2020 United States presidential election in California

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2020 United States presidential election in California
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  2016 November 3, 2020 2024  
Turnout80.67% (of registered voters) Increase2.svg 5.40 pp
70.88% (of eligible voters) Increase2.svg 12.14 pp [1]
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Nominee Joe Biden Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Delaware Florida
Running mate Kamala Harris Mike Pence
Electoral vote550
Popular vote11,110,6396,006,518
Percentage63.48%34.32%

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2020 United States presidential election in California results map by census block group.svg

President before election

Donald Trump
Republican

Elected President

Joe Biden
Democratic

The 2020 United States presidential election in California was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. [2] California voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate Kamala Harris, the junior senator from California. In the 2020 election, California had 55 electoral votes in the Electoral College, the most of any state. Biden won by a wide margin, as was expected; however, California was one of six states where Trump received a larger percentage of the two-party vote than he did in 2016. [a] This election also marked the first time since 2004 that the Republican candidate won more than one million votes in Los Angeles County due to increased turnout.

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California is considered a safe blue state in presidential elections due to large concentrations of Democratic voters in large urban regions such as the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego. As predicted, Biden easily carried California on election day, earning 63.5% of the vote and a margin of 29.2% over Trump. Biden earned the highest percentage of the vote in the state for any candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936, although Biden's margin of victory was slightly smaller than Hillary Clinton's 30.1% in 2016, making it one of just six states in which Trump improved on his 2016 margin. Biden became the first candidate in any race for any office in U.S. history to win more than 10 million votes in a single state, while Trump also received the most votes a Republican has ever received in any state in any race since the country's founding, even narrowly besting his vote total in Texas, a state that he won. [3] Biden's vote margin was the largest vote margin for a presidential candidate in a singular state. California was also one of five states in the nation in which Biden's victory margin was larger than 1 million raw votes, the others being New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Illinois. Over 5.1 million votes of Biden's 7 million vote lead nationwide were Californian votes.

Per exit polls by Edison Research, Biden dominated key Democratic constituencies in the state including Latinos with 75%, African Americans with 82%, Asian Americans with 76%, and union households with 63%. [4] Post-election analysis by Cook Political Report showed Trump made inroads with some Asian American constituencies, particularly Vietnamese American and Filipino American voters. [5] Biden flipped Butte and Inyo Counties into the Democratic column; they had not voted Democratic since 2008 and 1964, respectively. Biden's victory in Orange County was only the second time a Democrat carried the county since 1936, as well as only the fourth time in the county's history. In contrast, while he improved his total vote share by nearly three percentage points, Trump did not flip any counties and his main regions of strength came from Republican strongholds in Gold Country, Shasta Cascade, and parts of the Central Valley. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla certified the results on December 4, and took Harris's seat in the Senate upon her resignation to become Vice President, having been appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom. [6]

Primary elections

In a departure from previous election cycles, California held its primaries on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020. [7] Early voting began several weeks earlier. Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination on March 17, 2020, defeating several longshot candidates, most notably former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld. Kamala Harris, the state's junior U.S. senator, was among the Democratic candidates declared until she dropped out on December 3, 2019. Representative Eric Swalwell from the 15th district was also a Democratic candidate but dropped out of the race on July 8, 2019. Other prominent state figures, including former Governor Jerry Brown, current Governor Gavin Newsom, and Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti declined to run. [8] [9] [10]

Republican primary

The Republican Party's primary campaign was dominated by a lawsuit over the President's taxes. [11] The suit alleges that the new requirement for several years of a candidate's taxes was unconstitutional and onerous. The law was blocked in September 2019 while State Supreme court heard testimony and made a ruling. [12]

As a contingency, the Republican state committee changed its delegate selection process, turning the primary into a mere "beauty contest" and setting up an emergency state convention to Trump's delegate choices. [13] If Trump were allowed on the ballot, the convention would be canceled and the so-called "winner-take-most" rules, which require a challenger to get 20% of the vote, would apply.

Incumbent Trump was allowed on the ballot, and the contingency convention was canceled.

2020 California Republican presidential primary [14]
CandidateVotes %Estimated
delegates
Donald Trump 2,279,12092.2%172
Bill Weld 66,9042.7%0
Joe Walsh (withdrawn)64,7492.6%0
Rocky De La Fuente 24,3511.0%0
Matthew John Matern15,4690.6%0
Robert Ardini 12,8570.5%0
Zoltan Istvan 8,1410.3%0
Total2,471,591100%

Democratic primary

Candidates began filing their paperwork on November 4, 2019, and the final list was announced on December 9.

Leading California Democrats complained that Joe Biden and Senator Elizabeth Warren were snubbing the state by refusing to attend a forum at the State's "endorsement convention". [15] Early voting began on February 11 and ended the day before primary day.

