Minnesota Democratic caucuses, 2016

Minnesota Democratic caucuses, 2016

March 1, 2016

Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton Home state Vermont New York Delegate count 46 31 Popular vote 126,229 78,381 Percentage 61.69% 38.31%

Election results by county.   Bernie Sanders   Hillary Clinton

The 2016 Minnesota Democratic caucuses took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Minnesota as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

On the same day, dubbed "Super Tuesday," Democratic primaries were held in ten other states plus American Samoa, while the Republican Party held primaries in eleven states including their own Minnesota caucuses.

Opinion polling

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
Caucus results	March 1, 2016	Bernie Sanders 61.6%	Hillary Clinton 38.4%
Star Tribune/Mason-Dixon[1] Margin of error: ± 5.7% Sample size: 800	January 18–20, 2016	Hillary Clinton 59%	Bernie Sanders 25%	Martin O'Malley 1%	Undecided 15%
Public Policy Polling[2] Margin of error: ± 4.9% Sample size: 426	July 30 – August 2, 2015	Hillary Clinton 50%	Bernie Sanders 32%	Martin O'Malley 4%	Lincoln Chafee 3%, Jim Webb 2%, Not sure 10%
Suffolk University[3] Margin of error: ± ? Sample size: 100	April 24–28, 2014	Hillary Clinton 63%	Elizabeth Warren 15%	Joe Biden 4%	Cory Booker 3%, Deval Patrick 2%, Mark Warner 2%, Andrew Cuomo 1%, Undecided 10%
Public Policy Polling[4] Margin of error: ± 5.1% Sample size: 373	January 18–20, 2013	Hillary Clinton 59%	Joe Biden 14%	Amy Klobuchar 11%	Elizabeth Warren 4%, Andrew Cuomo 3%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Deval Patrick 0%, Brian Schweitzer 1%, Mark Warner 0%, Someone Else/Undecided 10%
		Amy Klobuchar 43%	Andrew Cuomo 14%	Elizabeth Warren 10%	Martin O'Malley 1%, Deval Patrick 1%, Brian Schweitzer 0%, Mark Warner 0%, Someone Else/Undecided 30%

Results

Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 69

Minnesota Democratic caucuses, March 1, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Bernie Sanders	126,229	61.69%	46	1	47
Hillary Clinton	78,381	38.31%	31	13	44
Uncommitted	N/A		0	2	2
Total	204,610	100%	77	16	93
Source: The Green Papers

References

1. "Minnesota Poll Results: Presidential race". Star Tribune. January 23, 2016.
2. "Walker, Clinton Lead in Minnesota; General Closer than 2008 and 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-04.
3. "Suffolk Marginals" (PDF). suffolk.edu. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
4. "PPP MN" (PDF). publicpolicypolling.com. Retrieved 2015-07-09.