton 41%	Bernie Sanders 22%	Joe Biden 22%	Martin O'Malley 1%, Undecided 12%
Public Policy Polling[18] Margin of error: ± 4.7% Sample size: 431	June 25–28, 2015	Hillary Clinton 57%	Bernie Sanders 25%	Lincoln Chafee 5%	Jim Webb 2%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Not sure 10%
Suffolk Margin of error: ± ? Sample size: 212	September 6–10, 2014	Hillary Clinton 61%	Joe Biden 17%	Elizabeth Warren 7%	Andrew Cuomo 4%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Undecided 9%, Refused 1%

Results

Michigan Democratic primary, March 8, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Bernie Sanders	598,943	49.68%	67	0	67
Hillary Clinton	581,775	48.26%	63	10	73
Uncommitted	21,601	1.79%	0	7	7
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)	2,363	0.20%
Rocky De La Fuente	870	0.07%
Total	1,205,552	100%	130	17	147
Source: The Green Papers

Michigan Democratic primary, March 8, 2016
	District	Delegates	Votes Clinton	Votes Sanders	Votes Qualified	Clinton delegates	Sanders delegates
	1	6	28,860	44,359	73,219	2	4
	2	5	26,090	39,834	65,924	2	3
	3	5	28,441	45,282	73,723	2	3
	4	5	24,928	35,597	60,525	2	3
	5	7	48,622	42,755	91,377	4	3
	6	5	28,265	39,157	67,422	2	3
	7	5	29,186	36,019	65,205	2	3
	8	5	35,205	46,969	82,174	2	3
	9	6	48,570	50,903	99,473	3	3
	10	5	28,314	33,710	62,024	2	3
	11	6	39,732	45,054	84,786	3	3
	12	7	50,157	58,892	109,049	3	4
	13	9	71,235	37,028	108,263	6	3
	14	9	88,494	42,608	131,102	6	3
	Total	85	581,775	598,943	1,180,718	41	44
	PLEO	17	581,775	598,943	1,180,718	8	9
	At Large	28	581,775	598,943	1,180,718	14	14
	Gr. Total	130	581,775	598,943	1,180,718	63	67
	Total vote	1,205,552	48.26%	49.68%
Source: Michigan Department of State Election results (District 13 and 14 (Wayne County) partial

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