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March 5 presidential primary elections and caucuses, 2016
 Date: November 8, 2016 |
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March 6, 2016
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won the Kansas and Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses on March 5, while former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton swept the Louisiana Democratic presidential primary. Sanders also took the Maine caucuses on March 6.
Sanders won Kansas by a two-to-one margin and swept the caucuses in all four of the state’s congressional districts. Sanders best district was the Second CD, which he won 72-to-28 percent and includes Douglas County, home to the University of Kansas based in Lawrence. Clinton’s best district was the Third CD where she managed 38 percent of the vote. It includes suburban Johnson County, but perhaps more importantly to Clinton, it includes Wyandotte County where African Americans make up about one-quarter of the population and includes parts of Kansas City.
Sanders also captured the Nebraska caucuses, but by a smaller margin, 57-to-43 percent. He won all three CD’s and his best was the second, which won 60-to-40 percent, which includes Lancaster County, where the University of Nebraska is located, in Lincoln.
Clinton scored another smashing victory in a Southern state winning the Louisiana Democratic Party, 71-to-23 percent. Clinton defeated Sanders in 62 of the state’s 64 parishes. She won the two largest Democratic-voting parishes, Orleans and East Baton Rouge, both of which have large African American populations, by 79 and 78 percent, respectively. Sanders won tiny Cameron and LaSalle Parishes.
The next day, Sanders came back to win the Maine Democratic caucus. With nearly all of the votes counted, Sanders had won 64 percent of the state convention delegates at stake to Clinton's 36 percent. His margin over the former Secretary of State was better than then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's 60-40 percent win over Clinton in the Maine caucuses 8 years ago.
But despite winning three out of the four weekend contests, Sanders did not gain ground on Clinton in the pledged delegate tally. According to CNN's delegate count, Sanders netted 24 delegates over Clinton in his three caucus wins (with one pledged delegate in Maine remaining to be allocated once all the caucus results are tabulated). But Clinton's overwhelming victory in Louisiana netted her 25 delegates over Sanders, underscoring the challenge he faces in overtaking the frontrunner.
James A. Barnes is a senior writer for Ballotpedia and co-author of the 2016 edition of the Almanac of American Politics. He is a member of the CNN Decision Desk and will be helping to project the Democratic and Republican winners throughout the election cycle.
See also
- March 5 presidential primary elections and caucuses, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
- Presidential debates (2015-2016)
- Presidential election, 2016/Polls
- 2016 presidential candidate ratings and scorecards
- Presidential election, 2016/Straw polls
