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2020 California Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 California Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The California primary formed an unusual part of Super Tuesday as it had historically departed from its typical June date. It was a semi-closed primary, with the state awarding 494 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 415 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

2020 California Democratic presidential primary
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494 delegates (415 pledged, 79 unpledged)
to the Democratic National Convention
The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
 
Candidate Bernie Sanders Joe Biden
Home state Vermont Delaware
Delegate count 225 172
Popular vote 2,080,846 1,613,854
Percentage 35.97% 27.90%
 
Candidate Elizabeth Warren Michael Bloomberg
Home state Massachusetts New York
Delegate count 11 7
Popular vote 762,555 701,803
Percentage 13.18% 12.13%

Senator Bernie Sanders won the highly desired primary, which bore the most delegates of the entire primary cycle by far, improving on his polling average by 3% and winning 36% of the vote and 225 delegates.[1] Former vice president Joe Biden, however, aided by among others the endorsements of Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, also had a much stronger second-place finish than expected and took 28% of the vote and 172 delegates, matching his successful Super Tuesday momentum and minimizing his delegate deficit, which was also leveled by his other wins on that day.[2] Ultimately, his California loss did not hinder Biden from becoming the new frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. Elizabeth Warren and Michael Bloomberg did not surpass the 15% threshold and only got 11 and 7 delegates in a few districts, respectively.

Procedure

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California was one of 14 states and one territory that held its primaries on March 3, 2020, also known as "Super Tuesday",[3] having joined other states on the date after the signing of the Prime Time Primary Act by Governor Jerry Brown on September 27, 2017, moving the primary from its traditional June date in an effort to increase the influence of the delegate-rich state in the nomination process.[4]

Candidates were allowed to obtain ballot access in a number of ways. They needed to have.:

  • "...qualified for funding under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 30101, et seq.)
  • appeared as a candidate in a national presidential debate hosted by a political party qualified to participate in a primary election, with at least two participating candidates, and publicly available for viewing by voters in more than one state during the current presidential election cycle. A “political party qualified to participate in a primary election” means any political party qualified in California, a major or minor-ballot qualified political party in another state, or a national committee of a political party recognized by the Federal Election Commission
  • placed or qualified for placement on a presidential primary ballot or a caucus ballot of a major or minor ballot-qualified political party in at least one other state in the current presidential election cycle
  • candidate or qualified to be a candidate in a caucus of a major or minor ballot-qualified political party in at least one other state in the current presidential election cycle
  • has the following: current presidential campaign internet website or webpage hosted by the candidate or a qualified political party, and a written request submitted on the candidate's behalf by a party qualified to participate in the primary election to the Secretary of State requesting the candidate be placed on the presidential primary ballot."

If they did not have at least one of those qualifications, they needed to submit petitions of 500 signatures from each of the state's congressional districts obtained between November 4 and December 13, 2019. The official list of qualified candidates was released on December 6, 2019. Unqualified candidates were required to submit their petitions by this date.

Military and overseas mail-in ballots were sent out on January 3, 2020, and domestic mail-in ballots were requested and sent out from February 3 to February 25. Early voting centers opened for business on February 22 and continued until March 3. Election day voting took place throughout the state from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. In the semi-closed primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 415 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these, between 4 and 7 were allocated to each of the state's 53 congressional districts, and another 54 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 90 at-large delegates.[5] The Super Tuesday primary as part of Stage I on the primary timetable received no bonus delegates, in order to disperse the primaries between more different date clusters and keep too many states from hoarding on the first shared date or on a March date in general.[6]

Following the primary, district-level delegates to the national convention were elected on June 7, 2020 (postponed from April 19 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) in the post-primary caucus. Should presidential candidates have been allocated more delegates based on the results of the primary than delegate candidates presented, then supplemental delegates would have been elected at caucuses on May 9, 2020. The national convention delegation meeting was subsequently held on June 28, 2020 (postponed from May 17) during the state convention, to vote on the 54 pledged PLEO and 90 at-large delegates for the Democratic National Convention. The delegation also included 79 unpledged PLEO delegates: 31 members of the Democratic National Committee, 47 members of Congress (both senators, including former candidate Kamala Harris, and 45 representatives, including former candidate Eric Swalwell), and the governor Gavin Newsom.[5]

