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

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2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses

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Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton Home state Vermont New York Delegate count 41 25 Popular vote 72,846 49,789 Percentage 58.98% 40.31%

Colorado results by county Sanders   40 – 50%   50 – 60%   60 – 70%   70 – 80%   80 – 90% Clinton   40 – 50%   50 – 60%   60 – 70% Uncommitted   30 – 40%

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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 Colorado caucuses.

Youth^[1][2] and Latino^[3] caucus-goers delivered a win for Bernie Sanders.

As Barack Obama had similarly done eight years earlier in the state, Bernie Sanders won a convincing 19-point victory in the Colorado caucus, relying on turnout from young adult voters in a majority white electorate.^[11][12] He ran up big margins in the capital city of Denver and in Denver County at large, as well as in Colorado Springs in El Paso County and Fort Collins in Larimer County. Sanders also performed very strongly in the western parts of the state along the Rocky Mountains, in regions such as the Colorado Mineral belt and Northwestern Colorado which are rural and sparsely populated. Clinton won in the city of Pueblo in Pueblo County.

Sanders gained more delegates over Clinton with a large turnout from supporters at the conventions in April.^[13]