2016 California Democratic primary

The 2016 California Democratic primary was held on June 7 in the U.S. state of California. The primary was nonpartisan, meaning the candidates were not divided based on their political party. Hillary Clinton won the primary with 53.07% of the popular vote.

Primary results by county.

  Hillary Clinton

  Bernie Sanders

Other primaries/caucuses occurred on the same day. Those states included Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North and South Dakota.

Polls

In 2015, Hillary Clinton dominated the polls. It slowly become a close call between Clinton and Bernie Sanders. The most recent poll before the primary, which was conducted by Fox News from April 18-21, 2016, said that Clinton had 48% of the vote compared to 46% for Sanders. The sample size was 623 people with a 4% margin of error.

Results

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

California Democratic primary, June 7, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Hillary Clinton	2,745,302	53.07%	254	66	320
Bernie Sanders	2,381,722	46.04%	221	0	221
Willie Wilson	12,014	0.23%
Michael Steinberg	10,880	0.21%
Rocky De La Fuente	8,453	0.16%
Henry Hewes	7,743	0.15%
Keith Russell Judd	7,201	0.14%
write-in	23	0.00%
Uncommitted	—			10	10
Total	5,173,338	100%	475	76	551
Source: The Green Papers

By county

Yellow is a victory for Clinton, while green is a victory for Sanders.

County	Clinton	Votes	Sanders	Votes
Alameda	51.5%	164,889	48.0%	153,955
Alpine	44.8%	113	54.4%	137
Amador	50.4%	2,516	47.8%	2,386
Butte	37.0%	11,766	62.0%	19,739
Calaveras	49.5%	2,971	48.5%	2,914
Colusa	49.3%	835	47.8%	809
Contra Costa	56.7%	103,333	42.7%	77,862
Del Norte	40.4%	1,119	57.6%	1,598
El Dorado	49.1%	12,492	49.6%	12,620
Fresno	56.0%	45,436	42.7%	34,663
Glenn	46.8%	911	51.5%	1,003
Humboldt	28.7%	8,135	70.4%	19,928
Imperial	65.0%	9,843	33.7%	5,111
Inyo	42.5%	1,001	55.7%	1,313
Kern	54.1%	28,806	43.9%	23,374
Kings	57.8%	4,150	39.9%	2,869
Lake	42.7%	3,988	55.7%	5,195
Lassen	42.6%	812	53.7%	1,023
Los Angeles	54.4%	780,013	44.6%	639,886
Madera	53.1%	5,808	44.4%	4,852
Marin	56.4%	43,283	43.3%	33,214
Mariposa	44.1%	1,102	54.2%	1,355
Mendocino	32.8%	6,048	66.5%	12,259
Merced	53.0%	10,839	45.3%	9,273
Modoc	42.3%	281	52.5%	349
Mono	43.3%	799	56.2%	1,038
Monterey	52.8%	29,730	46.3%	26,073
Napa	53.4%	13,583	45.9%	11,682
Nevada	36.9%	8,175	62.4%	13,827
Orange	51.9%	171,593	47.3%	156,235
Placer	54.1%	25,249	44.8%	20,916
Plumas	44.1%	1,211	53.7%	1,475
Riverside	56.1%	112,526	42.8%	85,918
Sacramento	54.6%	109,898	44.4%	89,428
San Benito	54.3%	4,112	44.6%	3,380
San Bernardino	54.6%	96,076	44.2%	77,706
San Diego	51.6%	215,655	47.7%	199,716
San Francisco	53.6%	116,359	45.9%	99,594
San Joaquin	56.5%	38,212	42.2%	28,523
San Luis Obispo	46.7%	21,637	52.6%	24,379
San Mateo	58.7%	79,756	40.8%	55,367
Santa Barbara	46.9%	31,927	52.4%	35,717
Santa Clara	57.5%	159,480	41.9%	116,193
Santa Cruz	40.5%	29,520	59.0%	42,940
Shasta	45.4%	7,809	52.4%	9,026
Sierra	42.5%	224	56.4%	297
Siskiyou	38.0%	2,466	60.0%	3,894
Solano	55.3%	34,231	43.8%	27,122
Sonoma	47.3%	55,595	52.0%	61,167
Stanislaus	51.2%	24,359	47.1%	22,384
Sutter	52.7%	4,023	45.4%	3,463
Tehama	45.9%	2,372	51.4%	2,655
Trinity	35.1%	672	63.3%	1,211
Tulare	54.4%	13,472	43.7%	10,834
Tuolumne	48.2%	3,433	50.5%	3,592
Ventura	51.2%	60,615	47.9%	56,751
Yolo	48.2%	17,655	51.3%	18,761
Yuba	45.1%	2,388	52.4%	2,771
Total	53.1%	2,745,302	46.0%	2,381,722