2016 Indiana Republican presidential primary

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The 2016 Indiana Republican presidential primary was held on May 3 in the U.S. state of Indiana as one of the Republican Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. This was a winner-take-all election, so Donald Trump, who came in first in the popular vote, won all the delegates.

2016 Indiana Republican presidential primary
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May 3, 2016 (2016-05-03)
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57 pledged delegates to the Republican National Convention
 
Candidate Donald Trump Ted Cruz John Kasich
Home state New York Texas Ohio
Delegate count 57 0 0
Popular vote 591,514 406,783 84,111
Percentage 53.26% 36.63% 7.57%
Results by county

The Democratic Party held their own Indiana primary on the same day, which was won by Bernie Sanders. Other primaries were not scheduled for that day.

Following Trump's win, both Cruz and Kasich suspended their campaigns and Trump was declared the presumptive GOP nominee.

Primary

Pre-primary strategies

By late April, Cruz and Kasich had both been eliminated from getting 1,237 delegates, but they still had a chance to accumulate enough delegates to force a contested convention in Cleveland. Realizing this, Cruz and Kasich attempted to focus their efforts in different states, with Cruz challenging Trump head-to-head in Indiana and Kasich challenging Trump head-to-head in Oregon and New Mexico. However, the alliance was tenuous at best, with Kasich telling voters in Indiana the next day to still vote for him and Cruz downplaying the alliance later in the week; it also met with disapproval from 58% of Indiana voters.

Final attempts to stop Trump

Indiana was seen as the final state for the "Stop Trump" movement. Indiana, whose delegates were awarded winner-take all statewide and by congressional district, was seen as essential to denying Trump the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the nomination. Following the Acela primaries, Cruz attempted to bolster his chances by announcing that, if nominated, he would name Fiorina as his running mate. Fiorina had served as a Cruz campaign surrogate since March after suspending her own presidential campaign in February and Cruz hoped that Fiorina could help his campaign in Indiana and her home state of California. On April 29, 2016, Governor Mike Pence of Indiana, who eventually became Donald Trump's running mate, announced that he would vote for Cruz in the primary election. However, Cruz's posturing and endorsements proved to be insufficient, as Trump handily won Indiana with 53% of the vote, despite being outspent by a margin of more than 4–1. Cruz lost Indiana by a wide margin to Trump (53% to 37% with Kasich at 8%) and subsequently dropped out of the race.

Trump emerges as Republican nominee

Cruz lost Indiana by a wide margin to Trump (53% to 37% with Kasich at 8%) and subsequently dropped out of the race. As a result, Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee chairman, tweeted that Trump was the presumptive nominee in the GOP. The next day, Kasich also suspended his campaign, leaving Trump as the only candidate in the race. Despite his endorsement of Cruz, Mike Pence went on to become Trump's running mate.

Opinion polling

Results

Trump won Indiana by a considerable margin statewide. He won nearly all regions of the state except for five counties in northeast Indiana containing the Fort Wayne and Elkhart areas, which Cruz won.

Indiana Republican primary, May 3, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 591,514 53.26% 57 0 57
Ted Cruz 406,783 36.63% 0 0 0
John Kasich 84,111 7.57% 0 0 0
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 8,914 0.80% 0 0 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 6,508 0.59% 0 0 0
Marco Rubio (withdrawn) 5,175 0.47% 0 0 0
Rand Paul (withdrawn) 4,306 0.39% 0 0 0
Chris Christie (withdrawn) 1,738 0.16% 0 0 0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) 1,494 0.13% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 1,110,543 100.00% 57 0 57
Source: The Green Papers

