2016 Georgia Democratic presidential primary

March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01)
 
Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders
Home state New York Vermont
Delegate count 73 29
Popular vote 545,674 215,797
Percentage 71.30% 28.20%

Results by county
Clinton:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%      >90%
Sanders:      50-60%

The 2016 Georgia Democratic presidential primary took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Georgia as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The primary was an open one.[1]

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 Georgia primary.

Clinton won every county in the state except for Echols County. She easily won Georgia in the primary by a wide margin of victory 43.10%. In 2008, Clinton lost the Georgia primary to then-senator from Illinois Barack Obama.

Clinton's overwhelming win was attributed mostly to the African American vote, and her endorsement from Civil Rights icon Congressman John Lewis.[2]

Opinion polling

Poll source Date 1st 2nd Other
Primary results March 1, 2016 Hillary Clinton
71.3%
Bernie Sanders
28.2%
Other 0.5%
SurveyMonkey[3]

Margin of error: ± ?
Sample size: 961

February 22–29, 2016 Hillary Clinton
59%
Bernie Sanders
36%
Others / Undecided 5%
WSB-TV/Landmark[4]

Margin of error: ± 3.5
Sample size: 800

February 28, 2016 Hillary Clinton
70%
Bernie Sanders
23%
Others / Undecided 7%
WSB-TV/Landmark[5]

Margin of error: ± 3.5%
Sample size: 800

February 26, 2016 Hillary Clinton
68%
Bernie Sanders
22%
Others / Undecided
10%
YouGov/CBS News[6]

Margin of error: ± 8.6%
Sample size: 492

February 22–26, 2016 Hillary Clinton
63%
Bernie Sanders
35%
Others / Undecided 2%
WABE 90.1[7]

Margin of error: ± 4.1%
Sample size: 400

February 22–24, 2016 Hillary Clinton
62%
Bernie Sanders
29%
Others / Undecided 9%
TEGNA/SurveyUSA[8]

Margin of error: ± 4.2%
Sample size: 501

February 22–23, 2016 Hillary Clinton
66%
Bernie Sanders
27%
Others / Undecided 7%
FOX 5 Atlanta[9]

Margin of error: ± 4.4%
Sample size: 491

February 22–23, 2016 Hillary Clinton
57%
Bernie Sanders
29%
Others / Undecided 14%
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl[10]

Margin of error: ± 4.6%
Sample size: 461

February 18–23, 2016 Hillary Clinton
64%
Bernie Sanders
30%
Others / Undecided 6%
WSB-TV/Landmark[11]

Margin of error: ± 3.7%
Sample size: 700

February 21, 2016 Hillary Clinton
72%
Bernie Sanders
20%
Others / Undecided 8%
Public Policy Polling[12]

Margin of error: ± 4.4%
Sample size: 500

February 14–16, 2016 Hillary Clinton
60%
Bernie Sanders
26%
Landmark/RosettaStone

Margin of error: ± 4.0%
Sample size: 600

February 4, 2016 Hillary Clinton
63.3%
Bernie Sanders
21.5%
Undecided 15.2%
WXIA-TV/SurveyUSA[13]

Margin of error: ± 4.8%
Sample size: 2075

October 15–26, 2015 Hillary Clinton
73%
Bernie Sanders
16%
Martin O'Malley 4%
Undecided 5%
Opinion Savvy[14]

Margin of error: ± 4.8
Sample size: 413

Published September 3, 2015 Hillary Clinton
51%
Bernie Sanders
24%
Joe Biden 15%
Lincoln Chafee 5%
Martin O'Malley 0%
Jim Webb 0%
Someone else 1%
Undecided 5%

