2016 Texas Democratic presidential primary explained

Election Name:2016 Texas Democratic presidential primary
Country:Texas
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2012 Texas Democratic presidential primary
Previous Year:2012
Next Election:2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary
Next Year:2020
Candidate1:Hillary Clinton
Color1:d4aa00
Home State1:New York
Delegate Count1:147
Popular Vote1:936,004
Percentage1:65.19%
Candidate2:Bernie Sanders
Color2:228B22
Home State2:Vermont
Delegate Count2:75
Popular Vote2:476,547
Percentage2:33.19%

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

Decisive support from Latinos—particularly in the rural Rio Grande Valley—delivered a landslide win to Clinton.[1]

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: 75

Results by county

County[2] Clinton%Sanders%
99675.6%29922.7%
Andrews 7666.1%3833.0%
Angelina 1,95073.7%62223.5%
Aransas 48863.1%27235.1%
Archer 9958.9%6438.1%
120.0%480.0%
1,35571.7%47825.3%
Austin 49273.4%16524.6%
Bailey 8471.2%2924.6%
Bandera 37855.4%29443.1%
2,89659.0%1,95039.8%
Bland 4661.3%2432.0%
Bee 1,13375.1%32021.2%
Bell 7,43069.9%3,09029.1%
Bexar 76,53366.8%36,75032.1%
Blanco 28454.9%23244.9%
Borden 480.0%120.0%
Bosque 35362.6%19935.3%
Bowie 2,43776.7%68721.6%
8,00969.6%3,72128.6%
Brazos 3,56149.1%3,58949.5%
Brewster 70143.7%771 48.1%
1657.1%1132.3%
Brooks 1,60374.4%36216.8%
Brown 31958.5%21238.9%
46974.0%14923.5%
Burnet 87859.4%58039.3%
1,54366.1%74231.8%
Calhoun 70966.6%30528.6%
Callahan 8744.2%10452.8%
20,33268.2%8,32027.9%
Camp 48476.6%13421.2%
Carson 5062.5%3037.5%
Cass 77873.1%26524.9%
Castro 12773.9%4023.3%
Chambers 68867.9%29529.1%
Cherokee 99074.2%32424.3%
5458.7%3437.0%
Clay 12062.5%6533.9%
Cochran 450.0%337.5%
Coke 2548.1%2548.1%
7560.0%4939.2%
Collin 23,67059.1%16,17140.4%
3659.0%2439.3%
Colorado 47474.8%15023.7%
Comal 3,11260.0%2,02739.1%
Comanche 22163.5%11733.6%
Concho 2769.2%1128.2%
Cooke 44956.4%33442.0%
Coryell 1,01062.7%57735.8%
Cottle 2757.5%1838.3%
Crane 6266.0%2425.5%
26637.7%24034.0%
Crosby 13158.2%9140.4%
Culberson 35862.2%16027.8%
2461.5%1333.3%
Dallas 113,66471.5%44,27527.8%
9270.2%3426.0%
20067.8%8629.2%
Delta 11067.9%5131.5%
Denton 16,49150.7%15,78148.6%
Dewitt 29370.3%11327.1%
1352.0%1144.0%
Dimmit 1,80468.9%53420.4%
Donley 3547.8%3550.7%
Duval 2,27376.2%52317.5%
17155.7%12239.7%
Ector 1,85564.9%94233.0%
Edwards 4257.5%2737.0%
Ellis 3,72569.5%1,56829.2%
El Paso 36,14066.0%17,23431.5%
Erath 42752.5%36544.9%
Falls 55191.4%11517.0%
Fannin 50763.0%27934.7%
58463.9%30933.8%
22653.3%14634.4%
Floyd 6065.9%2426.4%
Foard 8034.3%11248.1%
29,25974.6%9,77424.9%
16467.8%7330.2%
Freestone 38076.8%10220.6%
Frio 1,86467.7%63022.9%
Gaines 9155.8%5936.2%
9,46668.2%4,24130.6%
Garza 3556.5%2235.5%
49360.9%31438.8%
Glasscock 450.0%450.0%
Goliad 38966.4%15125.8%
Gonzales 36872.3%12925.3%
Gray 11153.9%8641.8%
1,94052.8%1,68745.9%
Gregg 3,42378.0%91120.8%
Grimes 58473.2%20125.2%
3,79363.9%2,06734.8%
Hale 31260.4%17634.0%
Hall 6364.3%2828.6%
Hamilton 11556.5%8440.2%
2158.3%1336.1%
Hardeman 7139.4%8848.9%
Hardin 62559.5%39827.9%
Harris 157,00070.5%63,41628.5%
Harrison 2,04676.9%53019.9%
Hartley 1955.8%1936.5%
Haskell 15958.7%9234.3%
