2016 Texas Democratic presidential primary

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Candidate  | Hillary Clinton | Bernie Sanders
Home state  | New York | Vermont
Delegate count  | 147 | 75
Popular vote  | 936,004 | 476,547
Percentage  | 65.19% | 33.19%

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Results by county
Clinton: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
80-90%
Sanders: 40-50% 50-60% 80-90%
Tie: 50%

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The 2016 Texas Democratic presidential primary took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Texas as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

On the same day, dubbed "Super Tuesday," Democratic primaries were held in ten other states plus American Samoa, while the Republican Party held primaries in eleven states, including their own Texas primary.

Decisive support from Latinos—particularly in the rural Rio Grande Valley—delivered a landslide win to Clinton.[1]

## Opinion polling

[edit]

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

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

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Primary results | March 1, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
65.2% | Bernie Sanders
33.2%  |  | Others
1.6%
Emerson[2]

Margin of error: ± 5.9%
Sample size: 275

| February 26–28, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
68% | Bernie Sanders
26%  |  | Others / Undecided

American Research Group[3]

Margin of error: ± 5.0%
Sample size: 400

| February 26–28, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
58% | Bernie Sanders
38%  |  | Others / Undecided

YouGov/CBS News[4]

Margin of error: ± 6.9%
Sample size: 750

| February 22–26, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
61% | Bernie Sanders
37%  |  | Others / Undecided

Monmouth[5]

Margin of error: ± 5.6
Sample size: 304

| February 22–24, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
64% | Bernie Sanders
30%  |  | Others / Undecided

Emerson College[6]

Margin of error: ± 5.4
Sample size: 328

| February 21–23, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
56% | Bernie Sanders
40%  |  | Others / Undecided

NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl[7]

Margin of error: ± 4.9
Sample size: 405

| February 18–23, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
59% | Bernie Sanders
38%  |  | Others / Undecided

KTVT-CBS 11[8]

Margin of error: ± 3.8
Sample size: 675

| February 22, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
61% | Bernie Sanders
29%  |  | Others / Undecided
10%
TEGNA/SurveyUSA[9]

Margin of error: ± 4.1
Sample size: 569

| February 21–22, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
61% | Bernie Sanders
32%  |  | Others / Undecided

Austin American-Statesman[10]

Margin of error: ± 5.0
Sample size: 411

| February 19–22, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
66% | Bernie Sanders
26%  |  | Others / Undecided

UT/TT[11]

Margin of error: ±4.57
Sample Size: ? Dem Voters

| February 12–19, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
57% | Bernie Sanders
40%  | Rocky de la Fuente
2%  | Martin O'Malley 1%
Willie Wilson 1%
Public Policy Polling[12]

Margin of error: ± 4.3
Sample size: 514

| February 14–16, 2016  | Hillary Clinton
57% | Bernie Sanders
34%  |  |

Polls in 2015

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

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University of Texas/Texas Tribune[13]

Margin of error ± 4.57%
Sample Size: 459

| October 30 – November 8, 2015  | Hillary Clinton
61% | Bernie Sanders
30%  | Martin O'Malley 1%  | Lawrence Lessig 0% No Opinion 7%
CBS-DFW[14]

Margin of error: ± 3.09%
Sample size: 1008

| October 23–24, 2015  | Hillary Clinton
59% | Bernie Sanders
10%  | Martin O'Malley
3%  | Undecided 28%
Texas Lyceum[15]

Margin of error: ± 7.15%
Sample size: 185

| September 8–21, 2015  | Hillary Clinton
36% | Bernie Sanders
24%  | Joe Biden
15%  | Jim Webb 1%, Martin O'Malley 0%, Lincoln Chafee 0% Undecided 23%
UoT/Texas Tribune[16]

Margin of error: ± 4.58%
Sample size: 457

| June 5–14, 2015  | Hillary Clinton
53% | Bernie Sanders
15%  | Joe Biden
8%  | Elizabeth Warren 8%, Andrew Cuomo 1%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Jim Webb 1%, Lincoln Chafee 1% Undecided 12%
UoT/Texas Tribune[17]

