Increased turnout for Presidential Primary in Berrien County
Published 10:04 am Thursday, March 10, 2016
Polling centers were busy across Berrien County during Tuesday’s Presidential Primary Election.
More than 28 percent of the county’s registered voters cast a ballot, a huge increase over the 16.5 percent that turned out for the 2012 Presidential Primary.
Donald Trump was the winner on the Republican ticket statewide with 36.5 percent of the vote. Ted Cruz finished second with 24.9 percent of the vote and John Kasich third with 24.3 percent.
On the Democratic ticket, Bernie Sanders narrowly defeated Hillary Clinton with 49.8 percent of the vote to Clinton’s 48.3 percent.
Cities and townships also saw a large turnout for the race, including a 27 percent turnout in Niles Township, 25 percent turnout in Buchanan and a 21.6 percent turnout in the City of Niles.
Below are unofficial results from Election Magic:
BERRIEN COUNTY
Republican
Trump: 7,817
Cruz: 6,603
Kasich: 4,219
Democrat
Clinton: 6,646
Sanders: 5,952
CITY OF NILES
9,070 registered voters
1,961 voted (21.6 percent turnout)
Republican
Cruz: 420
Trump: 369
Kasich: 127
Democrat
Sanders: 466
Clinton: 400
NILES TOWNSHIP
10,687 registered voters
2,952 voted (27.6 percent)
Republican
Cruz: 707
Trump: 681
Kasich: 251
Democrat
Clinton: 519
Sanders: 474
BUCHANAN
3,308 registered voters
833 voted (25 percent)
Republican
Cruz: 182
Trump: 176
Kasich: 67
Democrat
Sanders: 169
Clinton: 159
BERTRAND TOWNSHIP
2,161 registered voters
693 voted (32 percent)
Republican
Cruz: 211
Trump: 177
Kasich: 80
Democrat
Sanders: 89
Clinton: 78
BUCHANAN TOWNSHIP
2,562 registered voters
839 voted (32.7 percent)
Republican
Cruz: 236
Trump: 212
Kasich: 80
Democrat
Sanders: 123
Clinton: 112
MILTON TOWNSHIP
2,513 registered voters
814 voted (32 percent)
Republican
Trump: 239
Cruz: 238
Kasich: 79
Democrat
Clinton: 100
Sanders: 84
HOWARD TOWNSHIP
5,018 registered voters
1,333 voted (26.5 percent)
Republican
Trump: 377
Cruz: 346
Kasich: 131
Democrat
Sanders: 197
Clinton: 190