Pledged national
convention delegates[5]
Type Del. Type Del. Type Del. Type Del.
CD1 4 CD14 6 CD27 5 CD40 5
CD2 6 CD15 6 CD28 6 CD41 5
CD3 5 CD16 4 CD29 5 CD42 5
CD4 5 CD17 5 CD30 6 CD43 5
CD5 6 CD18 6 CD31 5 CD44 5
CD6 5 CD19 6 CD32 5 CD45 5
CD7 5 CD20 5 CD33 6 CD46 4
CD8 4 CD21 4 CD34 5 CD47 5
CD9 5 CD22 4 CD35 5 CD48 5
CD10 4 CD23 4 CD36 4 CD49 5
CD11 6 CD24 5 CD37 6 CD50 4
CD12 7 CD25 5 CD38 5 CD51 5
CD13 7 CD26 5 CD39 5 CD52 6
PLEO 54 At-large 90 CD53 6
Total pledged delegates 415

Candidates

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The following candidates appear in the Certified List of Statewide Candidates:[7]

Running

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Polling

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Polling aggregation
Source of poll aggregation Date
updated 		Dates
polled 		Bernie
Sanders 		Joe
Biden 		Elizabeth
Warren 		Michael
Bloomberg 		Tulsi
Gabbard 		Other/
Undecided[c]
270 to Win[8] March 3, 2020 February 20 – March 1, 2020 33.0% 20.0% 14.4% 15.0% 1.2% 16.4%
RealClear Politics[9] March 3, 2020 February 28 – March 2, 2020 35.0% 23.0% 16.0% 14.0% 1.5% 10.5%[d]
FiveThirtyEight[10] March 3, 2020 until March 2, 2020[e] 31.2% 21.7% 14.9% 14.7% 0.7% 16.8%
Average 33.1% 21.6% 15.1% 14.6% 1.1% 14.5%
California primary results (March 3, 2020) 36.0% 27.9% 13.2% 12.1% 0.6% 10.2%
Polling from January 1 to March 3, 2020
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[f] 		Margin
of error 		Joe
Biden 		Michael
Bloomberg 		Pete
Buttigieg 		Amy
Klobuchar 		Bernie
Sanders 		Tom
Steyer 		Elizabeth
Warren 		Andrew
Yang 		Other Undecided
March 2, 2020 Klobuchar withdraws from the race.
Swayable[11] March 1–2, 2020 3,388 (LV) ± 2.0% 20.8% 19.3% 8.4% 3.3% 28.7% 4.0% 9.6% – 6.0%[g] –
Data for Progress[12] February 28 – March 2, 2020 516 (LV) ± 4.3% 25% 17% 5% 3% 32% – 16% – 1%[h] –
AtlasIntel[13] February 24 – March 2, 2020 727 (LV) ± 4.0% 26% 15% 3% 1% 34% – 15% – 2%[i] 4%
March 1, 2020 Buttigieg withdraws from the race.
Point Blank Political[14] February 29 – March 1, 2020 1,220 (LV) ± 4.1% 22% 10% 6% 3% 34% 1% 14% – 1%[j] 9%
Emerson College/Nexstar[15] February 29 – March 1, 2020 545 (LV) ± 4.1% 21% 11% 7% 5% 38% 2% 16% – 1%[k] –
February 29, 2020 South Carolina primary; Steyer withdraws from the race after close of polls.
YouGov/CBS News[16] February 27–29, 2020 1,411 (LV) ± 4.0% 19% 12% 9% 4% 31% 3% 18% – 4%[l] –
Suffolk University[17] February 26–29, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 14% 16% 7% 5% 35% 3% 12% – 3%[m] –
YouGov/[[Hoover
Institution/Stanford University]][18] 		February 26–28, 2020 1,020 (LV) – 19% 13% 9% 6% 28% 4% 18% – 3%[n] –
Point Blank Political[19] February 26–28, 2020 2,276 (LV) ± 2.9% 14% 12% 9% 3% 34% 3% 14% – 1%[o] 10%
40%[p] – – – 50% – – – – 11%
