2016 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses

The 2016 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 5 in the U.S. state of Kansas as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

2016 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses

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Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton Home state Vermont New York Delegate count 23 10 Popular vote 26,637 12,593 Percentage 67.90% 32.10%

Election results by congressional district.   Bernie Sanders

On the same day, Democratic primaries were held in Louisiana and in Nebraska, while the Republican Party held primaries in four states including their own Kansas caucuses.

Opinion polling

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

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
Caucus results[1]	March 5, 2016	Bernie Sanders 67.9%	Hillary Clinton 32.1%	Uncommitted 0.0%
Fort Hays State University[2] Margin of error: ± 5.0 Sample size: 440	February 19–26, 2016	Hillary Clinton 33%	Bernie Sanders 23%		Undecided 44%
Suffolk University[3] Margin of error: ± ? Sample size: 118	September 27–30, 2014	Hillary Clinton 62%	Elizabeth Warren 14%	Joe Biden 4%	Andrew Cuomo 4%, Martin O'Malley 1%, Other 2%, Undecided/Refused 14%

Results

See also: Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Kansas Democratic caucuses, March 5, 2016
Candidate	District delegates		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Bernie Sanders	26,637	67.90%	23	0	23
Hillary Clinton	12,593	32.10%	10	4	14
Uncommitted	—		0	0	0
Total	39,230	100%	33	4	37
Source: [4]

Analysis

As he did throughout most other states that held caucuses, as well as most farm belt and Great Plains states, Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton by a two-to-one margin in Kansas, one of the reddest states in the nation. Sanders ran up big margins in urban areas including Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka, and Wichita, but also won in very rural areas. He won all four congressional districts in the state, never dipping below 60% of the vote. His worst showing was in Kansas's Third Congressional District which borders Missouri, where he received 62% of the vote.