Margin of error: ± 4.89%
Sample size: 401

| February 6–15, 2015  | Hillary Clinton
62% | Elizabeth Warren
12%  | Joe Biden
6%  | Bernie Sanders 5%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Jim Webb 1%, Undecided 14%

Polls in 2014

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

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UoT/Texas Tribune

Margin of error: ± 4.73%
Sample size: 429

| October 10–19, 2014  | Hillary Clinton
60% | Elizabeth Warren
13%  | Joe Biden
10%  | Andrew Cuomo 2%, Brian Schweitzer 1%, Jim Webb 1%, Martin O'Malley 0%, Undecided 13%
UoT/Texas Tribune

Margin of error: ± 4.75%
Sample size: 426

| May 30 – June 8, 2014  | Hillary Clinton
64% | Elizabeth Warren
15%  | Joe Biden
8%  | Andrew Cuomo 2%, Brian Schweitzer 1%, Martin O'Malley 0%, Undecided 10%

Polls in 2013

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

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UoT/Texas Tribune

Margin of error: ± 4.82%
Sample size: 414

| October 18–29, 2013  | Hillary Clinton
67% | Joe Biden
7%  | Elizabeth Warren
5%  | Andrew Cuomo 1%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Brian Schweitzer 1%, Mark Warner 1%, Kirsten Gillibrand 0%, Don't Know 17%
UoT/Texas Tribune

Margin of error: ± 5.89%
Sample size: 376

| May 31 – June 9, 2013  | Hillary Clinton
66% | Joe Biden
11%  | Andrew Cuomo
1%  | Kirsten Gillibrand 1%, Mark Warner 1%, Martin O'Malley 0%, Brian Schweitzer 0%, Don't Know 19%

## Results

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See also: Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 75

Texas Democratic primary, March 1, 2016

Candidate  | Popular vote  | Estimated delegates
Count  | Percentage  | Pledged | Unpledged | Total
Hillary Clinton | 936,004  | 65.19%  | 147  | 21  | 168
Bernie Sanders | 476,547  | 33.19%  | 75  | 0  | 75
Rocky De La Fuente | 8,429  | 0.59%  |  |  |
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) | 5,364  | 0.37%  |  |  |
Willie Wilson | 3,254  | 0.23%  |  |  |
Keith Judd | 2,569  | 0.18%  |  |  |
Calvis L. Hawes  | 2,017  | 0.14%  |  |  |
Star Locke  | 1,711  | 0.12%  |  |  |
Uncommitted  | —  | 0  | 8  | 8
Total  | 1,435,895  | 100%  | 222  | 29  | 251
Source: The Green Papers, Texas Secretary of State

### Results by county

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County[18] | Clinton  | %  | Sanders  | %