By county

Source

County Donald Trump Ted Cruz John Kasich Ben Carson Jeb Bush Marco Rubio Rand Paul Chris Christie Carly Fiorina Margin Total
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Adams 2,458 35.80% 3,851 56.09% 367 5.35% 90 1.31% 35 0.51% 20 0.29% 28 0.41% 11 0.16% 6 0.09% -1,393 -20.29% 6,866
Allen 29,495 44.72% 29,994 45.48% 4,880 7.40% 569 0.86% 289 0.44% 327 0.50% 239 0.36% 96 0.15% 60 0.09% -499 -0.76% 65,949
Bartholomew 7,918 48.86% 6,284 38.78% 1,451 8.95% 164 1.01% 141 0.87% 92 0.57% 94 0.58% 30 0.19% 30 0.19% 1,634 10.08% 16,204
Benton 1,175 54.65% 720 33.49% 171 7.95% 28 1.30% 21 0.98% 16 0.74% 10 0.47% 7 0.33% 2 0.09% 455 21.16% 2,150
Blackford 1,019 51.78% 800 40.65% 101 5.13% 17 0.86% 13 0.66% 6 0.30% 8 0.41% 3 0.15% 1 0.05% 219 11.13% 1,968
Boone 7,023 45.74% 6,223 40.53% 1,728 11.25% 101 0.66% 93 0.61% 82 0.53% 65 0.42% 15 0.10% 24 0.16% 800 5.21% 15,354
Brown 2,202 56.66% 1,387 35.69% 189 4.86% 33 0.85% 29 0.75% 16 0.41% 15 0.39% 6 0.15% 9 0.23% 815 20.97% 3,886
Carroll 2,423 52.66% 1,737 37.75% 302 6.56% 37 0.80% 31 0.67% 19 0.41% 25 0.54% 18 0.39% 9 0.20% 686 14.91% 4,601
Cass 3,941 56.89% 2,362 34.09% 411 5.93% 67 0.97% 59 0.85% 44 0.64% 24 0.35% 11 0.16% 9 0.13% 1,579 22.79% 6,928
Clark 10,639 59.47% 5,853 32.71% 901 5.04% 140 0.78% 96 0.54% 117 0.65% 94 0.53% 33 0.18% 18 0.10% 4,786 26.75% 17,891
Clay 3,615 62.80% 1,788 31.06% 212 3.68% 38 0.66% 47 0.82% 21 0.36% 17 0.30% 8 0.14% 10 0.17% 1,827 31.74% 5,756
Clinton 3,252 49.17% 2,637 39.87% 474 7.17% 81 1.22% 73 1.10% 39 0.59% 28 0.42% 17 0.26% 13 0.20% 615 9.30% 6,614
Crawford 1,162 60.18% 634 32.83% 56 2.90% 17 0.88% 22 1.14% 12 0.62% 16 0.83% 9 0.47% 3 0.16% 528 27.34% 1,931
Daviess 3,894 60.70% 1,920 29.93% 393 6.13% 69 1.08% 57 0.89% 34 0.53% 22 0.34% 17 0.27% 9 0.14% 1,974 30.77% 6,415
Dearborn 6,618 64.47% 2,376 23.15% 1,086 10.58% 47 0.46% 29 0.28% 33 0.32% 54 0.53% 17 0.17% 5 0.05% 4,242 41.32% 10,265
Decatur 3,319 56.46% 2,078 35.35% 345 5.87% 47 0.80% 41 0.70% 27 0.46% 7 0.12% 9 0.15% 6 0.10% 1,241 21.11% 5,879
DeKalb 4,204 47.65% 3,748 42.48% 624 7.07% 92 1.04% 55 0.62% 37 0.42% 27 0.31% 17 0.19% 18 0.20% 456 5.17% 8,822
