2020 Michigan Democratic presidential primary

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2020 Michigan Democratic presidential primary
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  2016 March 10, 2020 2024  
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147 delegates (125 pledged, 22 unpledged)
to the Democratic National Convention
The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
  Joe Biden February 2020 crop.jpg Bernie Sanders March 2020 (cropped).jpg
Candidate Joe Biden Bernie Sanders
Home state Delaware Vermont
Delegate count7352
Popular vote840,360576,926
Percentage52.93%36.34%

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The 2020 Michigan Democratic presidential primary took place on March 10, 2020, as one of several states voting the week after Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Michigan primary was an open primary, [1] with the state awarding 147 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 125 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

Contents

Former vice president Joe Biden decisively won the primary and every county in the state, getting almost 53% of the vote and 73 delegates. Senator Bernie Sanders received around 36% of the vote and 52 delegates, marking a clear regression in support for him from 2016, when he edged out Hillary Clinton by 1.42% and won 73 of the state's 83 counties. [2] Biden's victory was powered by support from African Americans, older voters, working class voters, and moderate voters. [3]

Despite losing every county and almost all municipalities, Sanders was still able to win some of the major cities in the state including: Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Grand Rapids, Lansing and Kalamazoo. [4]

Procedure

Michigan was one of six states (along with Democrats Abroad) which held primaries on March 10, 2020, one week after Super Tuesday. [5] Voting took place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. local time. In the open primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 125 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 9 [6] were allocated to each of the state's 14 congressional districts and another 16 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 27 at-large delegates. [7] The March 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 a March date. [8]

After district conventions on May 16, 2020, during which district-level delegates were selected, the state central committee meeting subsequently was held on June 13, 2020, to vote on the 27 at-large and 16 pledged PLEO delegates for the Democratic National Convention. The delegation also included 22 unpledged PLEO delegates: 12 members of the Democratic National Committee, 9 members of Congress (both senators and 7 representatives), and the governor Gretchen Whitmer. [7]

Pledged national
convention
delegates
TypeDel.TypeDel.
CD1 5 CD8 6
CD2 5 CD9 7
CD3 5 CD10 4
CD4 4 CD11 7
CD5 6 CD12 7
CD6 5 CD13 7
CD7 5 CD14 9
PLEO27At-large16
Total pledged delegates125

Candidates

The following people have been included on the list issued by the Michigan Secretary of State for the presidential primary. [9]

Running

Withdrawn

There was also an uncommitted option on the ballot. [10]

Polling

Polling aggregation
Source of poll aggregationDate updatedDates polled Joe
Biden
Bernie
Sanders
Tulsi
Gabbard
Other/
Undecided [e]
270 to Win [11] Mar 10, 2020Mar 4–9, 202057.0%32.3%1.3%9.4%
RealClear Politics [12] Mar 10, 2020Mar 4–9, 202055.7%33.3%1.3%9.7%
FiveThirtyEight [13] Mar 10, 2020until Mar 9, 2020 [f] 55.3%31.9%1.2%11.6%
Average56.0%32.5%1.3%10.2%
Michigan primary results (March 10, 2020)52.9%36.4%0.6%10.1%
Tabulation of individual polls of the 2020 Michigan Democratic primary
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [g]
Margin
of error
Joe
Biden
Michael
Bloomberg
Cory
Booker
Pete
Buttigieg
Kamala
Harris
Amy
Klobuchar
Beto
O'Rourke
Bernie
Sanders
Elizabeth
Warren
Andrew
Yang
OtherUndecided
Swayable [14] Mar 9, 20203,126 (LV)± 3.0%62%28%10% [h]
AtlasIntel [15] Mar 7–9, 2020528 (LV)± 4.0%48%3%40%1%3% [i] 5%
Data for Progress [16] Mar 7–9, 2020320 (LV)± 5.5%59%38%2% [j]
Mitchell Research & Communications [17] Mar 8, 2020602 (LV)± 4.0%54%1%1%1%33%3%3% [k] 5%
Target Insyght [18] Mar 8, 2020600 (LV)± 4.0%65%2%1%24%3%3% [l] 1%
Concord Public Opinion Partners/
The Welcome Party
[19]
Mar 7–8, 2020305 (LV)54%23%1% [m] 22%
YouGov/Yahoo News [20] Mar 6–8, 2020–(RV) [n] ± 5.8%54%42%
Monmouth University [21] Mar 5–8, 2020411 (LV)± 4.8%51%3%<1%<1%36%1%7% [o] 2%
ROI Rocket [22] Mar 4–8, 20201,000 (LV)± 3.1%55%45%
The Progress Campaign (D) [23] Mar 3–7, 2020417 (RV)± 4.7%51%44%1%4% [p]
EPIC-MRA/Detroit Free Press [24] Mar 4–6, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%51%27%9% [q] 13% [r]
Mar 5, 2020Warren withdraws from the race
Mar 4, 2020Bloomberg withdraws from the race
Mar 2, 2020Klobuchar withdraws from the race
Mar 1, 2020Buttigieg withdraws from the race
GlenGariff Group Inc./Detroit News/WDIV-TV [25] Feb 28 – Mar 2, 2020600 (LV)± 4.0%29%11%6%3%23%7%6% [s] 16%
Feb 29, 2020 South Carolina primary; Steyer withdraws from the race after close of polls
YouGov/University of Wisconsin-Madison [26] Feb 11–20, 2020662 (LV)16%13%11%8%25%13%14% [t]
Feb 11, 2020New Hampshire primary; Yang withdraws from the race after close of polls
Baldwin Wallace University/Oakland
University
/Ohio Northern University [27]
Jan 8–20, 2020477 (RV)27%9.1%6.3%1.9%21.6%13.6%3.5%5.3% [u] 10.6%
Jan 13, 2020Booker withdraws from the race
Dec 3, 2019Harris withdraws from the race
Nov 24, 2019Bloomberg announces his candidacy
Emerson College [28] Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2019454± 4.6%34%3%8%3%0%28%19%2%3% [v]
Nov 1, 2019O'Rourke withdraws from the race
Siena Research/New York Times [29] Oct 13–26, 201920330%0%3%0%1%0%17%21%1%1% [w] 23%
Kaiser Family Foundation [30] Sep 23 – Oct 15, 2019208 (LV)19%1%7%2%1%1%15%25%1%0% [x] 27%
Denno Research [31] Sep 21–24, 201921727%1%4%4%1%1%12%23%1%4% [y] 23% [z]
Climate Nexus [32] Jul 14–17, 2019324 (LV)35%2%4%8%1%1%16%14%1%2% [aa] 13% [ab]
Zogby Analytics [33] May 23–29, 2019268± 6.0%27%1%9%7%1%4%18%8%2%5% [ac]
Denno Research [34] May 8–10, 201923537%3%5%4%1%1%16%9%0%4% [ad] 23%
Apr 25, 2019Biden announces his candidacy
Apr 14, 2019Buttigieg announces his candidacy
Mar 14, 2019O'Rourke announces his candidacy
Emerson College [35] Mar 7–10, 2019317± 5.5%40%3%0%12%5%2%23%11%4% [ae]

