2016 Democrats Abroad presidential primary
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Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton
Home state Vermont New York
Delegate count 9 4
Popular vote 23,779 10,689
Percentage 68.79% 30.92%
Election results by country.
  Hillary Clinton
  Bernie Sanders
  Results grouped with other countries in the same region
Sanders prevailed in all areas
(Americas, Asia-Pacific and EMEA)

The 2016 Democrats Abroad presidential primary took place on March 1–8, 2016. E-mail, fax, and postal voting were carried out from January 11 to March 8, while in-person voting took place from March 1–8. Results were released on March 21.

Global presidential primary

Voters may only vote once for a presidential candidate, either through Democrats Abroad, or through their home state. Those who vote in the Democrats Abroad Global Presidential Primary may continue to participate in their home state's primary or caucus for all other candidates for the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, and also for state and local elections and ballot measures, but they cannot vote twice for a presidential candidate.

Candidates

Four candidates and an "uncommitted" option were printed on the Global Presidential Primary ballot PDF file, in the following name and sorting format:[1]

Key: Withdrew
prior to contest
Candidates
Hillary Clinton
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente
Martin J. O'Malley
Bernie Sanders
uncommitted

Forum

A "Global Town Hall" online videoconference was held on February 21.[2] The Sanders and Clinton campaigns participated. De La Fuente never appeared on the list of participants, and O'Malley withdrew from the race after the Iowa caucus on February 1.

The Clinton campaign was represented by Jake Sullivan and Madeleine Albright[3][4][5] as Clinton was absent from the town hall and attended a private fundraiser instead.[6][7]

The Sanders campaign was represented by Bernie Sanders himself.[8]

Local gatherings

Wellington, New Zealand cast the "First in the World" votes at midnight on Super Tuesday, March 1.[9] A total of 28 ballots were cast: 21 for Sanders, 6 for Clinton, and 1 spoiled ballot.[10][11]

In Singapore, Democrats Abroad held a voting session on March 7, hosting a Super Tuesday presentation[12] by KKR Director of Asia Pacific Public Affairs,[13] Steven Okun,[14] who under President Bill Clinton had served as Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Transportation.[15]

Voting centers

A number of cities hosted walk-in voting centers, and an official list of locations and open hours were made available as of February 6.[16]

 Australia
 Austria
 Belgium
 Canada
 Chile
 Republic of China
 Costa Rica
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 Dominican Republic
 France
 Germany
 Greece
 Guatemala
 Hong Kong
 Hungary
 India
 Ireland
 Italy
 Japan
 Luxembourg
 Mexico
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Norway
 Panama
 Peru
 Philippines
 Portugal
 Russia
 Singapore
 Spain
 Sweden
  Switzerland
 Thailand
 United Kingdom
 Ukraine
 United Arab Emirates
 Vietnam

Provisional results

Provisional results were the ballot counts for individual walk-in voting centers. Ballots sent by post, fax, and e-mail were not included.

Problems

Voting center cancellation

The scheduled March 1 voting location in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, was cancelled without prior notice. On March 3, the organizers posted an apology on Facebook.[53]

Invalidation of ballots

The Global Council of Democrats Abroad may be invalidating all ballots from the March 5 voting center in Moscow, Russia. This is due to the event being held at a different location than the location on the official list of voting centers.[54]

E-mail voting failure

The email system for accepting ballots was down for several hours on March 7, due to the system exceeding its daily bandwidth limit[55][56][57] of 4000 MB at FastMail.[58]

Results

Postal mail ballots were to be dated no later than March 8, and were collected until 6 PM local time on March 13.[1] The results of all ballots was scheduled for March 21.[59]

Democrats Abroad will send 21 delegates (13 pledged, 8 unpledged/superdelegates) to the 2016 Democratic National Convention.[60] Each of the 8 unpledged delegates will cast a 1/2 vote, for a total of 4 delegate votes (21 pledged and unpledged delegates, 17 delegate votes).[61]

