2016 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses
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The 2016 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses were held on April 9 in the U.S. state of
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders won the contest with 55.7% of the county delegates, distancing the national frontrunner, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by more than 10%. Following a series of primary wins, the Wyoming vote further boosted his momentum, ten days ahead of the important New York primary. At the May 28 state convention, the two candidates split the 14 pledged delegates evenly. Sanders was widely expected to win an outright majority of the delegates in the least populous and most Republican-leaning U.S. state, though no opinion polls had been conducted.
Clinton enjoyed the support of the four party leaders attending the
Background
Political landscape
Wyoming is the least populous of all 50 U.S. states. With less than 30% of the population identifying with or leaning towards the Democratic Party, compared to almost 60% identifying with or leaning towards the Republicans, it is also the most solid Republican state, ahead of Idaho and Utah.[1]
In the 2012 presidential election, incumbent President Barack Obama received less than 28% of the Wyoming vote, trailing Mitt Romney by more than 40 points, after running unopposed in the Democratic caucuses. In his first presidential election in 2008, running against Republican candidate John McCain, he received 32.5% of the vote, after defeating Hillary Clinton in the Wyoming caucuses with 61% of the popular vote. In her first candidacy Clinton had surprisingly made Wyoming a focus of her campaign, joining both her daughter Chelsea and husband Bill Clinton in a final campaign sprint.[2]
2016 campaign
Though no
Procedure
First-tier county caucuses
As these are closed caucuses, only residents
State convention pledging national delegates
The first-tier county caucuses elected 280 state delegates to the Wyoming Democratic Party's state convention, took place on May 28. There, all present state delegates nominated the national delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
While Wyoming's Democrats sent 18 delegates to the
Out of the 14 pledged delegates, eight district-level delegates pledged to one of the candidates in proportion to the support received at all 23 caucuses of Wyoming's single congressional district. Another six delegates are pledged at the 28 May State Convention, in proportion to the support each candidate receives there. Candidates with less than 15% support were discarded for being "not viable".[6]
Superdelegates
The state party's four
Results
Vermont senator
| Wyoming Democratic caucuses, April 9, 2016 | |||||
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| Candidate | County delegates | Estimated national delegates | |||
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Bernie Sanders | 156 | 55.7% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Hillary Clinton | 124 | 44.3% | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Uncommitted | — | – | – | – | |
| Total | 100% | 14 | 4 | 18 | |
| Source: The Green Papers | |||||
Detailed results per county
| Detailed results for the Wyoming Democratic caucuses, April 9, 2016[9] | |||||||||||
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| County | Delegates | ||||||||||
| Total | Sanders | Clinton | |||||||||
| Albany | 33 | 25 | 8 | ||||||||
| Big Horn | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Campbell | 18 | 12 | 6 | ||||||||
| Carbon | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
Converse
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5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| Crook | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Fremont | 20 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
Goshen
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5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
Hot Springs
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2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Johnson | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Laramie
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51 | 25 | 26 | ||||||||
| Lincoln | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Natrona
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38 | 18 | 20 | ||||||||
Niobrara
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2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Park | 13 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||
| Platte | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Sheridan | 14 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||
Sublette
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4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
Sweetwater
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22 | 12 | 10 | ||||||||
| Teton | 15 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||
Uinta
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9 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
Washakie
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3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Weston
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2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 280 | 156 | 124 | ||||||||
See also
References
- Gallup. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
- ^ Julie Bosman (March 9, 2008). "Obama Wins Wyoming Caucuses". The New York Times. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
- ^ a b c Yamiche Alcindor; Amy Chozickapril (April 9, 2016). "Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz Look to Gain Ground in West". The New York Times. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
- ^ Laura Hancock (April 4, 2016). "Former President Bill Clinton addresses coal, stumps for wife in Cheyenne". Billings Gazette. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". Wyoming Democratic Party. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- ^ "Wyoming Democratic primary, 2016". The Green Papers. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- ^ Joseph D. Lyons (April 8, 2016). "How Many Delegates Does Wyoming Have? Bernie Sanders Needs A Big Chunk Of Them". Bustle. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
- ^ Michelle Jamrisko (April 9, 2016). "Sanders wins Wyoming to boost momentum before New York duel". Bloomberg. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ^ The Green Papers