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The 2016 Oregon Democratic presidential primary was held on May 17 in the U.S. state of
Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the
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. On the same day, the
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held their Kentucky primary, while the Republican Party held their own Oregon primary on that day.


Opinion polling


Results


Analysis

As
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had done against Hillary Clinton in the state eight years earlier, Sanders won a convincing double-digit victory in Oregon, as he tried to breathe new life into his
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. Massive grassroots support across the state helped the progressive and populist candidate achieve a double-digit win in a state with a closed primary. Sanders swept all counties in the state but one. He won a large victory in populous
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in
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, where the bulk of the vote came from. He also was buoyed by support from the capital city of Salem in Marion County. Sanders swept all of the other major cities as well, including Eugene, Bend, and Medford, and likewise performed strongly in most of the rural and remote counties of the state, including those of
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and in the Oregon high desert bordering
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from the west. Sanders performed well in areas that were diverse in ethnicity as well as those which were less diverse. In fact, some of his largest margins of victory came from areas with a greater ethnic diversity in the state, such as Portland or Hillsboro, Oregon. Clinton only won one county,
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, by one vote.


See also

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2016 Oregon Republican presidential primary The 2016 Oregon Republican presidential primary was held on May 17 in the U.S. state of Oregon as one of the Republican Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. On the same day, the Democratic Party held their Oregon prima ...


References

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