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2016 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary
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Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton Paul T. Farrell Jr.
Home state Vermont New York West Virginia
Delegate count 18 11 0
Popular vote 124,700 86,914 21,694
Percentage 51.41% 35.84% 8.94%
County Results
Sanders
  40-50%
  50-60%
  60-70%
Results by county of Paul T. Farrell, Jr.
  <5%
  5–10%
  10–15%
  15–20%
  >20%

The 2016 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary was held on May 10 in the U.S. state of

Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election
.

The

West Virginia primary
, while for the Democratic Party this was the only primary on that day.

In a heavily white, working-class state where voters were angry about the Obama administration's policies, Bernie Sanders easily outpolled Clinton. Thirty percent of Democratic primary voters came from a coal household, and Sanders won 63 percent of these.[1]

Opinion polling

See also:
Statewide opinion polling for the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
List of polls
Main article:
West Virginia Democratic primary, 2016

Delegate count: 29 Pledged, 8 Unpledged

Winner
Bernie Sanders
Primary date
May 10, 2016
Poll source Date 1st 2nd 3rd Other
Primary results May 10, 2016 Bernie Sanders
51.4% 		Hillary Clinton
35.8% 		Paul Farrell
8.9% 		Others
3.9%
MetroNews[2]

Margin of error: ±4.0%
Sample size: 315

April 22-May 2, 2016 Bernie Sanders
47% 		Hillary Clinton
43% 		Undecided 11%
Public Policy Polling[3]

Margin of error: ±3.9%
Sample size: 637

April 29-May 1, 2016 Bernie Sanders
45% 		Hillary Clinton
37% 		Undecided 18%
West Virginia Veterans/Thirty-Ninth Street Strategies[4]

Margin of error: ±3.9%
Sample size: 600

March 2–6, 2016 Hillary Clinton
44% 		Bernie Sanders
31% 		Paul Farrell
6% 		Keith Judd 1%
Others 7%
Undecided 11%
Orion Strategies[5]

Margin of error: ±5.6%
Sample size: 306

February 20–21, 2016 Bernie Sanders
32% 		Hillary Clinton
24% 		Undecided 44%
REPASS Research

Margin of error: ±4.9%[6]
Sample size: 411

February 11–16, 2016 Bernie Sanders
57% 		Hillary Clinton
29%
Orion Strategies[7]

Margin of error: ±4.9%[8]
Sample size: 306

August 27, 2015 Hillary Clinton
23% 		Joe Biden
16% 		Bernie Sanders
12% 		Undecided 49%
Prism Surveys[9]

Margin of error: ± 3.21%
Sample size: 900

August 21, 2015 Hillary Clinton
36% 		Bernie Sanders
32% 		Undecided 32%

Results

See also:
Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
West Virginia Democratic primary, May 10, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Bernie Sanders 124,700 51.41% 18 18
Hillary Clinton 86,914 35.84% 11 8 19
Paul T. Farrell Jr. 21,694 8.94%
Keith Judd 4,460 1.84%
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) 3,796 1.57%
Rocky De La Fuente 975 0.40%
Uncommitted — 0 0 0
Total 242,539 100% 29 8 37
Source: The Green Papers, West Virginia Secretary of State

County results

County Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton Paul T. Ferrell Others Total