Results

Results by county
Biden--40-50%
Biden--50-60%
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Results by county
  Biden—40–50%
  Biden—50–60%
  Biden—60–70%

2020 Michigan Democratic presidential primary [36]
CandidateVotes %Delegates [37]
Joe Biden 840,36052.9373
Bernie Sanders 576,92636.3452
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn) [b] 73,4644.63
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) [b] 26,1481.65
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) [c] 22,4621.41
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) [c] 11,0180.69
Tulsi Gabbard 9,4610.60
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) [a] 2,3800.15
Tom Steyer (withdrawn) [c] 1,7320.11
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) [a] 1,5360.10
Cory Booker (withdrawn)8400.05
Joe Sestak (withdrawn)7570.05
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn)7190.05
John Delaney (withdrawn) [d] 4640.03
Julian Castro (withdrawn)3060.02
Uncommitted19,1061.20
Total1,587,679100%125

See also

Notes

Additional candidates

  1. 1 2 3 4 Candidate withdrew during absentee voting, following the New Hampshire primary.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Candidate withdrew during absentee voting, following Super Tuesday.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Candidate withdrew during absentee voting, before Super Tuesday.
  4. 1 2 Candidate withdrew in January, shortly after absentee voting had begun.
  5. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined
  6. FiveThirtyEight aggregates polls with a trendline regression of polls rather than a strict average of recent polls.
  7. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  8. Gabbard with 1%; "Other" with 9%
  9. Gabbard with 2%; "Other" with 1%
  10. Gabbard with 2%
  11. Steyer with 1%; "Someone else" with 2%
  12. Steyer with 0%; "Other" with 1%; "Uncommitted" with 3%
  13. Gabbard with 1%
  14. Part of a 1,750 registered voter poll of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin
  15. Gabbard with 1%; Steyer with 0%; "Uncommitted" with 6%
  16. Listed as "undecided/would not vote"
  17. "Other" with 9%
  18. "Declined" with 13%
  19. Gabbard with 1%; Bennet, Booker, Delaney, Steyer, and Williamson with 0%; Castro and Sestak with no voters; "Refused" with 5%
  20. "Not sure/other" with 14%
  21. Steyer with 1.7%; Delaney with 1.6%; Bennet with 0.8%; Gabbard with 0.7%; Patrick with 0.5%
  22. Gabbard with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Sestak, and Williamson with 0%; Someone else with 2%
  23. Gabbard with 1%; others with 0%
  24. Castro and Steyer with no voters; someone else with 0%
  25. Bennet with 2%; Gabbard, Delaney with 1%; Bullock, Castro, Messam, Ryan, Sestak, Steyer and Williamson with 0%
  26. Labelled as "Other/unsure"
  27. Gabbard and Steyer with 1%; Bennet, de Blasio, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Gillibrand, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, Sestak and Williamson with 0%
  28. Labelled as "Other/unsure"
  29. Castro, Delaney, Gabbard, Gillibrand, and Hickenlooper with 1%; Inslee with 0%
  30. Bennet, Gabbard, Gillibrand, and Swalwell with 1%; Castro, Delaney, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, Williamson, and Yang with 0%
  31. Gillibrand and Hickenlooper with 1%; Castro, Gabbard, and Inslee with 0%; others with 3%

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