Superdelegates from Kansas, 2016
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Kansas sent a total of four superdelegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention. They are listed below beneath the candidate they are known to have supported as of July 11, 2016.
Kansas superdelegates
Clinton
Sanders
No Kansas superdelegates were known to have supported Bernie Sanders at the convention.
Unknown
What is a superdelegate?
Superdelegates in 2016 were automatic delegates to the Democratic National Convention, meaning that, unlike regular delegates, they were not elected to this position. Also unlike regular delegates, they were not required to pledge their support to any presidential candidate, and they were not bound by the results of their state's presidential primary election or caucus. In 2016, superdelegates included members of the Democratic National Committee, Democratic members of Congress, Democratic governors, and distinguished party leaders, including former presidents and vice presidents. All superdelegates were free to support any presidential candidate of their choosing at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.[1]
Kansas caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Kansas, 2016
Bernie Sanders won the 2016 Kansas Democratic caucus, defeating Hillary Clinton 67 to 32 percent. The Kansas Democratic Party declared Sanders the winner at 7:15 pm CST with 90 percent of precincts reporting in. 40,000 voters participated in the 2016 Kansas Democratic caucus. Voter turnout in the 2008 Kansas Democratic caucus was approximately 36,500. Barack Obama won the state in 2008, beating Hillary Clinton 74 to 26 percent.[2] Sanders' victory in Kansas marked his second win of the evening of March 5, 2016, which also saw a Democratic caucus in Nebraska and a primary in Louisiana. Sanders won the Nebraska caucus too.
| Kansas Democratic Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Bernie Sanders |
67.7% | 26,450 | 10 | |
| Hillary Clinton | 32.3% | 12,593 | 23 | |
| Totals | 39,043 | 33 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Kansas Democratic Party | ||||
Delegate allocation
Kansas had 37 delegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Of this total, 33 were pledged delegates. National party rules stipulated how Democratic delegates in all states were allocated. Pledged delegates were allocated to a candidate in proportion to the votes he or she received in a state's primary or caucus. A candidate was eligible to receive a share of the state's pledged delegates if he or she won at least 15 percent of the votes cast in the primary or caucus. There were three types of pledged Democratic delegates: congressional district delegates, at-large delegates, and party leaders and elected officials (PLEOs). Congressional district delegates were allocated proportionally based on the primary or caucus results in a given district. At-large and PLEO delegates were allocated proportionally based on statewide caucus results.[3][4]
Four party leaders and elected officials served as unpledged delegates. These delegates were not required to adhere to the results of a state's primary or caucus.[3][5]
See also
- Superdelegates and the 2016 Democratic National Convention
- Presidential election in Kansas, 2016
- Democratic National Convention, 2016
- Democratic National Committee
Footnotes
- ↑ Congressional Research Service, "The Presidential Nominating Process and the National Party Conventions, 2016: Frequently Asked Questions," December 30, 2015
- ↑ CNN, "Election Center: 2008," accessed March 5, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Democratic National Committee, "2016 Democratic National Convention Delegate/Alternate Allocation," updated February 19, 2016
- ↑ The Green Papers, "2016 Democratic Convention," accessed May 7, 2021
- ↑ Democratic National Committee's Office of Party Affairs and Delegate Selection, "Unpledged Delegates -- By State," May 27, 2016
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