votes

% # % # % # % #
Barbour 51.47% 996 35.66% 690 8.53% 165 4.34% 84 1,935
Berkeley 49.24% 3,994 43.95% 3,565 2.71% 220 4.10% 333 8,112
Boone 51.92% 2,423 26.83% 1,252 15.83% 739 5.42% 253 4,667
Braxton 51.39% 1,330 34.85% 902 8.54% 221 5.22% 135 2,588
Brooke 51.35% 1,807 37.97% 1,336 7.73% 272 2.95% 104 3,519
Cabell 46.18% 5,408 37.89% 4,437 14.45% 1,692 1.48% 174 11,711
Calhoun 62.06% 854 22.75% 313 8.50% 117 6.69% 92 1,376
Clay 50.98% 755 29.37% 435 14.52% 215 5.13% 76 1,481
Doddridge 58.85% 236 28.93% 116 7.48% 30 4.74% 19 401
Fayette 52.28% 3,609 33.84% 2,336 9.78% 675 4.10% 283 6,903
Gilmer 52.87% 645 28.36% 346 10.08% 123 8.69% 106 1,220
Grant 46.75% 187 41.75% 167 8.00% 32 3.50% 14 400
Greenbrier 52.92% 2,871 35.02% 1,900 9.55% 518 2.51% 136 5,425
Hampshire 52.85% 1,056 33.13% 662 8.41% 168 5.61% 112 1,998
Hancock 54.10% 2,285 36.74% 1,552 6.08% 257 3.08% 130 4,224
Hardy 46.14% 885 34.20% 656 11.00% 211 8.66% 166 1,918
Harrison 49.09% 5,406 38.27% 4,214 7.71% 849 4.93% 543 11,012
Jackson 50.00% 1,810 39.97% 1,447 7.02% 254 3.01% 109 3,620
Jefferson 50.23% 3,267 44.86% 2,918 2.31% 150 2.60% 169 6,504
Kanawha 47.90% 13,654 45.12% 12,863 4.69% 1,336 2.29% 653 28,506
Lewis 54.89% 1,240 31.78% 718 8.37% 189 4.96% 112 2,259
Lincoln 47.12% 1,523 31.81% 1,028 16.46% 532 4.61% 149 3,232
Logan 50.48% 3,216 23.50% 1,497 20.30% 1,293 5.72% 365 6,371
Marion 52.45% 5,355 35.00% 3,573 8.10% 827 4.45% 454 10,209
Marshall 56.11% 2,618 31.16% 1,454 7.16% 334 5.57% 260 4,666
Mason 51.68% 1,781 35.58% 1,226 9.40% 324 3.34% 115 3,446
McDowell 55.23% 1,488 30.33% 817 8.69% 234 5.75% 155 2,694
Mercer 51.38% 3,239 34.47% 2,173 8.60% 542 5.55% 350 6,304
Mineral 49.43% 1,120 37.82% 857 7.50% 170 5.25% 119 2,266
Mingo 48.32% 2,432 21.42% 1,078 23.64% 1,190 6.62% 333 5,033
Monongalia 57.60% 8,142 35.27% 4,986 5.26% 743 1.87% 265 14,136
Monroe 50.00% 834 36.51% 609 8.21% 137 5.28% 88 1,668
Morgan 55.09% 682 39.26% 486 1.94% 24 3.71% 46 1,238
Nicholas 52.86% 1,959 29.52% 1,094 12.36% 458 5.26% 195 3,706
Ohio 52.91% 3,377 39.01% 2,490 5.50% 351 2.58% 165 6,383
Pendleton 46.83% 539 40.83% 470 7.65% 88 4.69% 54 1,151
Pleasants 54.99% 551 33.33% 334 9.18% 92 2.50% 25 1,002
Pocahontas 54.69% 828 34.81% 527 5.81% 88 4.69% 71 1,514
Preston 56.14% 1,720 31.36% 961 8.09% 248 4.41% 135 3,064
Putnam 51.26% 3,271 40.09% 2,558 5.94% 379 2.71% 173 6,381
Raleigh 52.49% 4,986 34.58% 3,285 8.77% 833 4.16% 395 9,499
Randolph 52.23% 2,494 31.79% 1,518 10.64% 508 5.34% 255 4,775
Ritchie 57.98% 356 32.74% 201 6.35% 39 3.93% 18 614
Roane 52.93% 1,004 39.06% 741 5.06% 96 2.95% 56 1,896
Summers 51.06% 1,063 37.51% 781 7.64% 159 3.79% 79 2,082
Taylor 51.84% 1,112 35.71% 766 8.39% 180 4.06% 87 2,145
Tucker 60.82% 773 25.96% 330 7.47% 95 5.75% 73 1,271
Tyler 60.22% 436 28.18% 204 7.60% 55 4.00% 29 724
Upshur 52.81% 1,073 36.61% 744 7.58% 154 3.00% 61 2,032
Wayne 45.92% 2,920 30.54% 1,942 19.99% 1,271 3.55% 226 6,359
Webster 53.77% 841 24.68% 386 15.92% 249 5.63% 88 1,564
Wetzel 56.54% 1,751 27.28% 845 11.11% 344 5.07% 157 3,097
Wirt 55.73% 438 28.63% 225 10.69% 84 4.95% 39 786
Wood 53.23% 4,560 37.27% 3,193 6.96% 596 2.54% 218 8,567
Wyoming 52.01% 1,500 24.62% 710 18.86% 544 4.51% 130 2,884

Analysis

Although West Virginia had breathed new life into Clinton's

Clinton's front-running campaign
in 2016. Clinton lost every county in the state to Bernie Sanders.

Sanders's West Virginia victory came from strong support among workers in the coal industry; fifty-five percent of West Virginia's Democratic voters with coal workers in their households voted for Sanders, while only 29 percent voted for Clinton.[10] His easy win was likely fueled by Clinton's comments in March about coal, "We're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business."[11]

Analysts speculated Sanders's win in West Virginia came not from support for his own coal policies, but from a rejection of the

Obama administration's.[12] Sanders was also helped by large numbers of Republican cross-over voters. Thirty-nine percent of Sanders voters stated they planned to vote for Donald Trump over Sanders in the November general election.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Bernie Sanders Wins West Virginia Primary". NPR.org. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Overwhelming support for Trump, small lead for Sanders in MetroNews West Virginia Poll". MetroNews. May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "Trump, Sanders lead in West Virginia (april 2016)" (PDF). Scribd. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "WV-Gov Thirty-Ninth Street Strategies for West Virginia Veterans (March 2016)". Scribd. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  5. ^ "Poll: WV prefers GOP for president, Democrat for governor". wvgazettemail.com. February 25, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  6. ^ "Trump and Sanders Have Big Leads in MetroNews West Virginia Poll" (PDF). wvmetronews.com. February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  7. ^ "Survey: WV residents likely to pick Trump over Clinton in 2016". Statejournal.com. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
  8. ^ "Trump leads Republican field and Clinton in West Virginia, according to new Orion Strategies statewide poll". prnewswire.com. August 26, 2015.
  9. ^ "Poll: Democrats running for WV gov locked in dead heat". Wvgazettemail.com/. August 26, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  10. ^ "How Anti-Coal Bernie Sanders Won Coal Country". May 12, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  11. ^ "How Anti-Coal Bernie Sanders Won Coal Country". May 12, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  12. ^ "How Anti-Coal Bernie Sanders Won Coal Country". May 12, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  13. ^ "Donald Trump Supporters Boost Bernie Sanders in West Virginia". NBC News. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
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