2020 California Democratic presidential primary [16]
CandidateVotes%Delegates [17]
Bernie Sanders 2,080,84635.97225
Joe Biden 1,613,85427.90172
Elizabeth Warren 762,55513.1811
Michael Bloomberg 701,80312.137
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) [b] 249,2564.31
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) [b] 126,9612.19
Tom Steyer (withdrawn) [b] 113,0921.96
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) [c] 43,5710.75
Tulsi Gabbard 33,7690.58
Julian Castro (withdrawn)13,8920.24
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) [c] 7,3770.13
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn)7,0520.12
Cory Booker (withdrawn)6,0000.10
John Delaney (withdrawn)4,6060.08
Joe Sestak (withdrawn)3,2700.06
Deval Patrick (withdrawn) [c] 2,0220.03
Other candidates / Write-in [d] 14,4380.25
Total5,784,364100%415
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Bernie Sanders rally at the Los Angeles Convention Center
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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 Biden Bel Air Event--18 - 49628171937.jpg
Joe Biden's presidential campaign in Bel Air, Los Angeles, on March 5, 2020
Votes (percentage) and delegates by district [17] [18] [19]
District Bernie Sanders Joe Biden Michael Bloomberg Elizabeth Warren Total delegatesDistrict regionLargest city
1st34%223.7%210.3%012.9%04 Shasta Cascade Chico, Redding
2nd33.3%325.3%213.5%015.9%16 North Coast Eureka
3rd34.3%329.3%212%012%05 Sacramento Valley Fairfield
4th26.1%229.6%314.7%011.4%05 Sierras Roseville
5th32.7%327.2%314.9%012.6%06 Wine Country Santa Rosa
6th35.8%328.1%210.7%014.3%05 Sacramento Valley Sacramento
7th30.9%231.4%313%011.2%05 Sacramento Valley Elk Grove
8th35.7%231.2%211.8%08.8%04Eastern Desert Victorville
9th32.9%232.5%215.9%17%05 San Joaquin Valley Stockton
10th35.5%229.1%115.3%17.2%04 San Joaquin Valley Modesto
11th29%230.7%315.3%114.7%06 Bay Area Concord
12th33.8%323.9%211%023.4%27 San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco
13th38.7%322.4%28.1%024.7%27 Bay Area Oakland
14th31.9%326.4%215.6%114.8%06 Bay Area Daly City
15th34.1%329.5%314.4%011.5%06 Bay Area Hayward
16th40.9%326.2%112.6%07.2%04 San Joaquin Valley Fresno, Merced
17th36.1%325.9%214.3%012.5%05 Bay Area Fremont, Santa Clara
18th26.6%229%215.4%117.1%16 Bay Area Sunnyvale
19th38.9%425.9%213.6%010.7%06 Bay Area San Jose
20th39.8%325.5%210.9%013%05 Central Coast Salinas
21st43.2%325.3%113.7%05.1%04San Joaquin Valley Kings, Kern, SW Fresno
22nd34.4%229.1%213%08.8%04San Joaquin Valley Visalia
23rd34.9%230.2%212.2%09%04South Central California Bakersfield
24th35.3%326.8%210.5%014.7%05Central Coast Santa Maria
25th35.6%333.6%210%010%05LA County Santa Clarita
26th34.4%331.1%212.1%011.5%05Central Coast Oxnard
27th35.9%229.2%210.2%015.7%15LA County San Gabriel Valley
28th40%322.7%27.5%021.7%16LA County Glendale
29th49.8%321.5%27.7%011.2%05LA County San Fernando Valley
30th32.6%331.2%211.2%015.4%16LA County San Fernando Valley
31st39.1%332.3%211%08.3%05Southern California San Bernardino
32nd44.7%328.2%210.5%07.5%05LA County El Monte
33rd26.2%234.2%314.3%016.1%16LA County Santa Monica, Coastal LA
34th53.7%416.8%18.1%014.7%05LA County Downtown Los Angeles
35th46.6%228.2%210.9%06.2%04Southern California Fontana
36th27.5%129.8%215.4%18.1%04Eastern Desert Indio
37th35.6%331.3%210.1%016.2%16LA County West LA
38th41.7%330.8%210.5%07.6%05LA County Norwalk
39th36.7%330.5%212.6%09.6%05Southern California Fullerton
40th56.4%420.9%18.9%05.4%05LA County East Los Angeles
41st45%327.9%210.7%07.5%05 Southern California Riverside
42nd37%331.6%212.4%07.9%05 Southern California Corona
43rd36.5%334.3%210%010.3%05 LA County Inglewood
44th44%329.6%26.2%09.6%05 Los Angeles County Compton
45th34%329.1%213.5%012%05 Southern California Irvine
46th53.7%220%210.5%07.7%04 Southern California Anaheim
47th38.5%327.3%210.6%012.2%05 Southern California Long Beach
48th30.4%230.3%216.3%111%05 Southern California Huntington Beach
49th30.6%330.5%214.6%012.2%05 Southern California Oceanside
50th34.9%227.6%213%011.3%04 Southern California Escondido
51st49.2%323.7%211.3%06.8%05 Southern California Downtown San Diego and Border Communities
52nd30.6%330%313.4%014.6%06 Southern California North San Diego
53rd37.8%327.3%310.1%014.5%06 Southern California Eastern San Diego and suburbs
Total36.0%14427.9%10912.1%713.2%11271
Pledged delegates [18]
Delegate typeBernie SandersJoe BidenMichael BloombergElizabeth Warren
At-large513900
PLEO302400
District-level144109711
Total225172711

Libertarian primary

2020 California Libertarian presidential primary
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CandidateJacob Hornberger Jo Jorgensen Vermin Supreme
Home state Virginia South Carolina Massachusetts
Popular vote5,5303,5343,469
Percentage19.4%12.4%12.2%

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CandidateKen ArmstrongKim Ruff
(withdrawn)
Adam Kokesh
Home state Oregon Arizona Indiana
Popular vote3,0112,3302,161
Percentage10.6%8.2%7.6%

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CandidateSam RobbDan Behrman Max Abramson
Home state Pennsylvania Nevada New Hampshire
Popular vote1,7221,6951,605
Percentage6.0%5.9%5.6%

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Election results by county
  Jacob Hornberger
  Vermin Supreme
  Ken Armstrong
  Kim Ruff
  Sam Robb
  Tie

The Libertarian Party of California permitted non-affiliated voters to vote in their presidential primary. [20]

2020 California Libertarian presidential primary [21]
CandidateVotes %
Jacob Hornberger5,53019.4
Jo Jorgensen 3,53412.4
Vermin Supreme 3,46912.2
Ken Armstrong3,01110.6
Kim Ruff(withdrawn)2,3308.2
Adam Kokesh 2,1617.6
Sam Robb1,7226.0
Dan Behrman1,6955.9
Max Abramson 1,6055.6
Souraya Faas9993.5
Steven A. Richey9823.4
Erik Gerhardt7482.6
Keenan Dunham7202.5
Sorinne Ardeleanu(write-in)270.1
Geby Eva Espinosa(write-in)20.0
Total28,535100.0

Green primary

2020 California Green primary [22]
CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates
Howie Hawkins 4,20236.2%16 estimated
Dario Hunter 2,55822.0%9 estimated
Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry2,07117.8%8 estimated
Dennis Lambert1,99917.2%7 estimated
David Rolde7746.7%3 estimated
Total9,656100.00%43

American Independent primary

The American Independent Party permitted non-affiliated voters to vote in their presidential primary. [20]

2020 California American Independent primary [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
American Independent Phil Collins 11,53232.8
American Independent Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente 7,26321.0
American Independent Don Blankenship 6,91319.7
American Independent J. R. Myers5,09914.5
American Independent Charles Kraut4,21612.0
Total votes35,723 100%

