Pennsylvania Democratic primary, 2016

Pennsylvania Democratic primary, 2016
Pennsylvania
April 26, 2016 (2016-04-26)

 
Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders
Home state New York Vermont
Delegate count 106 83
Popular vote 935,107 731,881
Percentage 55.61% 43.53%

Election results by county.
  Hillary Clinton
  Bernie Sanders

The 2016 Pennsylvania Democratic primary was held on April 26 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

The Democratic Party's primaries in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland and Rhode Island were held the same day, as were Republican primaries in the same five states, including their own Pennsylvania primary. Despite winning the Pennsylvania primary, Clinton went on to lose the state in the general election. The victory in Pennsylvania, together with other states in the so-called Blue Wall, won Trump the presidency.

Opinion polling

Poll source Date 1st 2nd 3rd Other
Official Primary results April 26, 2016 Hillary Clinton
55.6%
Bernie Sanders
43.5%
Other
0.9%
FOX 29/Opinion Savvy[1]

Margin of error: ± 3.2%
Sample size: 942

April 24, 2016 Hillary Clinton
52%
Bernie Sanders
41%
Others / Undecided
7%
CPEC LLC[2]

Margin of error: ± 2.3%
Sample size: 665

April 22–24, 2016 Hillary Clinton
63%
Bernie Sanders
37%
Public Policy Polling[3]

Margin of error: ± 3.6%
Sample size: 728

April 22–24, 2016 Hillary Clinton
51%
Bernie Sanders
41%
Others / Undecided
9%
American Research Group[4]

Margin of error: ± 5.0%
Sample size: 400

April 21-24, 2016 Hillary Clinton
58%
Bernie Sanders
38%
Others / Undecided
4%
Harper Polling[5]

Margin of error: ± 3.9%
Sample size: 641

April 21-23, 2016 Hillary Clinton
61%
Bernie Sanders
33%
Others / Undecided
6%
CBS/YouGov[6]

Margin of error: ± 6.7%
Sample size: 831

April 20-22, 2016 Hillary Clinton
51%
Bernie Sanders
43%
Others / Undecided
6%
NBC/WSJ/Marist[7]

Margin of error: ± 1.9%
Sample size: 734

April 18-20, 2016 Hillary Clinton
55%
Bernie Sanders
40%
Others / Undecided
5%
Monmouth[8]

Margin of error: ± 5.6%
Sample size: 302

April 17-19, 2016 Hillary Clinton
52%
Bernie Sanders
39%
Others / Undecided
9%
Franklin & Marshall College[9]

Margin of error: ± 5.3%
Sample size: 510

April 11-18, 2016 Hillary Clinton
58%
Bernie Sanders
31%
Others / Undecided
11%
FOX News[10]

Margin of error: ± 3.5%
Sample size: 805

April 4-7, 2016 Hillary Clinton
49%
Bernie Sanders
38%
Others / Undecided
13%
Quinnipiac[11]

Margin of error: ± 4.3%
Sample size: 514

March 30-April 4, 2016 Hillary Clinton
50%
Bernie Sanders
44%
Others / Undecided
6%
Harper[12]

Margin of error: ± 4.0%
Sample size: 603

April 2-3, 2016 Hillary Clinton
55%
Bernie Sanders
33%
Others / Undecided
12%
Franklin & Marshall[13]

Margin of error: ± 4.7%
Sample size: 408

March 14-20, 2016 Hillary Clinton
53%
Bernie Sanders
28%
Others / Undecided
19%
Harper[14]

Margin of error: ± 5.3%
Sample size: 347

March 1-2, 2016 Hillary Clinton
57%
Bernie Sanders
27%
Others / Undecided
16%
Franklin & Marshall College[15]

Margin of error: ± 3.1%
Sample size: 486

February 13–21, 2016 Hillary Clinton
48%
Bernie Sanders
27%
Others / Undecided
25%
Robert Morris University[16]

Margin of error: ± 4.5%
Sample size: 511

February 11–16, 2016 Hillary Clinton
48%
Bernie Sanders
41%
Others / Undecided
11%
Harper[17]

Margin of error: ± 3.8%
Sample size: 640

January 22–23, 2016 Hillary Clinton
55%
Bernie Sanders
28%
Martin O'Malley
4%
Undecided 13%
Franklin & Marshall[18]