Delaware 8,795 52.83% 6,154 36.97% 1,255 7.54% 147 0.88% 113 0.68% 75 0.45% 55 0.33% 26 0.16% 28 0.17% 2,641 15.86% 16,648
Dubois 4,692 58.50% 2,475 30.86% 651 8.12% 72 0.90% 45 0.56% 37 0.46% 27 0.34% 11 0.14% 11 0.14% 2,217 27.64% 8,021
Elkhart 14,467 42.58% 16,211 47.71% 2,446 7.20% 278 0.82% 194 0.57% 165 0.49% 110 0.32% 60 0.18% 47 0.14% -1,744 -5.13% 33,978
Fayette 2,744 66.15% 1,056 25.46% 245 5.91% 33 0.80% 28 0.68% 14 0.34% 15 0.36% 8 0.19% 5 0.12% 1,688 40.69% 4,148
Floyd 7,458 55.67% 4,499 33.58% 1,046 7.81% 91 0.68% 74 0.55% 107 0.80% 80 0.60% 22 0.16% 19 0.14% 2,959 22.09% 13,396
Fountain 2,742 61.48% 1,301 29.17% 234 5.25% 66 1.48% 44 0.99% 16 0.36% 39 0.87% 11 0.25% 7 0.16% 1,441 32.31% 4,460
Franklin 3,488 64.13% 1,326 24.38% 524 9.63% 28 0.51% 18 0.33% 16 0.29% 22 0.40% 5 0.09% 12 0.22% 2,162 39.75% 5,439
Fulton 2,556 58.21% 1,433 32.63% 280 6.38% 38 0.87% 30 0.68% 18 0.41% 20 0.46% 10 0.23% 6 0.14% 1,123 25.58% 4,391
Gibson 4,238 60.15% 2,263 32.12% 369 5.24% 77 1.09% 42 0.60% 25 0.35% 21 0.30% 8 0.11% 3 0.04% 1,975 28.03% 7,046
Grant 5,992 47.03% 5,653 44.37% 739 5.80% 141 1.11% 97 0.76% 46 0.36% 36 0.28% 23 0.18% 14 0.11% 339 2.66% 12,741
Greene 4,491 64.59% 1,971 28.35% 302 4.34% 71 1.02% 53 0.76% 27 0.39% 24 0.35% 7 0.10% 7 0.10% 2,520 36.24% 6,953
Hamilton 35,034 46.20% 29,409 38.78% 9,598 12.66% 435 0.57% 396 0.52% 420 0.55% 297 0.39% 118 0.16% 131 0.17% 5,625 7.42% 75,838
Hancock 9,541 53.77% 6,581 37.09% 1,244 7.01% 105 0.59% 89 0.50% 68 0.38% 72 0.41% 23 0.13% 21 0.12% 2,960 16.68% 17,744
Harrison 4,482 58.07% 2,585 33.49% 425 5.51% 84 1.09% 55 0.71% 31 0.40% 36 0.47% 14 0.18% 6 0.08% 1,897 24.58% 7,718
Hendricks 18,555 49.88% 14,876 39.99% 2,869 7.71% 290 0.78% 193 0.52% 175 0.47% 125 0.34% 62 0.17% 51 0.14% 3,679 9.89% 37,196
Henry 5,714 58.41% 3,362 34.37% 453 4.63% 78 0.80% 67 0.68% 36 0.37% 40 0.41% 14 0.14% 19 0.19% 2,352 24.04% 9,783
Howard 8,475 54.08% 5,946 37.95% 833 5.32% 150 0.96% 104 0.66% 63 0.40% 59 0.38% 17 0.11% 23 0.15% 2,529 16.14% 15,670
Huntington 4,100 47.80% 3,658 42.64% 547 6.38% 111 1.29% 63 0.73% 51 0.59% 21 0.24% 15 0.17% 12 0.14% 442 5.15% 8,578
Jackson 5,362 60.59% 2,647 29.91% 517 5.84% 108 1.22% 84 0.95% 55 0.62% 50 0.57% 17 0.19% 9 0.10% 2,715 30.68% 8,849
