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The 2016 Georgia Democratic presidential primary took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Georgia as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The primary was an open one.[1]
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 Georgia primary.
Clinton won every county in the state except for Echols County. She easily won Georgia in the primary by a wide margin of victory 43.10%. In 2008, Clinton lost the Georgia primary to then-senator from Illinois Barack Obama.
Clinton's overwhelming win was attributed mostly to the African American vote, and her endorsement from Civil Rights icon Congressman John Lewis.[2]
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See also: Statewide opinion polling for the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016 |
| Poll source | Date | 1st | 2nd | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary results | March 1, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 71.3% |
Bernie Sanders 28.2% |
Other 0.5% |
| SurveyMonkey[3]
Margin of error: ± ?
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February 22–29, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 59% |
Bernie Sanders 36% |
Others / Undecided 5% |
| WSB-TV/Landmark[4]
Margin of error: ± 3.5
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February 28, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 70% |
Bernie Sanders 23% |
Others / Undecided 7% |
| WSB-TV/Landmark[5]
Margin of error: ± 3.5%
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February 26, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 68% |
Bernie Sanders 22% |
Others / Undecided 10% |
| YouGov/CBS News[6]
Margin of error: ± 8.6%
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February 22–26, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 63% |
Bernie Sanders 35% |
Others / Undecided 2% |
| WABE 90.1[7]
Margin of error: ± 4.1%
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February 22–24, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 62% |
Bernie Sanders 29% |
Others / Undecided 9% |
| TEGNA/SurveyUSA[8]
Margin of error: ± 4.2%
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February 22–23, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 66% |
Bernie Sanders 27% |
Others / Undecided 7% |
| FOX 5 Atlanta[9]
Margin of error: ± 4.4%
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February 22–23, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 57% |
Bernie Sanders 29% |
Others / Undecided 14% |
| NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl[10]
Margin of error: ± 4.6%
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February 18–23, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 64% |
Bernie Sanders 30% |
Others / Undecided 6% |
| WSB-TV/Landmark[11]
Margin of error: ± 3.7%
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February 21, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 72% |
Bernie Sanders 20% |
Others / Undecided 8% |
| Public Policy Polling[12]
Margin of error: ± 4.4%
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February 14–16, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 60% |
Bernie Sanders 26% |
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| Landmark/RosettaStone
Margin of error: ± 4.0%
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February 4, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 63.3% |
Bernie Sanders 21.5% |
Undecided 15.2% |
| WXIA-TV/SurveyUSA[13]
Margin of error: ± 4.8%
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October 15–26, 2015 | Hillary Clinton 73% |