– 32%[q] – – 57% – – – – 11%
– – – – 46%[r] – 36% – – 16%
CNN/SSRS[20] February 22–26, 2020 488 (LV) ± 5.2% 13% 12% 7% 6% 35% 3% 14% – 3%[s] 8%
February 25, 2020 Tenth Democratic primary debate
Point Blank Political[21] February 23–25, 2020 2,098 (LV) ± 3.0% 11% 11% 9% 4% 34% 3% 13% – 2%[t] 13%
Berkeley IGS/LA Times[22] Feb 20–25, 2020 3,002 (LV) ± 2.0% 8% 12% 11% 6% 34% 2% 17% 1% 2%[u] 7%
February 22, 2020 Nevada caucuses
Change Research/KQED News[23] February 20–23, 2020 1,069 (LV) ± 3.4% 12% 6% 11% 5% 37% 3% 20% 4%[v] 3%[w] –
University of Massachusetts Lowell[24] February 12–20, 2020 450 (LV) ± 6.7% 13% 12% 12% 7% 24% 2% 16% – 7%[x] 6%
Monmouth University[25] February 16–19, 2020 408 (LV) ± 4.9% 17% 13% 9% 4% 24% 5% 10% – 3%[y] 13%
36%[z] – – – 44% – – – 15%[aa] 5%
– 31%[ab] – – 48% – – – 14%[ac] 6%
– – 26%[ad] – 51% – – – 16%[ae] 7%
– – – 24%[af] 54% – – – 16%[ag] 6%
Public Policy Institute of California[26] February 7–17, 2020 573 (LV) ± 5.7% 14% 12% 12% 5% 32% 3% 13% – 2%[ah] 8%
SurveyUSA[27] February 13–16, 2020 520 (LV) ± 4.8% 15% 21% 12% 6% 25% 3% 9% – 1%[ai] 9%
YouGov/USC[28] February 1–15, 2020 – – 21% 8% 6% 3% 29% 2% 20% – 2%[aj] 9%[ak]
February 11, 2020 New Hampshire primary; Yang withdraws from the race after close of polls.
Capitol Weekly[29] February 6–9, 2020 843 (LV) – 8%[al] 8% 15% 7% 25% 4% 19% 5% 6%[am] 3%[an]
11% 13% 14% 5% 29% 3% 16% 4% 5%[ao] 1%[ap]
February 3, 2020 Iowa Caucuses
Change Research/KQED News[30] January 25–27, 2020 1,967 (LV) – 15% 4% 8% 3% 30% 2% 16% 5% 4%[aq] 13%
Berkeley IGS/LA Times[31] January 15–21, 2020 2,895 (LV) ± 2.5% 15.0% 6.0% 7.2% 4.9% 26.3% 1.8% 19.6% 3.9% 3.6%[ar] 11.7%
SurveyUSA[32] January 14–16, 2020 565 (LV) ± 5.1% 30% 6% 8% 2% 20% 4% 20% 4% 2%[as] 4%
January 13, 2020 Booker withdraws from the race.
Public Policy Institute of California/Mercury News[33] January 3–12, 2020 530 (LV) ± 6.5% 24% 1% 6% 4% 27% – 23% 3% 5%[at] 7%
Tulchin Research/USC Rossier/The Hill[34] January 3–10, 2020 1,121 (LV) – 25% 7% 8% 2% 29% 3% 12% 5% 2%[au] 6%
Capitol Weekly[35] January 1–9, 2020 1,053 (LV) – 20% 6% 11% 5% 24% 2% 21% 7% 3%[av] –
Polling before 1 January 2020
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[f] 		Margin
of error 		Joe
Biden 		Cory
Booker 		Pete
Buttigieg 		Kamala
Harris 		Beto
O'Rourke 		Bernie
Sanders 		Elizabeth
Warren 		Andrew
Yang 		Other Undecided
Change Research/KQED News[36] December 6–10, 2019 862 (LV) ± 3.3% 19% 3% 12% – – 26% 23% 4% 13%[aw] –
CNN/SSRS[37] December 4–8, 2019 508 (LV) ± 5.2% 21% 3% 9% – – 20% 17% 6% 12%[ax] 11%
Capitol Weekly[38] December 3–7, 2019 581 (LV) –[ay] 19% 2% 14% – – 19% 23% 5% 17%[az] 1%
19% 2% 13% 4% – 19% 21% 5% 17%[ba] 0%
December 3, 2019 Harris withdraws from the race.
Berkeley IGS/LA Times[39] November 21–27, 2019 1,252 (LV) – 14% 1% 12% 7% – 24% 22% 3% 12%[bb] 9%