The results were released on March 21[62]

Democrats Abroad primary results – March 21, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegate votes
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Bernie Sanders 23,779 68.79% 9 1 10
Hillary Clinton 10,689 30.92% 4 2 6
Uncommitted 75 0.22% 0 1 1
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) 21 0.06% 0 0 0
Rocky De La Fuente 6 0.02% 0 0 0
Total 34,570 100% 13 4 17
Source: The Green Papers

Results by country/region

Region Sanders Clinton O'Malley De La Fuente Uncommitted Total Percent of total
Afghanistan 5 2 0 0 0 7 0.02%
Americas NCC* 323 104 0 0 0 427 1.24%
Argentina 67 20 1 0 0 88 0.25%
Asia-Pacific NCC* 531 242 1 0 2 776 2.24%
Australia 635 237 1 0 0 873 2.53%
Austria 286 122 1 0 0 409 1.18%
Belgium 227 150 0 0 0 377 1.09%
Brazil 101 33 0 0 0 134 0.39%
Cambodia 52 12 0 0 0 64 0.19%
Canada 2171 1087 2 0 12 3272 9.46%
Chile 110 45 0 0 0 155 0.45%
Republic of China 303 60 0 0 1 364 1.05%
Colombia 64 18 0 0 0 82 0.24%
Costa Rica 239 91 1 0 0 331 0.96%
Czech Republic 403 99 0 0 0 502 1.45%
Denmark 358 89 0 0 1 448 1.30%
Dominican Republic 53 350 0 0 0 403 1.17%
Egypt 41 5 0 0 0 46 0.13%
EMEA NCC** 577 145 0 0 1 723 2.09%
France 1825 1058 6 0 12 2901 8.39%
Germany 2103 805 1 1 7 2917 8.44%
Greece 117 93 0 0 0 210 0.61%
Guatemala 108 65 0 0 1 174 0.50%
Hong Kong 213 137 0 0 1 351 1.02%
Hungary 92 35 0 0 0 127 0.37%
India 137 60 0 0 0 197 0.57%
Indonesia 75 25 0 0 0 100 0.29%
Ireland 356 156 0 0 1 513 1.48%
Israel 249 160 0 0 3 412 1.19%
Italy 577 269 0 0 2 848 2.45%
Japan 1178 176 0 0 2 1356 3.92%
Lebanon 29 6 0 0 0 35 0.10%
Luxembourg 65 45 0 0 1 111 0.32%
Mexico 848 535 0 2 3 1388 4.02%
Netherlands 621 290 0 0 1 912 2.64%
New Zealand 476 63 0 0 0 539 1.56%
Nigeria 1 4 0 0 0 5 0.01%
Norway 328 102 0 0 2 432 1.25%
Panama 107 43 0 0 0 150 0.43%
Peru 86 24 0 0 0 110 0.32%
Philippines 79 59 0 1 0 139 0.40%
Portugal 39 23 0 0 0 62 0.18%
Russian Federation 48 17 0 0 0 65 0.19%
Singapore 107 149 1 0 2 259 0.75%
South Africa 57 43 0 0 0 100 0.29%
South Korea 682 52 0 0 1 735 2.13%
Spain 1295 405 0 1 5 1706 4.93%
Sweden 513 202 0 0 2 717 2.07%
Switzerland 447 319 0 0 2 768 2.22%
Thailand 681 235 0 0 2 918 2.66%
Turkey 126 37 0 0 0 163 0.47%
Ukraine 30 11 0 0 0 41 0.12%
United Arab Emirates 541 334 2 0 3 880 2.55%
United Kingdom 2874 1726 4 1 5 4610 13.34%
Vietnam 123 15 0 0 0 138 0.40%
TOTAL 23,779 10,689 21 6 75 34,570
Percent 68.79% 30.92% 0.06% 0.02% 0.22% 100.00%

* NCC = Non-Country Committee

** EMEA = Europe, Middle East, and Africa

See also

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