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Results of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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This article contains the results of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses, the processes by which the Democratic Party selected delegates to attend the 2020 Democratic National Convention from August 17–20, 2020. The series of primaries, caucuses, and state conventions culminated in the national convention, where the delegates cast their votes to formally select a candidate. A simple majority (1,990) of the total delegate votes (3,979) was required to become the nominee.
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The campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination began on July 28, 2017, when Maryland Congressman John Delaney became the first candidate to announce his run for president. By April 2019, more than 20 major candidates were recognized by national and state polls, causing the field of 2020 major Democratic presidential candidates to exceed the field of major candidates in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries as the largest presidential candidate field for any single U.S. political party in a single election cycle.[1][2][3] With the addition of Michael Bloomberg on November 24, 2019, the number of major Democratic presidential candidates in the 2020 Democratic primaries totaled 29.[4]
When voting began in the 2020 Iowa caucuses, 11 major candidates were actively campaigning. Democratic primaries and caucuses in early states yielded a controversial and disputed victory for Pete Buttigieg in the Iowa caucuses, a narrow victory for Bernie Sanders in the New Hampshire primary over Buttigieg, a victory for Sanders in the Nevada caucuses, and a victory for Joe Biden in the South Carolina primary. Sanders won the popular vote in both Iowa and New Hampshire, with New Hampshire generally considered a win for Sanders.[5][6] Before the March 3, 2020, Super Tuesday primaries, six major candidates ended their campaigns; Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren ended their campaigns due to poor showings on Super Tuesday.[7][8] Tulsi Gabbard ended her campaign on March 19.[9] Sanders ended his campaign on April 8, leaving Biden as the only major candidate.[10] Biden won a majority of delegates on June 2[11] and was formally nominated on August 20, 2020.[12]
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Overview of results
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Joe Biden
Michael Bloomberg
Pete Buttigieg
Amy Klobuchar
Bernie Sanders
Tom Steyer
Elizabeth Warren
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- A map of 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary and caucus results. It reflects the winners, measured by the number of pledged delegates, in each state.
- A map of 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary and caucus results by county.
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Major candidates
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The table below shows candidates who dropped out of the race during the primaries and placed third or better in a state contest or earned at least one national delegate.[13][14][15][16][17][18]
A Total votes, incl. No Preference, Uncommitted, and various write-ins and minor candidates. |
B Results from the final alignment / the last round. |
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Other candidates
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Eighteen candidates suspended their campaigns before the Iowa caucuses. Seven major candidates had withdrawn from the race after states began to certify candidates for ballot spots: Joe Sestak, Steve Bullock, Kamala Harris, Julián Castro, Marianne Williamson, Cory Booker, and John Delaney.[20] Three others dropped out after the New Hampshire primary. Since the beginning of the primary season, none of these other candidates have been awarded any delegates.
Other candidates were able to make it on the ballot in individual states. Some votes for minor candidates are unavailable because in many states (territories) they can be listed as Others or Write-ins. Since the beginning of the primary season, none of these other candidates have been awarded any delegates. Of the over 200 people who have filed with the FEC as candidates for the Democratic nomination, the following have been placed on the ballot in at least one state.[20]
†Sometimes listed as "None of the Above"
‡Some states don't count some write-ins or minor candidates individually but lump them together.
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Results
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Early states
Iowa
The Iowa Democratic caucuses took place on February 3, 2020. The results of the 2020 Iowa caucuses had been challenged by Bernie Sanders before the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee following certification, as of February 29, 2020.[22] However, no news reports about the outcome of that challenge had occurred afterwards.
Final alignment popular vote share by county
Buttigieg—<30%
Buttigieg—30–40%
Buttigieg—40–50%
Sanders—<30%
Sanders—30–40%
Sanders—50–60%
Warren—<30%
Warren—30–40%
Biden—<30%
Biden—30–40%
Klobuchar—<30%
Klobuchar—30–40%
Final alignment popular vote share by congressional district
Buttigieg—<30%
Sanders—<30%
New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Democratic primary took place on February 11, 2020.
Popular vote share by county
Sanders—<30%
Sanders—30–40%
Buttigieg—<30%
Popular vote share by congressional district
Sanders—25–30%
Nevada
The Nevada Democratic caucus took place with early voting February 14 to 18, and was completed on February 22, 2020.
