Arizona Democratic primary, 2016
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250x250px Election results by county. (Disputed)
Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
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The 2016 Arizona Democratic primary was held on March 22 in the U.S. state of Arizona as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
On the same day, the Democratic Party held caucuses in Idaho and Utah, while the Republican Party held primaries in two states, including their own Arizona primary and a primary in American Samoa.
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Voter suppression
There was controversy surrounding the Arizona primary elections of 2016, specifically having to do with the decrease in polling places in Maricopa County from 200 in 2012 to only 60 in 2016, despite the number of registered voters having increased from 300,000 in 2012 to 800,000 in 2016. This decrease in polling places was most pronounced in minority neighborhoods, most notably Latino neighborhoods, with areas like Central Phoenix having only one polling place for 108,000 voters. There were also reports of voters who had been previously registered coming up as unregistered or registered as an independent, making them ineligible to vote. Voters who did manage to vote had to stand in long lines to cast their ballots, some for as long as five hours.[1] Additionally, voters reported being required to vote with a provisional ballot.[2] In 2005, Arizona threw out 27,878 provisional ballots, counting only about 72.5% of the total provisional ballots reported.[3] Taking into account the effects of the Supreme Court's "gutting of the Voting Rights Act",[4] it's unknown what percentage of the provisional ballots were counted in 2016. This was the first election in the state of Arizona since the 2013 Supreme Court decision to strike down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which would have previously required states with a history of voter discrimination, including Arizona, to receive Federal approval before implementing any changes to voting laws and practices.
Within a day after the election took place on March 22, a petition went viral on the White House petitions site asking the Department of Justice to investigate voter suppression and election fraud in Arizona.[5] In addition, Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton asked the Justice Department to launch an investigation into the allegations of voter suppression.[6]
The Department of Justice has since launched a federal investigation into the primary.[7]
Opinion polling
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Poll source | Date | 1st | 2nd | Other |
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Primary results | March 22, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 57.6% |
Bernie Sanders 39.9% |
Other 2.4% |
Merrill Poll[8]
Margin of error: ± 5.4% |
March 7-11, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 50% |
Bernie Sanders 24% |
Others / Undecided 26% |
MBQF Consulting and Marson Media[9]
Margin of error: ± 3.6% |
Published February 29, 2016 | Hillary Clinton 56% |
Bernie Sanders 22% |
Others / Undecided 22% |
Behavior Research Center[10]
Margin of error: ± 7.3% |
October 24 – November 5, 2015 | Hillary Clinton 47% |
Bernie Sanders 19% |
Martin O'Malley 2% Uncommitted 32% |
One America News[11]
Margin of error: ± 4.7% |
Published August 17, 2015 | Hillary Clinton 56% |
Bernie Sanders 34% |
Joe Biden 6% Lincoln Chafee 2% Jim Webb 1% Martin O'Malley 1% |
Public Policy Polling [12]
Margin of error: ± 6% |
May 1–3, 2015 | Hillary Clinton 58% |
Bernie Sanders 16% |
Lincoln Chafee 5% Jim Webb 5% Martin O'Malley 4% Not sure 12% |
Results
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Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
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Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
Hillary Clinton | 262,459 | 56.29% | 42 | 5 | 47 |
Bernie Sanders | 192,962 | 41.39% | 33 | 2 | 35 |
Others | 10,814 | 2.32% | |||
Uncommitted | N/A | 3 | 3 | ||
Total | 465,675 | 100% | 75 | 10 | 85 |
Source: Arizona Secretary of StateThe Green Papers |
Detailed results per congressional district
District | Total | Hillary Clinton | Bernie Sanders | |||||
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Votes | Delegates | Votes | % | Delegates | Votes | % | Delegates | |
1st district | 63,863 | 6 | 35,445 | 55.50% | 3 | 26,267 | 41.13% | 3 |
2nd district | 78,237 | 8 | 42,797 | 54.70% | 4 | 33,891 | 43.32% | 4 |
3rd district | 51,520 | 5 | 30,298 | 58.81% | 3 | 20,091 | 39.00% | 2 |
4th district | 37,273 | 4 | 15,289 | 55.43% | 2 | 20,662 | 41.02% | 2 |
5th district | 40,847 | 5 | 22,973 | 56.24% | 3 | 16,982 | 41.57% | 2 |
6th district | 50,465 | 6 | 29,266 | 57.99% | 4 | 20,259 | 40.14% | 2 |
7th district | 42,199 | 5 | 24,245 | 57.45% | 3 | 17,173 | 40.70% | 2 |
8th district | 46,491 | 5 | 27,672 | 59.52% | 3 | 17,651 | 37.97% | 2 |
9th district | 55,340 | 6 | 29,101 | 52.59% | 3 | 25,359 | 45.82% | 3 |
At-large delegates | 466,235 | 16 | 262,459 | 56.29% | 9 | 192,962 | 41.39% | 7 |
Pledged PLEOs | 466,235 | 9 | 262,459 | 56.29% | 5 | 192,962 | 41.39% | 4 |
Total | 466,235 | 75 | 262,464 | 56.29% | 42 | 192,965 | 41.39% | 33 |
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