Bernie Sanders 16% |
Martin O'Malley 4% Undecided 5% |
| Opinion Savvy[14]
Margin of error: ± 4.8
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Published September 3, 2015 | Hillary Clinton 51% |
Bernie Sanders 24% |
Joe Biden 15% Lincoln Chafee 5% Martin O'Malley 0% Jim Webb 0% Someone else 1% Undecided 5% |
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See also: Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016 |
Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 60
| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Hillary Clinton | 545,674 | 71.30% | 73 | 11 | 84 |
| Bernie Sanders | 215,797 | 28.20% | 29 | 0 | 29 |
| Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) | 2,129 | 0.28% | |||
| Michael Steinberg | 1,766 | 0.23% | |||
| Uncommitted | — | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Total | 765,366 | 100% | 102 | 15 | 117 |
| Source: The Green Papers | |||||
| Georgia Democratic primary, March 1, 2016 | |||||||||
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| District | Delegates available | Votes | Delegates | ||||||
| Clinton | Sanders | O'Malley | Steinberg | Total | Qualified total | Clinton | Sanders | ||
| 1 | 5 | 32,408 | 12,343 | 180 | 166 | 45,097 | 44,751 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 | 48,705 | 8,817 | 185 | 168 | 57,875 | 57,522 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | 30,311 | 11,691 | 160 | 135 | 42,297 | 42,002 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 6 | 73,739 | 23,827 | 148 | 105 | 97,819 | 97,566 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | 7 | 81,636 | 32,474 | 176 | 89 | 114,375 | 114,110 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | 34,287 | 22,632 | 133 | 60 | 57,112 | 56,919 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 27,483 | 15,461 | 106 | 63 | 43,113 | 42,944 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 27,632 | 8,539 | 168 | 153 | 36,492 | 36,171 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | 14,263 | 9,727 | 146 | 130 | 24,266 | 23,990 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | 33,303 | 15,274 | 142 | 169 | 48,888 | 48,577 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | 4 | 26,137 | 17,511 | 123 | 89 | 43,860 | 43,648 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | 33,308 | 9,361 | 176 | 151 | 42,996 | 42,669 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | 68,652 | 19,128 | 152 | 114 | 88,046 | 87,780 | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | 4 | 13,810 | 9,012 | 134 | 174 | 23,130 | 22,822 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 67 | 545,674 | 215,797 | 2,129 | 1,766 | 765,366 | 761,471 | 48 | 19 |
| PLEO | 13 | 9 | 4 | ||||||
| At Large | 22 | 16 | 6 | ||||||
| Gr. Total | 102 | 73 | 29 | ||||||
| Total vote | 71.30% | 28.20% | 0.28% | 0.23% | 100.00% | 99,49% | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State Presidential Preference Primary Congressional District Results (Democrat) | |||||||||
| County[15] | Clinton | Votes | Sanders | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling | 75.6% | 490 | 21.9% | 142 |
| Atkinson | 79.8% | 201 | 19.4% | 49 |
| Bacon | 63.8% | 113 | 32.8% | 58 |
| Baker | 85.1% | 303 | 13.5% | 48 |
| Baldwin | 79.4% | 3,034 | 19.9% | 762 |
| Banks | 49.0% | 172 | 48.1% | 169 |
| Barrow | 61.7% | 1,457 | 37.2% | 879 |
| Bartow | 59.0% | 2,216 | 39.7% | 1,490 |
| Ben Hill | 80.2% | 779 | 18.4% | 179 |
| Berrien | 66.7% | 325 | 30.0% | 146 |
| Bibb | 82.8% | 12,944 | 16.8% | 2,632 |
| Bleckley | 77.7% | 370 | 20.6% | 98 |
| Brantley | 49.1% | 137 | 44.1% | 123 |
