2016 California Democratic primary
Primary results by county. Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
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, said that Clinton had 48% of the vote compared to 46% for Sanders. The sample size was 623 people with a 4% margin of error.[ 1] [ 2]
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
—
10
10
Total
5,173,338
100%
475
76
551
Source: The Green Papers
By county
Yellow is a victory for Clinton, while green is a victory for Sanders.
County [ 3]
Clinton
Votes
Sanders
Votes
Alameda 51.5%
164,889
48.0%
153,955
Alpine 44.8%
113
54.4%
137
Amador 50.4%
2,516
47.8%
2,386
Butte 37.0%
11,766
62.0%
19,739
Calaveras 49.5%
2,971
48.5%
2,914
Colusa 49.3%
835
47.8%
809
Contra Costa 56.7%
103,333
42.7%
77,862
Del Norte 40.4%
1,119
57.6%
1,598
El Dorado 49.1%
12,492
49.6%
12,620
Fresno 56.0%
45,436
42.7%
34,663
Glenn 46.8%
911
51.5%
1,003
Humboldt 28.7%
8,135
70.4%
19,928
Imperial 65.0%
9,843
33.7%
5,111
Inyo 42.5%
1,001
55.7%
1,313
Kern 54.1%
28,806
43.9%
23,374
Kings 57.8%
4,150
39.9%
2,869
Lake 42.7%
3,988
55.7%
5,195
Lassen 42.6%
812
53.7%
1,023
Los Angeles 54.4%
780,013
44.6%
639,886
Madera 53.1%
5,808
44.4%
4,852
Marin 56.4%
43,283
43.3%
33,214
Mariposa 44.1%
1,102
54.2%
1,355
Mendocino 32.8%
6,048
66.5%
12,259
Merced 53.0%
10,839
45.3%
9,273
Modoc 42.3%
281
52.5%
349
Mono 43.3%
799
56.2%
1,038
Monterey 52.8%
29,730
46.3%
26,073
Napa 53.4%
13,583
45.9%
11,682
Nevada 36.9%
8,175
62.4%
13,827
Orange 51.9%
171,593
47.3%
156,235
Placer 54.1%
25,249
44.8%
20,916
Plumas 44.1%
1,211
53.7%
1,475
Riverside 56.1%
112,526
42.8%
85,918
Sacramento 54.6%
109,898
44.4%
89,428
San Benito 54.3%
4,112
44.6%
3,380
San Bernardino 54.6%
96,076
44.2%
77,706
San Diego 51.6%
215,655
47.7%
199,716
San Francisco 53.6%
116,359
45.9%
99,594
San Joaquin 56.5%
38,212
42.2%
28,523
San Luis Obispo 46.7%
21,637
52.6%
24,379
San Mateo 58.7%
79,756
40.8%
55,367
Santa Barbara 46.9%
31,927
52.4%
35,717
Santa Clara 57.5%
159,480
41.9%
116,193
Santa Cruz 40.5%
29,520
59.0%
42,940
Shasta 45.4%
7,809
52.4%
9,026
Sierra 42.5%
224
56.4%
297
Siskiyou 38.0%
2,466
60.0%
3,894
Solano 55.3%
34,231
43.8%
27,122
Sonoma 47.3%
55,595
52.0%
61,167
Stanislaus 51.2%
24,359
47.1%
22,384
Sutter 52.7%
4,023
45.4%
3,463
Tehama 45.9%
2,372
51.4%
2,655
Trinity 35.1%
672
63.3%
1,211
Tulare 54.4%
13,472
43.7%
10,834
Tuolumne 48.2%
3,433
50.5%
3,592
Ventura 51.2%
60,615
47.9%
56,751
Yolo 48.2%
17,655
51.3%
18,761
Yuba 45.1%
2,388
52.4%
2,771
Total 53.1% 2,745,302 46.0%
2,381,722
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