Democratic Party Presidential Primaries, 2016 (The More Things Changed)

The 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses were a series of electoral contests organized by the Democratic Party to select the 4,051 delegates to the Democratic National Convention held July 25–28 and determine the nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The elections took place within all fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories and occurred between February 1 and June 14, 2016. An extra 716 unpledged delegates (712 votes) or "superdelegates" are appointed by the Party independently of the primaries' electoral process. The convention will also approved the Party's platform and vice-presidential nominee.

On July 26, 2016, the Democratic National Convention officially nominated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for President and Secretary of Labor Tom Perez for Vice President.