Английская Википедия:2016 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox election Шаблон:Elections in Massachusetts sidebar The 2016 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Massachusetts as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

On the same day, dubbed "Super Tuesday," Democratic primaries were held in ten other states plus American Samoa, while the Republican Party held primaries in eleven states including their own Massachusetts primary.

Clinton's win came from urban support in Boston and Springfield. She had the endorsement of then-Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, appearing with the Mayor at the Old South Meeting House in Boston the day before the primary.

Results

Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 91

Results by county

County	Clinton	%	Sanders	%
Barnstable	21,889	48.7%	22,456	50.0%
Berkshire	12,916	47.6%	13,851	51.0%
Bristol	37,187	48.7%	36,797	48.2%
Dukes	2,312	44.8%	3,804	54.4%
Essex	65,679	48.7%	66,797	49.3%
Franklin	5,485	29.0%	13,286	70.2%
Hampden	31,766	50.3%	29,699	47.0%
Hampshire	14,309	40.4%	24,638	57.6%
Middlesex	170,096	51.5%	154,785	46.9%
Nantucket	979	47.5%	1,060	51.5%
Norfolk	72,105	52.7%	61,835	45.2%
Plymouth	39,165	48.3%	40,219	49.6%
Suffolk	79,314	56.6%	58,134	41.5%
Worcester	53,610	44.8%	63,745	53.2%
Total	606,822	49.7%	589,803	48.3%

Analysis

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Vote share by city and town.

Clinton ran a close race against Bernie Sanders, much closer than her 15-point-win in the state eight years earlier against Barack Obama, but ultimately she came out victorious in the Bay State. She lost the white vote (85% of the electorate in Massachusetts) narrowly, 50-49, to Bernie Sanders, according to exit polls. She also lost the male vote 58-41. However, she won the non-white vote 59-41, and the votes of women 57-42 (including both married women 59-40, and unmarried women 53-46), which likely put her over the top statewide.

Sanders won among voters who had only a high school diploma or less, while Clinton won more highly educated voters, including postgraduates, who made up a larger proportion of the Massachusetts electorate. And while Sanders won 54-46 among voters under the age of 45, Clinton won 54-45 with those over 45 years of age, including a resounding 59-39 victory among senior citizens. And while Sanders won 55-45 among voters who make less than $100k per year, Clinton won with more affluent voters.

In terms of political party affiliation, Clinton won Democrats (65% of the electorate) 60-40, but lost Independents to Sanders 66-33.

While Sanders carried a majority of counties statewide, Clinton swept most of the major urban areas and cities, as well as the affluent suburbs. She won Boston by a large margin and also emerged victorious in other urban and more conservative towns such as Springfield and Worcester.

The Clinton win in Massachusetts came as a major blow to the Sanders campaign on Super Tuesday, as he had wanted to win a blue, largely white and liberal state like Massachusetts resoundingly in order to stay competitive after disappointing losses across the Southeast.

Following the primary, Elizabeth Warren, the state's senior US senator, was widely criticized by Sanders supporters online for her refusal to endorse him prior to the primary. Supporters of Bernie Sanders have argued that an endorsement from Warren, whose political positions were similar to that of Sanders's, and who was a frequent critic of Hillary Clinton in the past, could have handed Massachusetts to him. Warren though, had made it clear prior to the primary that she would not endorse either candidate until the end of the primary season, in which she eventually endorsed Clinton.

See also

• 2016 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary