Clinton leads in 10 of 12 Early March Primaries; Benefits From Overwhelming Black Support

New Public Policy Polling surveys of the 12 states that will hold Democratic primaries
for President between March 1st and 8th, conducted on behalf of American Family
Voices, find Hillary Clinton leading the way in 10 of 12, with double digit leads in 9 of
them. Bernie Sanders has an overwhelming lead in his home state of Vermont and also
leads in Massachusetts. The race is close in Oklahoma where Clinton is ahead by just 2
points, but she has double digit leads in the other 9 states that will have primaries that
week:

State Clinton Support Sanders Support Spread
Alabama 59% 31% Clinton +28
Arkansas 57% 32% Clinton +25
Georgia 60% 26% Clinton +34
Louisiana 60% 29% Clinton +31
Massachusetts 42% 49% Sanders +7
Michigan 50% 40% Clinton +10
Mississippi 60% 26% Clinton +34
Oklahoma 46% 44% Clinton +2
Tennessee 58% 32% Clinton +26
Texas 57% 34% Clinton +23
Virginia 56% 34% Clinton +22
Vermont 10% 86% Sanders +76

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/March2016PrimariesPollingProject.pdf


Vermont racial breakdown of population

Racial composition 1990 2000 2010
White 98.6% 96.8% 95.3%
Two or more races - 1.2% 1.7%
Asian 0.6% 0.9% 1.3%
Black 0.3% 0.5% 1.0%
Native 0.3% 0.4% 0.4%
Other race 0.1% 0.2% 0.3%
Native Hawaiian and
other Pacific Islander - - -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont#Race_and_gender