The 2016 Colorado Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Colorado as one of the

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's primaries ahead of the

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. On the same day, dubbed " Super Tuesday,"

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were held in ten other states plus American Samoa, while the

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held primaries in eleven states including their own Colorado caucuses. Youth and

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caucus-goers delivered a win for Bernie Sanders.

Opinion polling

Results

Results of the precinct caucus

; Caucus date: March 1, 2016

Detailed estimates per congressional district

Results of the county assemblies

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Results of the congressional district conventions

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Results of the state convention

; State convention date: April 16, 2016

Analysis

As Barack Obama had similarly done eight years earlier in the state, Bernie Sanders won a convincing 19-point victory in the Colorado caucus, relying on turnout from young adult voters in a majority white electorate. He ran up big margins in the capital city of Denver and in

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at large, as well as in Colorado Springs in El Paso County and Fort Collins in

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. Sanders also performed very strongly in the western parts of the state along the Rocky Mountains, in regions such as the Colorado Mineral belt and

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which are rural and sparsely populated. Clinton won in the city of Pueblo in Pueblo County. Sanders gained more delegates over Clinton with a large turnout from supporters at the conventions in April.

References

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