Texas Democratic primary, 2016

Texas Democratic primary, 2016

March 1, 2016

Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders Home state New York Vermont Delegate count 147 75 Popular vote 935,425 475,561 Percentage 65.22% 33.16%

Election results by county.   Hillary Clinton   Bernie Sanders   Tie

The 2016 Texas Democratic primary took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Texas 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 Texas primary.

Opinion polling

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
Primary results	March 1, 2016	Hillary Clinton 65.2%	Bernie Sanders 33.2%		Other 1.6%
Emerson[1] Margin of error: ± 5.9% Sample size: 275	February 26–28, 2016	Hillary Clinton 68%	Bernie Sanders 26%		Others / Undecided 6%
American Research Group[2] Margin of error: ± 5.0% Sample size: 400	February 26–28, 2016	Hillary Clinton 58%	Bernie Sanders 38%		Others / Undecided 4%
YouGov/CBS News[3] Margin of error: ± 6.9% Sample size: 750	February 22–26, 2016	Hillary Clinton 61%	Bernie Sanders 37%		Others / Undecided 2%
Monmouth[4] Margin of error: ± 5.6 Sample size: 304	February 22–24, 2016	Hillary Clinton 64%	Bernie Sanders 30%		Others / Undecided 6%
Emerson College[5] Margin of error: ± 5.4 Sample size: 328	February 21–23, 2016	Hillary Clinton 56%	Bernie Sanders 40%		Others / Undecided 4%
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl[6] Margin of error: ± 4.9 Sample size: 405	February 18–23, 2016	Hillary Clinton 59%	Bernie Sanders 38%		Others / Undecided 3%
KTVT-CBS 11[7] Margin of error: ± 3.8 Sample size: 675	February 22, 2016	Hillary Clinton 61%	Bernie Sanders 29%		Others / Undecided 10%
TEGNA/SurveyUSA[8] Margin of error: ± 4.1 Sample size: 569	February 21–22, 2016	Hillary Clinton 61%	Bernie Sanders 32%		Others / Undecided 7%
Austin American-Statesman[9] Margin of error: ± 5.0 Sample size: 411	February 19–22, 2016	Hillary Clinton 66%	Bernie Sanders 26%		Others / Undecided 8%
UT/TT[10] Margin of error: ±4.57 Sample Size: ? Dem Voters	February 12–19, 2016	Hillary Clinton 57%	Bernie Sanders 40%	Rocky de la Fuente 2%	Martin O'Malley 1% Willie Wilson 1%
Public Policy Polling[11] Margin of error: ± 4.3 Sample size: 514	February 14–16, 2016	Hillary Clinton 57%	Bernie Sanders 34%

Polls in 2015 

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
University of Texas/Texas Tribune[12] Margin of error ± 4.57% Sample Size: 459	October 30 – November 8, 2015	Hillary Clinton 61%	Bernie Sanders 30%	Martin O'Malley 1%	Lawrence Lessig 0% No Opinion 7%
CBS-DFW[13] Margin of error: ± 3.09% Sample size: 1008	October 23–24, 2015	Hillary Clinton 59%	Bernie Sanders 10%	Martin O'Malley 3%	Undecided 28%
Texas Lyceum[14] Margin of error: ± 7.15% Sample size: 185	September 8–21, 2015	Hillary Clinton 36%	Bernie Sanders 24%	Joe Biden 15%	Jim Webb 1%, Martin O'Malley 0%, Lincoln Chafee 0% Undecided 23%
UoT/Texas Tribune[15] Margin of error: ± 4.58% Sample size: 457	June 5–14, 2015	Hillary Clinton 53%	Bernie Sanders 15%	Joe Biden 8%	Elizabeth Warren 8%, Andrew Cuomo 1%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Jim Webb 1%, Lincoln Chafee 1% Undecided 12%
UoT/Texas Tribune[16] Margin of error: ± 4.89% Sample size: 401	February 6–15, 2015	Hillary Clinton 62%	Elizabeth Warren 12%	Joe Biden 6%	Bernie Sanders 5%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Jim Webb 1%, Undecided 14%

Polls in 2014 

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
UoT/Texas Tribune Margin of error: ± 4.73% Sample size: 429	October 10–19, 2014	Hillary Clinton 60%	Elizabeth Warren 13%	Joe Biden 10%	Andrew Cuomo 2%, Brian Schweitzer 1%, Jim Webb 1%, Martin O'Malley 0%, Undecided 13%
UoT/Texas Tribune Margin of error: ± 4.75% Sample size: 426	May 30 – June 8, 2014	Hillary Clinton 64%	Elizabeth Warren 15%	Joe Biden 8%	Andrew Cuomo 2%, Brian Schweitzer 1%, Martin O'Malley 0%, Undecided 10%

Polls in 2013 

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
UoT/Texas Tribune Margin of error: ± 4.82% Sample size: 414	October 18–29, 2013	Hillary Clinton 67%	Joe Biden 7%	Elizabeth Warren 5%	Andrew Cuomo 1%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Brian Schweitzer 1%, Mark Warner 1%, Kirsten Gillibrand 0%, Don't Know 17%
UoT/Texas Tribune Margin of error: ± 5.89% Sample size: 376	May 31 – June 9, 2013	Hillary Clinton 66%	Joe Biden 11%	Andrew Cuomo 1%	Kirsten Gillibrand 1%, Mark Warner 1%, Martin O'Malley 0%, Brian Schweitzer 0%, Don't Know 19%

Results

Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 75

Texas Democratic primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Hillary Clinton	935,425	65.22%	147	19	166
Bernie Sanders	475,561	33.16%	75	0	75
Rocky De La Fuente	8,425	0.59%
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)	5,337	0.37%
Willie Wilson	3,251	0.23%
Keith Russell Judd	2,505	0.17%
Calvis L. Hawes	2,016	0.14%
Star Locke	1,733	0.12%
Uncommitted	N/A		0	10	10
Total	1,434,253	100%	222	29	251
Source: The Green Papers

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