Peace and Freedom primary

2020 California Peace and Freedom primary [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Peace and Freedom Gloria La Riva 2,57066.0
Peace and Freedom Howie Hawkins 1,32534.0
Total votes3,895 100%

General election

Final predictions

SourceRanking
The Cook Political Report [25] Solid D
Inside Elections [26] Solid D
Sabato's Crystal Ball [27] Safe D
Politico [28] Solid D
RCP [29] Solid D
Niskanen [30] Safe D
CNN [31] Solid D
The Economist [32] Safe D
CBS News [33] Likely D
270towin [34] Safe D
ABC News [35] Solid D
NPR [36] Likely D
NBC News [37] Solid D
538 [38] Solid D

Polling

Graphical summary

Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregation
Dates
administered
Dates
updated
Joe
Biden

Democratic
Donald
Trump

Republican
Other/
Undecided
[e]
Margin
270 to Win [39] October 17–27, 2020November 3, 202061.7%32.3%6.0%
Real Clear Politics [40] September 26 – October 21, 2020October 27, 202060.7%31.0%8.3%
FiveThirtyEight [41] until November 2, 2020November 3, 202061.6%32.4%6.0%
Average61.3%31.9%6.8%Biden +29.4

Polls

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump

Republican
Joe
Biden

Democratic
Jo
Jorgensen

Libertarian
Howie
Hawkins

Green
Other Undecided
SurveyMonkey/Axios [42] Oct 20 – Nov 2, 202012,370 (LV)± 1.5%36% [g] 62%
David Binder Research [43] Oct 28 – Nov 1, 2020800 (LV)31%62%3%4%
USC Schwarzenegger Institute [44] Oct 27–31, 20201,155 (RV)± 3%28%65%4% [h] 2%
SurveyMonkey/Tableau [42] Sep 30 – Oct 28, 202022,450 (LV)37% [g] 61%
Swayable [45] Oct 23–26, 2020635 (LV)± 5.2%35%62%2%1%
UC Berkeley/LA Times [46] Oct 16–21, 20205,352 (LV)± 2%29%65%1%0%0% [i] [j] 3%
Public Policy Institute of California [47] Oct 9–18, 20201,185 (LV)± 4.3%32%58%3%2%1% [k] 4%
SurveyMonkey/Tableau [42] Sep 1–30, 202020,346 (LV)35%63%2%
SurveyUSA [48] Sep 26–28, 2020588 (LV)± 5.4%34%59%3% [l] 6%
Redfield & Wilton Strategies [49] Sep 19–21, 20201,775 (LV)28%62%1%1%1% [m] 8%
UC Berkeley/LA Times [50] Sep 9–15, 20205,942 (LV)± 2%28%67%1%0%0% [i] [j] 3%
Public Policy Institute of California [51] Sep 4–13, 20201,168 (LV)± 4.3%31%60%3%2%1% [k] 2%
Spry Strategies/Women's Liberation Front [52] [n] Aug 29 – Sep 1, 2020600 (LV)± 4%39%56%5%
SurveyMonkey/Tableau [42] Aug 1–31, 202017,537 (LV)35%63%2%
David Binder Research [53] Aug 22–24, 2020800 (LV)31%61%3% [o] 5%
Redfield and Wilton Strategies [54] Aug 9, 20201,904 (LV)± 2.3%25%61%1%1%2% [p] 9%
SurveyMonkey/Tableau [42] Jul 1–31, 202019,027 (LV)35%63%2%
University of California Berkeley [55] Jul 21–27, 20206,756 (LV)± 2.0%28%67%5%
SurveyMonkey/Tableau [42] Jun 8–30, 20208,412 (LV)36%62%2%
Public Policy Institute of California [56] May 19–26, 20201,048 (LV)± 4.6%33%57%6% [q] 3%
SurveyUSA [57] May 18–19, 2020537 (LV)± 5.4%30%58%5%7%
Emerson College [58] May 8–10, 2020800 (RV)± 3.4%35% [r] 65%
Public Policy Polling [59] Mar 28–29, 2020962 (RV)29%67%3%
AtlasIntel [60] Feb 24 – Mar 2, 20201,100 (RV)± 3.0%26%62%12%
YouGov [61] Feb 26–28, 20201,507 (RV)31%59%4%4%
CNN/SSRS [62] Feb 22–26, 2020951 (RV)± 3.3%35%60%3% [s] 3%
University of California Berkeley [63] Feb 20–25, 20205,526 (RV)31%58%11%
SurveyUSA [64] Feb 13–16, 20201,196 (RV)± 3.1%37%57%6%
YouGov/USC Price-Schwarzenegger Institute [65] Feb 1–15, 20201,200 (RV)± 3.1%30%60%4%
SurveyUSA [66] Jan 14–16, 20201,967 (RV)± 2.8%35%59%6%
CNN/SSRS [67] Dec 4–8, 20191,011 (RV)± 3.4%36%56%3% [s] 5%
SurveyUSA [68] Nov 20–22, 20192,039 (RV)± 2.4%32%59%9%
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.8%32%59%9%
Emerson College [70] Sep 13–16, 2019830 (RV)± 3.3%36%64%
SurveyUSA [71] Sep 13–15, 20191,785 (RV)± 3.2%31%57%11%
SurveyUSA [72] Aug 1–5, 20192,184 (RV)± 2.7%27%61%12%
SurveyUSA [73] Mar 22–25, 2018882 (RV)± 3.8%33%56%11%
Hypothetical polling

with Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Bernie
Sanders (D)
OtherUndecided
AtlasIntel [60] Feb 24 – Mar 2, 20201,100 (RV)± 3.0%28%60%12%
YouGov [61] Feb 26–28, 20201,507 (RV)31%59%6% [t] 4%
CNN/SSRS [62] Feb 22–26, 2020951 (RV)± 3.3%36%59%3% [s] 2%
University of California Berkeley [63] Feb 20–25, 20205,526 (RV)31%59%10%
SurveyUSA [64] Feb 13–16, 20201,196 (RV)± 3.1%37%58%6%
YouGov/USC Price-Schwarzenegger Institute [65] Feb 1–15, 20201,200 (RV)± 3.1%31%61%4%
SurveyUSA [66] Jan 14–16, 20201,967 (RV)± 2.7%36%59%5%
CNN/SSRS [67] Dec 4–8, 20191,011 (RV)± 3.4%38%54%4% [u] 4%
SurveyUSA [68] Nov 20–22, 20192,039 (RV)± 2.4%34%60%7%
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.8%33%59%8%
Emerson College [70] Sep 13–16, 2019830 (RV)± 3.3%38%63%
SurveyUSA [71] Sep 13–15, 20191,785 (RV)± 3.2%33%57%10%
SurveyUSA [72] Aug 1–5, 20192,184 (RV)± 2.7%29%62%9%

