Ohio Democratic primary, 2016

Ohio Democratic primary, 2016

March 15, 2016 (2016-03-15)

Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders Home state New York Vermont Delegate count 81 62 Popular vote 696,681 535,395 Percentage 56.12% 43.13%

250x250px Election results by county.   Hillary Clinton   Bernie Sanders

The 2016 Ohio Democratic primary took place on March 15 in the U.S. state of Ohio as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

On the same day, the Democratic Party held primaries in Florida, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina, while the Republican Party held primaries in the same five states, including their own Ohio primary, plus the Northern Mariana Islands.

Opinion polling

See also: Statewide opinion polling for the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	Other
Primary results	March 15, 2016	Hillary Clinton 56.1%	Bernie Sanders 43.1%	Other 0.8%
ARG Margin of error: ± 5.0% Sample size: 400	March 12–13, 2016	Hillary Clinton 52%	Bernie Sanders 45%	Others / Undecided 3%
Monmouth Margin of error: ± 5.6% Sample size: 302	March 11–13, 2016	Hillary Clinton 54%	Bernie Sanders 40%	Others / Undecided 6%
Quinnipiac Margin of error: ± 4.2% Sample size: 543	March 8–13, 2016	Hillary Clinton 51%	Bernie Sanders 46%	Others / Undecided 4%
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ± 4.4% Sample size: 502	March 11–12, 2016	Hillary Clinton 46%	Bernie Sanders 41%	Others / Undecided 13%
CBS News/YouGov Margin of error: ± 5.3% Sample size: 777	March 9–11, 2016	Hillary Clinton 52%	Bernie Sanders 43%	Others / Undecided 5%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist Margin of error: ± 4.6% Sample size: 453	March 4–10, 2016	Hillary Clinton 58%	Bernie Sanders 38%	Others / Undecided 4%
Quinnipiac Margin of error: ± 4.3% Sample size: 521	March 2–7, 2016	Hillary Clinton 52%	Bernie Sanders 43%	Others / Undecided 5%
Public Polling Policy Margin of error: ± 4.4% Sample size: 508	March 4–6, 2016	Hillary Clinton 56%	Bernie Sanders 35%	Others / Undecided 9%
CNN/ORC Margin of error: ± 5.5% Sample size: 294	March 2–6, 2016	Hillary Clinton 63%	Bernie Sanders 33%	Others / Undecided 4%
Quinnipiac University Margin of error: ± 4.3% Sample size: 518	February 16–20, 2016	Hillary Clinton 55%	Bernie Sanders 40%	Others / Undecided 5%
BW Community Research Institute Margin of error: ± 5% Sample size: 385	February 11–20, 2016	Bernie Sanders 45%	Hillary Clinton 44%	Others / Undecided 11%
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ± ?% Sample size: 1,138	January 12–14, 2016	Hillary Clinton 53%	Bernie Sanders 37%	Not sure 10%

Polls in 2015

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
Quinnipiac University Margin of error: ± 4.9% Sample size: 396	September 25 – October 5, 2015	Hillary Clinton 40%	Joe Biden 21%	Bernie Sanders 19%	Undecided 11%
Quinnipiac University Margin of error: ± 5.2% Sample size: 353	August 7–18, 2015	Hillary Clinton 47%	Bernie Sanders 17%	Joe Biden 14%	Jim Webb 1%, Martin O'Malley 0%, Lincoln Chafee 0%, Other 3%, Wouldn't vote 6%, Undecided 12%
Quinnipiac University Margin of error: ± 5% Sample size: 388	June 4–15, 2015	Hillary Clinton 60%	Joe Biden 13%	Bernie Sanders 10%	Martin O'Malley 1%, Lincoln Chafee 0%, Jim Webb 0%, Other 1%, Wouldn't vote 3%, Undecided 11%
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ± 5.2% Sample size: 360	June 4–7, 2015	Hillary Clinton 61%	Bernie Sanders 13%	Michael Bloomberg 7%	Lincoln Chafee 2%, Martin O'Malley 2%, Jim Webb 1%, Not sure 13%
Quinnipiac University Margin of error: ± 5.4% Sample size: 324	March 17–28, 2015	Hillary Clinton 54%	Elizabeth Warren 14%	Joe Biden 9%	Martin O'Malley 3%, Bernie Sanders 3%, Jim Webb 2%, Other 1%, Wouldn't vote 3%, Undecided 12%
		Joe Biden 34%	Elizabeth Warren 25%	Martin O'Malley 5%	Bernie Sanders 5%, Jim Webb 2%, Other 1%, Wouldn't vote 3%, Undecided 24%
Quinnipiac University Margin of error: ± 5.5% Sample size: 315	January 22 – February 1, 2015	Hillary Clinton 51%	Elizabeth Warren 14%	Joe Biden 7%	Bernie Sanders 5%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Jim Webb 0%, Other 2%, Wouldn't vote 4%, Undecided 15%
		Joe Biden 28%	Elizabeth Warren 24%	Bernie Sanders 7%	Martin O'Malley 2%, Jim Webb 2%, Other 4%, Wouldn't vote 5%, Undecided 28%

Results

See also: Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016

Ohio Democratic primary, March 15, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Hillary Clinton	696,681	56.12%	81	14	95
Bernie Sanders	535,395	43.13%	62	1	63
Rocky De La Fuente	9,402	0.76%
Uncommitted	N/A			2	2
Total	1,241,478	100%	143	17	160
Source: The Green Papers

Ohio Democratic primary, March 15, 2016
District	Delegates available	Votes					Delegates
		Clinton	Sanders	De La Fuente	Total	Qualified total	Clinton	Sanders
1	4	42,600	29,747	272	72,619	72,347	2	2
2	4	39,061	30,597	483	70,141	69,658	2	2
3	12	59,740	43,898	302	103,940	103,638	7	5
4	4	29,317	25,831	677	55,825	55,148	2	2
5	4	32,068	32,279	544	64,891	64,347	2	2
6	4	32,611	27,413	1,545	61,569	60,024	2	2
7	4	33,596	27,823	745	62,164	61,419	2	2
8	4	26,463	21,879	413	48,755	48,342	2	2
9	8	55,401	42,141	680	98,222	97,542	5	3
10	4	41,641	31,089	350	73,080	72,730	2	2
11	17	91,235	43,124	382	134,741	134,359	12	5
12	4	38,046	34,109	352	72,507	72,155	2	2
13	8	56,933	45,981	1,055	103,969	102,914	4	4
14	4	43,317	33,627	537	77,481	76,944	2	2
15	4	33,764	32,516	516	66,796	66,280	2	2
16	4	40,888	33,341	549	74,778	74,229	2	2
Total	93	696,681	535,395	9,402	1,241,478	1,232,076	52	41
PLEO	19						11	8
At Large	31						18	13
Gr. Total	143						81	62
Total vote		56.12%	43.13%	0.76%	100.00%	99.24%
Source: Ohio Secretary of State Presidential Preference Primary Precinct Level Official Results (Democrat)

Hillary Clinton did very well throughout the state of Ohio, winning by more than 160,000 votes. Turnout was pretty high for a primary election; just above half as many people voted as in 2008. Clinton did well in most rural and urban areas. Of the 1,259,620 who voted Clinton in 2008, 679,264 stayed true; about 54% rounding up.