2016 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses explained

Election Name:2016 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses
Country:Minnesota
Flag Image:File:Flag of Minnesota (1983-2024).svg
Flag Year:1983
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2012 United States presidential election in Minnesota#Democratic caucuses
Previous Year:2012
Next Election:2020 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary
Next Year:2020
Candidate1:Bernie Sanders
Color1:228b22
Home State1:Vermont
Delegate Count1:46
Popular Vote1:126,229
Percentage1:61.69%
Candidate2:Hillary Clinton
Color2:d4aa00
Home State2:New York
Delegate Count2:31
Popular Vote2:78,381
Percentage2:38.31%
Map Size:300px

The 2016 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Minnesota 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 Minnesota caucuses.

Opinion polling

See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

Results

See also: Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 69

Analysis

Bernie Sanders scored an imperative, much-needed victory in the Minnesota caucus, a state he had targeted to keep his path to the nomination alive. With its populist, mostly white electorate, Minnesota was a state seen as favorable to Sanders based on his performance in previous caucus contests, which was only aided by high voter turnout, almost topping the record of 211,000 votes in the 2008 Minnesota Democratic Presidential Primary. Sanders ran up big margins in Minneapolis and the Minneapolis suburbs, and in the working-class, mostly white Iron Range of northern Minnesota which contains the city of Duluth, where he won north of 60% of the vote. Sanders won 76 out of 87 counties and all eight congressional districts in the state.

Sanders had campaigned hard for the state, appearing with Rep. Keith Ellison, the Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair who endorsed Sanders in October 2015.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bernie Sanders Wins Crucial Victory In Minnesota Caucus. Reporter. Samantha Lachman Staff. Post. The Huffington. 2016-03-01. The Huffington Post. 2016-09-25.