2016 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary
2016 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary
Results by countySanders: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%Clinton: 40-50% 50-60%
The 2016 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma primary .
Opinion polling
Poll source
Date
1st
2nd
3rd
Other
Official Primary results
March 1, 2016
Bernie Sanders 51.9%
Hillary Clinton 41.5%
Others 6.6%
Monmouth[1]
Margin of error: ± 5.7%
Sample size: 300
February 25–28, 2016
Bernie Sanders 48%
Hillary Clinton 43%
Others / Undecided 9%
Sooner Poll/News 9/News on 6[2]
Margin of error: ± 4.3%
Sample size: 510
February 23–25, 2016
Hillary Clinton 40%
Bernie Sanders 31%
Others / Undecided 29%
Public Policy Polling[3]
Margin of error: ± 4.2%
Sample size: 542
February 14–16, 2016
Hillary Clinton 46%
Bernie Sanders 44%
Undecided 9%
Sooner Poll[4]
Margin of error: ± 5.0%
Sample size: 360
February 6–9, 2016
Hillary Clinton 43.9%
Bernie Sanders 28%
Undecided 28.1%
Sooner Poll[5]
Margin of error: ± 5.1%
Sample size: 369
November 12–15, 2015
Hillary Clinton 46.6%
Bernie Sanders 12.2%
Martin O'Malley 2.2%
Undecided 39.1%
The Oklahoman/Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & Associates[6]
Margin of error: ± 4.3%
Sample size: 550
October 19–22, 2015
Hillary Clinton 30%
Bernie Sanders 21%
Martin O'Malley 1%
Undecided 46%
Results
Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 91
Oklahoma Democratic primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate
Popular vote
Estimated delegates
Count
Percentage
Pledged
Unpledged
Total
Bernie Sanders
174,228
51.88%
21
1
22
Hillary Clinton
139,443
41.52%
17
1
18
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)
7,672
2.28%
Keith Judd
4,386
1.31%
Michael Steinberg
4,171
1.24%
Star Locke (withdrawn)
3,458
1.03%
Rocky De La Fuente
2,485
0.74%
Uncommitted
—
0
2
2
Total
335,843
100%
38
4
42
Source: The Green Papers , Oklahoma State Election Board
Results by county
County[7]
Clinton
Votes
Sanders
Votes
Adair
33.4%
582
55.8%
971
Alfalfa
28.0%
92
58.1%
191
Atoka
28.4%
370
55.4%
723
Beaver
28.9%
52
52.2%
94
Beckham
31.2%
464
55.4%
824
Blaine
37.3%
313
51.8%
435
Bryan
31.2%
1,050
56.8%
1,913
Caddo
36.4%
1,060
53.0%
1,543
Canadian
38.4%
3,357
56.3%
4,922
Carter
32.3%
1,240
55.0%
2,113
Cherokee
38.7%
2,023
55.4%
2,897
Choctaw
29.0%
384
56.4%
745
Cimarron
17.5%
22
54.0%
68
Cleveland
37.6%
10,433
59.3%
16,428
Coal
19.0%
136
63.6%
456
Comanche
44.9%
3,523
48.5%
3,804
Cotton
29.7%
204
56.4%
388
Craig
35.8%
609
54.5%
926
Creek
35.8%
609
50.9%
926
Custer
33.6%
750
57.1%
1,273
Delaware
41.2%
1,447
50.5%
1,773
Dewey
27.5%
134
55.4%
270
Ellis
23.3%
70
64.1%
193
Garfield
41.3%
1,403
52.2%
1,771
Garvin
32.7%
909
54.1%
1,505
Grady
34.2%
1,629
56.2%
2,677
Grant
31.9%
125
57.1%
224
Greer
27.6%
164
55.8%
332
Harmon
37.2%
122
50.9%
167
Harper
26.1%
68
57.9%
151
Haskell
32.8%
475
51.9%
752
Hughes
33.0%
537
53.7%
873
Jackson
38.6%
505
49.8%
652
Jefferson