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Anderson | 996 | 75.6% | 299 | 22.7%
Andrews | 76 | 66.1% | 38 | 33.0%
Angelina | 1,950 | 73.7% | 622 | 23.5%
Aransas | 488 | 63.1% | 272 | 35.1%
Archer | 99 | 58.9% | 64 | 38.1%
Armstrong | 1 | 20.0% | 4 | 80.0%
Atascosa | 1,355 | 71.7% | 478 | 25.3%
Austin | 492 | 73.4% | 165 | 24.6%
Bailey | 84 | 71.2% | 29 | 24.6%
Bandera | 378 | 55.4% | 294 | 43.1%
Bastrop | 2,896 | 59.0% | 1,950 | 39.8%
Bland | 46 | 61.3% | 24 | 32.0%
Bee | 1,133 | 75.1% | 320 | 21.2%
Bell | 7,430 | 69.9% | 3,090 | 29.1%
Bexar | 76,533 | 66.8% | 36,750 | 32.1%
Blanco | 284 | 54.9% | 232 | 44.9%
Borden | 4 | 80.0% | 1 | 20.0%
Bosque | 353 | 62.6% | 199 | 35.3%
Bowie | 2,437 | 76.7% | 687 | 21.6%
Brazoria | 8,009 | 69.6% | 3,721 | 28.6%
Brazos | 3,561 | 49.1% | 3,589 | 49.5%
Brewster | 701 | 43.7% | 771 | 48.1%
Briscoe | 16 | 57.1% | 11 | 32.3%
Brooks | 1,603 | 74.4% | 362 | 16.8%
Brown | 319 | 58.5% | 212 | 38.9%
Burleson | 469 | 74.0% | 149 | 23.5%
Burnet | 878 | 59.4% | 580 | 39.3%
Caldwell | 1,543 | 66.1% | 742 | 31.8%
Calhoun | 709 | 66.6% | 305 | 28.6%
Callahan | 87 | 44.2% | 104 | 52.8%
Cameron | 20,332 | 68.2% | 8,320 | 27.9%
Camp | 484 | 76.6% | 134 | 21.2%
Carson | 50 | 62.5% | 30 | 37.5%
Cass | 778 | 73.1% | 265 | 24.9%
Castro | 127 | 73.9% | 40 | 23.3%
Chambers | 688 | 67.9% | 295 | 29.1%
Cherokee | 990 | 74.2% | 324 | 24.3%
Childress | 54 | 58.7% | 34 | 37.0%
Clay | 120 | 62.5% | 65 | 33.9%
Cochran | 4 | 50.0% | 3 | 37.5%
Coke | 25 | 48.1% | 25 | 48.1%
Coleman | 75 | 60.0% | 49 | 39.2%
Collin | 23,670 | 59.1% | 16,171 | 40.4%
Collingsworth | 36 | 59.0% | 24 | 39.3%
Colorado | 474 | 74.8% | 150 | 23.7%
Comal | 3,112 | 60.0% | 2,027 | 39.1%
Comanche | 221 | 63.5% | 117 | 33.6%
Concho | 27 | 69.2% | 11 | 28.2%
Cooke | 449 | 56.4% | 334 | 42.0%
Coryell | 1,010 | 62.7% | 577 | 35.8%
Cottle | 27 | 57.5% | 18 | 38.3%
Crane | 62 | 66.0% | 24 | 25.5%
Crockett | 266 | 37.7% | 240 | 34.0%
Crosby | 131 | 58.2% | 91 | 40.4%
Culberson | 358 | 62.2% | 160 | 27.8%
Dallam | 24 | 61.5% | 13 | 33.3%
Dallas | 113,664 | 71.5% | 44,275 | 27.8%
Dawson | 92 | 70.2% | 34 | 26.0%
Deaf Smith | 200 | 67.8% | 86 | 29.2%
Delta | 110 | 67.9% | 51 | 31.5%
Denton | 16,491 | 50.7% | 15,781 | 48.6%
Dewitt | 293 | 70.3% | 113 | 27.1%
Dickens | 13 | 52.0% | 11 | 44.0%
Dimmit | 1,804 | 68.9% | 534 | 20.4%
Donley | 35 | 47.8% | 35 | 50.7%
Duval | 2,273 | 76.2% | 523 | 17.5%
Eastland | 171 | 55.7% | 122 | 39.7%
Ector | 1,855 | 64.9% | 942 | 33.0%
Edwards | 42 | 57.5% | 27 | 37.0%
Ellis | 3,725 | 69.5% | 1,568 | 29.2%
El Paso | 36,140 | 66.0% | 17,234 | 31.5%
Erath | 427 | 52.5% | 365 | 44.9%
Falls | 551 | 91.4% | 115 | 17.0%
Fannin | 507 | 63.0% | 279 | 34.7%
Fayette | 584 | 63.9% | 309 | 33.8%
Fisher | 226 | 53.3% | 146 | 34.4%
Floyd | 60 | 65.9% | 24 | 26.4%
Foard | 80 | 34.3% | 112 | 48.1%
Fort Bend | 29,259 | 74.6% | 9,774 | 24.9%
Franklin | 164 | 67.8% | 73 | 30.2%
Freestone | 380 | 76.8% | 102 | 20.6%
Frio | 1,864 | 67.7% | 630 | 22.9%
Gaines | 91 | 55.8% | 59 | 36.2%
