Missouri Democratic primary, 2016

Missouri Democratic primary, 2016

March 15, 2016

Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders Home state New York Vermont Delegate count 36 35 Popular vote 310,600 309,073 Percentage 49.61% 49.37%

Election results by county.   Hillary Clinton   Bernie Sanders

The 2016 Missouri Democratic primary took place on March 15 in the U.S. state of Missouri as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

On the same day, the Democratic Party held primaries in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina and Ohio, while the Republican Party held primaries in the same five states, including their own Missouri primary, plus the Northern Mariana Islands.

Opinion polling

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
Primary results	March 15, 2016	Hillary Clinton 49.6%	Bernie Sanders 49.4%	Other 1.0%
Public Policy Polling[1] Margin of error: ± 3.4% Sample size: 839	March 11–12, 2016	Bernie Sanders 47%	Hillary Clinton 46%		Others / Undecided 7%
RABA Research[2] Margin of error: ± 4% Sample size: 670	March 8–10, 2016	Hillary Clinton 44%	Bernie Sanders 40%		Others / Undecided 16%
Fort Hayes State University[3] Margin of error: ± 8% Sample size: 145	March 3–10, 2016	Hillary Clinton 47%	Bernie Sanders 40%		Others / Undecided 13%
Public Policy Polling[4] Margin of error: 5.2% Sample size: 352	August 7–9, 2015	Hillary Clinton 53%	Bernie Sanders 25%	Martin O'Malley 5%	Jim Webb 5%, Lincoln Chafee 1%, Not sure 12%

Results

Missouri Democratic primary, March 15, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Hillary Clinton	310,600	49.61%	36	11	47
Bernie Sanders	309,073	49.37%	35		35
Henry Hewes	3,697	0.59%
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)	437	0.07%
Jon Adams	428	0.07%
Rocky De La Fuente	340	0.05%
Willie Wilson	305	0.05%
Keith Russell Judd	284	0.05%
John Wolfe, Jr.	215	0.04%
Uncommitted	3,697	0.59%		2	2
Total	626,060	100%	71	13	84
Source: The Green Papers

State of Missouri Democratic primary, March 15, 2016
	District	Delegates	Votes Clinton	Votes Sanders	Votes Qualified	Clinton delegates	Sanders delegates
	1	10	85656	59567	145223	6	4
	2	6	46785	49661	96446	3	3
	3	5	28983	35664	64647	2	3
	4	5	26178	33428	59606	2	3
	5	7	51696	45974	97670	4	3
	6	5	28786	32129	60915	2	3
	7	4	21574	31389	52963	2	2
	8	5	20944	21259	42203	2	3
	Total	47	310,602	309,071	619,673	23	24
	PLEO	9	310,602	309,071	619,673	5	4
	At Large	15	310,602	309,071	619,673	8	7
	Gr. Total	71	310,602	309,071	619,673	36	35
	Total vote	626,075	49.61%	49.37%
Source: Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander statewide results and Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander District results

Clinton went into election night in Missouri down to Senator Sanders in the polls. Throughout the evening Sanders maintained a lead over Clinton. However St. Louis County home of St. Louis and Jackson County home of Kansas City came in late and it was just enough to push Clinton over the finish line. Senator Sanders refused to request a recount citing concerns over wasting taxpayer dollars.

References

1. "Midwestern States a Toss Up Tuesday" (PDF).
2. "Missouri Poll Results". RABA Research. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
3. "Missouri Poll Results". Fort Hayes State University. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
4. "Trump Up Big in Missouri; GOP Hopefuls Lead Clinton in State" (PDF). Public Policy Polling. Retrieved 2015-08-12.