SurveyUSA[40] November 20–22, 2019 558 (LV) ± 4.8% 28% 3% 8% 10% – 18% 13% 5% 11%[bc] 5%
Capitol Weekly[41] November 1–12, 2019 695 (LV) – 18% 1% 14% 6% – 21% 27% 4% 8%[bd] 1%
[[Public Policy Institute of
California]][42] 		November 3–12, 2019 682 (LV) – 24% 1% 7% 8% – 17% 23% 5% 6%[be] 9%
November 1, 2019 O'Rourke withdraws from the race.
Change Research[43] October 15–18, 2019 1,631 (LV) – 19% 1% 9% 8% 1% 24% 28% 3% 6%[bf] –
SurveyUSA[44] October 15–16, 2019 553 (LV) ± 6.9% 33% 2% 4% 8% 2% 17% 18% 4% 5%[bg] 8%
Capitol Weekly[45] October 1–14, 2019 590 (LV) – 21% 2% 6% 8% 0% 15% 35% 3% 9%[bh] –
[[Public Policy Institute of
California]][46] 		September 16–25, 2019 692 (LV) ± 4.9% 22% 2% 6% 8% 1% 21% 23% 3% 7%[bi] 9%
Berkeley IGS/LA Times[47] September 13–18, 2019 2,272 – 20% 1% 6% 8% 3% 19% 29% 2% 5%[bj] 8%
Emerson College[48] September 13–16, 2019 424 ± 4.7% 26% 1% 4% 6% 5% 26% 20% 7% 4%[bk] –
SurveyUSA[49] September 13–15, 2019 547 ± 4.8% 27% 2% 3% 13% 2% 18% 16% 7% 4%[bl] 7%
Change Research/KQED[50] September 12–15, 2019 3,325 ± 1.7% 18% 2% 10% 11% 2% 23% 25% 3% 5%[bm] –
Capitol Weekly[51] September 1–13, 2019 599 – 18% 1% 7% 11% 2% 21% 29% 4% 5%[bn] –
Capitol Weekly[52] September 1–13, 2019 5,510 – 18% 1% 8% 11% 2% 17% 33% 3% 7%[bo] –
SurveyUSA[53] August 1–5, 2019 528 ± 6.3% 25% 1% 6% 17% 0% 18% 21% 1% 1%[bp] 10%
PPIC[54] July 14–23, 2019 766 ± 4.4% 11% – 5% 19% – 12% 15% – 14%[bq] 25%
YouGov/CBS News[55] July 9–18, 2019 1,514 ± 2.9% 24% 1% 6% 23% 1% 16% 19% 1% 9%[br] –
Quinnipiac University[56] July 10–15, 2019 519 ± 5.7% 21% 1% 3% 23% 1% 18% 16% 2% 2%[bs] 10%
Capitol Weekly[52] July 1–15, 2019 816 – 20% 1% 8% 20% 2% 16% 25% 1% 7%[bt] –
Change Research[57] July 9–11, 2019 1,609 ± 2.5% 17% 1% 8% 23% 2% 20% 22% 2% 5%[bu] –
July 8, 2019 Swalwell withdraws from the race.
Capitol Weekly[58] June 1–30, 2019 813 – 23% 2% 8% 14% 2% 19% 23% 2% 9%[bv] –
UC Berkeley[59] June 4–10, 2019 2,131 ± 3.0% 22% 1% 10% 13% 3% 17% 18% 1% 3%[bw] 11%
Capitol Weekly[58] May 1–31, 2019 1,180 – 29% 2% 9% 17% 4% 22% 11% 0% 6%[bx] –
Change Research[60] May 25–28, 2019 1,649 ± 2.4% 30% 1% 12% 15% 3% 23% 12% 1% 2%[by] –
Capitol Weekly[58] April 15–30, 2019 1,204 – 20% 2% 19% 17% 4% 20% 10% – 9%[bz] –
April 25, 2019 Biden announces his candidacy.
April 14, 2019 Buttigieg announces his candidacy.
Change Research[61] April 6–9, 2019 2,003 ± 2.2% 21% 3% 9% 19% 10% 22% 8% 1% 7%[ca] –
– 5% 11% 27% 16% 28% 9% 1% 5%[cb] –
April 8, 2019 Swalwell announces his candidacy.
Quinnipiac University[62] April 3–8, 2019 482 ± 5.9% 26% 2% 7% 17% 4% 18% 7% 1% 6%[cc] 13%
March 14, 2019 O'Rourke announces his candidacy.
February 19, 2019 Sanders announces his candidacy.
Change Research[63] February 9–11, 2019 948 – 26% 3% 1% 26% 8% 20% 7% 0% 7%[cd] –
– 7% 2% 53% – – 23% 1% 15%[ce] –