Galveston | 9,466 | 68.2% | 4,241 | 30.6%
Garza | 35 | 56.5% | 22 | 35.5%
Gillespie | 493 | 60.9% | 314 | 38.8%
Glasscock | 4 | 50.0% | 4 | 50.0%
Goliad | 389 | 66.4% | 151 | 25.8%
Gonzales | 368 | 72.3% | 129 | 25.3%
Gray | 111 | 53.9% | 86 | 41.8%
Grayson | 1,940 | 52.8% | 1,687 | 45.9%
Gregg | 3,423 | 78.0% | 911 | 20.8%
Grimes | 584 | 73.2% | 201 | 25.2%
Guadalupe | 3,793 | 63.9% | 2,067 | 34.8%
Hale | 312 | 60.4% | 176 | 34.0%
Hall | 63 | 64.3% | 28 | 28.6%
Hamilton | 115 | 56.5% | 84 | 40.2%
Hansford | 21 | 58.3% | 13 | 36.1%
Hardeman | 71 | 39.4% | 88 | 48.9%
Hardin | 625 | 59.5% | 398 | 27.9%
Harris | 157,000 | 70.5% | 63,416 | 28.5%
Harrison | 2,046 | 76.9% | 530 | 19.9%
Hartley | 19 | 55.8% | 19 | 36.5%
Haskell | 159 | 58.7% | 92 | 34.3%
Hays | 6,634 | 46.9% | 7,322 | 51.8%
Hemphill | 15 | 65.2% | 8 | 34.8%
Henderson | 1,593 | 71.6% | 598 | 26.9%
Hidalgo | 40,308 | 69.1% | 15,907 | 27.3%
Hill | 718 | 69.1% | 297 | 28.6%
Hockley | 183 | 58.3% | 116 | 36.9%
Hood | 928 | 62.6% | 527 | 35.6%
Houston | 464 | 80.0% | 101 | 17.4%
Howard | 351 | 63.5% | 192 | 34.7%
Hudspeth | 99 | 39.9% | 97 | 39.1%
Hunt | 1,329 | 60.5% | 849 | 38.6%
Hutchinson | 153 | 55.8% | 103 | 37.6%
Irion | 28 | 65.1% | 14 | 32.6%
Jack | 87 | 62.1% | 46 | 32.9%
Jackson | 266 | 70.6% | 94 | 24.9%
Jasper | 932 | 75.7% | 270 | 21.9%
Jeff Davis | 140 | 49.5% | 132 | 46.6%
Jefferson | 16,589 | 76.9% | 4,441 | 20.6%
Jim Hogg | 1,421 | 75.0% | 356 | 18.8%
Jim Wells | 4,697 | 71.7% | 1,436 | 21.9%
Johnson | 2,271 | 58.5% | 1,566 | 40.4%
Jones | 173 | 63.1% | 95 | 34.7%
Karnes | 726 | 53.0% | 479 | 34.9%
Kaufman | 2,234 | 69.6% | 951 | 29.6%
Kendall | 641 | 56.2% | 491 | 43.0%
Kenedy | 63 | 59.4% | 32 | 30.2%
Kent | 22 | 36.7% | 28 | 46.7%
Kerr | 1,020 | 58.4% | 709 | 40.6%
Kimble | 29 | 44.6% | 34 | 52.3%
King | 2 | 66.7% | 1 | 33.3%
Kinney | 211 | 60.8% | 107 | 30.8%
Kleberg | 1,740 | 70.7% | 630 | 25.6%
Knox | 68 | 71.6% | 17 | 17.9%
Lamar | 924 | 69.3% | 388 | 29.1%
Lamb | 172 | 53.3% | 87 | 26.9%
Lampasas | 324 | 59.8% | 207 | 38.2%
Lavaca | 322 | 68.5% | 137 | 29.2%
Lee | 367 | 65.4% | 180 | 32.1%
Leon | 289 | 74.3% | 89 | 22.9%
Liberty | 1,043 | 71.3% | 383 | 26.2%
Limestone | 592 | 79.1% | 144 | 19.3%
Lipscomb | 22 | 64.7% | 11 | 32.4%
Live Oak | 203 | 67.4% | 73 | 24.3%
Llano | 519 | 64.8% | 267 | 33.3%
Loving | 3 | 25.0% | 5 | 41.7%
Lubbock | 5,782 | 57.3% | 4,137 | 41.0%
Lynn | 14 | 58.3% | 10 | 41.7%
Madison | 227 | 75.2% | 70 | 23.2%
Martin | 36 | 59.0% | 17 | 27.9%
Mason | 89 | 62.7% | 50 | 35.2%
Matagorda | 1,088 | 74.2% | 344 | 23.5%
Maverick | 4,343 | 69.5% | 1,508 | 24.2%
McCulloch | 93 | 66.0% | 43 | 30.5%
McLennan | 5,531 | 67.0% | 2,633 | 31.9%
McMullen | 4 | 80.0% | 1 | 20.0%
Medina | 1,073 | 69.7% | 436 | 28.3%
Menard | 23 | 56.1% | 16 | 39.0%
Midland | 1,556 | 63.1% | 854 | 34.6%
Milam | 577 | 67.8% | 252 | 29.6%
Mills | 50 | 53.2% | 41 | 43.6%
Mitchell | 109 | 73.2% | 33 | 22.2%
Montague | 153 | 54.3% | 122 | 43.3%
Montgomery | 7,540 | 59.5% | 5,040 | 39.8%
Moore | 149 | 59.9% | 81 | 32.5%
Morris | 488 | 71.4% | 169 | 24.7%