with Donald Trump and Tulsi Gabbard

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Tulsi
Gabbard (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [66] Jan 14–16, 20201,967 (RV)± 2.8%38%43%19%

with Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Elizabeth
Warren (D)
OtherUndecided
AtlasIntel [60] Feb 24 – Mar 2, 20201,100 (RV)± 3.0%28%60%12%
YouGov [61] Feb 26–28, 20201,507 (RV)32%57%5% [v] 6%
CNN/SSRS [62] Feb 22–26, 2020951 (RV)± 3.3%37%56%3% [s] 4%
University of California Berkeley [63] Feb 20–25, 20205,526 (RV)33%58%10%
SurveyUSA [64] Feb 13–16, 20201,196 (RV)± 3.1%38%54%8%
YouGov/USC Price-Schwarzenegger Institute [65] Feb 1–15, 20201,200 (RV)± 3.1%32%59%4%
SurveyUSA [66] Jan 14–16, 20201,967 (RV)± 2.8%39%55%7%
CNN/SSRS [67] Dec 4–8, 20191,011 (RV)± 3.4%37%53%4% [u] 6%
SurveyUSA [68] Nov 20–22, 20192,039 (RV)± 2.4%35%56%9%
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.9%33%55%12%
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.8%35%56%8%
Emerson College [70] Sep 13–16, 2019830 (RV)± 3.3%39%61%
SurveyUSA [71] Sep 13–15, 20191,785 (RV)± 3.2%35%53%12%
SurveyUSA [72] Aug 1–5, 20192,184 (RV)± 2.7%30%58%12%
SurveyUSA [74] Jan 7–9, 2018909 (RV)± 3.3%32%53%14%

with Donald Trump and Michael Bloomberg

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Michael
Bloomberg (D)
OtherUndecided
AtlasIntel [60] Feb 24 – Mar 2, 20201,100 (RV)± 3.0%25%51%24%
YouGov [61] Feb 26–28, 20201,507 (RV)32%51%10% [w] 7%
CNN/SSRS [62] Feb 22–26, 2020951 (RV)± 3.3%35%55%4% [x] 5%
University of California Berkeley [63] Feb 20–25, 20205,526 (RV)30%54%16%
SurveyUSA [64] Feb 13–16, 20201,196 (RV)± 3.1%34%59%7%
YouGov/USC Price-Schwarzenegger Institute [65] Feb 1–15, 20201,200 (RV)± 3.1%31%57%6%
SurveyUSA [66] Jan 14–16, 20201,967 (RV)± 2.8%36%56%8%
SurveyUSA [68] Nov 20–22, 20192,039 (RV)± 2.4%34%50%16%

with Donald Trump and Amy Klobuchar

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Amy
Klobuchar (D)
OtherUndecided
YouGov [61] Feb 26–28, 20201,507 (RV)31%59%7% [y] 7%
CNN/SSRS [62] Feb 22–26, 2020951 (RV)± 3.3%35%55%4% [x] 6%
University of California Berkeley [63] Feb 20–25, 20205,526 (RV)30%57%13%
SurveyUSA [64] Feb 13–16, 20201,196 (RV)± 3.1%37%52%11%
SurveyUSA [66] Jan 14–16, 20201,967 (RV)± 2.8%38%50%11%

with Donald Trump and Pete Buttigieg

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Pete
Buttigieg (D)
OtherUndecided
YouGov [61] Feb 26–28, 20201,507 (RV)33%54%8% [z] 6%
CNN/SSRS [62] Feb 22–26, 2020951 (RV)± 3.3%35%56%4% [x] 4%
University of California Berkeley [63] Feb 20–25, 20205,526 (RV)30%58%12%
SurveyUSA [64] Feb 13–16, 20201,196 (RV)± 3.1%36%56%8%
YouGov/USC Price-Schwarzenegger Institute [65] Feb 1–15, 20201,200 (RV)± 3.1%31%57%6%
SurveyUSA [66] Jan 14–16, 20201,967 (RV)± 2.8%37%53%10%
CNN/SSRS [67] Dec 4–8, 20191,011 (RV)± 3.4%36%53%4% [u] 7%
SurveyUSA [68] Nov 20–22, 20192,039 (RV)± 2.4%34%52%14%
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.9%32%54%13%
SurveyUSA [72] Aug 1–5, 20192,184 (RV)± 2.8%30%53%17%

with Donald Trump and Tom Steyer

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Tom
Steyer (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [64] Feb 13–16, 20201,196 (RV)± 3.1%38%54%9%
SurveyUSA [66] Jan 14–16, 20201,967 (RV)± 2.8%37%53%10%

with Donald Trump and Deval Patrick

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Deval
Patrick (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [73] Mar 22–25, 2018882 (RV)± 3.8%34%34%32%

with Donald Trump and Andrew Yang

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Andrew
Yang (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [66] Jan 14–16, 20201,967 (RV)± 2.8%37%53%10%

with Donald Trump and Cory Booker

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Cory
Booker (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [73] Mar 22–25, 2018882 (RV)± 3.8%35%39%26%

with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Kamala
Harris (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [68] Nov 20–22, 20192,039 (RV)± 2.4%35%56%8%
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.8%35%57%8%
Emerson College [70] Sep 13–16, 2019830 (RV)± 3.3%39%61%
SurveyUSA [71] Sep 13–15, 20191,785 (RV)± 3.2%35%53%12%
SurveyUSA [72] Aug 1–5, 20192,184 (RV)± 2.7%30%59%12%
SurveyUSA [73] Mar 22–25, 2018882 (RV)± 3.8%35%54%12%
SurveyUSA [74] Jan 7–9, 2018909 (RV)± 3.3%33%53%13%

with Donald Trump and Beto O'Rourke

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Beto
O'Rourke (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [71] Sep 13–15, 20191,785 (RV)± 3.2%34%51%15%

