2016 U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic presidential caucuses

The 2016 U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic presidential caucuses were held on June 4 in the U.S. territory of the United States Virgin Islands as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

2016 U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic presidential caucuses

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Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders Home state New York Vermont Delegate count 12 0 Popular vote 1,326 196 Percentage 87.12% 12.88%

Neither the Democratic Party nor the Republican Party held any other primaries on that day, with the Republican Party's own Virgin Islands caucus having taken place on March 10.

Seven of Virgin Islands' 12 Democratic delegates are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in the Virgin Islands Territorial Convention. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates.^[1][2]

The At-Large delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the Caucus results on each of the three islands: four from St Thomas and St. John jointly, and three from St. Croix. Hillary Clinton won the Virgin Islands Democratic Caucuses, which was her biggest margin in the primaries.^[3]

This is the only primary where Bernie Sanders receives zero delegates. In 2008, the primary of the same place was where Hillary Clinton received zero delegates.

Results

Virgin Islands delegation participates in the roll call vote at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

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

U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic caucuses, June 4, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Hillary Clinton	1,326	87.12%	7	5	12
Bernie Sanders	196	12.88%	0	0	0
Uncommitted	—		0	0	0
Total	1,514	100%	7	5	12
Source: [4][5]