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The2016 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses were held on March 26 in the U.S. state ofAlaska as one of theDemocratic Party's primaries ahead of the2016 presidential election.
On the same day,Democratic caucuses were held inHawaii and in the state ofWashington. TheRepublican Party did not hold any primaries that day; their ownAlaska caucuses took place on March 1, 2016.
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| Poll source | Date | 1st | 2nd | Other |
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| Caucus results[1] | March 29, 2016 | Bernie Sanders 79.6% | Hillary Clinton 20.2% | Other 0.2% |
| Alaska Dispatch News/Ivan Moore Research[2] Margin of error:± ≈3.8% | Published January 23, 2016[2] | Bernie Sanders 48% | Hillary Clinton 34% | Martin O'Malley 6% Undecided 14% |
| Candidate | Popular vote | District delegates | Estimated delegates | ||||
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| Count | Percentage | Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Bernie Sanders | 8,447 | 79.61% | 441 | 81.52% | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| Hillary Clinton | 2,146 | 20.23% | 100 | 18.48% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Rocky De La Fuente | 1 | <0.01% | |||||
| Uncommitted | 16 | 0.15% | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Total | 10,610 | 100% | 541 | 100% | 16 | 4 | 20 |
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Alaska gave Sanders his largest win outside of his home state of Vermont. He won 80% of the vote and 82% of the state convention delegates, and carried everyborough and census area in the state by landslide margins.[4] He swept Democratic strongholds - including sparsely populated areas in theBush - as well as GOP strongholds such asFairbanks and surroundingInterior Alaska,Anchorage on theKenai Peninsula, andJuneau in theSoutheast.
A Sanders win in Alaska was expected, since he generally performed well incaucus states, in majority white electorates, and in thePacific Northwest. Also, Clinton had lost the state eight years before toBarack Obama, and she did not campaign personally in the state (Sanders did not either, but he sent his wifeJane to campaign for him inAnchorage).[5]
At a rally inWisconsin on March 26, Sanders told supporters “We knew from day one that politically we were going to have a hard time in the Deep South, but we knew things were going to improve when we headed west.”[6]
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