2020 Missouri Democratic presidential primary

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2020 Missouri Democratic presidential primary
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79 delegates (68 pledged, 11 unpledged)
to the Democratic National Convention
The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
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Candidate Joe Biden Bernie Sanders
Home state Delaware Vermont
Delegate count4424
Popular vote400,347230,374
Percentage60.1%34.6%
Missouri Democratic presidential primary election results by county, 2020.svg
Election results by county
  Joe Biden

The 2020 Missouri 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 Missouri primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 79 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 68 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

Contents

Former vice president Joe Biden had won the primary by a landslide, taking around 60% of the vote, winning every county in the state and gaining 44 delegates, while senator Bernie Sanders received almost 35% of the vote and 24 delegates. [1]

Procedure

Missouri was one of six states (along with Democrats Abroad) which held primaries on March 10, 2020, one week after Super Tuesday. [2] Voting took place throughout the state from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. 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 68 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 8 were allocated to each of the state's 8 congressional districts and another 9 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 15 at-large delegates. [3] 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. [4]

Following ward, township, legislative district, and county mass meetings on April 9, 2020, during which district and state convention delegates were designated, district conventions on April 30, 2020, chose national convention district delegates. At the meeting of the Democratic state committee in Jefferson City on May 9, 2020, the 9 pledged PLEO delegates were voted on, while the 15 pledged at-large delegates should have been selected at the subsequent state convention in Columbia on June 20, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the state convention was held virtually between June 13 and June 19. The delegation also included 11 unpledged PLEO delegates: 8 members of the Democratic National Committee, 2 representatives from Congress, and former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt. [3]

Pledged national
convention delegates
TypeDel.
CD1 8
CD2 6
CD3 5
CD4 5
CD5 6
CD6 5
CD7 5
CD8 4
PLEO9
At-large15
Total pledged delegates68

Candidates

The following individuals qualified for the ballot in Missouri: [5]

Running

Withdrawn

There was also an uncommitted option on the ballot.

Polling

Polling aggregation
Source of poll aggregationDate
updated		Dates
polled		 Joe
Biden 		Bernie
Sanders 		Tulsi
Gabbard 		Other/
Undecided [lower-alpha 1]
270 to Win [6] March 10, 2020March 4–9, 202057.6%34.4%2.7%5.3%
RealClear Politics [7] March 10, 2020March 4–9, 202061.0%30.7%2.5%5.8%
FiveThirtyEight [8] March 10, 2020until March 9, 2020 [lower-alpha 2] 60.3%32.6%2.5%4.6%
Average59.6%32.6%2.6%5.2%
Missouri primary results (March 10, 2020)60.1%34.6%0.7%4.6%
Tabulation of individual polls of the 2020 Missouri Democratic primary
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 3] 		Margin
of error		Joe
Biden		Michael
Bloomberg		Pete
Buttigieg		Kamala
Harris		Amy
Klobuchar		Beto
O'Rourke		Bernie
Sanders		Elizabeth
Warren		OtherUndecided
Swayable [9] Mar 9, 20202,037 (LV)± 3.0%57%–––––36%–8% [lower-alpha 4] –
Øptimus [10] Mar 7–9, 2020402 (LV)± 5.4%68%–––––29%–3% [lower-alpha 5] –
Data for Progress [11] Mar 4–7, 2020348 (LV)± 5.3%62%–––––32%4%2% [lower-alpha 6] –
Mar 5, 2020Warren withdraws from the race
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout [12] Mar 4–5, 20201,040 (LV)± 3.0%53%–––––31%–10% [lower-alpha 7] 6%
Emerson Polling/Nexstar [13] Mar 4–5, 2020425 (LV)± 4.7%48%–––––44%–8% [lower-alpha 8] <6%
Mar 4, 2020Bloomberg withdraws from the race
Mar 2, 2020Klobuchar withdraws from the race
Mar 1, 2020Buttigieg withdraws from the race
The Progress Campaign (D) [14] Feb 16–23, 2020294 (RV)± 5.1%29%14%13%–4%–23%12%4% [lower-alpha 9] –
Americana Analytics [15] Feb 20–21, 20201,198 (LV)± 2.83%22%17%11%–9%–11%10%1% [lower-alpha 10] 17%
Remington Research Group [16] Jan 22–23, 20201,460 (LV)–39%14%6%–8%–7%9%3% [lower-alpha 11] 14%
Dec 3, 2019Harris withdraws from the race
Nov 1, 2019O'Rourke withdraws from the race
Show Me Victories [17] Sept 13–16, 2019400± 5%34%–10%9%1%4%14%22%8% [lower-alpha 12] –
Remington Research Group [18] Jul 10–11, 20191,122–43%–5%13%–1%4%15%–19%

Results

Results by county Biden--40-50% Biden--50-60% Biden--60-70% Biden--70-80% Missouri Democratic presidential primary election results by county, 2020 (margins).svg
Results by county
  Biden—40–50%
  Biden—50–60%
  Biden—60–70%
  Biden—70–80%

2020 Missouri Democratic presidential primary [19]
CandidateVotes %Delegates [20]
Joe Biden 400,34760.1044
Bernie Sanders 230,37434.5924
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn)9,8661.48
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)8,1561.22
Tulsi Gabbard 4,8870.73
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn)3,3090.50
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn)2,6820.40
Andrew Yang (withdrawn)9530.14
Cory Booker (withdrawn)6510.10
Tom Steyer (withdrawn)5840.09
Michael Bennet (withdrawn)2060.03
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn)1700.03
John Delaney (withdrawn)1590.02
Julian Castro (withdrawn)1030.02
Henry Hewes 940.01
Deval Patrick (withdrawn)520.01
Other candidates1,0250.15
Uncommitted2,4940.37
Total666,112100%68

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined
  2. ↑ FiveThirtyEight aggregates polls with a trendline regression of polls rather than a strict average of recent polls.
  3. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  4. ↑ Gabbard with 3%; "Other" with 5%
  5. ↑ Gabbard with 3%
  6. ↑ Gabbard with 2%
  7. ↑ "Other" with 10%
  8. ↑ Gabbard with 2%; "Someone else/undecided" with 6%
  9. ↑ Gabbard and Steyer with 2%
  10. ↑ Steyer with 1%; Gabbard with 0%
  11. ↑ Yang with 2%; Steyer with 1%
  12. ↑ Booker and Yang with 1%; Castro with <1%; rest with 0%; Someone else with 6%

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  13. ↑ Emerson Polling/Nexstar
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  17. ↑ Show Me Victories
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