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Presidential Primaries 2016
Democratic Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary


 
Democratic Party Democratic
Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary
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4,763 total delegate votes - 2,650 district / 910 at large; 491 Pledged PLEOs; 712 Unpledged PLEOs
Pledged/Unpledged delegate votes: 4,051 pledged, 712 unpledged.
Need to nominate (first ballot, pledged delegate votes only): 2,026.
Need to nominate (any ballot, all delegate votes): 2,382.
Rank (sort)
Date
(sort)
State
Clinton, H Sanders, B Uncommitted (available) O'Malley, M Allocation
(sort)
Hard
2,205
(sort)
Soft
2,773.5
(sort)
Hard
1,846
(sort)
Soft
1,889.5
(sort)
Hard
711
Soft
 
(sort)
Hard
1
(sort)
Soft
99.0
Hard
 
(sort)
Soft
1.0
(sort)
Pledged
(sort)
Unpledged
(sort)
Total
191 FebIowa2329.02121.07  1.0  44751
339 FebNew Hampshire915.01516.08  1.0  24832
3220 FebNevada2027.01516.08     35843
4627 FebSouth Carolina3944.01414.06  1.0  53659
11 MarAlabama4450.099.07  1.0  53760
31 MarAmerican Samoa48.023.05     6511
51 MarArkansas2227.01010.05     32537
71 MarColorado2534.04141.012  3.0  661278
131 MarGeorgia7384.02929.015  4.0  10215117
251 MarMassachusetts4667.04546.024  2.0  9124115
271 MarMinnesota3143.04648.016  2.0  771693
411 MarOklahoma1718.02122.04  2.0  38442
481 MarTennessee4451.02323.08  1.0  67875
491 MarTexas147168.07575.029  8.0  22229251
521 MarVermont 5.01621.010     161026
541 MarVirginia6274.03333.013  1.0  9513108
205 MarKansas1014.02323.04     33437
225 MarLouisiana3743.01414.08  2.0  51859
315 MarNebraska1013.01516.05  1.0  25530
236 MarMaine812.01718.05     25530
108 MarDemocrats Abroad46.599.54  1.0  13417
268 MarMichigan6376.06767.017  4.0  13017147
288 MarMississippi3134.057.05     36541
3912 MarNorthern Marianas49.022.05     6511
1215 MarFlorida141165.07375.032  6.0  21432246
1715 MarIllinois79103.07778.027  1.0 1.015627183
2915 MarMissouri3647.03535.013  2.0  711384
3715 MarNorth Carolina6069.04749.013  2.0  10713120
4015 MarOhio8197.06263.017     14317160
422 MarArizona4248.03334.010  3.0  751085
1622 MarIdaho56.01820.04  1.0  23427
5122 MarUtah68.02729.04     33437
226 MarAlaska34.01314.04  2.0  16420
1526 MarHawaii813.01719.09  2.0  25934
5526 MarWashington2738.07474.017  6.0  10117118
575 AprWisconsin3847.04849.010     861096
589 AprWyoming711.077.04     14418
3619 AprNew York139180.0108108.044  3.0  24744291
826 AprConnecticut2843.02727.016  1.0  551671
926 AprDelaware1223.099.011     211132
2426 AprMaryland6077.03536.025  7.0  9525120
4326 AprPennsylvania106125.08383.019     18919208
4526 AprRhode Island1120.01313.09     24933
183 MayIndiana3946.04444.09  2.0  83992
147 MayGuam49.033.05     7512
5610 MayWest Virginia1117.01820.08     29837
2117 MayKentucky2830.02727.05  3.0  55560
4217 MayOregon2532.03639.013  3.0  611374
534 JunVirgin Islands712.0  5     7512
445 JunPuerto Rico3743.02323.07  1.0  60767
67 JunCalifornia254320.0221221.076  10.0  47576551
307 JunMontana1015.01112.06     21627
347 JunNew Jersey7991.04749.016  2.0  12616142
357 JunNew Mexico1827.01616.09     34943
387 JunNorth Dakota56.01314.05  3.0  18523
477 JunSouth Dakota1012.01010.05  3.0  20525
1114 JunDistrict of Columbia1638.046.024     202444
50JulUnassigned      11.0   11
Convention2,2052,773.51,8461,889.5711 199.0 1.04,0517124,763
Rank Date State HardSoft HardSoft HardSoft HardSoft HardSoft PledgedUnpledgedTotal
Clinton, H Sanders, B Uncommitted (available) O'Malley, M Allocation
 

P indicates presumably-- an unofficial date. An unconfirmed Presidential Primary established by currently-effective State statute or introduced bill; or- where the foregoing information could not be obtained- the state's prior delegate selection process and associated dates adjusted to the corresponding dates in the current year.

Soft: Soft count, estimated delegate preferences prior to the convention.
Hard: Hard count, the preference as originally assigned. (Note: unpledged delegates are hard counted as "Uncommitted".)
Pledged: Pledged, Bound, or Committed Delegates.
Unpledged: Unpledged, Not Bound, Unbound, or Uncommitted Delegates
Commentary: THE TIES THAT BIND-- OR DO THEY? or, Politicus Unbound

 
 


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