Final alignment popular vote share by county
Sanders—30–40%
Sanders—40–50%
Sanders—60–70%
Sanders—70–80%
Buttigieg—<30%
Buttigieg—30–40%
Buttigieg—40–50%
County convention delegates won by county
Sanders—30–40%
Sanders—40–50%
Sanders—50–60%
Sanders—70–80%
Buttigieg—<30%
Buttigieg—30–40%
Buttigieg—40–50%
Steyer—<30%
Final alignment popular vote share by congressional district
Sanders—30–40%
Sanders—40–50%
South Carolina
The South Carolina Democratic primary took place on February 29, 2020, three days prior to Super Tuesday.
Popular vote share by county
Biden—30–40%
Biden—40–50%
Biden—50–60%
Biden—60–70%
Biden—70–80%
Popular vote share by congressional district
Biden—30–40%
Biden—40–50%
Biden—50–60%
Biden—60–70%
Official results show that Joe Biden won the Democratic primary with 48.65% of the vote, with Bernie Sanders coming in second with 19.77%.[38][39][40]
Super Tuesday
Super Tuesday took place on March 3, 2020. A total of 14 states and American Samoa voted on Super Tuesday, including the two biggest states, California and Texas. Biden gained 726 delegates, Sanders 505, Bloomberg 49, Warren 62, and Tulsi Gabbard 2.
Alabama
American Samoa
Arkansas
California
Colorado
The results were certified on March 30.[49][50] The race was called for Bernie Sanders[51] who won a plurality of votes and delegates.
Maine
Massachusetts

Minnesota
Popular vote share by county
Biden—30–40%
Biden—40–50%
Biden—50–60%
Biden—60–70%
Sanders—<30%
Sanders—30–40%
Klobuchar—<30%
Klobuchar—30–40%
Klobuchar—40–50%
Popular vote share by congressional district
Biden—30–40%
Biden—40–50%
Sanders—30–40%
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Popular vote share by county
Biden—30–40%
Biden—40–50%
Biden—50–60%
Biden—60–70%
Biden—70–80%
Sanders—30–40%
Sanders—40–50%
Popular vote share by congressional district
Biden—40–50%
Biden—50–60%
Mid/Late-March
Democrats Abroad
Results of the primary were announced on Monday, March 23, 2020.[76]
Idaho
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
North Dakota
All of the withdrawn candidates had withdrawn from the race while mail-in voting had already begun.
Washington
Northern Mariana Islands
Arizona
Florida
Illinois
April–May
Wisconsin
Alaska
Wyoming
Ohio
Kansas
Nebraska
Oregon
Hawaii
Early June
District of Columbia
Popular vote share by ward
Biden—60–70%
Biden—70–80%
Biden—80–90%
Popular vote share by precinct
Biden—50–60%
Biden—60–70%
Biden—70–80%
Biden—80–90%
Biden—>90%
Indiana
Maryland
Montana
New Mexico
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Mid/Late June
Guam
US Virgin Islands
Georgia
West Virginia
Kentucky
New York
July–August
Delaware
New Jersey
Louisiana
Puerto Rico
Connecticut
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Total votes and delegates by candidate
Candidates listed received at least 0.01% of the total vote:
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Notes
- 2 delegates from Kentucky are uncommitted
- Includes:
- 1.0% for Andrew Yang (1,758 votes, 21 SDE)
- 0.8% for Uncommitted (1,420 votes, 3 SDE)
- 0.1% for other candidates (198 votes, 0 SDE)
- <0.1% for Michael Bennet (4 votes, 0 SDE)
- 0.0% for Deval Patrick (0 votes, 0 SDE)
- 0.0% for John Delaney (withdrawn, 0 votes, 0 SDE)
- Includes:
- 0.4% for Uncommitted (367 votes, 7 CD)
- <0.1% for Andrew Yang (49 votes, 1 CD)
- <0.1% for other on-ballot candidates (44 votes, 0 CD)
- Includes:
- 0.8% for Uncommitted (3,700 votes)
- 0.5% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 2,250 votes)
- 0.2% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 875 votes)
- 0.2% for Cory Booker (withdrawn, 740 votes)
- 0.1% for John Delaney (withdrawn, 294 votes)
- 0.1% for Marianne Williamson (withdrawn, 224 votes)
- <0.1% for Julian Castro (withdrawn, 184 votes)
- All for Uncommitted
- Includes:
- 0.3% for Kamala Harris (withdrawn, 715 votes)
- 0.3% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 715 votes)
- 0.3% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 574 votes)
- 0.3% for Cory Booker (withdrawn, 572 votes)
- 0.2% for Marianne Williamson (withdrawn, 501 votes)
- 0.2% for Steve Bullock (withdrawn, 485 votes)
- 0.2% for John Delaney (withdrawn, 443 votes)
- 0.2% for Joe Sestak (withdrawn, 408 votes)
- 0.2% for 0ther candidate (393 votes)
- 0.1% for Julian Castro (withdrawn, 304 votes)
- Includes:
- 0.8% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 43,571 votes)
- 0.3% for other candidates and write-in votes (14,438 votes)
- 0.2% for Julian Castro (withdrawn, 13,892 votes)
- 0.1% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 7,377 votes)
- 0.1% for Marianne Williamson (withdrawn, 7,052 votes)