with Donald Trump and Kirsten Gillibrand

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Kirsten
Gillibrand (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [73] Mar 22–25, 2018882 (RV)± 3.8%33%47%19%
SurveyUSA [74] Jan 7–9, 2018909 (RV)± 3.3%32%46%22%

with Donald Trump and Jerry Brown

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Jerry
Brown (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [73] Mar 22–25, 2018882 (RV)± 3.8%35%54%11%

with Donald Trump and Sherrod Brown

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Sherrod
Brown (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [73] Mar 22–25, 2018882 (RV)± 3.8%35%36%29%

with Donald Trump and Eric Garcetti

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Eric
Garcetti (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [73] Mar 22–25, 2018882 (RV)± 3.8%34%49%17%
SurveyUSA [74] Jan 7–9, 2018909 (RV)± 3.3%32%46%21%

with Donald Trump and Tom Hanks

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Tom
Hanks (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [73] Mar 22–25, 2018882 (RV)± 3.8%34%51%15%
SurveyUSA [74] Jan 7–9, 2018909 (RV)± 3.3%31%56%14%

with Donald Trump and Eric Holder

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Eric
Holder (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [73] Mar 22–25, 2018882 (RV)± 3.8%35%38%26%

with Donald Trump and Mitch Landrieu

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Mitch
Landrieu (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [73] Mar 22–25, 2018882 (RV)± 3.8%35%36%29%

with Donald Trump and Michelle Obama

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Michelle
Obama (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [72] Aug 1–5, 20192,184 (RV)± 2.7%28%64%8%
SurveyUSA [73] Mar 22–25, 2018882 (RV)± 3.8%36%57%8%

with Donald Trump and Oprah Winfrey

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Oprah
Winfrey (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [72] Aug 1–5, 20192,184 (RV)± 2.7%28%57%14%
SurveyUSA [73] Mar 22–25, 2018882 (RV)± 3.8%35%52%13%
SurveyUSA [74] Jan 7–9, 2018909 (RV)± 3.3%32%56%12%

with Donald Trump and Mark Zuckerberg

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Mark
Zuckerberg (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [73] Mar 22–25, 2018882 (RV)± 3.8%36%42%22%
SurveyUSA [74] Jan 7–9, 2018909 (RV)± 3.3%31%50%19%

with Mike Pence and Joe Biden

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Mike
Pence (R)
Joe
Biden (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [68] Nov 20–22, 20192,039 (RV)± 2.4%29%59%12%
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.8%30%58%13%
SurveyUSA [71] Sep 13–15, 20191,785 (RV)± 3.2%27%58%15%

with Mike Pence and Michael Bloomberg

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Mike
Pence (R)
Michael
Bloomberg (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [68] Nov 20–22, 20192,039 (RV)± 2.4%32%48%20%

with Mike Pence and Pete Buttigieg

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Mike
Pence (R)
Pete
Buttigieg (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [68] Nov 20–22, 20192,039 (RV)± 2.4%34%48%17%
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.9%34%45%21%

with Mike Pence and Bernie Sanders

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Mike
Pence (R)
Bernie
Sanders (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [68] Nov 20–22, 20192,039 (RV)± 2.4%31%59%9%
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.8%31%58%10%
SurveyUSA [71] Sep 13–15, 20191,785 (RV)± 3.2%31%57%13%

with Mike Pence and Elizabeth Warren

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Mike
Pence (R)
Elizabeth
Warren (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [68] Nov 20–22, 20192,039 (RV)± 2.4%34%53%13%
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.9%33%55%12%
SurveyUSA [71] Sep 13–15, 20191,785± 3.2%33%50%16%

with Nikki Haley and Joe Biden

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Nikki
Haley (R)
Joe
Biden (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.9%21%56%23%
SurveyUSA [71] Sep 13–15, 20191,785 (RV)± 3.2%21%56%24%

with Nikki Haley and Pete Buttigieg

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Nikki
Haley (R)
Pete
Buttigieg (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.9%24%44%32%

with Nikki Haley and Bernie Sanders

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Nikki
Haley (R)
Bernie
Sanders (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.8%23%58%19%
SurveyUSA [71] Sep 13–15, 20191,785 (RV)± 3.2%24%56%19%

with Nikki Haley and Elizabeth Warren

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Nikki
Haley (R)
Elizabeth
Warren (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.9%23%52%24%
SurveyUSA [71] Sep 13–15, 20191,785 (RV)± 3.2%25%49%26%

with Mike Pence and Kamala Harris

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Mike
Pence (R)
Kamala
Harris (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [68] Nov 20–22, 20192,039 (RV)± 2.4%34%54%12%
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.9%33%55%12%
SurveyUSA [71] Sep 13–15, 20191,785 (RV)± 3.2%34%51%15%

with Mike Pence and Beto O'Rourke

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Mike
Pence (R)
Beto
O'Rourke (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [71] Sep 13–15, 20191,785 (RV)± 3.2%34%47%20%

with Nikki Haley and Kamala Harris

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Nikki
Haley (R)
Kamala
Harris (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [69] Oct 15–16, 20191,242 (RV)± 3.9%23%52%25%
SurveyUSA [71] Sep 13–15, 20191,785 (RV)± 3.2%24%51%25%

with Nikki Haley and Beto O'Rourke

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [f]
Margin
of error
Nikki
Haley (R)
Beto
O'Rourke (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA [71] Sep 13–15, 20191,785 (RV)± 3.2%25%44%30%

Electors

Technically the voters of California cast their ballots for electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, rather than directly for president and vice president. California is allocated 55 electors because it has 53 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot must submit a list of 55 electors who pledge to vote for their candidate and their running mate. Whoever wins the most votes in the state is awarded all 55 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than their candidate is known as a faithless elector. In the state of Arizona, a faithless elector's vote is voided and replaced, but the faithless elector is not penalized. [75]

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2020, to cast their votes for president and vice president. All 55 pledged electors cast their votes for former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris from California. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead, the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols. The electoral vote was tabulated and certified by Congress in a joint session on January 6, 2021, per the Electoral Count Act.

