2020 Ohio Democratic presidential primary

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2020 Ohio Democratic presidential primary
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154 delegates (136 pledged, 18 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
(withdrawn)
Home state Delaware Vermont
Delegate count11521
Popular vote647,284149,683
Percentage72.4%16.7%
Ohio Democratic presidential primary election results by county, 2020.svg
Election results by county
  Joe Biden
Pledged national
convention delegates
TypeDel.TypeDel.
CD1 6 CD9 6
CD2 5 CD10 6
CD3 7 CD11 9
CD4 4 CD12 6
CD5 5 CD13 6
CD6 3 CD14 6
CD7 4 CD15 6
CD8 4 CD16 6
PLEO18At-large29
Total pledged delegates136

The 2020 Ohio Democratic presidential primary took place through April 28, 2020, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. In-person voting, originally scheduled for March 17, 2020 (along with three different states), had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ohio primary was a semi-open primary and awarded 154 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 136 were pledged delegates allocated based on the results of the primary.

Contents

The legislature and governor ultimately made the decision to run an all-mail primary, with no in-person voting, allowing votes to be received through April 28. [1] Former vice president Joe Biden, the only Democrat still in the race, won the primary with more than 72% of the vote and 115 delegates. Senator Bernie Sanders caught 21 delegates, surpassing the threshold with around 17%.

Procedure

The primary, scheduled for March 17, 2020 on the same day as Arizona, Florida and Illinois (whose primaries were not moved), had initially been postponed to June 2 one day before voting day, but was subsequently set to continue by extending mail-in voting until April 28 through a law signed by governor Mike DeWine on March 27. Mails had to be received by post until April 27, with the additional option to hand-deliver mail-in ballots on April 28. It was the only contest on that day, as all six states originally planned for that day postponed their primaries.

In the semi-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 136 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these, between three and nine were allocated to each of the state's 16 congressional districts and another 18 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 29 at-large delegates. [2] As Ohio's primary had originally been planned for a March date on Stage I of the primary timetable, it received no bonus delegates by the Democratic National Committee.

District delegates to the national convention were planned to be elected at post-primary caucuses on April 16, 2020; should candidates have received more delegates based on the results of the primary than delegate candidates presented at the time, then additional delegates would have been nominated during these caucuses. The state executive committee of the party subsequently would have met on May 9, 2020, to vote on the 29 at-large and 18 pledged PLEO delegates for the Democratic National Convention. The delegation also included 18 unpledged PLEO delegates: 12 members of the Democratic National Committee, 5 members of Congress (one senator and four representatives, notably temporary presidential contender Tim Ryan), and former DNC chair David Wilhelm. [2]

Postponement and delay

The primary had originally been scheduled for March 17, 2020. While only the Ohio General Assembly, and not the governor, had the authority to schedule a new election day [3] Republican Governor of Ohio Mike DeWine recommended on March 16 moving the primary election to June amid concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. [4] As he did not have the power to unilaterally make this decision, he went to court to support a lawsuit requesting the delay, [5] but a judge rejected the lawsuit. [6] Later in the day, the Health Director ordered the polls closed as a health emergency. [7] Early on March 17, the Ohio Supreme Court denied the challenge to the state and allowed the primary's delay to proceed. [8]

The governor had proposed to the state legislature that June 2 would be the replacement day, [9] but the final joint decision by the legislature and governor was to run an all-mail primary, with voting through April 28. [1] [10]

Candidates

The following people appeared on the ballot in Ohio: [11]

Running

Withdrawn

Andrew Yang (as well as John Delaney) did not qualify for the ballot due to invalid petitions, with Yang running a registered write-in campaign instead. [11]

