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Kentucky Democratic primary, 2016

Kentucky Democratic primary, 2016
Kentucky
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May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17) → 2020

  Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg Bernie Sanders September 2015 cropped.jpg
Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders
Home state New York Vermont
Delegate count 28 27
Popular vote 212,534 210,623
Percentage 46.76% 46.33%

Kentucky Democratic Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 2016.svg

Election results by county.
  Hillary Clinton
  Bernie Sanders

Kentucky Democratic Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 2016.svg

The 2016 Kentucky Democratic primary was held on May 17 in the U.S. state of Kentucky as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

On the same day, the Democratic Party held their Oregon primary. The Republican Party held their Kentucky caucuses in early March.

Delegate count: 55 Pledged, 5 Unpledged

Margin of error: ± 4.4%
Sample size: 501

Margin of error: ± 4%
Sample size: 610

Clinton's strength with conservative white voters in the Appalachia region, including Coal Country, had clearly regressed since 2008; she had beaten Barack Obama 65-29 in Kentucky eight years earlier, and only beat rival Bernie Sanders 47-46 in 2016. She ran strongly in Louisville, where the African American population is highest, but lost many of the eastern counties in the state to Bernie Sanders, who had won a large victory in neighboring West Virginia the week prior.


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