2016 United States presidential election

==== Candidates ====
{{Main|2016 Democratic Party presidential candidates}}

The following candidates were frequently interviewed by major broadcast networks and cable news channels or were listed in publicly published national polls. Lessig was invited to one forum, but withdrew when rules were changed which prevented him from participating in officially sanctioned debates.

Clinton received 16,849,779 votes in the primary.

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| colspan="9" style="text-align:center; width:700px; font-size:120%; color:white; background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|''Candidates in this section are sorted by date of withdrawal from the primaries''
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! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Bernie Sanders]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Martin O'Malley]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Lawrence Lessig]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Lincoln Chafee]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Jim Webb]]
|-
|[[File:Bernie Sanders.jpg|center|120x120px]]
|[[File:Governor O'Malley Portrait.jpg|center|120x120px]]
|[[File:Lessig (cropped).png|center|120x120px]]
|[[File:Lincoln Chafee (14103606100 cc56e38ddd h).jpg|center|120x120px]]
|[[File:Jim Webb official 110th Congress photo (cropped).jpg|center|120x120px]]
|- style="text-align:center"
|U.S. senator from [[Vermont]]<br /> <small>(2007–''present'')</small>
|61st<br />[[governor of Maryland]]<br /><small>(2007–2015)</small>
|[[Harvard Law School|Harvard Law professor]]<br /><small>(2009–2016)</small>
|74th<br />[[Governor of Rhode Island]]<br /><small>(2011–2015)</small>
|U.S. senator<br />from [[Virginia]]<br /><small>(2007–2013)</small>
|-
|[[File:Bernie Sanders 2016 logo.svg|alt=|center|120x120px]]
|[[File:O'Malley for President 2016 Logo.png|alt=|center|70x70px]]
|[[File:Lessig 2016.png|alt=|center|100x100px]]
|[[File:Chafee for President.png|alt=|center|135x135px]]
|[[File:Webb 2016.png|alt=|center|130x130px]]
|- style="text-align:center"
|[[Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign|Campaign]]
|[[Martin O'Malley 2016 presidential campaign|Campaign]]
|[[Lawrence Lessig 2016 presidential campaign|Campaign]]
|[[Lincoln Chafee 2016 presidential campaign|Campaign]]
|[[Jim Webb 2016 presidential campaign|Campaign]]
|- style="text-align:center"
|''{{abbr|LN|lost nomination}}: July 26, 2016''<br /><small>'''13,167,848''' votes</small>
|''{{abbr|W|withdrew}}: February 1, 2016''<br /><small>110,423 votes</small>
|''{{abbr|W|withdrew}}: November 2, 2015''<br /><small>4 write-in votes in New Hampshire</small>
|''{{abbr|W|withdrew}}: October 23, 2015''<br /><small>0 votes</small>
|''{{abbr|W|withdrew}}: October 20, 2015''<br /><small>2 write-in votes in New Hampshire</small>
|- style="text-align:center"
|<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=MJ|last2=Merica|first2=Dan|last3=Zeleny|first3=Jeff|title=Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/11/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/|access-date=November 3, 2017|agency=CNN|date=July 12, 2016}}</ref>
|<ref>Yglesias, Matthew (February 1, 2016) [https://www.vox.com/2016/2/1/10892184/omalley-drops-out "Iowa Results: Martin O'Malley drops out after third-place finish"], [[Vox (website)|Vox]].com. Retrieved February 1, 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-martin-o-malley-endorses-hillary-clinton-20160609-story.html |title=Martin O'Malley endorses Hillary Clinton |date=June 9, 2016 |newspaper=Baltimore Sun |last1=Fritze |first1=John |access-date=June 20, 2016 |archive-date=June 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614095405/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-martin-o-malley-endorses-hillary-clinton-20160609-story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|<ref>Merica, Dan; LoBianco, Tom (October 23, 2015) [http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/23/politics/lincoln-chafee-2016-election-dnc-meeting/index.html "Lincoln Chafee drops out of Democratic primary race"], [[CNN]].com. Retrieved October 23, 2015</ref>
|<ref>Walsh, Michael (October 20, 2015) [https://www.yahoo.com/politics/jim-webb-plans-to-drop-out-of-democratic-primary-153500314.html "Jim Webb drops out of Democratic primary race"], [[Yahoo!]] Politics. Retrieved October 23, 2015.</ref>
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