Motley | 13 | 68.4% | 6 | 31.6%
Nacogdoches | 1,600 | 65.2% | 829 | 33.8%
Navarro | 957 | 72.5% | 334 | 25.3%
Newton | 605 | 44.2% | 529 | 40.4%
Nolan | 270 | 65.5% | 122 | 29.6%
Nueces | 15,671 | 70.5% | 6,175 | 27.8%
Ochiltree | 36 | 53.7% | 29 | 43.3%
Oldham | 11 | 68.8% | 4 | 25.0%
Orange | 1,852 | 68.1% | 816 | 30.0%
Palo Pinto | 361 | 59.5% | 230 | 37.9%
Panola | 559 | 80.1% | 130 | 18.6%
Parker | 1,808 | 54.6% | 1,475 | 44.5%
Parmer | 82 | 72.6% | 26 | 23.0%
Pecos | 816 | 55.4% | 488 | 33.2%
Polk | 860 | 71.1% | 326 | 26.9%
Potter | 1,490 | 56.5% | 1,094 | 41.5%
Presidio | 776 | 57.4% | 447 | 33.1%
Rains | 173 | 64.3% | 89 | 33.1%
Randall | 1,591 | 51.0% | 1,489 | 47.7%
Reagan | 12 | 63.2% | 7 | 36.8%
Real | 28 | 53.9% | 23 | 44.2%
Red River | 378 | 70.1% | 87 | 18.2%
Reeves | 1,128 | 59.6% | 563 | 29.7%
Refugio | 549 | 64.1% | 254 | 29.7%
Roberts | 3 | 60.0% | 2 | 40.0%
Robertson | 896 | 70.9% | 289 | 22.9%
Rockwall | 1,726 | 59.5% | 1,046 | 36.1%
Runnels | 80 | 57.6% | 55 | 39.6%
Rusk | 1,114 | 78.1% | 276 | 19.4%
Sabine | 192 | 66.4% | 82 | 28.4%
San Augustine | 368 | 83.1% | 62 | 14.0%
San Jacinto | 562 | 72.1% | 193 | 24.7%
San Patricio | 2,638 | 73.2% | 850 | 23.6%
San Saba | 58 | 67.4% | 27 | 31.4%
Schleicer | 58 | 64.4% | 24 | 26.7%
Scurry | 154 | 61.6% | 85 | 34.0%
Shackelford | 15 | 50.0% | 14 | 46.7%
Shelby | 346 | 77.8% | 90 | 20.2%
Sherman | 19 | 61.3% | 8 | 25.8%
Smith | 5,778 | 73.5% | 2,003 | 25.5%
Somervell | 66 | 49.3% | 67 | 50.0%
Starr | 6,936 | 77.8% | 1,635 | 18.3%
Stephens | 45 | 55.6% | 35 | 43.2%
Sterling | 5 | 50.0% | 4 | 40.0%
Stonewall | 59 | 57.8% | 36 | 35.3%
Sutton | 27 | 69.2% | 10 | 25.6%
Swisher | 141 | 60.5% | 78 | 33.5%
Tarrant | 68,044 | 65.2% | 35,733 | 34.2%
Taylor | 1,794 | 54.6% | 1,427 | 43.4%
Terrell | 67 | 43.5% | 64 | 41.6%
Terry | 141 | 59.0% | 83 | 34.7%
Throckmorton | 26 | 61.9% | 16 | 38.1%
Titus | 552 | 71.3% | 197 | 25.5%
Tom Green | 1,657 | 55.9% | 1,239 | 41.8%
Travis | 69,446 | 48.2% | 74,068 | 51.4%
Trinity | 333 | 71.8% | 117 | 25.2%
Tyler | 453 | 74.3% | 372 | 22.8%
Upshur | 725 | 71.7% | 269 | 26.6%
Upton | 91 | 55.8% | 45 | 27.6%
Uvalde | 1,744 | 63.4% | 762 | 27.7%
Val Verde | 1,776 | 65.8% | 765 | 28.3%
Van Zandt | 722 | 64.1% | 377 | 33.5%
Victoria | 2,206 | 64.5% | 1,119 | 32.7%
Walker | 1,292 | 61.3% | 789 | 37.4%
Waller | 1,221 | 67.4% | 559 | 30.9%
Ward | 306 | 62.2% | 147 | 29.9%
Washington | 782 | 73.0% | 278 | 25.9%
Webb | 18,559 | 71.9% | 6,177 | 23.9%
Wharton | 961 | 76.5% | 224 | 18.3%
Wheeler | 37 | 59.7% | 23 | 37.1%
Wichita | 1,958 | 55.5% | 1,524 | 43.2%
Wilbarger | 136 | 61.5% | 75 | 33.9%
Willacy | 2,081 | 70.0% | 660 | 22.2%
Williamson | 16,396 | 52.7% | 14,554 | 46.7%
Wilson | 1,282 | 71.5% | 481 | 26.8%
Winkler | 30 | 69.8% | 11 | 25.6%
Wise | 751 | 56.2% | 558 | 41.8%
Wood | 663 | 68.7% | 285 | 29.5%
Yoakum | 9 | 42.9% | 10 | 47.6%
Young | 201 | 58.8% | 132 | 38.6%
Zapata | 1,973 | 67.9% | 685 | 23.6%
Zavala | 1,557 | 75.5% | 373 | 18.1%
Total | 936,004 | 65.2% | 476,547 | 33.2%