Results

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2020 California Democratic presidential primary[64]
Candidate Votes % Delegates[5]
Bernie Sanders 2,080,846 35.97 225
Joe Biden 1,613,854 27.90 172
Elizabeth Warren 762,555 13.18 11
Michael Bloomberg 701,803 12.13 7
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn)[b] 249,256 4.31
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn)[b] 126,961 2.19
Tom Steyer (withdrawn)[b] 113,092 1.96
Andrew Yang (withdrawn)[a] 43,571 0.75
Tulsi Gabbard 33,769 0.58
Julian Castro (withdrawn) 13,892 0.24
Michael Bennet (withdrawn)[a] 7,377 0.13
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) 7,052 0.12
Cory Booker (withdrawn) 6,000 0.10
John Delaney (withdrawn) 4,606 0.08
Joe Sestak (withdrawn) 3,270 0.06
Deval Patrick (withdrawn)[a] 2,022 0.03
Other candidates / Write-in [cf]14,438 0.25
Total 5,784,364 100% 415
 
Bernie Sanders rally at the Los Angeles Convention Center
 
Senator Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally in San Jose on March 1, 2020
 
Joe Biden's presidential campaign in Bel Air, Los Angeles, on March 5, 2020
Votes (percentage) and delegates by district[5][65][66]
District Bernie Sanders Joe Biden Michael Bloomberg Elizabeth Warren Total delegates District region Largest city
1st 34% 2 23.7% 2 10.3% 0 12.9% 0 4 Shasta Cascade Chico, Redding
2nd 33.3% 3 25.3% 2 13.5% 0 15.9% 1 6 North Coast Eureka
3rd 34.3% 3 29.3% 2 12% 0 12% 0 5 Sacramento Valley Fairfield
4th 26.1% 2 29.6% 3 14.7% 0 11.4% 0 5 Sierras Roseville
5th 32.7% 3 27.2% 3 14.9% 0 12.6% 0 6 Wine Country Santa Rosa
6th 35.8% 3 28.1% 2 10.7% 0 14.3% 0 5 Sacramento Valley Sacramento
7th 30.9% 2 31.4% 3 13% 0 11.2% 0 5 Sacramento Valley Elk Grove
8th 35.7% 2 31.2% 2 11.8% 0 8.8% 0 4 Eastern Desert Victorville
9th 32.9% 2 32.5% 2 15.9% 1 7% 0 5 San Joaquin Valley Stockton
10th 35.5% 2 29.1% 1 15.3% 1 7.2% 0 4 San Joaquin Valley Modesto
11th 29% 2 30.7% 3 15.3% 1 14.7% 0 6 Bay Area Concord
12th 33.8% 3 23.9% 2 11% 0 23.4% 2 7 San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco
13th 38.7% 3 22.4% 2 8.1% 0 24.7% 2 7 Bay Area Oakland
14th 31.9% 3 26.4% 2 15.6% 1 14.8% 0 6 Bay Area Daly City
15th 34.1% 3 29.5% 3 14.4% 0 11.5% 0 6 Bay Area Hayward
16th 40.9% 3 26.2% 1 12.6% 0 7.2% 0 4 San Joaquin Valley Fresno, Merced
17th 36.1% 3 25.9% 2 14.3% 0 12.5% 0 5 Bay Area Fremont, Santa Clara
18th 26.6% 2 29% 2 15.4% 1 17.1% 1 6 Bay Area Sunnyvale
19th 38.9% 4 25.9% 2 13.6% 0 10.7% 0 6 Bay Area San Jose