| Brooks | 77.6% | 714 | 21.5% | 198 |
| Bryan | 63.3% | 893 | 35.5% | 501 |
| Bulloch | 60.7% | 1,910 | 38.8% | 1,221 |
| Burke | 89.5% | 1,659 | 9.9% | 184 |
| Butts | 81.7% | 922 | 16.9% | 191 |
| Calhoun | 88.9% | 499 | 10.9% | 61 |
| Camden | 66.6% | 1,405 | 32.6% | 688 |
| Candler | 78.3% | 434 | 19.9% | 110 |
| Carroll | 61.7% | 3,173 | 37.6% | 1,933 |
| Catoosa | 50.8% | 1,082 | 48.1% | 1,026 |
| Charlton | 73.7% | 275 | 22.5% | 84 |
| Chatham | 72.3% | 19,898 | 27.2% | 7,496 |
| Chattahoochee | 81.3% | 182 | 17.9% | 40 |
| Chattooga | 63.7% | 566 | 34.0% | 302 |
| Cherokee | 51.8% | 4,837 | 47.6% | 4,438 |
| Clarke | 50.7% | 7,089 | 49.0% | 6,845 |
| Clay | 85.8% | 297 | 12.7% | 44 |
| Clayton | 81.6% | 25,130 | 18.0% | 5,551 |
| Clinch | 79.5% | 167 | 18.1% | 38 |
| Cobb | 63.5% | 39,277 | 36.2% | 22,390 |
| Coffee | 77.0% | 1,094 | 21.7% | 309 |
| Colquitt | 76.1% | 1,035 | 22.2% | 302 |
| Columbia | 66.9% | 4,805 | 32.5% | 2,333 |
| Cook | 76.2% | 580 | 22.5% | 171 |
| Coweta | 66.5% | 4,536 | 32.7% | 2,233 |
| Crawford | 79.1% | 493 | 19.3% | 120 |
| Crisp | 80.1% | 729 | 18.9% | 172 |
| Dade | 50.3% | 241 | 48.0% | 230 |
| Dawson | 53.0% | 312 | 45.5% | 268 |
| Decatur | 79.0% | 1,316 | 20.0% | 333 |
| DeKalb | 71.5% | 82,348 | 28.3% | 32,572 |
| Dodge | 79.5% | 579 | 19.4% | 141 |
| Dooly | 88.4% | 737 | 10.9% | 91 |
| Dougherty | 85.7% | 8,891 | 13.8% | 1,435 |
| Douglas | 74.6% | 9,375 | 25.0% | 3,139 |
| Early | 89.2% | 671 | 10.1% | 76 |
| Echols | 45.7% | 32 | 51.4% | 36 |
| Effingham | 64.5% | 1,178 | 33.9% | 620 |
| Elbert | 75.0% | 805 | 24.0% | 257 |
| Emanuel | 83.1% | 755 | 15.9% | 144 |
| Evans | 78.5% | 347 | 19.2% | 85 |
| Fannin | 59.9% | 545 | 39.1% | 356 |
| Fayette | 71.1% | 7,257 | 28.6% | 2,918 |
| Floyd | 64.5% | 2,555 | 34.2% | 1,356 |
| Forsyth | 53.8% | 3,701 | 45.7% | 3,142 |
| Franklin | 62.7% | 352 | 36.2% | 203 |
| Fulton | 71.1% | 82,576 | 28.7% | 33,320 |
| Gilmer | 53.0% | 489 | 45.7% | 421 |
| Glascock | 62.3% | 38 | 31.1% | 19 |
| Glynn | 68.7% | 2,870 | 30.6% | 1,277 |
| Gordon | 57.5% | 776 | 41.0% | 553 |
| Grady | 75.9% | 887 | 22.3% | 261 |
| Greene | 85.8% | 37,465 | 33.4% | 18,883 |
| Gwinnett | 66.2% | 1,076 | 13.5% | 169 |
| Habersham | 52.0% | 608 | 47.3% | 553 |
| Hall | 60.3% | 3,482 | 38.9% | 2,245 |
| Hancock | 87.4% | 1,112 | 11.4% | 145 |
| Haralson | 55.1% | 413 | 41.5% | 311 |
| Harris | 75.0% | 1,372 | 24.5% | 448 |
| Hart | 72.3% | 740 | 27.0% | 276 |
| Heard | 70.1% | 276 | 28.2% | 111 |
| Henry | 77.7% | 15,639 | 21.9% | 4,406 |
| Houston | 76.0% | 6,274 | 23.6% | 1,946 |
| Irwin | 79.9% | 326 | 18.1% | 74 |
| Jackson | 61.4% | 1,193 | 37.5% | 729 |
| Jasper | 81.4% | 632 | 17.1% | 133 |
| Jeff Davis | 76.6% | 400 | 20.3% | 106 |
| Jefferson | 88.5% | 1,519 | 11.0% | 189 |
| Jenkins | 84.1% | 355 | 15.2% | 64 |
| Johnson | 85.1% | 388 | 14.0% | 64 |
| Jones | 80.2% | 1,585 | 18.8% | 371 |
| Lamar | 79.9% | 868 | 19.1% | 208 |
| Lanier | 76.5% | 234 | 22.5% | 69 |
| Laurens | 82.2% | 2,294 | 16.2% | 453 |
| Lee | 74.2% | 1,009 | 24.6% | 335 |
| Liberty | 79.7% | 2,783 | 19.4% | 678 |
| Lincoln | 84.5% | 538 | 14.6% | 93 |
| Long | 68.5% | 261 | 29.1% | 111 |
| Lowndes | 68.0% | 3,891 | 31.3% | 1,791 |
| Lumpkin | 50.6% | 560 | 48.1% | 532 |
| Macon | 89.9% | 977 | 9.7% | 105 |
| Madison | 55.7% | 656 | 42.9% | 505 |
| Marion | 76.3% | 431 | 21.2% | 120 |
| McDuffie | 84.7% | 1,274 | 14.8% | 223 |
| McIntosh | 84.4% | 863 | 14.6% | 149 |
| Meriwether | 85.4% | 1,463 | 13.8% | 237 |
| Miller | 77.6% | 159 | 18.0% | 37 |
| Mitchell | 85.8% | 1,338 | 13.0% | 203 |