29.4%
197
51.7%
347
Johnston
24.8%
260
57.8%
606
Kay
38.5%
1,288
53.5%
1,791
Kingfisher
33.2%
268
58.5%
472
Kiowa
34.8%
331
54.0%
514
Latimer
31.2%
499
53.3%
852
Le Flore
33.1%
1,498
50.5%
2,283
Lincoln
38.5%
1,161
53.8%
1,623
Logan
42.1%
1,314
52.7%
1,645
Love
32.0%
314
51.1%
502
Major
34.7%
140
53.2%
215
Marshall
30.3%
400
56.0%
738
Mayes
40.0%
1,659
51.7%
2,144
McClain
35.4%
1,157
57.1%
1,865
McCurtain
28.3%
712
52.3%
1,314
McIntosh
40.2%
1,022
49.6%
1,261
Murray
32.7%
544
54.6%
909
Muskogee
44.8%
3,381
46.6%
3,515
Noble
35.3%
362
54.8%
562
Nowata
38.2%
406
49.9%
530
Okfuskee
36.9%
421
52.3%
1,261
Oklahoma
50.1%
34,255
47.4%
32,368
Okmulgee
45.7%
1,867
46.1%
1,882
Osage
47.5%
2,390
46.2%
2,327
Ottawa
39.3%
972
50.1%
1,238
Pawnee
40.5%
603
51.1%
762
Payne
38.9%
2,622
56.7%
3,829
Pittsburg
31.6%
1,717
55.8%
3,026
Pontotoc
29.6%
1,186
59.8%
2,392
Pottawatomie
37.5%
2,300
55.5%
3,400
Pushmataha
26.7%
317
56.1%
667
Roger Mills
21.6%
100
58.0%
268
Rogers
39.6%
2,810
52.9%
3,757
Seminole
36.0%
932
50.1%
1,194
Sequoyah
36.0%
1,359
49.6%
1,872
Stephens
31.2%
1,174
56.1%
2,108
Texas
31.7%
267
46.7%
393
Tillman
33.2%
214
53.7%
346
Tulsa
47.4%
25,372
49.6%
26,525
Wagoner
43.5%
2,493
49.1%
2,813
Washington
42.4%
1,649
51.6%
2,006
Washita
25.1%
292
60.1%
700
Woods
33.8%
217
56.5%
363
Woodward
30.8%
343
62.4%
694
Total
41.5%
139,338
51.9%
174,054
Analysis
As he had managed in other primarily white Great Plains states including neighboring Kansas , Bernie Sanders won a convincing ten-point victory in Oklahoma. This marked a clear difference from 2008 when Hillary Clinton had won the state by 21 points against Barack Obama , winning 76 of the state's 77 counties. According to exit polls, Sanders won men 60-33, younger voters 76-23, white voters 56-36, and Independent voters 69-21. Clinton, for her part, won women 48-46, older voters 50-41, non-white voters 56-40, and Democrats 52-43. A majority of voters in the primary said they thought Clinton was not honest or trustworthy, 51-47.[7]
Sanders swept 75 of Oklahoma's 77 counties. He performed strongly in the major cities of Norman , Stillwater , Enid , and Moore . He narrowly edged out Clinton in Tulsa County by a margin of 2.28%. Clinton narrowly won in Oklahoma County (the only county to vote for Obama in the 2008 primary), home to Oklahoma City , and Osage County , home of the Osage Native American tribe.
Sanders won most of the rural , majority white and deeply conservative counties of the state, including those in the Oklahoma Panhandle , Little Dixie , and Southwestern Oklahoma which are among the most radically conservative areas of the nation. The Little Dixie region in particular was the base of President Bill Clinton 's support in the 1992 and 1996 elections , as this area consists of socially conservative but economically liberal Democrats, many of whom were drawn to Sanders's opposition to trade deals like NAFTA .
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