20th 39.8% 3 25.5% 2 10.9% 0 13% 0 5 Central Coast Salinas
21st 43.2% 3 25.3% 1 13.7% 0 5.1% 0 4 San Joaquin Valley Kings, Kern, SW Fresno
22nd 34.4% 2 29.1% 2 13% 0 8.8% 0 4 San Joaquin Valley Visalia
23rd 34.9% 2 30.2% 2 12.2% 0 9% 0 4 South Central California Bakersfield
24th 35.3% 3 26.8% 2 10.5% 0 14.7% 0 5 Central Coast Santa Maria
25th 35.6% 3 33.6% 2 10% 0 10% 0 5 LA County Santa Clarita
26th 34.4% 3 31.1% 2 12.1% 0 11.5% 0 5 Central Coast Oxnard
27th 35.9% 2 29.2% 2 10.2% 0 15.7% 1 5 LA County San Gabriel Valley
28th 40% 3 22.7% 2 7.5% 0 21.7% 1 6 LA County Glendale
29th 49.8% 3 21.5% 2 7.7% 0 11.2% 0 5 LA County San Fernando Valley
30th 32.6% 3 31.2% 2 11.2% 0 15.4% 1 6 LA County San Fernando Valley
31st 39.1% 3 32.3% 2 11% 0 8.3% 0 5 Southern California San Bernardino
32nd 44.7% 3 28.2% 2 10.5% 0 7.5% 0 5 LA County El Monte
33rd 26.2% 2 34.2% 3 14.3% 0 16.1% 1 6 LA County Santa Monica, Coastal LA
34th 53.7% 4 16.8% 1 8.1% 0 14.7% 0 5 LA County Downtown Los Angeles
35th 46.6% 2 28.2% 2 10.9% 0 6.2% 0 4 Southern California Fontana
36th 27.5% 1 29.8% 2 15.4% 1 8.1% 0 4 Eastern Desert Indio
37th 35.6% 3 31.3% 2 10.1% 0 16.2% 1 6 LA County West LA
38th 41.7% 3 30.8% 2 10.5% 0 7.6% 0 5 LA County Norwalk
39th 36.7% 3 30.5% 2 12.6% 0 9.6% 0 5 Southern California Fullerton
40th 56.4% 4 20.9% 1 8.9% 0 5.4% 0 5 LA County East Los Angeles
41st 45% 3 27.9% 2 10.7% 0 7.5% 0 5 Southern California Riverside
42nd 37% 3 31.6% 2 12.4% 0 7.9% 0 5 Southern California Corona
43rd 36.5% 3 34.3% 2 10% 0 10.3% 0 5 LA County Inglewood
44th 44% 3 29.6% 2 6.2% 0 9.6% 0 5 Los Angeles County Compton
45th 34% 3 29.1% 2 13.5% 0 12% 0 5 Southern California Irvine
46th 53.7% 2 20% 2 10.5% 0 7.7% 0 4 Southern California Anaheim
47th 38.5% 3 27.3% 2 10.6% 0 12.2% 0 5 Southern California Long Beach
48th 30.4% 2 30.3% 2 16.3% 1 11% 0 5 Southern California Huntington Beach
49th 30.6% 3 30.5% 2 14.6% 0 12.2% 0 5 Southern California Oceanside
50th 34.9% 2 27.6% 2 13% 0 11.3% 0 4 Southern California Escondido
51st 49.2% 3 23.7% 2 11.3% 0 6.8% 0 5 Southern California Downtown San Diego and Border Communities
52nd 30.6% 3 30% 3 13.4% 0 14.6% 0 6 Southern California North San Diego
53rd 37.8% 3 27.3% 3 10.1% 0 14.5% 0 6 Southern California Eastern San Diego and suburbs
Total 36.0% 144 27.9% 109 12.1% 7 13.2% 11 271
Pledged delegates[65]
Delegate type Bernie Sanders Joe Biden Michael Bloomberg Elizabeth Warren
At-large 51 39 0 0
PLEO 30 24 0 0
District-level 144 109 7 11
Total 225 172 7 11

