California Democratic primary, 2016 facts for kids
The 2016 California Democratic primary was held on June 7 in the U.S. state of California. The primary was nonpartisan, meaning the candidates were not divided based on their political party. Hillary Clinton won the primary with 53.07% of the popular vote.
Other primaries/caucuses occurred on the same day. Those states included Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North and South Dakota.
Polls
In 2015, Hillary Clinton dominated the polls. It slowly become a close call between Clinton and Bernie Sanders. The most recent poll before the primary, which was conducted by Fox News from April 18-21, 2016, says that Clinton has 48% of the vote compared to 46% for Sanders. The sample size was 623 people with a 4% margin of error.
Results
| California Democratic primary, June 7, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Hillary Clinton | 2,745,302 | 53.07% | 254 | 66 | 320 |
| Bernie Sanders | 2,381,722 | 46.04% | 221 | 0 | 221 |
| Willie Wilson | 12,014 | 0.23% | |||
| Michael Steinberg | 10,880 | 0.21% | |||
| Rocky De La Fuente | 8,453 | 0.16% | |||
| Henry Hewes | 7,743 | 0.15% | |||
| Keith Russell Judd | 7,201 | 0.14% | |||
| write-in | 23 | 0.00% | |||
| Uncommitted | N/A | 10 | 10 | ||
| Total | 5,173,338 | 100% | 475 | 76 | 551 |
| Source: The Green Papers | |||||
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