2016 primary voters backed the party pick — with caveats
Share of presidential primary and caucus voters who voted for Clinton or Trump for president in the 2016 general election, by whom they supported in the Democratic and Republican primary and caucus races, according to the 2016 Cooperative Election Study
Paired bar chart showing the share of voters who voted for Clinton or Trump in the 2016 general election, by which candidate they voted for in 2016 Democratic or Republican primaries or caucuses. While almost all who supported Clinton and Trump in the primaries and caucuses generally stuck to their choices in the general election, Kasich (R) voters were the most split, with 53 percent sticking to party lines and 35 percent voting instead for Clinton.