Margin of error: ± 3.6%
Sample size: 361

January 18–23, 2016 Hillary Clinton
46%
Bernie Sanders
29%
Martin O'Malley
2%
Other 7%, Undecided 16%

Results

Pennsylvania Democratic primary, April 26, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 935,107 55.61% 106 20 126
Bernie Sanders 731,881 43.53% 83 0 83
Rocky De La Fuente 14,439 0.86% 0 0 0
Total 1,681,427 100% 189 20 209
Source: The Green Papers, Pennsylvania State Elections Official Results

Results by county

County[22] Clinton % Sanders % Others Totals Turnout Margin
Adams 3,86348.08% 4,101 51.04% 71 8,035 41.15% -2.96%
Allegheny 123,71555.08% 99,078 44.11% 1,819 224,612 43.18% 10.97%
Armstrong 2,99248.30% 3,073 49.60% 130 6,195 39.00% -1.31%
Beavers 13,53156.92% 9,873 41.53% 369 23,773 40.41% 15.39%
Bedford 1,38848.91% 1,387 48.87% 63 2,838 29.56% 0.04%
Berks 21,06348.35% 22,078 50.68% 422 43,563 37.68% -2.33%
Blair 3,96546.87% 4,360 51.54% 135 23,988 35.27% -4.67%
Bradford 1,80948.88% 1,839 49.69% 53 3,701 35.49% -0.81%
Bucks 46,91755.90% 36,173 43.10% 837 83,927 43.88% 12.80%
Butler 8,79052.10% 7,833 46.43% 249 16,872 40.98% 5.67%
Cambria 8,50747.16% 9,024 50.02% 509 18,040 39.64% -2.87%
Cameron 18641.89% 240 54.05% 18 444 36.33% -12.16%
Carbon 3,38448.73% 3,460 49.82% 101 6,945 38.13% -1.09%
Centre 8,45844.72% 10,331 54.63% 123 18,912 41.15% -9.90%
Chester 33,08255.62% 26,193 44.04% 204 59,479 46.05% 11.58%
Clarion 1,52949.34% 1,511 48.76% 59 3,099 38.37% 0.58%
Clearfield 3,19447.30% 3,414 50.56% 145 6,753 32.18% -3.26%
Clinton 1,70448.63% 1,739 49.63% 61 3,504 39.02% -1.00%
Columbia 2,50440.48% 3,601 58.21% 81 6,186 39.59% -17.73%
Crawaford 3,70748.69% 3,789 49.76% 118 7,614 39.39% -1.08%
Cumberland 12,42151.54% 11,513 47.77% 168 24,102 45.45% 3.77%
Dauphin 18,47456.82% 13,787 42.41% 250 32,511 36.26% 14.42%
Delaware 46,25259.73% 30,824 39.80% 363 77,439 43.45% 19.92%
Elk 1,60145.50% 1,846 52.46% 72 3,519 36.47% -6.96%
Erie 20,39552.17% 18,362 46.97% 338 39,095 40.76% 5.20%
Fayette 9,19557.69% 6,460 40.53% 285 15,940 32.70% 17.16%
Forest 25152.07% 221 45.85% 10 482 37.28% 6.22%
Franklin 4,70751.69% 4,282 47.02% 118 9,107 37.27% 4.67%
Fulton 36648.87% 365 48.73% 18 749 28.81% 0.13%
Greene 2,26852.55% 1,927 44.65% 121 4,316 34.27% 7.90%
Huntingdon 1,30443.28% 1,666 55.29% 43 3,013 33.11% -12.01%
Indiana 4,04950.34% 3,839 47.73% 156 8,044 40.04% 2.61%
Jefferson 1,24943.89% 1,507 52.95% 90 9,712 29.30% -9.07%
Juniata 66445.60% 754 51.79% 38 3,996 36.44% -6.18%
Lackawanna 23,02056.52% 17,308 42.49% 402 40,730 45.36% 14.02%
Lancaster 19,84047.97% 21,321 51.55% 197 41,358 40.14% -3.58%
Lawrence 5,84558.64% 3,981 39.94% 142 9,968 36.39% 18.70%
Lebanon 4,66949.88% 4,599 49.13% 93 9,361 35.78% 0.75%
Lehigh 20,43052.40% 18,338 47.03% 224 38,992 35.66% 5.37%
Luzerne 20,54251.94% 18,543 46.89% 462 39,547 37.49% 5.05%
Lycoming 3,80843.94% 4,730 54.58% 128 8,666 39.29% -10.64%
McKean 1,05346.18% 1,190 52.19% 37 2,280 31.50% -6.01%
Mercer 6,53056.99% 4,739 41.36% 190 11,459 33.91% 15.63%
Miflin 1,20148.29% 1,242 49.94% 44 2,487 32.93% -1.65%
Monroe 8,16953.27% 7,042 45.92% 123 15,334 31.37% 7.35%
Montgomery 75,62859.00% 52,132 40.67% 421 128,181 49.31% 18.33%
Montour 84647.85% 890 50.34% 32 1,768 37.84% -2.49%
Northampton 18,10451.18% 16,940 47.89% 328 35,372 37.27% 3.29%
Northumberland 3,58248.92% 3,632 49.60% 108 7,322 33.78% -0.68%
Perry 1,32942.60% 1,752 56.15% 39 3,120 43.59% -13.56%
Philadelphia 218,95962.59% 129,353 36.98% 1,493 349,805 43.50% 25.62%
Pike 2,00951.22% 1,894 48.29% 19 3,922 29.70% 2.93%
Potter 40240.94% 560 57.03% 20 982 33.83% -16.09%
Schuylkill 6,53451.30% 6,040 47.42% 164 12,738 37.61% 3.88%
Snyder 1,12550.40% 1,081 48.43% 26 2,232 41.42% 1.97%
Somerset 3,11448.18% 3,206 49.61% 143 6,463 35.95% -1.42%
Sullivan 31250.16% 296 47.59% 14 622 40.65% 2.57%
Susquehanna 1,68050.42% 1,610 48.32% 42 3,332 41.41% 2.10%
Tioga 1,05543.20% 1,354 55.45% 33 2,442 34.07% -12.24%
Union 1,62650.50% 1,579 49.04% 15 3,220 46.09% 1.46%
Venango 2,02048.08% 2,087 49.68% 94 4,201 37.90% -1.59%
Warren 1,83651.66% 1,665 46.85% 53 3,554 33.49% 4.81%
Washington 15,87257.43% 11,262 40.75% 505 27,639 41.38% 16.68%
Wayne 1,85947.44% 2,026 51.70% 34 3,919 39.12% -4.26%
Westmoreland 25,00954.31% 20,286 44.05% 754 46,049 39.24% 10.26%
Wyoming 1,12348.21%1,168 50.42% 33 2,398 45.72% -2.21%
York 18,45950.72% 17,544 48.21% 390 36,393 36.74% 2.51%
Total 935,10755.61%731,881 43.53% 14,439 1,681,427 41.39% 12.09%