| Monroe | 80.1% | 1,250 | 19.2% | 300 |
| Montgomery | 78.2% | 287 | 19.6% | 72 |
| Morgan | 77.5% | 910 | 22.1% | 259 |
| Murray | 51.2% | 444 | 46.9% | 407 |
| Muscogee | 79.1% | 12,801 | 20.5% | 3,319 |
| Newton | 78.0% | 7,269 | 21.5% | 2,001 |
| Oconee | 52.5% | 1,223 | 47.1% | 1,098 |
| Oglethorpe | 60.5% | 561 | 38.6% | 358 |
| Paulding | 65.6% | 4,095 | 33.8% | 2,111 |
| Peach | 83.7% | 1,675 | 15.8% | 316 |
| Pickens | 53.1% | 431 | 45.6% | 370 |
| Pierce | 67.0% | 219 | 31.8% | 104 |
| Pike | 68.4% | 417 | 30.7% | 187 |
| Polk | 68.6% | 944 | 29.3% | 403 |
| Pulaski | 86.0% | 376 | 13.7% | 60 |
| Putnam | 80.2% | 871 | 19.0% | 206 |
| Quitman | 91.0% | 193 | 7.1% | 15 |
| Rabun | 54.1% | 397 | 44.4% | 326 |
| Randolph | 89.5% | 690 | 9.2% | 71 |
| Richmond | 81.7% | 16,269 | 18.0% | 3,578 |
| Rockdale | 78.0% | 7,930 | 21.8% | 2,212 |
| Schley | 83.4% | 146 | 14.3% | 25 |
| Screven | 81.1% | 771 | 17.5% | 166 |
| Seminole | 84.4% | 470 | 14.5% | 81 |
| Spalding | 78.6% | 3,129 | 20.6% | 820 |
| Stephens | 60.7% | 460 | 9.0% | 284 |
| Stewart | 90.0% | 460 | 9.0% | 46 |
| Sumter | 82.4% | 1,960 | 17.0% | 404 |
| Talbot | 86.7% | 852 | 12.2% | 120 |
| Taliaferro | 86.4% | 236 | 12.8% | 35 |
| Tattnall | 76.1% | 518 | 22.5% | 153 |
| Taylor | 87.7% | 476 | 11.4% | 62 |
| Telfair | 81.1% | 426 | 17.3% | 91 |
| Terrell | 88.1% | 804 | 11.5% | 105 |
| Thomas | 78.2% | 2,053 | 21.0% | 551 |
| Tift | 75.9% | 1,151 | 22.7% | 344 |
| Toombs | 76.2% | 562 | 22.5% | 166 |
| Towns | 52.9% | 312 | 45.1% | 266 |
| Treutlen | 82.2% | 300 | 15.9% | 58 |
| Troup | 78.9% | 3,357 | 20.0% | 850 |
| Turner | 78.9% | 330 | 19.4% | 81 |
| Twiggs | 86.4% | 818 | 12.5% | 118 |
| Union | 56.3% | 573 | 41.0% | 417 |
| Upson | 80.8% | 1,236 | 18.3% | 280 |
| Walker | 53.0% | 1,009 | 45.5% | 867 |
| Walton | 69.9% | 2,309 | 29.4% | 969 |
| Ware | 75.0% | 919 | 23.2% | 284 |
| Warren | 89.5% | 468 | 9.4% | 49 |
| Washington | 86.4% | 1,741 | 12.7% | 256 |
| Wayne | 73.2% | 700 | 24.7% | 236 |
| Webster | 89.5% | 170 | 9.5% | 18 |
| Wheeler | 85.9% | 177 | 12.6% | 26 |
| White | 52.4% | 498 | 46.3% | 440 |
| Whitfield | 53.3% | 1,536 | 45.4% | 1,307 |
| Wilcox | 86.8% | 302 | 11.8% | 41 |
| Wilkes | 82.1% | 702 | 16.5% | 141 |
| Wilkinson | 83.3% | 832 | 15.5% | 155 |
| Worth | 79.4% | 684 | 19.3% | 166 |
| Total | 71.3% | 543,008 | 28.2% | 214,332 |
After losing in Georgia by 36 points to Barack Obama in 2008, Hillary Clinton bounced back with a lopsided 43-point win against rival Bernie Sanders. The victory was fueled primarily by African American voters, who comprised 51% of the electorate and backed Clinton by a margin of 85-14, compared to white voters who backed Clinton by a margin of 58-41. Clinton won across all income levels and educational attainment levels in Georgia.
Clinton performed extremely well throughout the state of Georgia and won all of its counties but one. She ran particularly strongly in Atlanta where she won 74 percent of the vote as well as its suburbs which backed her 66-34. Central Georgia, particularly the region known as the Cotton Belt which has a large African American population, also strongly favored Clinton by a margin of 79-19. Clinton also performed well in North Georgia, mostly in the more rural, white and conservative parts of the state which are considered to be an extreme part of Appalachia where she defeated Sanders by a margin of 64-36.[16]
After his landslide defeat, the Sanders campaign reported that Hillary Clinton had notched wins in southern states including Georgia because Bernie Sanders did not compete with her, although this claim was disputed.[6]