- 0.1% for Cory Booker (withdrawn, 6,000 votes)
- 0.1% for John Delaney (withdrawn, 4,606 votes)
- 0.1% for Joe Sestak (withdrawn, 3,270 votes)
- <0.1% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 2,022 votes)
- Includes:
- 0.5% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 6,923 votes)
- 0.4% for No Preference (5,345 votes)
- 0.3% as blank ballots (4,061 ballots)
- 0.2% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 2,708 votes)
- 0.1% for other candidates (1,941 votes)
- 0.1% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 1,257 votes)
- 0.1% for John Delaney (withdrawn, 675 votes)
- <0.1% for Marianne Williamson (withdrawn, 617 votes)
- <0.1% for Cory Booker (withdrawn, 426 votes)
- <0.1% for Julian Castro (withdrawn, 305 votes)
- Includes:
- 0.3% for Uncommitted (5,457 votes)
- 0.2% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 1,749 votes)
- 0.2% for other on-ballot candidates (1,096 votes)
- Includes:
- 1.6% for No Preference (21,808 votes)
- 0.2% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 2,973 votes)
- 0.2% for Cory Booker (withdrawn, 2,181 votes)
- 0.2% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 1,978 votes)
- 0.1% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 1,341 votes)
- 0.1% for Marianne Williamson (withdrawn, 1,243 votes)
- 0.1% for John Delaney (withdrawn, 1,098 votes)
- 0.1% for Julian Castro (withdrawn, 699 votes)
- Includes:
- 0.3% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 1,650 votes)
- 0.2% for Uncommitted (1,191 votes)
- 0.2% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 1,097 votes)
- 0.2% for Cory Booker (withdrawn, 953 votes)
- 0.1% for Marianne Williamson (withdrawn, 498 votes)
- 0.1% for John Delaney (withdrawn, 378 votes)
- 0.1% for Julian Castro (withdrawn, 239 votes)
- <0.1% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 182 votes)
- Includes:
- 0.8% for Julian Castro (withdrawn, 16,688 votes)
- 0.5% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 10,324 votes)
- 0.3% for other candidates (6,974 votes)
- 0.3% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 6,674 votes)
- 0.2% for Cory Booker (withdrawn, 4,941 votes)
- 0.2% for Marianne Williamson (withdrawn, 3,918 votes)
- 0.2% for John Delaney (withdrawn, 3,280 votes)
- 0.1% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 1,304 votes)
- Includes:
- 0.4% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 591 votes)
- 0.2% as overvotes or blank votes (380 ballots)
- 0.2% for other candidates and write-in votes (329 votes)
- 0.1% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 137 votes)
- 0.1% for Marianne Williamson (withdrawn, 135 votes)
- <0.1% for Julian Castro (withdrawn, 52 votes)
- Includes:
- 0.3% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 3,361 votes)
- 0.1% for Cory Booker (withdrawn, 1,910 votes)
- 0.1% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 1,437 votes)
- 0.1% for Marianne Williamson (withdrawn, 902 votes)
- 0.1% for Julian Castro (withdrawn, 691 votes)
- <0.1% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 370 votes)
- <0.1% for write-in candidates (184 votes)
- Includes:
- 0.2% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 85 votes)
- 0.1% for Uncommitted (48 votes)
- 0.1% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 26 votes)
- Includes:
- 0.3% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 310 votes)
- 0.1% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 91 votes)
- 0.1% for John Delaney (withdrawn, 65 votes)
- 0.1% for other candidates (60 votes)
- 0.1% for Marianne Williamson (withdrawn, 57 votes)
- 0.1% for Cory Booker (withdrawn, 55 votes)
- 0.1% for Julian Castro (withdrawn, 49 votes)
- <0.1% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 19 votes)
- Includes:
- 1.2% for Uncommitted (19,106 votes)
- 0.2% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 2,380 votes)
- 0.1% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 1,536 votes)
- 0.1% for Cory Booker (withdrawn, 840 votes)
- 0.1% for Joe Sestak (withdrawn, 757 votes)
- 0.1% for Marianne Williamson (withdrawn, 719 votes)
- <0.1% for John Delaney (withdrawn, 464 votes)
- <0.1% for Julian Castro (withdrawn, 306 votes)
- Includes:
- 0.4% for Uncommitted (2,494 votes)
- 0.3% for other candidates (1,809 votes)
- 0.1% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 953 votes)
- 0.1% for Cory Booker (withdrawn, 651 votes)
- Includes:
- 0.4% for Uncommitted (6,450 votes)
- 0.4% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 6,403 votes)
- 0.1% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 2,044 votes)
- 0.1% for write-in candidates (withdrawn, 1,479 votes)