## Analysis

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Clinton won the Texas primary by a landslide margin of over thirty points, thanks in large part to support from Hispanic/Latinos (whom she won by a margin of 71–29 over Bernie Sanders), African American voters (whom she won 83–15) and white women (63-35 over Sanders).[19] Clinton won all of the major cities (Fort Worth, Dallas, El Paso, San Antonio, and Houston, and Corpus Christi) except for Austin where Sanders won only narrowly.

Sanders won few counties outside of Travis County, where the University of Texas at Austin is located. He won neighboring Hays County, home to another prominent college, Texas State University in San Marcos. Sanders also managed to very narrowly edge out Clinton in Brazos County, home to College Station and Texas A&M University, by 28 votes. In all three counties mentioned above, Sanders performed worse than Barack Obama did in the 2008 Texas Democratic primary and caucuses, despite all three containing a bloc of young voters, a demographic Sanders usually performs well in.

The rest of Sanders's victories came from 11 sparsely populated counties where Republicans have performed strongly in the past several elections. His strongest performance came from the Texas Panhandle in Armstrong County, where he won 80% of the vote, 4 votes to Clinton's 1. Two counties in particular, Glasscock and Coke, had Sanders and Clinton tie.[20]

## References

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5. ^ "TEXAS: CRUZ, CLINTON LEAD PRIMARIES" (PDF).
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8. ^ "Cruz Increases Lead In TX Against Trump In KTVT-CBS 11 / Dixie Strategies Poll".
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10. ^ "Cruz, Clinton still lead in Texas".
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12. ^ "Subject: Clinton leads in 10 of 12 Early March Primaries; Benefits From Overwhelming Black Support" (PDF).
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14. ^ "Carson Leads Trump Slightly In Texas KTVT-CBS 11 Dixie Strategies Poll". cbslocal.com.
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