Jasper 3,903 57.91% 2,120 31.45% 494 7.33% 68 1.01% 64 0.95% 36 0.53% 36 0.53% 16 0.24% 3 0.04% 1,783 26.45% 6,740
Jay 2,194 53.66% 1,475 36.07% 289 7.07% 47 1.15% 40 0.98% 14 0.34% 13 0.32% 12 0.29% 5 0.12% 719 17.58% 4,089
Jefferson 3,078 59.42% 1,584 30.58% 367 7.08% 46 0.89% 41 0.79% 26 0.50% 27 0.52% 4 0.08% 7 0.14% 1,494 28.84% 5,180
Jennings 3,363 64.65% 1,470 28.26% 221 4.25% 56 1.08% 38 0.73% 22 0.42% 19 0.37% 5 0.10% 8 0.15% 1,893 36.39% 5,202
Johnson 17,218 53.87% 11,849 37.07% 2,199 6.88% 215 0.67% 158 0.49% 136 0.43% 92 0.29% 45 0.14% 48 0.15% 5,369 16.80% 31,960
Knox 4,918 66.68% 1,929 26.15% 344 4.66% 74 1.00% 50 0.68% 31 0.42% 18 0.24% 5 0.07% 7 0.09% 2,989 40.52% 7,376
Kosciusko 8,750 48.48% 7,702 42.68% 1,128 6.25% 176 0.98% 114 0.63% 59 0.33% 84 0.47% 19 0.11% 15 0.08% 1,048 5.81% 18,047
LaGrange 2,571 47.01% 2,373 43.39% 368 6.73% 51 0.93% 39 0.71% 24 0.44% 23 0.42% 10 0.18% 10 0.18% 198 3.62% 5,469
Lake 28,620 64.21% 12,098 27.14% 2,981 6.69% 280 0.63% 127 0.28% 189 0.42% 166 0.37% 65 0.15% 48 0.11% 16,522 37.07% 44,574
LaPorte 9,501 62.53% 4,434 29.18% 925 6.09% 101 0.66% 77 0.51% 62 0.41% 61 0.40% 22 0.14% 11 0.07% 5,067 33.35% 15,194
Lawrence 5,971 60.08% 3,132 31.52% 507 5.10% 107 1.08% 80 0.80% 50 0.50% 62 0.62% 13 0.13% 16 0.16% 2,839 28.57% 9,938
Madison 12,487 56.05% 8,023 36.01% 1,156 5.19% 213 0.96% 144 0.65% 111 0.50% 66 0.30% 36 0.16% 41 0.18% 4,464 20.04% 22,277
Marion 49,843 49.10% 39,562 38.97% 9,633 9.49% 699 0.69% 547 0.54% 503 0.50% 396 0.39% 169 0.17% 164 0.16% 10,281 10.13% 101,516
Marshall 4,755 51.47% 3,644 39.44% 563 6.09% 89 0.96% 74 0.80% 47 0.51% 39 0.42% 18 0.19% 10 0.11% 1,111 12.03% 9,239
Martin 1,398 61.45% 744 32.70% 80 3.52% 14 0.62% 17 0.75% 7 0.31% 7 0.31% 6 0.26% 2 0.09% 654 28.75% 2,275
Miami 3,286 53.17% 2,409 38.98% 316 5.11% 59 0.95% 43 0.70% 22 0.36% 31 0.50% 8 0.13% 6 0.10% 877 14.19% 6,180
Monroe 7,259 48.87% 5,505 37.06% 1,683 11.33% 115 0.77% 98 0.66% 90 0.61% 70 0.47% 15 0.10% 19 0.13% 1,754 11.81% 14,854
Montgomery 4,412 53.54% 2,912 35.34% 632 7.67% 81 0.98% 55 0.67% 60 0.73% 46 0.56% 24 0.29% 19 0.23% 1,500 18.20% 8,241
