2016 Montana Democratic presidential primary explained

Election Name:2016 Montana Democratic presidential primary
Country:Montana
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2008 Montana Democratic presidential primary
Previous Year:2008
Next Election:2020 Montana Democratic presidential primary
Next Year:2020
Candidate1:Bernie Sanders
Color1:228B22
Home State1:Vermont
Delegate Count1:11
Popular Vote1:65,156[1]
Percentage1:51.56%
Candidate2:Hillary Clinton
Color2:d4aa00
Home State2:New York
Delegate Count2:10
Popular Vote2:55,805
Percentage2:44.16%
Map Size:300px

The 2016 Montana Democratic presidential primary was held on June 7 in the U.S. state of Montana as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

The Democratic Party's primaries in California, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota were held the same day, as were Republican primaries in the same five states, including their own Montana primary. Additionally, the Democratic Party held North Dakota caucuses the same day.

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.

Analysis

Heading into the final batch of primaries on June 7, Montana was generally seen as a state Bernie Sanders would win, being largely whiter and more rural and less densely populated than the country at-large. Sanders has also generally performed well in the Pacific Northwest. Having put Barack Obama over the top mathematically in its Democratic Primary in 2008, Montana again voted against Hillary Clinton in 2016.

While Clinton won in the cities of Great Falls and Billings (where she had dispatched her husband earlier that month), Sanders won in Helena and Missoula and swept most of the rural counties of the state. However, that same day Clinton won large victories in California, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota and was able to claim the Democratic nomination.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Montana Secretary of State - Official Primary Results . 2016-08-13 . 2016-10-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010131348/http://sos.mt.gov/elections/2016/2016PrimaryStateCanvass.pdf . dead .