2016 Maryland Democratic presidential primary

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Candidate  | Hillary Clinton | Bernie Sanders
Home state  | New York | Vermont
Delegate count  | 60 | 35
Popular vote  | 573,242[1] | 309,990
Percentage  | 62.53% | 33.81%

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County results

Precinct results

Clinton:  40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100%
Sanders:  40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
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The 2016 Maryland Democratic presidential primary was held on April 26 in the U.S. state of Maryland as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

The Democratic Party's primaries in Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island were held the same day, as were Republican primaries in the same five states, including their own Maryland primary.

## Opinion polling

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See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Poll source  | Date  | 1st  | 2nd  | 3rd  | Other

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Official Primary results[2] | April 26, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
62.5% | Bernie Sanders
33.8%  |  | Others / Uncommitted
3.7%
ARG[3]

Margin of error: ± 5.0%
Sample size: 400

| April 21–24, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
50% | Bernie Sanders
44% |  | Others / Undecided

Monmouth[4]

Margin of error: ± 5.7%
Sample size: 300

| April 18–20, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
57% | Bernie Sanders
32%  |  | Others / Undecided
11%
Public Policy Polling[5]

Margin of error: ± 4.4%
Sample size: 492

| April 15–17, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
58% | Bernie Sanders
33%  |  | Others / Undecided

NBC 4/Marist[6]

Margin of error: ± 3.5%
Sample size: 775

| April 5–9, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
58% | Bernie Sanders
36%  |  | Others / Undecided

University of Maryland/Washington Post[7]

Margin of error: ± 5.5%
Sample size: 539

| March 30 - April 4, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
55% | Bernie Sanders
40%  |  | Others / Undecided

Baltimore Sun[8]

Margin of error: ± 4.9%
Sample size: 400

| March 4–8, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
61% | Bernie Sanders
28%  |  | Others / Undecided
11%
Gonzales/Arscott Research[9]

Margin of error: ± 5.0
Sample size: 411

| February 29-March 4, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
57% | Bernie Sanders
26%  |  | Others / Undecided
17%
Goucher[10]

Margin of error: ± 3.5
Sample size: 794

| February 13–18, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
58% | Bernie Sanders
28%  |  | Others / Undecided
14%
Baltimore Sun/University of Baltimore[11]

Margin of error: ± 5%
Sample size: 402

| January 11–16, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
40% | Bernie Sanders
27%  |  | Others / Undecided
33%

Polls in 2015

Poll source  | Date  | 1st  | 2nd  | 3rd  | Other

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Baltimore Sun/University of Baltimore[12]

Margin of error: ± 4.8%
Sample size: 419

| November 13–17, 2015  | Hillary Clinton
56% | Bernie Sanders
23%  | Martin O'Malley
7%  | Other/Unsure 14%
Washington Post[13]

Margin of error: ± 5%
Sample size: 490

| October 8–11, 2015  | Hillary Clinton
43% | Joe Biden
26%  | Bernie Sanders
20%  | Martin O'Malley 4%, Jim Webb 1%, Lincoln Chafee 0%, None/Any/Other 3%, No Opinion 2%
Goucher[14]

Margin of error: ± 5.7%
Sample size: 300

| September 26 – October 1, 2015  | Hillary Clinton
43% | Joe Biden
23%  | Bernie Sanders
17%  | Martin O'Malley 2%, Jim Webb 2%, Lincoln Chafee 0%, None/Any/Other 2%, Undecided 11%

Polls in 2014

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Washington Post[15]

Margin of error: ± 5%
Sample size: 538

| February 13–16, 2014  | Hillary Clinton
72% | Joe Biden
9%  | Martin O'Malley
6%  | Elizabeth Warren 3%, Andrew Cuomo 2%, None 1%, Undecided 7%
Baltimore Sun[16]

Margin of error: ± 4.4%
Sample size: 500

| February 8–12, 2014  | Hillary Clinton
59% | Joe Biden
14%  | Martin O'Malley
6%  | Andrew Cuomo 4%, Undecided/Other 17%