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Candidate withdrew following the New Hampshire primary, when all-mail voting had already begun.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Candidate withdrew shortly before the primary, when all-mail voting had already begun.
  3. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined
  4. ^ includes Buttigieg with 6.0%; Klobuchar with 4.0%; Steyer not averaged
  5. ^ FiveThirtyEight aggregates polls with a trendline regression of polls rather than a strict average of recent polls.
  6. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  7. ^ Gabbard with 0.1%; "Other" with 5.9%
  8. ^ Gabbard with 1%
  9. ^ Gabbard with 1%; "Other" with 1%
  10. ^ Gabbard with 1%
  11. ^ Gabbard with 1%
  12. ^ Gabbard with 1%; "Someone else" with 3%
  13. ^ Gabbard with 3%
  14. ^ Gabbard with 3%
  15. ^ Gabbard with 1%
  16. ^ If only the two candidates for which percentages are listed could be voted for
  17. ^ If only the two candidates for which percentages are listed could be voted for
  18. ^ If only the two candidates for which percentages are listed could be voted for
  19. ^ Gabbard with 1%; "Someone else" with 0%; "None/No one" with 2%
  20. ^ Gabbard with 2%
  21. ^ Gabbard with 1%; "Others" with 1%
  22. ^ Included in poll despite being withdrawn because he is still on the ballot.
  23. ^ Gabbard with 2%; Castro with 1%; Bennet, Williamson, Patrick, Sestak, Delaney, Greenstein, Ellinger, Boyd, and De La Fuente with 0%
  24. ^ Gabbard with 4%; "Another candidate" with 3%
  25. ^ Gabbard with 2%; "Other" with 1%
  26. ^ If only the two candidates for which percentages are listed could be voted for
  27. ^ "Already voted" with 10%; "neither" with 5%
  28. ^ If only the two candidates for which percentages are listed could be voted for
  29. ^ "Already voted" with 10%; "neither" with 4%
  30. ^ If only the two candidates for which percentages are listed could be voted for
  31. ^ "Already voted" with 10%; "neither" with 6%
  32. ^ If only the two candidates for which percentages are listed could be voted for
  33. ^ "Already voted" with 10%; "neither" with 6%
  34. ^ Tulsi Gabbard 1%; someone else 1%
  35. ^ "Some other Democrat" with 1%
  36. ^ Gabbard with 2%
  37. ^ "someone else/skipped"
  38. ^ Answers listed in this row are for the question, "If electability wasn't a concern, who would you support?"
  39. ^ Gabbard with 3%; Booker with 2%; Williamson with 1%; Patrick with 0%
  40. ^ Listed as "no response"
  41. ^ Gabbard with 3%; Booker, Patrick and Williamson with 1%; Delaney with 0%
  42. ^ Listed as "no response"
  43. ^ Gabbard with 4%; Bennet, Delaney and Patrick with <1%
  44. ^ Gabbard with 1.4%; Bennet with 0.9%; Booker with 0.8%; "All others" with 0.5%
  45. ^ Gabbard with 2%; others with 0%
  46. ^ someone else (included Bloomberg) 6%
  47. ^ Booker and "someone else" with 1%
  48. ^ Gabbard with 2%; Booker with 1%; Delaney, Patrick and Williamson with 0%; no response with 0%
  49. ^ Bloomberg, Castro and Gabbard with 3%; Steyer with 2%; Klobuchar and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Delaney and Patrick with 0%
  50. ^ Bloomberg with 5%; Gabbard and Klobuchar with 2%; Castro and Steyer with 1%; Bennet, Delaney, Patrick, and Williamson with 0%; "None/No one" with 1%
  51. ^ The top row presents results which exclude Kamala Harris as an option.
  52. ^ Bloomberg with 5%; Gabbard and Klobuchar with 4%; Castro with 2%; Steyer and Williamson with 1%; Delaney and Patrick with 0%
  53. ^ Bloomberg with 5%; Gabbard and Klobuchar with 4%; Castro, Steyer and Williamson with 1%; Delaney with 0%; Patrick with no voters
  54. ^ Klobuchar with 3%; Bloomberg with 2%; Bennet, Castro, Gabbard, Steyer with 1%, Bullock, Delaney, Patrick, Sestak and Williamson with 0%
  55. ^ Bloomberg and Steyer with 3%; Gabbard with 2%; Castro and Klobuchar with 1%; Patrick with 0%; others with 1%
  56. ^ Gabbard and Klobuchar with 3%; Steyer and Williamson with 1%; Castro and Delaney with 0%
