2016 Utah Democratic presidential caucuses

The 2016 Utah Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 22 in the U.S. state of Utah as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

2016 Utah Democratic presidential caucuses

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Candidate Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton Home state Vermont New York Delegate count 27 6 Popular vote 62,992 16,166 Percentage 79.21% 20.33%

Election results by county. Sanders   50 – 60%   60 – 70%   70 – 80%   80 – 90%   100%

On the same day, the Democratic Party held another caucus in Idaho and a primary in Arizona, while the Republican Party held primaries in two states, including their own Utah caucuses, plus in American Samoa.

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 24, 2016	Bernie Sanders 79.21%	Hillary Clinton 20.33%		Other 0.46%
Dan Jones & Associates[2] Margin of error: ± 7% Sample size: 250	March 8–15, 2016	Bernie Sanders 52%	Hillary Clinton 44%
Dan Jones & Associates[3] Margin of error: ± ? Sample size: 625	February 10–15, 2016	Hillary Clinton 51%	Bernie Sanders 44%
SurveyUSA[4] Margin of error: ± 7.2% Sample size: 188	January 6–13, 2016	Hillary Clinton 50%	Bernie Sanders 40%		Other/Undecided 10%
Dan Jones & Associates[5] Margin of error: ± 3.9% Sample size: 624	November 5–14, 2015	Hillary Clinton 54%	Bernie Sanders 34%	Martin O'Malley 3%	Don't Know 5%
Dan Jones & Associates[6] Margin of error: ? Sample size: ?	September 8–17, 2015	Bernie Sanders 31%	Hillary Clinton 30%	Joe Biden 20%	Other/Undecided 19%
Dan Jones & Associates[7] Margin of error: ± ? Sample size: ?	July 14–21, 2015	Hillary Clinton 50%	Bernie Sanders 30%	Joe Biden 12%	Other/Undecided 8%
Dan Jones & Associates[8] Margin of error: ± ? Sample size: ?	March 3–5, 2015	Hillary Clinton 56%	Elizabeth Warren 25%	Joe Biden 4%	Other/Undecided 15%

Results

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

See also: Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Utah Democratic caucuses, March 22, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Bernie Sanders	62,992	79.21%	27	2	29
Hillary Clinton	16,166	20.33%	6	2	8
Others	34	0.04%
Uncommitted	334	0.42%	0	0	0
Total	79,526	100%	33	4	37
Source: [9]

Analysis

Sanders defeated Clinton by a landslide margin in Utah's caucus, winning almost 80 percent of the vote to Clinton's 20 percent. Sanders had held several rallies in Utah and spent $300,000 on TV advertising ahead of the state's caucuses, as well as those in Idaho and Arizona that were held on the same day. Though Clinton had been endorsed by some of the most prominent Democrats in Utah, such as then-Mayor of Salt Lake County Ben McAdams, she did not compete in the state as much as Sanders did.^[10] Turnout in the Utah caucus was unusually high, with some caucus sites needing to print extra ballots after running out multiple times.^[11][12] Sanders' victory in Utah was seen as part of a trend in which he tended to do better in whiter states and in those that held caucuses rather than primaries.^[11]