Polls in 2013

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Washington Post[17]

Margin of error:
Sample size:

| February 21–24, 2013  | Hillary Clinton
56% | Joe Biden
18%  | Martin O'Malley
8%  | Andrew Cuomo 4%, None/other/any of them 4%, No opinion 9%

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## Results

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See also: Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Maryland Democratic primary, April 26, 2016

Candidate  | Popular vote  | Estimated delegates
Count  | Percentage  | Pledged | Unpledged | Total
Hillary Clinton | 573,242  | 62.53%  | 60  | 17  | 77
Bernie Sanders | 309,990  | 33.81%  | 35  | 1  | 36
Rocky De La Fuente | 3,582  | 0.39%  | —
Uncommitted  | 29,949  | 3.27%  | 0  | 6  | 6
Total  | 916,763  | 100%  | 95  | 24  | 119
Source: [18][19][20][21]

### Results by county

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Hillary Clinton won every county (and the independent city of Baltimore) with the exceptions of Allegany, Carroll, Cecil, and Garrett counties, which went for Bernie Sanders.[22]

County[23] | Clinton  | %  | Sanders  | %  | Others  | Totals  | Turnout  | Margin

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Allegany | 2,476 | 41.29% | 2,727 | 45.48% | 793  | 5,996  | 40.48%  | -4.19%
Anne Arundel | 37,726 | 56.19% | 26,205 | 39.03%  | 3,210  | 67,141  | 43.57%  | 17.16%
Baltimore (City) | 87,762 | 65.26% | 42,285 | 31.44%  | 4,434  | 134,481  | 45.59%  | 33.82%
Baltimore (County) | 77,052 | 57.24% | 50,641 | 37.62%  | 6,919  | 134,612  | 44.18%  | 19.62%
Calvert | 5,440 | 57.10% | 3,490 | 36.63%  | 597  | 9,527  | 40.53%  | 20.47%
Caroline | 1,167 | 50.94% | 959 | 41.86%  | 165  | 2,291  | 33.47%  | 9.08%
Carroll | 7,017 | 46.00% | 7,299 | 47.85% | 938  | 15,254  | 46.81%  | -1.85%
Cecil | 3,534 | 45.27% | 3,562 | 45.63% | 710  | 7,806  | 34.84%  | -0.36%
Charles | 15,685 | 67.84% | 6,623 | 28.64%  | 813  | 23,121  | 37.58%  | 39.19%
Dorchester | 2,149 | 61.68% | 1,080 | 31.00%  | 255  | 3,484  | 34.17%  | 30.68%
Frederick | 14,735 | 51.09% | 12,844 | 44.53%  | 1,262  | 28,841  | 49.09%  | 6.56%
Garrett | 821 | 41.17% | 939 | 47.09% | 234  | 1,994  | 44.21%  | -5.92%
Harford | 13,913 | 51.21% | 11,489 | 42.29%  | 1,765  | 27,167  | 42.84%  | 8.92%
Howard | 32,139 | 59.44% | 20,316 | 37.57%  | 1,619  | 54,074  | 54.35%  | 21.86%
Kent | 1,532 | 54.85% | 1,080 | 38.67%  | 181  | 2,793  | 45.93%  | 16.18%
Montgomery | 122,881 | 66.25% | 59,157 | 31.89%  | 3,445  | 185,483  | 50.28%  | 34.36%
Prince George's | 120,978 | 73.60% | 40,815 | 24.83%  | 2,580  | 164,373  | 37.63%  | 48.77%
Queen Anne's | 2,458 | 53.49% | 1,851 | 40.28%  | 286  | 4,595  | 43.17%  | 13.21%
Somerset | 4,892 | 52.44% | 3,725 | 39.93%  | 711  | 9,328  | 36.63%  | 12.51%
St. Mary's | 1,207 | 59.60% | 668 | 32.99%  | 150  | 2,025  | 32.61%  | 26.62%
Talbot | 2,710 | 60.74% | 1,550 | 34.74%  | 202  | 4,462  | 45.05%  | 26.00%
Washington | 6,211 | 49.25% | 5,189 | 41.15%  | 1,210  | 12,610  | 39.10%  | 8.10%
Wicomico | 5,543 | 58.14% | 3,410 | 35.77%  | 581  | 9,534  | 37.09%  | 22.37%
Worcester | 3,214 | 55.69% | 2,086 | 36.15%  | 471  | 5,771  | 40.08%  | 19.55%
Total | 573,242 | 62.53% | 309,990 | 33.81%  | 33,531  | 916,763  | 43.90%  | 28.72%