  57. ^ Klobuchar and Steyer with 1%; other with 4%
  58. ^ Gabbard and Klobuchar with 2%; Steyer and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Messam, Ryan, and Sestak with 0%
  59. ^ Castro, Gabbard, Klobuchar, Steyer, and some other Democrat with 1%
  60. ^ Castro and Gabbard with 2%; Klobuchar, Steyer and Williamson with 1%; de Blasio and Ryan with 0%; no response with 2%
  61. ^ Castro with 2%; Klobuchar and Steyer with 1%; someone else with 3%
  62. ^ Klobuchar with 2%; Bennet, Castro and Gabbard with 1%; Bullock, de Blasio, Delaney, Messam, Ryan, Sestak, Steyer and Williamson with 0%;
  63. ^ Gabbard with 2%; Castro and Steyer with 1%; Bennet, de Blasio, Bullock, Delaney, Klobuchar, Messam, Ryan, Sestak and Williamson with 0%; someone else with 1%
  64. ^ Castro with 2%; Klobuchar with 1%; someone else with 1%
  65. ^ Gabbard with 2%; Castro, Klobuchar and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, de Blasio, Bullock, Delaney, Messam, Ryan, Sestak and Steyer with 0%
  66. ^ Gabbard with 2%; Castro, Klobuchar and Williamson with 1%; Steyer with 0%
  67. ^ Gabbard with 3%; Castro, Klobuchar, Steyer and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, de Blasio, Delaney and Ryan with 0%
  68. ^ Gabbard with 1%
  69. ^ "Anyone" with 2%; "None of them" with 5%; "Others" with 7%
  70. ^ Bennet, Castro, Gabbard, Gravel, Klobuchar, Steyer, Williamson with 1%; Bullock, de Blasio, Delaney, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, and Sestak with 0%
  71. ^ Castro and Inslee with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, de Blasio, Delaney, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Klobuchar, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, Sestak, Steyer, and Williamson with <1%, others with <1%
  72. ^ Castro, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Inslee, Klobuchar, & Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, de Blasio, Delaney, Hickenlooper, Ryan, Swalwell & Steyer with 0%
  73. ^ Gabbard with 2%; Castro, Klobuchar & Inslee with 1%; Bennet, de Blasio, Delaney, Gillibrand, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Messam, Ryan, Sestak, Steyer & Williamson with 0%
  74. ^ Gabbard & Hickenlooper with 2%; Bennet, Gillibrand & Klobuchar with 1%; Bullock, Castro, de Blasio, Delaney, Inslee, Moulton, Ryan & Williamson with 0%
  75. ^ Castro and Klobuchar with 1%; Bullock, Delaney, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Ryan, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%
  76. ^ Castro, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Klobuchar, Ryan & Swalwell with 1%; Bullock, de Blasio, Gabbard, Inslee & Williamson with 0%
  77. ^ Castro and Gabbard with 1%; Abrams, Bennet, Gillibrand, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Klobuchar, Inslee, Moulton, Ryan, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%
  78. ^ Klobuchar with 3%; Inslee with 2%; Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Ryan & Swalwell with 1%; Castro with 0%
  79. ^ Castro with 2%; Abrams, Gabbard, Inslee, Klobuchar, and Swalwell with 1%; Bennet, Delaney, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Messam, Ryan, and Williamson with 0%
  80. ^ Castro with 2%; Gabbard, Klobuchar, and Ryan with 1%; Delaney, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Messam, and Williamson with 0%
  81. ^ Castro and Klobuchar with 2%; Gabbard and Inslee with 1%; Delaney, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Messam, and Williamson with <1%; others with <1%
  82. ^ Castro with 2%; Brown, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Holder, and Klobuchar with 1%; Bloomberg, Bullock, Cuomo, Delaney, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%
  83. ^ Castro with 6%; Gabbard with 4%; Delaney and Gillibrand with 2%; Williamson with 1%
  84. ^ Including 34 write-in votes

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