| Election Name: | 2016 Delaware Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | Delaware |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Delaware Democratic presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2020 Delaware Democratic presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Image1: | File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Hillary Clinton |
| Color1: | d4aa00 |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Popular Vote1: | 55,954[1] |
| Percentage1: | 59.75% |
| Delegate Count1: | 12 |
| Candidate2: | Bernie Sanders |
| Color2: | 228B22 |
| Home State2: | Vermont |
| Popular Vote2: | 36,662 |
| Percentage2: | 39.15% |
| Delegate Count2: | 9 |
The 2016 Delaware Democratic presidential primary were held on April 26 in the U.S. state of Delaware as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
The Democratic Party's primaries in Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island were held the same day, as were Republican primaries in the same five states.
See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
See also: Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
| County[2] | Clinton | % | Sanders | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 7,338 | 58.8% | 4,980 | 39.9% | ||
| 38,580 | 59.5% | 25,738 | 39.7% | |||
| Sussex | 10,032 | 61.4% | 5,941 | 36.4% | ||
| Total | 55,954 | 59.8% | 36,662 | 39.2% |
With a coalition of African Americans and college-educated, affluent Caucasian progressive/liberal professionals, Delaware was a state Hillary Clinton was expected to win in the so-called "Acela Primaries" on April 26. Clinton swept all three counties in the state and the largest cities of Wilmington and Dover, winning the primary by 19 points. This marked a clear difference from 2008, when she had lost Delaware to Barack Obama.