2016 Vermont Republican presidential primary

2016 Vermont Republican presidential primary
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16 pledged delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention

The 2016 Vermont Republican presidential primary was held on March 1, 2016, along with ten other state nominating contests during Super Tuesday.

Donald Trump held a big edge in Vermont polls, with John Kasich and Marco Rubio splitting much of the rest of the vote.^[1] However, on election day, Donald Trump only narrowly won the popular vote by 2.3%, and tied with John Kasich in the delegate count. Vermont was one of only three states, along with his native Ohio and neighboring Michigan, where Kasich won a county.

This was the only GOP primary contest that Trump won in 2016 that he would lose in 2024, by 4 points to Nikki Haley.

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Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
Primary results^[2]	March 1, 2016	Donald Trump32.34%	John Kasich30.01%	Marco Rubio19.08%	Ted Cruz 9.61%, Ben Carson 4.13%, Jeb Bush 1.79%, Rand Paul 0.68%, Chris Christie 0.58%, Carly Fiorina 0.34%, Rick Santorum 0.27%
Castleton University/Vermont Public Radio^[3] Margin of error: ± 9.01% Sample size: 118	February 3–17, 2016	Donald Trump 32.4%	Marco Rubio 16.9%	Ted Cruz 10.5%	John Kasich 10.0%, Jeb Bush 7.7%, Ben Carson 3.1%, Chris Christie 2.4%, Carly Fiorina 1.0%, Rick Santorum 0.6%, Someone else 3.3%, Not sure/Don't know 12.1%

Candidate	Vote^[4]		Delegates^[5]
Candidate	#	%	Delegates^[5]
Donald Trump	19,974	32.52	8
John Kasich	18,534	30.17	8
Marco Rubio	11,781	19.18	0
Ted Cruz	5,932	9.66	0
Ben Carson	2,551	4.15	0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn)	1,106	1.80	0
Rand Paul (withdrawn)	423	0.69	0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	361	0.59	0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn)	212	0.35	0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)	164	0.27	0
Write-ins	390	0.63	0
Total valid votes	61,428	100%	16

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2016 Vermont Republican presidential primary

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