These individuals were nominated by each party to serve as the state's members of the 2020 Electoral College should their party's ticket win the state: [76]

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Democratic Party
Donald Trump and Mike Pence
Republican Party
Rocky De La Fuente and Kanye West
American Independent
Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker
Green Party
Jo Jorgensen and Spike Cohen
Libertarian Party
Gloria La Riva and Sunil Freeman
Peace and Freedom
  • Agustin Arreola
  • Katherine Bancroft
  • Kara Bechtle
  • Brandon Benjamin
  • Janine Bera
  • Peter Bolland
  • Mary Bowker
  • Janice Brown
  • Patty Cappelluti
  • Jacki Cisneros
  • Marsha Conant
  • Freddye Davis
  • Steven Diebert
  • Emily Dredd
  • Lee Fink
  • Bryan Fletcher
  • Mark Gonzalez
  • Madeline Handy
  • Ronald Herrera
  • Jihee Huh
  • LaNiece Jones
  • Elizabeth Kann
  • David Kennedy
  • Dona Kerkvliet-Varin
  • Wallace Knox
  • Vinzenz Koller
  • Franklin Lima
  • Christina Marquez
  • Paul "Pete" McCloskey
  • Thomas McInerney
  • Jillian McNerney
  • Nelida Mendoza
  • Betty Monroy
  • Brock Neeley
  • Alex Norman
  • Jane Pandell
  • Yolanda Parker
  • William Prady
  • Andre Quintero
  • Amy Rao
  • Kevin Sabellico
  • Anne Sanger
  • Mattie Scott
  • Suzanne Singer
  • Brian Solecki
  • Erin Sturdivant
  • Naomi Tomita
  • Robert Torres
  • Catherine Ward
  • Karen Waters
  • Shirley Weber
  • Katherine Wilkinson
  • Tayte Williams
  • Rosalind Wyman
  • Brandon Zavala
  • Walt Allen
  • Steven Bailey
  • Francis Barraza
  • Randy Berholtz
  • Sue Blair
  • Todd Blair
  • James Bradley
  • Jim Brulte
  • Roger Clark
  • Greg Conlon
  • John Cox
  • Matthew Craffey
  • Marshall Cromer
  • Harmeet Dhillon
  • Steve Frank
  • Ted Gaines
  • Greg Gandrud
  • Peggy Grande
  • Shannon Grove
  • Mario Guerra
  • Howard Hakes
  • Matt Heath
  • Mark Herrick
  • Nam-Yong Horn
  • Dave Huguenel
  • Darrell Issa
  • Buck Johns
  • Kevin Krick
  • Peter Kuo
  • Doug LaMalfa
  • Laine Lansing
  • Jonathan Madison
  • Betsy Mahan
  • Barbara Grimm Marshall
  • Thomas McKernan
  • Mark Meuser
  • Lisa Moreno
  • Johnnie Morgan
  • Heather Obernolte
  • Mike Osborn
  • Jessica Patterson
  • Konstantinos Roditis
  • Matthias Ronnau
  • Shawn Steel
  • Lindsey Stetson
  • Taylor Strand
  • Duf Sundheim
  • Peter Verbica
  • Megan Vincent
  • Frank Visco
  • Marie Waldron
  • John Warner
  • Deborah Wilder
  • Dwight Williams
  • Woody Woodrum
  • Carlos Heriberto Aleman
  • Sobeida Aleman
  • Carlos H. Aleman Gonzalez
  • Brian Amato
  • Alejandra Arango
  • Karen Avakian
  • Sebastain Azami
  • Larry Beliz
  • Josefina Bosdet
  • Andy Bowen
  • Fredrick Cains
  • Michelle Cardin
  • Jaime Cardona
  • Gricel Cedillo
  • Roman Cedillo
  • Sylvia P. Cedillo
  • Jossie Cruz
  • Martha Cuen
  • Roberto Cuen
  • Kamila De la Fuente
  • Michael Dorroz
  • Wiley Drake
  • Ron Gold
  • Jeff Grage
  • Michelle Griffith
  • Saryas Jaff
  • Rachel Keisling
  • Roy J. Kendall
  • Eric McDermott
  • Chavosh Farid Meskarzadeh
  • Sanaz Kashef Meskarzadeh
  • Elia Mora
  • Ingrid Olsen
  • Rey Olsen
  • Michael A. Peroutka
  • Alane Quien
  • Markham Robinson
  • Mary Robinson
  • Alejandra Rodriguez
  • Jorge A. Saenz
  • Jorge Saenz
  • Marissol Saenz
  • Mark Seidenberg
  • Sheyla Serrano
  • Nathan Sorenson
  • Catherine Stachowiak
  • Thomas Stachowiak
  • Marlene Vollbrechthausen
  • Robert Walters
  • Joseph Wendt
  • Bahman Yazdani
  • Kelly Yazdani
  • Negar Yazdani
  • Katayoun Yazdani De la Fuente
  • Adriana Zamudio
  • Janet Arnold
  • William Balderston
  • Meredith Bates
  • Gary Blenner
  • David Bond
  • Timothy Casebolt
  • Nicole Castor
  • Susan Collier Lamont
  • James Henry Conn
  • Maxine Daniel
  • James Doyle
  • Sanda Everette
  • Michael Feinstein
  • John F. Foran Jr.
  • Ashley Frame
  • Richard Gomez
  • Richard Greenblatt
  • Diane Harrison
  • Tian Harter
  • Barry Hermanson
  • Andrea Houtman
  • Torger Johnson
  • Tarik Kanaana
  • Shlomy Kattan
  • Tanya Khaledi
  • Noura Khouri
  • George Koerner
  • Peggy Koteen
  • James Lauderdale
  • Donald L. Manro
  • George Marcussen
  • Michele Mashburn
  • Charisse Matisz-Cordero
  • Ann Menasche
  • Rachel Mohan
  • David Morrison
  • Nadia Nouri
  • Nassim Nouri
  • Karen Nyhus
  • Robert Osak
  • Christine Pepin
  • Kimberly Phillips
  • Linda Ray
  • Justin Richardson
  • David (Rockello) H. Rosen
  • Robin Rowe
  • Michael Rubin
  • John Scmit
  • Yusef Shabazz
  • Barry Sheppard
  • Dana Silvernale
  • Mark R. Thomas
  • Audra Walton
  • Laura Wells
  • Geordie Zapalac
  • Susan L. Aquino
  • James J. Aragon
  • Aaron Bonn
  • Edward M. Bowers
  • Elizabeth Brierly
  • Matthew Ryan Butts
  • Rick Joe Dawson
  • Joe Dehn
  • Tracy L. DuPrez
  • Richard Fast
  • Tim T.J. Ferreira
  • Eduardo A. Flores
  • Terry Floyd
  • Andrew Forrester
  • Anthony A. Fratta
  • June Genis
  • Mary Therese Gingell
  • Joel Gompert
  • James Polin Gray
  • Steve Bernard Haug
  • Jane Heider
  • Jeffery Hewitt
  • Wendy Hewitt
  • Linda Ann Hinkle
  • Mark W. Hinkle
  • Sandra L. Kallander
  • Gail K. Lightfoot
  • Ryan Lopez
  • Angela Elise McArdle
  • Doug Morrow
  • Kalish Morrow
  • David Naranjo
  • Brandon Nelson
  • Rachel Nyx
  • Avens E. O'Brien
  • Jillian Michele Olsen
  • Kenneth B. Olsen
  • Alicia G. Percell
  • Jonathan D. Prosser
  • Jill Pyeatt
  • Manuel Anthony Robledo
  • Honor Michelle Robson
  • Lawrence K. Samuels
  • Matthew "Boomer" Shannon
  • Kevin Arthur Shaw
  • Frederick A. Sorilla
  • Starchild
  • Christopher James Stare
  • Aaron B. Starr
  • Benjamin Malaki Steele
  • Vashte Steinbiss
  • Gaetano Taibi
  • Paul Vallandigham
  • Nickolas Wildstar
  • Tara Young
  • Meghann Adams
  • Kevin Akin
  • Margie Akin
  • Richard E. Becker
  • John E. Bergman
  • Jon Lowell Britton
  • John Comly
  • Arthur Covington
  • Hannah Craig
  • Broderick Dunlap
  • Shany Ebadi
  • Valeria Escandon
  • Zachary Farber
  • Mary Lou Finley
  • Tova Fry
  • Anne Gamboni
  • Norma Esthella Garcia
  • Danny Gresham
  • Norma Harrison
  • Nathalie P. Hrizi
  • Ernesto Huerta
  • Kameron Hurt
  • Deborah Jamison
  • Saul Kanowitz
  • Jonathan Kim
  • Derek Krencik
  • Thomas William Lacey
  • David Landry
  • Julie La Riva
  • Esme Loreto
  • Abel Macias
  • Justine Marie Mann
  • Ian Matthews
  • Jordan P. Mills
  • Juliana Musheyev
  • Susan Muysenberg
  • Andrew Nance
  • Sarah Ochoa
  • Nicolas Pardee
  • Steven Lawrence Patt
  • Keith Andrew Pavlik
  • Adan Plascencia
  • John Prysner
  • Debra Reiger
  • John C. Reiger
  • Michelle Schudel
  • Rhianna Shaheen
  • Cindy Sheehan
  • Christine Smith
  • Margaret M. Smith
  • Alice Marie Stek
  • Tahnee Stair Sweeney
  • Maxson Taylor
  • C. T. Weber
  • Sheila Xiao