Note: Maryland is a closed primary state. Turnout is based on registered democrats before the primary on April 26, 2016. Others vote totals consist of votes for Rocky De La Fuente and Uncommitted

## Analysis

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With its coalition of African Americans and college-educated, affluent white progressive/liberal professionals, Maryland was a state Hillary Clinton was expected to win in the so-called "Acela Primaries" on April 26. She swept the state on election day, winning the primary by 29 points, a clear difference from 2008 when she lost Maryland to Barack Obama. According to exit polls, 43 percent of voters in the Maryland Democratic Primary were white and they opted for Clinton by a margin of 52-42 compared to the 46 percent of African American voters who backed Clinton by a margin of 75–22. Clinton swept all socioeconomic/income classes and educational attainment categories in Maryland as well. She won the votes of people over the age of 45, 75–20, but lost the youth vote to Sanders 52–46. She won both men (55–40) and women (68–29).

In terms of party identification, of the 80 percent of self-identified Democrats who voted in the primary, 69 percent backed Clinton while 30 percent supported Bernie Sanders; Independents, who made up 17 percent of the voters, backed Sanders by a 51–39 margin. Clinton also won all ideological groups.

Clinton performed well in the urban and suburban parts of the state in and around Baltimore (which she won 63–34), and the Washington, D.C. suburbs (which she won 71–27), and she also won in the more rural parts of the state like the Eastern Shore (which she won 57–37) and Western Maryland (which she won 53–47), which includes parts of Appalachia.[24]

## See also

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* 2016 Maryland Republican presidential primary

## References

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1. ^ Maryland State Board of Elections - Official Primary Results
2. ^ Official Primary results
3. ^ "Maryland poll April 21-24, 2016". American Research Group. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
4. ^ "MARYLAND: CLINTON LEADS SANDERS BY 25" (PDF). Retrieved April 22, 2016.
5. ^ "Maryland Likely To Continue Momentum for Trump, Clinton" (PDF). Retrieved April 19, 2016.
6. ^ "NBC4/Marist Poll April 2016 Maryland Questionnaire" (PDF). Retrieved April 13, 2016.
7. ^ "Washington Post-University of Maryland poll, March 30-April 3, 2016". Retrieved April 7, 2016.
8. ^ "Hillary Clinton has 33-point lead in Maryland Democratic primary, new poll shows".
9. ^ "Maryland Poll" (PDF).
10. ^ "Goucher poll February 13–18, 2016" (PDF).
11. ^ Baltimore Sun/University of Baltimore
12. ^ Baltimore Sun/University of Baltimore
13. ^ Washington Post
14. ^ "Goucher poll September 26 – October 1, 2015" (PDF).
15. ^ "(Among Democrats and independents who lean Democratic) Thinking ahead to 2016, between (Martin O'Malley), (Hillary Clinton), (Joe Biden), (Andrew Cuomo) and (Elizabeth Warren) whom would you like to be the next Democratic presidential nominee?". Washington Post. February 22, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
16. ^ Baltimore Sun
17. ^ Washington Post
18. ^ The Green Papers
19. ^ Maryland State Board of Elections - Official Primary Results
20. ^ MDP Announces DNC Delegates, Alternates and State DNC Members
21. ^ MDP Announces District-Level Delegate Winners
22. ^ "Maryland Election Results 2016". The New York Times. August 2017.
23. ^ "Maryland Certified Election Results". CNN. May 9, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
24. ^ "2016 Election Center". CNN. Retrieved September 25, 2016.

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