Results

Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 60

 2016 Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in Georgia
– Summary of results –
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 545,674 71.30% 73 11 84
Bernie Sanders 215,797 28.20% 29 0 29
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) 2,129 0.28%
Michael Steinberg 1,766 0.23%
Uncommitted 0 4 4
Total 765,366 100% 102 15 117
Source: The Green Papers
Georgia Democratic primary, March 1, 2016
District Delegates available Votes Delegates
Clinton Sanders O'Malley Steinberg Total Qualified total Clinton Sanders
1 5 32,408 12,343 180 166 45,097 44,751 4 1
2 5 48,705 8,817 185 168 57,875 57,522 4 1
3 4 30,311 11,691 160 135 42,297 42,002 3 1
4 6 73,739 23,827 148 105 97,819 97,566 5 1
5 7 81,636 32,474 176 89 114,375 114,110 5 2
6 5 34,287 22,632 133 60 57,112 56,919 3 2
7 4 27,483 15,461 106 63 43,113 42,944 3 1
8 4 27,632 8,539 168 153 36,492 36,171 3 1
9 4 14,263 9,727 146 130 24,266 23,990 2 2
10 4 33,303 15,274 142 169 48,888 48,577 3 1
11 4 26,137 17,511 123 89 43,860 43,648 2 2
12 5 33,308 9,361 176 151 42,996 42,669 4 1
13 6 68,652 19,128 152 114 88,046 87,780 5 1
14 4 13,810 9,012 134 174 23,130 22,822 2 2
Total 67 545,674 215,797 2,129 1,766 765,366 761,471 48 19
PLEO 13 9 4
At Large 22 16 6
Gr. Total 102 73 29
Total vote 71.30% 28.20% 0.28% 0.23% 100.00% 99,49%
Source: Georgia Secretary of State Presidential Preference Primary Congressional District Results (Democrat)