Analysis

Clinton won a large victory over runner-up Bernie Sanders in Pennsylvania, replicating her 2008 performance against Barack Obama in the Keystone state. According to exit polls, Clinton won the white vote 51-47 (68% of the electorate), won the African American vote 70-30 (19% of the electorate), and won among women 60-39 (she lost men 50-49 to Sanders). While Sanders won among younger voters 63-37, Clinton won voters over the age of 45 66-33. Clinton swept all income and educational attainment levels except for whites without college degrees, whom Sanders won 50-49.

Clinton swept all political ideologies in the primary. She won Democrats 62-38 but lost self-identified Independents to Sanders 72-26.

Clinton also won among unions 56-43, a very important demographic in a big manufacturing state like Pennsylvania.

Clinton won large victories in all of Pennsylvania's major cities: she won in Philadelphia 63-37, the affluent Philadelphia suburbs 58-42, and also carried the cities of Pittsburgh and Erie. She won in Northeastern Pennsylvania 51-48, and in Western Pennsylvania 54-45. Sanders, for his part, did better in the rural parts of the state, winning rural voters 50-48 and carrying Central Pennsylvania 50-49.[23] Sanders swept many of the more remote and conservative counties of the state, including parts of Amish country such as Lancaster County.

Of her victory in the Keystone State, New York Times analyst Alan Rappeport commented, "Lots of Philadelphia history and imagery coming from Clinton now. It's almost as if she has her convention speech ready."[24]

References

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  2. "Pennsylvania Democratic Presidential Primary Poll" (PDF). CPEC LLC. April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  3. "Clinton, Sanders close in CT/PA/RI; Trump Headed for Big Wins" (PDF). Public Policy Polling. April 25, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
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