Virginia Democratic primary, 2016

Virginia Democratic primary, 2016

March 1, 2016

Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders Home state New York Vermont Delegate count 62 33 Popular vote 503,356 275,509 Percentage 64.29% 35.19%

Election results by county.   Hillary Clinton   Bernie Sanders

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

Opinion polling

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	Other
Primary results	March 1, 2016	Hillary Clinton 64.3%	Bernie Sanders 35.2%	Other 0.5%
SurveyMonkey[1] Margin of error: ? Sample size: 908	February 22–29, 2016	Hillary Clinton 57%	Bernie Sanders 36%	Others / Undecided 7%
YouGov/CBS News[2] Margin of error: 9.2% Sample size: 471	February 22–26, 2016	Hillary Clinton 59%	Bernie Sanders 39%	Others / Undecided 2%
Monmouth[3] Margin of error: ± 5.6% Sample size: 302	February 22–24, 2016	Hillary Clinton 60%	Bernie Sanders 33%	Others / Undecided 7%
Roanoke College[4] Margin of error: ± 4.8% Sample size: 415	February 16–24, 2016	Hillary Clinton 50%	Bernie Sanders 33%	Others / Undecided 17%
Public Policy Polling[5] Margin of error: ± 4.4 Sample size: 500	February 14–16, 2016	Hillary Clinton 56%	Bernie Sanders 34%
Christopher Newport University[6] Margin of error: ± 4.3% Sample size: 735	February 3–14, 2016	Hillary Clinton 52%	Bernie Sanders 40%	Others / Undecided 8%

Polls in 2015 

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
University of Mary Washington[7] Registered voters: Margin of error: ± 3.9% Sample size: 357 Likely voters: Margin of error: ± 4.3% Sample size: 276	November 4–9, 2015	Hillary Clinton 58% (RV) 63% (LV)	Bernie Sanders 32% (RV) 27% (LV)	Martin O'Malley 4% (RV) 5% (LV)	Don't know/None/Refused/Wouldn't vote in that primary 7% (RV) 5% (LV)
Christopher Newport University[8] Margin of error: ± 5.1% Sample size: 407	September 29 –October 8, 2015	Hillary Clinton 40%	Bernie Sanders 23%	Joe Biden 23%	Jim Webb 5%, Martin O'Malley 2%, Lincoln Chafee <1%, Someone Else 1%, Undecided/Don't Know/Refused 5%
Public Policy Polling[9] Margin of error: ± 4.9% Sample size: 409	July 13–15, 2015	Hillary Clinton 64%	Bernie Sanders 14%	Jim Webb 8%	Lincoln Chafee 5%, Martin O'Malley 2%, Not sure 7%
Christopher Newport University[10] Margin of error: ± ? Sample size: ?	April 13–24, 2015	Hillary Clinton 80%	Jim Webb 6%	Joe Biden 5%	Bernie Sanders 2%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Lincoln Chafee<1%, Someone else 2%, Undecided 3%
Christopher Newport University Margin of error: ± ? Sample size: ?	January 30 – February 10, 2015	Hillary Clinton 65%	Jim Webb 10%	Joe Biden 8%	Elizabeth Warren 8%, Deval Patrick 2%, Bernie Sanders 2%, Andrew Cuomo 1%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Someone else 1%, Undecided 2%

Polls in 2014 

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
Christopher Newport University Margin of error: ± 5% Sample size: 391	February 23–28, 2014	Hillary Clinton 66%	Joe Biden 19%	Elizabeth Warren 7%	Undecided 9%

Polls in 2013 

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
University of Mary Washington Margin of error: ±? Sample size: ?	September 25–29, 2013	Hillary Clinton 34%	Mark Warner 16%	Joe Biden 9%	Elizabeth Warren 3%, Andrew Cuomo 2%, Martin O'Malley 1%, None 12%, Don't know 17%
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±5.2% Sample size: 357	July 11–14, 2013	Hillary Clinton 51%	Joe Biden 14%	Mark Warner 11%	Elizabeth Warren 6%, Cory Booker 4%, Martin O'Malley 3%, Andrew Cuomo 2%, Brian Schweitzer 1%, Kirsten Gillibrand 0%, Someone else/Undecided 8%
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ± 4.8% Sample size: 421	May 24–26, 2013	Hillary Clinton 56%	Joe Biden 14%	Mark Warner 11%	Andrew Cuomo 3%, Elizabeth Warren 3%, Kirsten Gillibrand 1%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Deval Patrick 0%, Brian Schweitzer 0%, Someone else/Undecided 10%
University of Mary Washington Margin of error: ±? Sample size: ?	March 20–24, 2013	Hillary Clinton 38%	Mark Warner 18%	Joe Biden 10%	Andrew Cuomo 3%, Martin O'Malley 3%, Other 1%, None 12%, Don't know 12%

Results

Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 95

Virginia Democratic primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Hillary Clinton	503,356	64.29%	62	13	75
Bernie Sanders	275,509	35.19%	33	0	33
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)	4,026	0.51%
Uncommitted	N/A		0	1	1
Total	782,891	100%	95	14	109
Source: The Green Papers

References

1. "Trump’s Lead Looks Steady in Run-Up to Super Tuesday". Retrieved 2016-03-01.
2. "CBS News 2016 Battleground TrackerVirginia". Retrieved 2016-02-28.
3. "VIRGINIA: TRUMP, CLINTON LEAD PRIMARIES" (PDF).
4. "RC Poll: Clinton, Trump hold leads in Virginia primary elections; Cruz, Rubio in tight battle for second".
5. "Subject: Clinton leads in 10 of 12 Early March Primaries; Benefits From Overwhelming Black Support" (PDF).
6. "Trump leads GOP field, with Rubio and Cruz next; Clinton leads Sanders among Virginia Democrats" (PDF).
7. "VIRGINIA SURVEY 2015" (PDF). umw.edu. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
8. "Clinton top choice among Virginia Democrats, but Biden performs better against Republicans" (PDF). Cnu.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
9. "Bush leads GOP Field in Virginia Poll" (PDF). Public Policy Polling. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
10. "Bush tops Clinton in battleground Virginia; Republican 2016 field still largely wide open, while Democrats rally strongly around Clinton" (PDF). Cnu.edu. Retrieved 2015-07-11.