Results by county

County[15] Clinton Votes Sanders Votes
Appling75.6%49021.9%142
Atkinson79.8%20119.4%49
Bacon63.8%11332.8%58
Baker85.1%30313.5%48
Baldwin79.4%3,03419.9%762
Banks49.0%17248.1%169
Barrow61.7%1,45737.2%879
Bartow59.0%2,21639.7%1,490
Ben Hill80.2%77918.4%179
Berrien66.7%32530.0%146
Bibb82.8%12,94416.8%2,632
Bleckley77.7%37020.6%98
Brantley49.1%13744.1%123
Brooks77.6%71421.5%198
Bryan63.3%89335.5%501
Bulloch60.7%1,91038.8%1,221
Burke89.5%1,6599.9%184
Butts81.7%92216.9%191
Calhoun88.9%49910.9%61
Camden66.6%1,40532.6%688
Candler78.3%43419.9%110
Carroll61.7%3,17337.6%1,933
Catoosa50.8%1,08248.1%1,026
Charlton73.7%27522.5%84
Chatham72.3%19,89827.2%7,496
Chattahoochee81.3%18217.9%40
Chattooga63.7%56634.0%302
Cherokee51.8%4,83747.6%4,438
Clarke50.7%7,08949.0%6,845
Clay85.8%29712.7%44
Clayton81.6%25,13018.0%5,551
Clinch79.5%16718.1%38
Cobb63.5%39,27736.2%22,390
Coffee77.0%1,09421.7%309
Colquitt76.1%1,03522.2%302
Columbia66.9%4,80532.5%2,333
Cook76.2%58022.5%171
Coweta66.5%4,53632.7%2,233
Crawford79.1%49319.3%120
Crisp80.1%72918.9%172
Dade50.3%24148.0%230
Dawson53.0%31245.5%268
Decatur79.0%1,31620.0%333
DeKalb71.5%82,34828.3%32,572
Dodge79.5%57919.4%141
Dooly88.4%73710.9%91
Dougherty85.7%8,89113.8%1,435
Douglas74.6%9,37525.0%3,139
Early89.2%67110.1%76
Echols45.7%3251.4%36
Effingham64.5%1,17833.9%620
Elbert75.0%80524.0%257
Emanuel83.1%75515.9%144
Evans78.5%34719.2%85
Fannin59.9%54539.1%356
Fayette71.1%7,25728.6%2,918
Floyd64.5%2,55534.2%1,356
Forsyth53.8%3,70145.7%3,142
Franklin62.7%35236.2%203
Fulton71.1%82,57628.7%33,320
Gilmer53.0%48945.7%421
Glascock62.3%3831.1%19
Glynn68.7%2,87030.6%1,277
Gordon57.5%77641.0%553
Grady75.9%88722.3%261
Greene85.8%37,46533.4%18,883
Gwinnett66.2%1,07613.5%169
Habersham52.0%60847.3%553
Hall60.3%3,48238.9%2,245
Hancock87.4%1,11211.4%145
Haralson55.1%41341.5%311
Harris75.0%1,37224.5%448
Hart72.3%74027.0%276
Heard70.1%27628.2%111
Henry77.7%15,63921.9%4,406
Houston76.0%6,27423.6%1,946
Irwin79.9%32618.1%74
Jackson61.4%1,19337.5%729
Jasper81.4%63217.1%133
Jeff Davis76.6%40020.3%106
Jefferson88.5%1,51911.0%189
Jenkins84.1%35515.2%64
Johnson85.1%38814.0%64
Jones80.2%1,58518.8%371
Lamar79.9%86819.1%208
Lanier76.5%23422.5%69
Laurens82.2%2,29416.2%453
Lee74.2%1,00924.6%335
Liberty79.7%2,78319.4%678
Lincoln84.5%53814.6%93
Long68.5%26129.1%111
Lowndes68.0%3,89131.3%1,791
Lumpkin50.6%56048.1%532
Macon89.9%9779.7%105
Madison55.7%65642.9%505
Marion76.3%43121.2%120
McDuffie84.7%1,27414.8%223
McIntosh84.4%86314.6%149
Meriwether85.4%1,46313.8%237
Miller77.6%15918.0%37
Mitchell85.8%1,33813.0%203
Monroe80.1%1,25019.2%300
Montgomery78.2%28719.6%72
Morgan77.5%91022.1%259
Murray51.2%44446.9%407
Muscogee79.1%12,80120.5%3,319
Newton78.0%7,26921.5%2,001
Oconee52.5%1,22347.1%1,098
Oglethorpe60.5%56138.6%358
Paulding65.6%4,09533.8%2,111
Peach83.7%1,67515.8%316
Pickens53.1%43145.6%370
Pierce67.0%21931.8%104
Pike68.4%41730.7%187
Polk68.6%94429.3%403
Pulaski86.0%37613.7%60
Putnam80.2%87119.0%206
Quitman91.0%1937.1%15
Rabun54.1%39744.4%326
Randolph89.5%6909.2%71
Richmond81.7%16,26918.0%3,578
Rockdale78.0%7,93021.8%2,212
Schley83.4%14614.3%25
Screven81.1%77117.5%166
Seminole84.4%47014.5%81
Spalding78.6%3,12920.6%820
Stephens60.7%4609.0%284
Stewart90.0%4609.0%46
Sumter82.4%1,96017.0%404
Talbot86.7%85212.2%120
Taliaferro86.4%23612.8%35
Tattnall76.1%51822.5%153
Taylor87.7%47611.4%62
Telfair81.1%42617.3%91
Terrell88.1%80411.5%105
Thomas78.2%2,05321.0%551
Tift75.9%1,15122.7%344
Toombs76.2%56222.5%166
Towns52.9%31245.1%266
Treutlen82.2%30015.9%58
Troup78.9%3,35720.0%850
Turner78.9%33019.4%81
Twiggs86.4%81812.5%118
Union56.3%57341.0%417
Upson80.8%1,23618.3%280
Walker53.0%1,00945.5%867
Walton69.9%2,30929.4%969
Ware75.0%91923.2%284
Warren89.5%4689.4%49
Washington86.4%1,74112.7%256
Wayne73.2%70024.7%236
Webster89.5%1709.5%18
Wheeler85.9%17712.6%26
White52.4%49846.3%440
Whitfield53.3%1,53645.4%1,307
Wilcox86.8%30211.8%41
Wilkes82.1%70216.5%141
Wilkinson83.3%83215.5%155
Worth79.4%68419.3%166
Total71.3%543,00828.2%214,332

Analysis

After losing in Georgia by 36 points to Barack Obama in 2008, Hillary Clinton bounced back with a lopsided 43-point win against rival Bernie Sanders. The victory was fueled primarily by African American voters, who comprised 51% of the electorate and backed Clinton by a margin of 85-14, compared to white voters who backed Clinton by a margin of 58-41. Clinton won across all income levels and educational attainment levels in the Peach State.

Clinton performed extremely well throughout the state of Georgia and won all of its counties but one. She ran particularly strongly in Atlanta where she won 74 percent of the vote as well as its suburbs which backed her 66-34. Central Georgia, particularly the region known as the Cotton Belt which has a large African American population, also strongly favored Clinton by a margin of 79-19. Clinton also performed well in North Georgia, mostly in the more rural, white and conservative parts of the state which are considered to be an extreme part of Appalachia where she defeated Sanders by a margin of 64-36.[16]

After his landslide defeat, the Sanders campaign reported that Hillary Clinton had notched wins in southern states including Georgia because Bernie Sanders did not compete with her, although this claim was disputed.[6]

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