Hays 6,63446.9%7,32251.8%
1565.2%834.8%
1,59371.6%59826.9%
Hidalgo 40,30869.1%15,90727.3%
Hill 71869.1%29728.6%
Hockley 18358.3%11636.9%
Hood 92862.6%52735.6%
Houston 46480.0%10117.4%
35163.5%19234.7%
Hudspeth 9939.9%9739.1%
Hunt 1,32960.5%84938.6%
15355.8%10337.6%
Irion 2865.1%1432.6%
Jack 8762.1%4632.9%
Jackson 26670.6%9424.9%
Jasper 93275.7%27021.9%
14049.5%13246.6%
16,58976.9%4,44120.6%
Jim Hogg 1,42175.0%35618.8%
Jim Wells 4,69771.7%1,43621.9%
2,27158.5%1,56640.4%
Jones 17363.1%9534.7%
Karnes 72653.0%47934.9%
Kaufman 2,23469.6%95129.6%
64156.2%49143.0%
6359.4%3230.2%
Kent 2236.7%2846.7%
Kerr 1,02058.4%70940.6%
Kimble 2944.6%3452.3%
King 266.7%133.3%
Kinney 21160.8%10730.8%
Kleberg 1,74070.7%63025.6%
Knox 6871.6%1717.9%
Lamar 92469.3%38829.1%
Lamb 17253.3%8726.9%
32459.8%20738.2%
Lavaca 32268.5%13729.2%
Lee 36765.4%18032.1%
Leon 28974.3%8922.9%
1,04371.3%38326.2%
59279.1%14419.3%
Lipscomb 2264.7%1132.4%
Live Oak 20367.4%7324.3%
Llano 51964.8%26733.3%
325.0%541.7%
Lubbock 5,78257.3%4,13741.0%
Lynn 1458.3%1041.7%
22775.2%7023.2%
Martin 3659.0%1727.9%
Mason 8962.7%5035.2%
1,08874.2%34423.5%
4,34369.5%1,50824.2%
McCulloch 9366.0%4330.5%
5,53167.0%2,63331.9%
480.0%120.0%
1,07369.7%43628.3%
Menard 2356.1%1639.0%
Midland 1,55663.1%85434.6%
Milam 57767.8%25229.6%
Mills 5053.2%4143.6%
Mitchell 10973.2%3322.2%
Montague 15354.3%12243.3%
7,54059.5%5,04039.8%
Moore 14959.9%8132.5%
Morris 48871.4%16924.7%
1368.4%631.6%
1,60065.2%82933.8%
Navarro 95772.5%33425.3%
Newton 60544.2%52940.4%
Nolan 27065.5%12229.6%
15,67170.5%6,17527.8%
3653.7%2943.3%
Oldham 1168.8%425.0%
Orange 1,85268.1%81630.0%
36159.5%23037.9%
55980.1%13018.6%
Parker 1,80854.6%1,47544.5%
Parmer 8272.6%2623.0%
Pecos 81655.4%48833.2%
Polk 86071.1%32626.9%
1,49056.5%1,09441.5%
77657.4%44733.1%
Rains 17364.3%8933.1%
1,59151.0%1,48947.7%
Reagan 1263.2%736.8%
Real 2853.9%2344.2%
37870.1%8718.2%
1,12859.6%56329.7%
Refugio 54964.1%25429.7%
360.0%240.0%
89670.9%28922.9%
Rockwall 1,72659.5%1,04636.1%
Runnels 8057.6%5539.6%
Rusk 1,11478.1%27619.4%
Sabine 19266.4%8228.4%
36883.1%6214.0%
56272.1%19324.7%
2,63873.2%85023.6%
San Saba 5867.4%2731.4%
5864.4%2426.7%
15461.6%8534.0%
1550.0%1446.7%
34677.8%9020.2%
1961.3%825.8%
Smith 5,77873.5%2,00325.5%
Somervell 6649.3%6750.0%
Starr 6,93677.8%1,63518.3%
4555.6%3543.2%
Sterling 550.0%440.0%
Stonewall 5957.8%3635.3%
Sutton 2769.2%1025.6%
14160.5%7833.5%
68,04465.2%35,73334.2%
1,79454.6%1,42743.4%
Terrell 6743.5%6441.6%
Terry 14159.0%8334.7%
2661.9%1638.1%
Titus 55271.3%19725.5%
1,65755.9%1,23941.8%
Travis 69,44648.2%74,06851.4%
Trinity 33371.8%11725.2%
Tyler 45374.3%37222.8%
Upshur 72571.7%26926.6%
Upton 9155.8%4527.6%
Uvalde 1,74463.4%76227.7%
1,77665.8%76528.3%
Van Zandt 72264.1%37733.5%
Victoria 2,20664.5%1,11932.7%
Walker 1,29261.3%78937.4%
Waller 1,22167.4%55930.9%
Ward 30662.2%14729.9%
78273.0%27825.9%
Webb 18,55971.9%6,17723.9%
96176.5%22418.3%
3759.7%2337.1%
Wichita 1,95855.5%1,52443.2%
Wilbarger 13661.5%7533.9%
2,08170.0%66022.2%
16,39652.7%14,55446.7%
Wilson 1,28271.5%48126.8%
3069.8%1125.6%
Wise 75156.2%55841.8%
Wood 66368.7%28529.5%
Yoakum 942.9%1047.6%
Young 20158.8%13238.6%
1,97367.9%68523.6%
Zavala 1,55775.5%37318.1%
Total 936,00465.2% 476,547 33.2%