Polling

Polling Aggregation
Source of poll aggregationDate
updated		Dates
polled		 Joe
Biden 		Bernie
Sanders 		Other/
Undecided [lower-alpha 1]
270 to Win Mar 16, 2020Mar 10–13, 202057.5%35.0%7.5%
RealClear Politics Mar 16, 2020Mar 10–13, 202057.5%35.0%7.5%
FiveThirtyEight Mar 16, 2020until Mar 13, 2020 [lower-alpha 2] 58.7%32.3%9.0%
Average57.9%34.1%8.0%
Tabulation of individual polls of the 2020 Ohio Democratic primary
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 3] 		Margin
of error		Joe
Biden		Michael
Bloomberg		Cory
Booker		Pete
Buttigieg		Kamala
Harris		Bernie
Sanders		Elizabeth
Warren		Andrew
Yang		OtherUndecided
Apr 8, 2020Sanders suspends his campaign: Politico Story
Swayable Archived 2020-03-17 at the Wayback Machine Mar 16, 20202,027 (LV)± 3.0%66%––––24%––10% [lower-alpha 4] –
Marist/NBC News Mar 10–13, 2020486 (LV)± 5.6%58%––––35%––4% [lower-alpha 5] 4%
830 (RV)± 4.1%56%––––36%––4% [lower-alpha 6] 4%
Emerson College/Nexstar Mar 11–12, 2020464 (LV)± 4.5%57%––––35%––1% [lower-alpha 7] 7%
ROI Rocket Mar 6–12, 2020880 (LV)± 3.3%61%––––33%––– [lower-alpha 8] – [lower-alpha 8]
Mar 5, 2020Warren withdraws from the race
Mar 4, 2020Bloomberg withdraws from the race: NYT Story
Mar 2, 2020Klobuchar withdraws from the race: NYT Story
Mar 1, 2020Buttigieg withdraws from the race: NYT Story
Feb 29, 2020South Carolina primary; Steyer withdraws from the race after close of polls
Feb 11, 2020New Hampshire primary; Yang and Bennet withdraw from the race after close of polls
Feb 3, 2020Iowa Caucuses
Baldwin Wallace University/Oakland
University/Ohio Northern University 		Jan 8–20, 2020428 (RV)–32.1%10.1%–6.1%–20.8%10.7%2.1%5.7% [lower-alpha 9] 9.8%
Jan 13, 2020Booker withdraws from the race
Jan 10, 2020Williamson withdraws from the race
Jan 2, 2020Castro withdraws from the race
Dec 3, 2019Harris withdraws from the race
Nov 24, 2019Bloomberg announces his candidacy
Nov 1, 2019O'Rourke withdraws from the race
Oct 24, 2019Ryan withdraws from the race
Climate Nexus Oct 1–7, 2019443 (LV)–32%–3%5%6%13%21%3%17% [lower-alpha 10] – [note 1]
Emerson Sep 29 – Oct 2, 2019353 (LV)± 5.2%29%–0%5%7%27%21%3%5% [lower-alpha 11] 2%
Quinnipiac Jul 17–22, 2019556± 5.1%31%–1%6%14%14%13%1%6% [lower-alpha 12] 11%
Zogby Analytics May 23–29, 2019222± 6.6%29%–3%6%5%19%12%3%6% [lower-alpha 13] –

Results

2020 Ohio Democratic presidential primary [12]
CandidateVotes %Delegates [13]
Joe Biden 647,28472.37115
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)149,68316.7421
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)30,9853.46
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn)28,7043.21
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn)15,1131.69
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn)11,8991.33
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn)4,5600.51
Tom Steyer (withdrawn)2,8010.31
Michael Bennet (withdrawn)2,0300.23
Deval Patrick (withdrawn)8220.09
Andrew Yang (write-in; withdrawn)5020.06
Total894,383100%136

See also

Notes

Additional candidates
  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 6%; "Other" with 4%
  5. ↑ Gabbard with 2%; "Other" with 2%
  6. ↑ Gabbard with 2%; "Other" with 2%
  7. ↑ Gabbard with 1%
  8. 1 2 Not yet released
  9. ↑ Steyer with 2.2%; Klobuchar with 1.5%; Bennet with 0.8%; Gabbard with 0.5%; Delaney with 0.4%; Patrick with 0.3%
  10. ↑ Ryan with 2%; Castro, Delaney, O'Rourke, Steyer and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Gabbard, Klobuchar, Messam and Sestak with 0%; Other/Unsure with 10%
  11. ↑ O'Rourke with 2%; Delaney, Gabbard, and Bullock with 1%; Ryan, Bennett, Klobuchar, Sestak, Steyer, Castro, and Messam with 0%
  12. ↑ Castro, Gabbard, Klobuchar, O'Rourke, Ryan, and Steyer with 1%; Bennet, de Blasio, Bullock, Delaney, Gillibrand, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Messam, Moulton, and Sestak with 0%
  13. ↑ O'Rourke with 2%; Delaney, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, and Klobuchar with 1%; Castro and Inslee with 0%
  1. ↑ The poll did not provide separate information for this entry, so it is grouped under 'other'.

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