Results

Biden won California with a smaller margin of victory than Hillary Clinton in 2016. Nevertheless, he performed well in most urban areas of the state. Biden is also the first candidate for any statewide race in American history to receive over ten million votes.

Swing by census block group
Biden
>50%
40-50%
30-40%
20-30%
15-20%
10-15%
5-10%
1-5%
Trump
1-5%
5-10%
10-15%
15-20%
20-30%
30-40%
40-50%
>50% 2016-2020 Swing by Census Block Group(California) using 2010 Census Block Groups.svg
Swing by census block group
  Biden
  •   >50%
  •   40–50%
  •   30–40%
  •   20–30%
  •   15–20%
  •   10–15%
  •   5–10%
  •   1–5%
  Trump
  •   1–5%
  •   5–10%
  •   10–15%
  •   15–20%
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   >50%
2020 United States presidential election in California [77] [78]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Joe Biden
Kamala Harris
11,110,250 63.48% +1.75%
Republican Donald Trump
Mike Pence
6,006,42934.32%+2.70%
Libertarian Jo Jorgensen
Spike Cohen
187,8951.07%−2.30%
Green Howie Hawkins
Angela Walker
81,0290.46%−1.51%
American Independent Rocky De La Fuente
Kanye West
60,1600.34%N/A
Peace and Freedom Gloria La Riva
Sunil Freeman
51,0370.29%−0.18%
American Solidarity Brian T. Carroll
Amar Patel (write-in)
2,6050.01%
Independent Jesse Ventura (write-in)6110.00%N/A
Independent Mark Charles
Adrian Wallace (write-in)
5590.00%N/A
Independent Brock Pierce
Karla Ballard (write-in)
1850.00%N/A
Socialist Equality Joseph Kishore
Norissa Santa Cruz (write-in)
1210.00%N/A
Total votes17,500,881 100.00% N/A

