The 2016 Oregon Democratic presidential primary was held on May 17 in the U.S. state of
Oregon
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as one of the
Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the
2016 presidential election.
On the same day, the
Democratic Party held their
Kentucky primary, while the
Republican Party held their own
Oregon primary on that day.
Opinion polling
Results
Analysis
As
Barack Obama
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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
campaign. 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
Portland in
Multnomah County, 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
Central Oregon and in the
Oregon high desert bordering
Idaho
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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,
Gilliam County, by one vote.
See also
*
2016 Oregon Republican presidential primary
References
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Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
Democratic primary
2016
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