Morgan 10,236 58.54% 5,885 33.66% 941 5.38% 155 0.89% 102 0.58% 72 0.41% 51 0.29% 22 0.13% 20 0.11% 4,351 24.89% 17,484
Newton 1,814 64.01% 725 25.58% 206 7.27% 26 0.92% 25 0.88% 14 0.49% 9 0.32% 4 0.14% 11 0.39% 1,089 38.43% 2,834
Noble 4,422 49.33%' 3,706 41.34% 578 6.45% 95 1.06% 71 0.79% 52 0.58% 21 0.23% 12 0.13% 7 0.08% 716 7.99% 8,964
Ohio 786 65.55% 299 24.94% 91 7.59% 7 0.58% 4 0.33% 6 0.50% 2 0.17% 2 0.17% 2 0.17% 487 40.62% 1,199
Orange 2,574 60.51% 1,223 28.75% 248 5.83% 65 1.53% 61 1.43% 33 0.78% 27 0.63% 15 0.35% 8 0.19% 1,351 31.76% 4,254
Owen 2,679 64.29% 1,217 29.21% 165 3.96% 39 0.94% 26 0.62% 16 0.38% 17 0.41% 2 0.05% 6 0.14% 1,462 35.09% 4,167
Parke 2,371 63.41% 1,059 28.32% 199 5.32% 41 1.10% 33 0.88% 12 0.32% 9 0.24% 11 0.29% 4 0.11% 1,312 35.09% 3,739
Perry 1,642 66.05% 607 24.42% 166 6.68% 14 0.56% 25 1.01% 12 0.48% 13 0.52% 5 0.20% 2 0.08% 1,035 41.63% 2,486
Pike 1,649 62.09% 821 30.91% 122 4.59% 29 1.09% 11 0.41% 13 0.49% 7 0.26% 4 0.15% 0 0.00% 828 31.17% 2,656
Porter 16,206 61.76% 7,082 26.99% 2,362 9.00% 150 0.57% 131 0.50% 126 0.48% 118 0.45% 38 0.14% 26 0.10% 9,124 34.77% 26,239
Posey 3,159 59.76% 1,696 32.08% 322 6.09% 35 0.66% 23 0.44% 18 0.34% 22 0.42% 2 0.04% 9 0.17% 1,463 27.68% 5,286
Pulaski 1,668 55.25% 1,042 34.51% 192 6.36% 32 1.06% 43 1.42% 14 0.46% 13 0.43% 10 0.33% 5 0.17% 626 20.74% 3,019
Putnam 4,087 56.05% 2,737 37.53% 309 4.24% 48 0.66% 41 0.56% 19 0.26% 26 0.36% 7 0.10% 18 0.25% 1,350 18.51% 7,292
Randolph 2,939 55.58% 1,840 34.80% 350 6.62% 49 0.93% 47 0.89% 13 0.25% 21 0.40% 19 0.36% 10 0.19% 1,099 20.78% 5,288
Ripley 4,055 62.00% 1,581 24.17% 745 11.39% 56 0.86% 26 0.40% 23 0.35% 31 0.47% 8 0.12% 15 0.23% 2,474 37.83% 6,540
Rush 2,362 56.20% 1,457 34.67% 255 6.07% 35 0.83% 38 0.90% 20 0.48% 17 0.40% 15 0.36% 4 0.10% 905 21.53% 4,203
Scott 1,929 65.06% 867 29.24% 100 3.37% 28 0.94% 5 0.17% 9 0.30% 23 0.78% 2 0.07% 2 0.07% 1,062 35.82% 2,965
Shelby 5,044 56.61% 3,190 35.80% 439 4.93% 69 0.77% 79 0.89% 26 0.29% 35 0.39% 10 0.11% 18 0.20% 1,854 20.81% 8,910
Spencer 2,350 56.85% 1,378 33.33% 292 7.06% 42 1.02% 24 0.58% 24 0.58% 16 0.39% 4 0.10% 4 0.10% 972 23.51% 4,134
St. Joseph 19,060 50.79% 15,241 40.61% 2,568 6.84% 192 0.51% 120 0.32% 137 0.37% 117 0.31% 52 0.14% 40 0.11% 3,819 10.18% 37,527
