2016 Montana Democratic presidential primary
2016 Montana Democratic presidential primary
Election results by county.
Sanders
40 – 50%
50 – 60%
60 – 70%
Clinton
40 – 50%
50 – 60%
60 – 70%
The 2016 Montana Democratic presidential primary was held on June 7 in the U.S. state of Montana as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election .
The Democratic Party 's primaries in California , New Jersey , New Mexico and South Dakota were held the same day, as were Republican primaries in the same five states, including their own Montana primary . Additionally, the Democratic Party held North Dakota caucuses the same day.
Opinion polling
Poll source
Date
1st
2nd
3rd
Other
Official Primary results[ 2]
June 7, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Hillary Clinton
No Preference
Gravis Marketing[ 3] Margin of error: 3%
February 24–25, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Elizabeth Warren
Joe Biden
Jim Webb 2.9%, Mark Warner 2%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Unsure 11.8%
Public Policy Polling [ 4] Margin of error: ± 5%
November 15–17, 2013
Hillary Clinton
Brian Schweitzer
Elizabeth Warren
Joe Biden 6%, Andrew Cuomo 3%, Cory Booker 1%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Kirsten Gillibrand 0%, Mark Warner 0%, Someone Else/Undecided 7%
Public Policy Polling [ 5] Margin of error: ± 5.6%
June 21–23, 2013
Hillary Clinton
Brian Schweitzer
Joe Biden
Cory Booker 3%, Elizabeth Warren 3%, Andrew Cuomo 1%, Kirsten Gillibrand 1%, Martin O'Malley 0%, Mark Warner 0%, Someone Else/Undecided 13%
Public Policy Polling [ 6] Margin of error: ± 5.1%
February 15–17, 2013
Hillary Clinton
Brian Schweitzer
Joe Biden
Elizabeth Warren 5%, Andrew Cuomo 3%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Deval Patrick 1%, Kirsten Gillibrand 0%, Mark Warner 0%, Someone Else/Undecided 5%
Brian Schweitzer
Joe Biden
Elizabeth Warren
Mark Warner 5%, Andrew Cuomo 4%, Kirsten Gillibrand 1%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Deval Patrick 0%, Someone Else/Undecided 13%
Brian Schweitzer
Elizabeth Warren
Andrew Cuomo
Mark Warner 3%, Martin O'Malley 2%, Kirsten Gillibrand 1%, Deval Patrick 1%, Someone Else/Undecided 18%
Results
Montana Democratic primary, June 7, 2016
Candidate
Popular vote
Estimated delegates
Count
Percentage
Pledged
Unpledged
Total
Bernie Sanders
65,156
51.56%
11
1
12
Hillary Clinton
55,805
44.16%
10
5
15
No preference
5,415
4.28%
0
0
0
Uncommitted
—
0
0
0
Total
126,376
100%
21
6
27
Source: [ 7] [ 8]
Analysis
Heading into the final batch of primaries on June 7, Montana was generally seen as a state Bernie Sanders would win, being largely whiter and more rural and less densely populated than the country at-large. Sanders has also generally performed well in the Pacific Northwest . Having put Barack Obama over the top mathematically in its Democratic Primary in 2008 , Montana again voted against Hillary Clinton in 2016.
While Clinton won in the cities of Great Falls and Billings (where she had dispatched her husband earlier that month), Sanders won in Helena and Missoula and swept most of the rural counties of the state. However, that same day Clinton won large victories in California , New Jersey , New Mexico , and South Dakota and was able to claim the Democratic nomination.
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