Analysis

Clinton won the Texas primary by a landslide margin of over thirty points, thanks in large part to support from Hispanic/Latinos (whom she won by a margin of 71–29 over Bernie Sanders), African American voters (whom she won 83–15) and white women (63-35 over Sanders).[3] Clinton won all of the major cities (Fort Worth, Dallas, El Paso, San Antonio, and Houston, and Corpus Christi) except for Austin where Sanders won only narrowly.

Sanders won few counties outside of Travis County, where the University of Texas at Austin is located. He won neighboring Hays County, home to another prominent college, Texas State University in San Marcos. Sanders also managed to very narrowly edge out Clinton in Brazos County, home to College Station and Texas A&M University, by 28 votes. In all three counties mentioned above, Sanders performed worse than Barack Obama did in the 2008 Texas Democratic primary and caucuses, despite all three containing a bloc of young voters, a demographic Sanders usually performs well in.

The rest of Sanders's victories came from 11 sparsely populated counties where Republicans have performed strongly in the past several elections. His strongest performance came from the Texas Panhandle in Armstrong County, where he won 80% of the vote, 4 votes to Clinton's 1. Two counties in particular, Glasscock and Coke, had Sanders and Clinton tie.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Texas Latinos Back Clinton, Sanders Takes Latino Counties in Colorado. 2020-12-28. NBC News. 2 March 2016 . en.
  2. Web site: Historical Elections - Official Results .
  3. Web site: 2016 Election Center. CNN. 2016-07-18.
  4. Web site: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections .