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2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 26 April 2016 (presumably)1
State Convention: Saturday 7 May 2016 (presumably)
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Clinton, Hillary Diane Rodham12  37.50%23  71.88%
Sanders, Bernard "Bernie"9  28.12%9  28.12%
Uncommitted11  34.38% 
Total32 100.00%32 100.00%

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Source: 2016 Delegate Selection Plan.


Source: Candidate List from the Delaware Department of Elections.


Results from
Returns from the State of Delware Department of Elections.
AP Statewide
Politico.


Unpledged delegate preferences as of
26 February 2016: Clinton: 4.
12 March 2016: Clinton 5.
27 April 2016: Clinton 7.
26 May 2016: Clinton 9.
7 June 2016: Clinton 10.
9 June 2016: Clinton 11.


   

Participation in Delaware's delegate selection process is open to all voters who are registered to vote as Democrats.

"Pursuant to Delaware State Law, if the Delaware Democratic Party submits the name of only one Presidential Candidate, and no other candidates file for the ballot, the state run Presidential Primary shall be cancelled.

Tuesday 26 April 2016 (presumably): Delaware Primary. Hours 7:00a-8:00p EDT (1100-0000 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Primary
Source: State of Delware Department of Elections.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Sunday 15 May 2016.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton55,95459.75%
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders36,66239.15%
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Guerra1,0241.09%
Total93,640100.00%
 

Tuesday 26 April 2016 (presumably): 21 of 32 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Delaware Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the "subdivision" or statewide level. Here is how the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

  • Delaware, having only 1 Congressional District, has chosen to allocate their "District" delegates by City and County: 14 "subdivision level delegates" are allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in four "subdivisions": Kent County, Sussex County, New Castle County (portions of the county within the state's largest city Wilmington), and New Castle County (portions of the county outside of Wilmington).
  • 7 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
    • 5 at-large National Convention delegates
    • 2 Pledged PLEOs

Primary
Source: State of Delware Department of Elections.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Sunday 15 May 2016.

ContestClintonSanders
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDel
City of Wilmington10,98310,91827,1221.30513,7960.6951
Rural New Castle County
(except Wilmington)
53,84253,407831,4624.713521,9453.2873
Kent County12,48312,31827,3381.19114,9800.8091
Sussex County16,33215,973210,0321.25615,9410.7441
PLEO93,64092,616255,9541.208136,6620.7921
At-Large93,64092,616555,9543.021336,6621.9792
Total
Delegates
  21  12  9
 

Saturday 7 May 2016 (presumably): State Convention in Dover. State Convention delegates are elected by the Representative District level caucuses held 1-31 March 2016.

National Convention Subdivision ("District") level are elected according to the results of the primary. Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates are elected by a quorum of subdivision-level National Convention delegates according to the results of the primary.

The remaining 11 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 11 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 6 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 3 Members of Congress (2 Senators and 1 Representative).
    • 1 Governor.
    • 1 Distinguished Party Leader (Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.)

These 11 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

 

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.

 

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