Mississippi Democratic primary, 2016

Mississippi Democratic primary, 2016

March 8, 2016

Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders Home state New York Vermont Delegate count 32 4 Popular vote 182,448 36,349 Percentage 82.64% 16.46%

Election results by county.   Hillary Clinton   Bernie Sanders

The 2016 Mississippi Democratic primary took place on March 8 in the U.S. state of Mississippi 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 Michigan, while the Republican Party held primaries in four states, including their own Mississippi primary.

Opinion polling

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	Other
Primary results	March 8, 2016	Hillary Clinton 82.6%	Bernie Sanders 16.5%	Other 0.9%
Magellan Strategies[1] Margin of error: ±4.5% Sample size: 471	February 29, 2016	Hillary Clinton 65%	Bernie Sanders 11%	Others / Undecided 24%
Public Policy Polling[2] Margin of error: ± 4.3 Sample size: 514	February 14–16, 2016	Hillary Clinton 60%	Bernie Sanders 26%

Results

Mississippi Democratic primary, March 8, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Hillary Clinton	182,448	82.64%	32	3	35
Bernie Sanders	36,349	16.46%	4	1	5
Willie Wilson	871	0.39%
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)	648	0.29%
Rocky De La Fuente	466	0.21%
Uncommitted	N/A		0	1	1
Total	220,782	100%	36	5	41
Source: The Green Papers

References

1. "MISSISSIPPI 2016 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY SURVEY TOPLINES" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-02.
2. "Subject: Clinton leads in 10 of 12 Early March Primaries; Benefits From Overwhelming Black Support" (PDF).