- 0.1% for Cory Booker (withdrawn, 1,314 votes)
- <0.1% for John Delaney (withdrawn, 573 votes)
- <0.1% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 508 votes)
- Includes:
- 0.8% as other votes (4,942 ballots)
- 0.3% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 1,921 votes)
- 0.1% for other candidates (812 votes)
- 0.1% for Julian Castro (withdrawn, 754 votes)
- 0.1% for Marianne Williamson (withdrawn, 668 votes)
- 0.1% for John Delaney (withdrawn, 505 votes)
- 0.1% for Cory Booker (withdrawn, 494 votes)
- 0.1% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 394 votes)
- <0.1% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 242 votes)
- <0.1% for Henry Hewes (208 votes)
- Includes:
- 0.3% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 5,286 votes)
- 0.2% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 4,244 votes)
- 0.1% for Marianne Williamson (withdrawn, 1,744 votes)
- 0.1% for John Delaney (withdrawn, 1,583 votes)
- 0.1% for Cory Booker (withdrawn, 1,507 votes)
- <0.1% for Joe Sestak (withdrawn, 664 votes)
- <0.1% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 661 votes)
- Includes:
- 0.4% for Uninstructed Delegate (3,590 votes)
- 0.4% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 3,349 votes)
- 0.2% for write-in candidates (1,575 votes)
- 0.1% for John Delaney (withdrawn, 529 votes)
- 0.1% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 475 votes)
- <0.1% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 1,567 votes)
- Includes:
- 2.3% for Uninstructed Delegate (23,726 votes)
- 0.6% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 6,670 votes)
- 0.3% for Cory Booker (withdrawn, 2,662 votes)
- 0.2% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 2,291 votes)
- 0.1% for Marianne Williamson (withdrawn, 897 votes)
- 0.1% for Julian Castro (withdrawn, 760 votes)
- <0.1% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 406 votes)
- All for No Preference
- Includes:
- 2.6% for Uncommitted Delegate (6,461 votes)
- 1.6% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 4,026 votes)
- 0.4% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 971 votes)
- Includes:
- 1.8% for Uncommitted (1,861 votes)
- 0.9% for write-in candidates (936 votes)
- 0.8% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 802 votes)
- Includes:
- 10.9% for Uncommitted (58,364 votes, 2 delegates)
- 1.4% for Andrew Yang (withdrawn, 7,267 votes)
- 0.5% for Michael Bennet (withdrawn, 2,514 votes)
- 0.2% for Deval Patrick (withdrawn, 1,183 votes)
- In Iowa, the presidential caucuses only are the first determining step for the delegate distribution, the final step are the decisions on the district conventions and the much later state convention. According to the provisions set by the Iowa Democratic Party's "Delegate Selection Plan", statewide delegates preliminarily awarded to other candidates had to be reallocated at the state convention on June 13, as their pledged candidates had dropped out, while the already early decided district delegates remain fixed.
- Michael Bloomberg officially announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination on November 24, 2019, but chose not to contest the first four nominating contests of the primary season, including the Iowa caucuses.[28]
- Per the Iowa Democratic Party official report.[24]
- County convention delegates (CCDs) are used to calculate how many pledged national convention delegates each candidate wins statewide and in the state's four congressional districts.
- The number of pledged national convention delegates is determined by the number of CCDs won. However, a candidate must get both at least 15% of the total vote to get statewide delegates, and at least 15% of the vote in a congressional district to get delegates from that district. Each precinct has a certain number of CCDs and allocates them based on how many caucus goers there are for each candidate at that precinct.
- Including "Blank" (written in) with 8 votes; Ron Paul, Michelle Obama, John Edwards and two others with 2 votes; and 110 other write-ins with 1 vote
- The "2020 March Democratic Presidential Primary" website published by the Virginia Department of Elections does not include the write-in votes.[74] This article includes them.
- While Bloomberg, Klobuchar, Steyer, Delaney, Booker and Bennet had formally withdrawn and were not published in the final state canvass, those ballots were included by the state as part of overall cast ballots and any media covering the primary reported individual vote tallies for those candidates.[94][95][96]
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