Starke 2,456 66.38% 1,072 28.97% 128 3.46% 6 0.16% 17 0.46% 6 0.16% 9 0.24% 3 0.08% 3 0.08% 1,384 37.41% 3,700
Steuben 3,973 54.51% 2,500 34.30% 614 8.42% 56 0.77% 54 0.74% 34 0.47% 31 0.43% 22 0.30% 5 0.07% 1,473 20.21% 7,289
Sullivan 2,379 68.30% 944 27.10% 115 3.30% 17 0.49% 15 0.43% 6 0.17% 5 0.14% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% 1,435 41.20% 3,483
Switzerland 858 66.10% 263 20.26% 137 10.55% 14 1.08% 7 0.54% 4 0.31% 9 0.69% 4 0.31% 2 0.15% 595 45.84% 1,298
Tippecanoe 10,306 44.56% 9,468 40.94% 2,706 11.70% 188 0.81% 145 0.63% 125 0.54% 115 0.50% 36 0.16% 39 0.17% 838 3.62% 23,128
Tipton 2,269 52.74% 1,631 37.91% 251 5.83% 46 1.07% 43 1.00% 34 0.79% 13 0.30% 9 0.21% 6 0.14% 638 14.83% 4,302
Union 875 59.28% 365 24.73% 203 13.75% 17 1.15% 8 0.54% 4 0.27% 1 0.07% 2 0.14% 1 0.07% 510 34.55% 1,476
Vanderburgh 14,549 54.71% 9,300 34.97% 2,170 8.16% 202 0.76% 121 0.46% 106 0.40% 74 0.28% 37 0.14% 33 0.12% 5,249 19.74% 26,592
Vermillion 1,748 69.86% 602 24.06% 92 3.68% 16 0.64% 14 0.56% 13 0.52% 10 0.40% 3 0.12% 4 0.16% 1,146 45.80% 2,502
Vigo 8,541 63.56% 3,830 28.50% 788 5.86% 82 0.61% 60 0.45% 65 0.48% 29 0.22% 20 0.15% 23 0.17% 4,711 35.06% 13,438
Wabash 3,932 52.00% 2,964 39.20% 450 5.95% 88 1.16% 51 0.67% 31 0.41% 27 0.36% 5 0.07% 13 0.17% 968 12.80% 7,561
Warren 1,321 63.45% 583 28.00% 114 5.48% 16 0.77% 18 0.86% 8 0.38% 15 0.72% 5 0.24% 2 0.10% 738 35.45% 2,082
Warrick 7,450 55.53% 4,721 35.19% 957 7.13% 118 0.88% 60 0.45% 51 0.38% 40 0.30% 10 0.07% 10 0.07% 2,729 20.34% 13,417
Washington 3,156 62.21% 1,542 30.40% 206 4.06% 59 1.16% 39 0.77% 18 0.35% 41 0.81% 7 0.14% 5 0.10% 1,614 31.82% 5,073
Wayne 6,118 59.25% 2,939 28.46% 1,023 9.91% 89 0.86% 71 0.69% 44 0.43% 20 0.19% 12 0.12% 9 0.09% 3,179 30.79% 10,325
Wells 2,777 39.12% 3,826 53.89% 349 4.92% 48 0.68% 39 0.55% 25 0.35% 27 0.38% 2 0.03% 6 0.08% -1,049 -14.78% 7,099
White 3,045 57.19% 1,753 32.93% 394 7.40% 31 0.58% 42 0.79% 24 0.45% 17 0.32% 12 0.23% 6 0.11% 1,292 24.27% 5,324
Whitley 3,919 44.33% 4,064 45.97% 610 6.90% 83 0.94% 43 0.49% 42 0.48% 50 0.57% 16 0.18% 14 0.16% -145 -1.64% 8,841

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