| Election Name: | 2016 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | Rhode Island |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2012 United States presidential election in Rhode Island#Democratic primary |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2020 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Candidate1: | Bernie Sanders |
| Color1: | 228B22 |
| Home State1: | Vermont |
| Delegate Count1: | 13 |
| Popular Vote1: | 66,993[1] |
| Percentage1: | 54.71% |
| Candidate2: | Hillary Clinton |
| Color2: | d4aa00 |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Delegate Count2: | 11 |
| Popular Vote2: | 52,749 |
| Percentage2: | 43.08% |
The 2016 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary were held on April 26 in the U.S. state of Rhode Island as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
The Democratic Party's primaries in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania were held the same day, as were Republican primaries in the same five states, including their own Rhode Island primary.
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 | Votes | Sanders | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.3% | 3,210 | 51.6% | 3,507 | |||
| Kent | 40.0% | 7,162 | 58.1% | 10,404 | ||
| 42.5% | 4,433 | 56.4% | 5,891 | |||
| 44.6% | 29,158 | 53.6% | 35,019 | |||
| 37.9% | 6,136 | 60.8% | 9,858 | |||
| Total | 43.1% | 52,749 | 54.7% | 66,993 |
With its socially liberal coalition of mostly white Irish Catholic/Portuguese Catholic/Italian Catholic voters, Rhode Island was seen as Bernie Sanders's best chance at victory in the so-called "Acela Primaries" on April 26. He pulled out an 11-point win in Rhode Island on election day. He carried all municipalities but four, winning in the major cities of Providence and Warwick.
Sanders' Rhode Island win limited Clinton's success in New England to slimmer victories in Massachusetts and Connecticut.