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2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 1 March 20161
State Convention: Saturday 9 April 2016 (presumably)
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Sanders, Bernard "Bernie"21  50.00%22  52.38%
Clinton, Hillary Diane Rodham17  40.48%20  47.62%
Uncommitted4   9.52% 
Total42 100.00%42 100.00%

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Oklahoma Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress
 
Oklahoma State and Local Government

 
 

Source: 2016 Delegate Selection Plan.


List of Presidential Preferential Primary Candidates.


Unpledged delegate preferences as of
26 February 2016: Clinton 1, Sanders 1.


Results from
OFFICIAL RESULTS - Presidential Preferential Primary Election - March 1, 2016 from the Oklahoma State Election Board.
New York Times.


   

Participation in Oklahoma's delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. Voters publicly declare their Party preference when they register to vote. In November of each odd-numbered year, ... parties declare whether or not they will permit Independents to vote in their primary elections .... For 2016 and 2017, the Democratic Party ... granted permission for Independents to vote in their primaries ....

Tuesday 1 March 2016: Oklahoma Primary. Hours 7:00a-7:00p CST (1300-0100 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Modified Primary.

Primary
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Saturday 26 March 2016.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders174,22851.88%
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton139,44341.52%
Martin Joseph O'Malley7,6722.28%
Keith Russell Judd4,3861.31%
Michael Alan Steinberg4,1711.24%
Star Locke3,4581.03%
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Guerra2,4850.74%
Total335,843100.00%
 

Tuesday 1 March 2016: 38 of 42 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Oklahoma Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level. Oklahoma election allows neither write-in nor "uncommitted." votes. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

  • 25 district delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 5 congressional districts.
  • In addition, 13 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
    • 8 at-large National Convention delegates
    • 5 Pledged PLEOs

Primary
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Saturday 26 March 2016.

ContestSandersClinton
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDel
CD164,85162,507532,2902.583330,2172.4172
CD272,29764,151537,7012.938326,4502.0622
CD357,79853,106431,0182.336222,0881.6642
CD470,05365,270539,2623.008326,0081.9922
CD570,84468,637633,9572.968334,6803.0323
PLEO335,843313,6715174,2282.7773139,4432.2232
At-Large335,843313,6718174,2284.4444139,4433.5564
Total
Delegates
  38  21  17
 

Saturday 9 April 2016 (presumably): State Convention

National Convention District, Pledged PLEO, and At-Large Delegates are elected according to the results of the primary.

The remaining 4 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 4 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 4 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 0 Members of Congress (0 Senators and 0 Representatives).
    • 0 Governors.
    • 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 4 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

 

 

15 January 2015: State Senator Brian Crain (Republican) introduces SB 233. This bill would would move the Presidential Preference Primary from the 1st to the 4th Tuesday in March.

26 July 2015: Reports state that independents will be allowed to participate in Oklahoma Democratic Primaries.

 

Notes

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

1 Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

 

Links Links to other web sites

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Election Authority
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  McAlester News Capital & Democrat
  Native American Times - Tulsa
  NewsLink.org - Oklahoma Newspapers
  OBAR: Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform
  Oologah Lake Leader
  Politics1.com - Oklahoma
  Stillwater NewsPress
  The Cushing Citizen - Cushing
  The Daily Ardmoreite - Ardmore
  The Edmond Sun
  The Frontier
  The McCarville Report
  The Miami News-Record
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