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The 2016 Indiana Democratic presidential primary took place on May 3 in the U.S. state of
Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the
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. The Republican Party held their own Indiana primary on the same day. Other primaries were not held that day.


Opinion polling


Results


Analysis

Sanders managed a five-percentage point upset win in Indiana, despite not leading in a single poll ahead of the primary. He won men 57-43, tied women with Clinton 50-50, beat Clinton 68-32 among voters under the age of 45, and won a resounding 59-41 victory with
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voters, who made up 71% of the Democratic electorate in Indiana. He also won self-identified Independents 72-28 and won across all income levels. Clinton performed best with African Americans who she won 74-26, and older voters who she won 60-40. Sanders performed well statewide in Indiana, winning most of the rural counties. He performed well in Marion County, winning 51-49 according to exit polls. Marion contains the state capital and largest city of Indianapolis, and the Indianapolis Suburbs which he won 56-44. Sanders won Northeast Indiana, which is anchored in Allen County by Fort Wayne. Sanders carried East Central Indiana and
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. He carried St. Joseph County which contains
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and
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by a wide margin, likely thanks to his support from younger voters. He also won Monroe County which contains the city of Bloomington which is home to
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. Sanders also won
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which contains
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as well as Vigo County which contains
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. Clinton won Lake County in Northwest Indiana (a region she won by a narrow 51-49) which contains the heavily
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city of Gary and is a part of the
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Metropolitan Area, and performed well in
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along the Ohio River with neighboring
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.


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