2016_Kentucky_Democratic_primary
The 2016 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary was held on May 17 in the U.S. state of Kentucky as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
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On the same day, the Democratic Party held their Oregon primary. The Republican Party held their Kentucky caucuses in early March.
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Main article: Kentucky Democratic primary, 2016
Delegate count: 55 Pledged, 5 Unpledged
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More information Kentucky Democratic primary, May 17, 2016, Candidate ...
| Kentucky Democratic primary, May 17, 2016 | |||||
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| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Hillary Clinton | 212,534 | 46.76% | 28 | 2 | 30 |
| Bernie Sanders | 210,623 | 46.33% | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) | 5,713 | 1.26% | |||
| Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente | 1,594 | 0.35% | |||
| Uncommitted | 24,104 | 5.30% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 454,568 | 100% | 55 | 5 | 60 |
| Source: The Green Papers, Kentucky Secretary of State | |||||
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Results by county
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| County[4] | Clinton | Votes | Sanders | Votes |
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| Adair | 49.6% | 466 | 43.7% | 410 |
| Allen | 46.0% | 427 | 47.4% | 440 |
| Anderson | 36.0% | 1,132 | 52.4% | 1,649 |
| Ballard | 32.0% | 405 | 52.0% | 659 |
| Barren | 37.2% | 1,979 | 49.9% | 2,653 |
| Bath | 45.6% | 628 | 46.6% | 641 |
| Bell | 44.7% | 567 | 45.6% | 578 |
| Boone | 51.8% | 2,932 | 44.1% | 2,496 |
| Bourbon | 46.5% | 1,109 | 45.6% | 1,087 |
| Boyd | 44.7% | 2,193 | 46.1% | 2,262 |
| Boyle | 49.9% | 1,648 | 43.9% | 1,451 |
| Bracken | 32.5% | 251 | 54.9% | 424 |
| Breathitt | 33.9% | 1,123 | 51.8% | 1,716 |
| Breckinridge | 45.9% | 877 | 45.8% | 875 |
| Bullitt | 44.4% | 2,907 | 49.1% | 3,210 |
| Butler | 51.1% | 238 | 42.1% | 196 |
| Caldwell | 34.3% | 570 | 52.1% | 866 |
| Calloway | 35.8% | 1,460 | 55.0% | 2,239 |
| Campbell | 48.1% | 3,169 | 47.5% | 3,133 |
| Carlisle | 25.6% | 206 | 57.5% | 462 |
| Carroll | 41.5% | 481 | 49.4% | 573 |
| Carter | 39.1% | 800 | 51.4% | 1,051 |
| Casey | 50.7% | 210 | 44.0% | 182 |
| Christian | 50.2% | 2,437 | 39.9% | 1,936 |
| Clark | 45.5% | 1,810 | 47.5% | 1,888 |
| Clay | 48.4% | 184 | 41.6% | 158 |
| Clinton | 57.9% | 151 | 35.6% | 93 |
| Crittenden | 35.6% | 240 | 51.0% | 344 |
| Cumberland | 44.8% | 78 | 50.0% | 87 |
| Daviess | 45.5% | 5,066 | 46.6% | 5,188 |
| Edmonson | 49.5% | 275 | 47.1% | 262 |
| Elliott | 35.7% | 301 | 52.6% | 443 |
| Estill | 47.6% | 446 | 47.0% | 440 |
| Fayette | 52.8% | 20,014 | 45.0% | 17,048 |
| Fleming | 40.7% | 627 | 52.3% | 806 |
| Floyd | 31.4% | 2,327 | 54.1% | 4,010 |
| Franklin | 45.1% | 5,218 | 46.6% | 5,398 |
| Fulton | 46.6% | 315 | 36.2% | 245 |
| Gallatin | 39.5% | 260 | 51.6% | 340 |
| Garrard | 50.5% | 434 | 45.0% | 387 |
| Grant | 40.9% | 594 | 49.2% | 715 |
| Graves | 31.8% | 1,631 | 51.3% | 2,631 |
| Grayson | 49.9% | 705 | 44.6% | 630 |
| Green | 40.4% | 284 | 51.2% | 360 |
| Greenup | 43.8% | 1,517 | 47.7% | 1,655 |
| Hancock | 42.5% | 491 | 49.7% | 573 |
| Hardin | 47.8% | 4,359 | 46.2% | 4,208 |
| Harlan | 25.9% | 451 | 62.8% | 1,092 |
| Harrison | 41.4% | 886 | 49.5% | 1,059 |
| Hart | 39.7% | 817 | 51.6% | 1,062 |
| Henderson | 43.4% | 2,887 | 42.9% | 2,850 |
| Henry | 40.6% | 781 | 49.8% | 958 |
| Hickman | 32.5% | 209 | 46.6% | 300 |
| Hopkins | 32.7% | 1,690 | 52.2% | 2,696 |
| Jackson | 35.9% | 78 | 59.0% | 128 |
| Jefferson | 57.3% | 64,090 | 40.3% | 45,048 |
| Jessamine | 44.2% | 1,875 | 49.8% | 2,113 |
| Johnson | 32.9% | 444 | 55.5% | 749 |
| Kenton | 49.0% | 5,146 | 46.5% | 4,880 |
| Knott | 30.8% | 583 | 58.8% | 1,114 |
| Knox | 47.9% | 520 | 46.4% | 504 |
| LaRue | 34.7% | 612 | 51.6% | 910 |
| Laurel | 49.1% | 845 | 45.9% | 791 |
| Lawrence | 35.3% | 444 | 52.4% | 659 |
| Lee | 42.9% | 199 | 48.3% | 224 |
| Leslie | 43.8% | 64 | 52.7% | 77 |
| Letcher | 26.7% | 838 | 56.9% | 1,788 |
| Lewis | 51.7% | 211 | 37.0% | 151 |
| Lincoln | 47.7% | 779 | 45.5% | 742 |
| Livingston | 34.4% | 400 | 52.4% | 610 |
| Logan | 43.8% | 1,077 | 46.0% | 1,131 |
| Lyon | 40.5% | 497 | 45.7% | 561 |
| Madison | 41.6% | 3,441 | 53.0% | 4,385 |
| Magoffin | 42.7% | 511 | 52.3% | 626 |
| Marion | 50.3% | 1,162 | 42.6% | 983 |
| Marshall | 34.7% | 1,577 | 50.8% | 2,308 |
| Martin | 31.2% | 104 | 57.4% | 191 |
| Mason | 44.1% | 727 | 47.0% | 775 |
| McCracken | 43.8% | 3,334 | 46.5% | 3,541 |
| McCreary | 41.9% | 169 | 50.4% | 203 |
| McLean | 38.1% | 477 | 50.1% | 628 |
| Meade | 41.9% | 1,312 | 49.2% | 1,541 |
| Menifee | 44.8% | 311 | 46.5% | 323 |
| Mercer | 39.1% | 988 | 52.6% | 1,331 |
| Metcalfe | 41.7% | 506 | 47.9% | 582 |
| Monroe | 50.8% | 126 | 44.0% | 109 |
| Montgomery | 45.8% | 1,289 | 47.0% | 1,322 |
| Morgan | 31.6% | 544 | 57.3% | 988 |
| Muhlenberg | 43.3% | 1,544 | 45.7% | 1,632 |
| Nelson | 47.6% | 2,395 | 46.6% | 2,345 |
| Nicholas | 42.2% | 353 | 50.2% | 420 |
| Ohio | 41.3% | 778 | 50.0% | 943 |
| Oldham | 52.4% | 2,730 | 44.4% | 2,315 |
| Owen | 34.6% | 453 | 55.0% | 720 |
| Owsley | 43.3% | 77 | 51.1% | 91 |
| Pendleton | 36.6% | 388 | 51.5% | 546 |
| Perry | 30.0% | 839 | 59.6% | 1,666 |
| Pike | 26.1% | 2,335 | 54.3% | 4,848 |
| Powell | 42.4% | 623 | 50.7% | 744 |
| Pulaski | 47.4% | 1,169 | 46.6% | 1,148 |
| Robertson | 32.0% | 95 | 59.6% | 177 |
| Rockcastle | 45.7% | 238 | 48.8% | 254 |
| Rowan | 44.0% | 1,170 | 51.2% | 1,363 |
| Russell | 48.2% | 343 | 46.7% | 332 |
| Scott | 48.6% | 2,505 | 46.4% | 2,394 |
| Shelby | 47.8% | 2,195 | 44.5% | 2,044 |
| Simpson | 45.9% | 708 | 45.1% | 695 |
| Spencer | 42.7% | 673 | 51.2% | 806 |
| Taylor | 50.3% | 949 | 44.8% | 844 |
| Todd | 35.1% | 333 | 53.5% | 507 |
| Trigg | 40.8% | 604 | 48.3% | 715 |
| Trimble | 38.3% | 415 | 50.0% | 542 |
| Union | 29.9% | 672 | 49.3% | 1,106 |
| Warren | 44.9% | 4,829 | 49.9% | 5,365 |
| Washington | 47.0% | 601 | 45.5% | 582 |
| Wayne | 55.6% | 502 | 39.4% | 356 |
| Webster | 28.7% | 693 | 48.5% | 1,169 |
| Whitley | 52.5% | 522 | 41.1% | 409 |
| Wolfe | 42.1% | 414 | 50.7% | 499 |
| Woodford | 46.3% | 1,862 | 47.7% | 1,918 |
| Total | 46.8% | 212,550 | 46.3% | 210,626 |
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Clinton's strength with conservative white voters in the Appalachia region, including Coal Country, had clearly regressed since 2008; she had beaten Barack Obama 65–29 in Kentucky eight years earlier, and only beat rival Bernie Sanders 47–46 in 2016. She ran strongly in Louisville, where the African American population is highest, but lost many of the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield counties in the state to Bernie Sanders, who had won a large victory in neighboring West Virginia the week prior. Sanders also won many counties in the Jackson Purchase area. Notably, in 2012, almost all of the Sanders counties voted for the "Uncommited" ballot option in a protest vote against Obama.
- "Kentucky Survey Results" (PDF). publicpolicypolling.com. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- "2016 Election Center". CNN. Retrieved June 4, 2018.