By county

CountyJoe Biden
Democratic
Donald Trump
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Alameda 617,65979.83%136,30917.62%19,7852.55%481,35062.21%773,753
Alpine 47663.81%24432.71%263.48%23231.10%746
Amador 8,15336.40%13,58560.66%6592.94%-5,432-24.26%22,397
Butte 50,81549.54%48,81947.60%2,9312.86%1,9961.94%102,565
Calaveras 10,04636.84%16,51860.57%7082.59%-6,472-23.73%27,272
Colusa 3,23940.69%4,55957.27%1632.04%-1,320-16.58%7,961
Contra Costa 416,38671.63%152,87726.30%12,0532.07%263,50945.33%581,316
Del Norte 4,67740.84%6,46156.41%3152.75%-1,784-15.57%11,453
El Dorado 51,62144.44%61,83853.24%2,7002.32%-10,217-8.80%116,159
Fresno 193,02552.90%164,46445.07%7,4282.03%28,5617.83%364,917
Glenn 3,99535.36%7,06362.52%2392.12%-3,068-27.16%11,297
Humboldt 44,76864.48%21,77031.36%2,8864.16%22,99833.12%69,424
Imperial 34,67861.11%20,84736.74%1,2182.15%13,83124.37%56,743
Inyo 4,63448.86%4,62048.71%2302.43%140.15%9,484
Kern 133,36643.68%164,48453.88%7,4422.44%-31,118-10.20%305,292
Kings 18,69942.63%24,07254.88%1,0902.49%-5,373-12.25%43,861
Lake 14,94151.55%13,12345.27%9223.18%1,8186.28%28,986
Lassen 2,79923.24%8,97074.47%2762.29%-6,171-51.23%12,045
Los Angeles 3,028,88570.70%1,145,53026.74%109,5302.56%1,883,35543.96%4,283,945
Madera 23,16843.12%29,37854.68%1,1862.20%-6,210-11.56%53,732
Marin 128,28882.33%24,61215.79%2,9301.88%103,67666.54%155,830
Mariposa 4,08839.77%5,95057.88%2422.35%-1,862-18.11%10,280
Mendocino 28,78266.41%13,26730.61%1,2912.98%15,51535.80%43,340
Merced 48,99153.84%39,39743.30%2,6052.86%9,59410.54%90,993
Modoc 1,15026.33%3,10971.19%1082.48%-1,959-44.86%4,367
Mono 4,01359.56%2,51337.30%2123.14%1,50022.26%6,738
Monterey 113,95369.52%46,29928.24%3,6712.24%67,65441.28%163,923
Napa 49,81769.05%20,67628.66%1,6572.29%29,14140.39%72,150
Nevada 36,35955.76%26,77941.07%2,0643.17%9,58014.69%65,202
Orange 814,00953.48%676,49844.44%31,6062.08%137,5119.04%1,522,113
Placer 106,86945.46%122,48852.10%5,7272.44%-15,619-6.64%235,084
Plumas 4,56140.51%6,44557.24%2542.25%-1,884-16.73%11,260
Riverside 528,34052.98%449,14445.04%19,6721.98%79,1967.94%997,156
Sacramento 440,80861.36%259,40536.11%18,2272.53%181,40325.25%718,440
San Benito 17,62861.14%10,59036.73%6122.13%7,03824.41%28,830
San Bernardino 455,85954.20%366,25743.54%19,0142.26%89,60210.66%841,130
San Diego 964,65060.21%600,09437.46%37,3992.33%364,55622.75%1,602,143
San Francisco 378,15685.26%56,41712.72%8,9802.02%321,73972.54%443,553
San Joaquin 161,13755.61%121,09841.79%7,5462.60%40,03913.82%289,781
San Luis Obispo 88,31055.29%67,43642.22%3,9682.49%20,87413.07%159,714
San Mateo 291,49677.89%75,58420.20%7,1711.91%215,91257.69%374,251
Santa Barbara 129,96364.52%65,73632.63%5,7332.85%64,22731.89%201,432
Santa Clara 617,96772.64%214,61225.23%18,1622.13%403,35547.41%850,741
Santa Cruz 114,24678.44%26,93718.49%4,4663.07%87,30959.95%145,649
Shasta 30,00032.28%60,78965.41%2,1412.31%-30,789-33.13%92,930
Sierra 73037.49%1,14258.65%753.86%-412-21.16%1,947
Siskiyou 9,59340.87%13,29056.62%5892.51%-3,697-15.75%23,472
Solano 131,63963.65%69,30633.51%5,8862.84%62,33330.14%206,831
Sonoma 199,93874.52%61,82523.04%6,5542.44%138,11351.48%268,317
Stanislaus 105,84149.00%104,14548.22%6,0012.78%1,6960.78%215,987
Sutter 17,36740.73%24,37557.16%9022.11%-7,008-16.43%42,644
Tehama 8,91131.02%19,14166.62%6792.36%-10,230-35.60%28,731
Trinity 2,85145.04%3,18850.36%2914.60%-337-5.32%6,330
Tulare 66,10545.00%77,57952.82%3,2012.18%-11,474-7.82%146,885
Tuolumne 11,97839.39%17,68958.17%7412.44%-5,711-18.78%30,408
Ventura 251,38859.45%162,20738.36%9,2302.19%89,18121.09%422,825
Yolo 67,59869.48%27,29228.05%2,4042.47%40,30641.43%97,294
Yuba 11,23037.69%17,67659.32%8902.99%-6,446-21.63%29,796
Total11,110,63963.37%6,006,51834.26%414,6882.37%5,104,12129.11%17,531,845
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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Biden won 46 of the 53 congressional districts in California, including four that were flipped or held by Republicans in Congress. [79]

DistrictTrumpBidenRepresentative
1st 56.4%41.1% Doug LaMalfa
2nd 23.9%73.6% Jared Huffman
3rd 42.7%54.9% John Garamendi
4th 53.7%43.9% Tom McClintock
5th 25.3%72.5% Mike Thompson
6th 27.2%70.3% Doris Matsui
7th 41.9%55.7% Ami Bera
8th 54.1%43.6% Paul Cook
Jay Obernolte
9th 39.9%57.9% Jerry McNerney
10th 47.4%50.3% Josh Harder
11th 23.6%74.3% Mark DeSaulnier
12th 11.9%86.1% Nancy Pelosi
13th 9%89% Barbara Lee
14th 20.5%77.7% Jackie Speier
15th 26.4%71.5% Eric Swalwell
16th 38.9%58.8% Jim Costa
17th 25.6%72.5% Ro Khanna
18th 21.5%76.2% Anna Eshoo
19th 27.9%70% Zoe Lofgren
20th 25%72.7% Jimmy Panetta
21st 43.5%54.4% TJ Cox
David Valadao
22nd 51.7%46.2% Devin Nunes
23rd 57.2%40.5% Kevin McCarthy
24th 36.9%60.7% Salud Carbajal
25th 43.9%54% Mike Garcia
26th 36.5%61.4% Julia Brownley
27th 30.8%67.2% Judy Chu
28th 27.2%70.9% Adam Schiff
29th 23.7%74.1% Tony Cárdenas
30th 29.4%68.7% Brad Sherman
31st 38.9%58.8% Pete Aguilar
32nd 32.8%65.2% Grace Napolitano
33rd 29%69% Ted Lieu
34th 16.9%80.8% Jimmy Gomez
35th 32.6%65.1% Norma Torres
36th 42.3%55.9% Raul Ruiz
37th 13.8%84.3% Karen Bass
38th 32.3%65.6% Linda Sánchez
39th 44%54.1% Gil Cisneros
Young Kim
40th 20.6%77.1% Lucille Roybal-Allard
41st 36.1%61.7% Mark Takano
42nd 52.7%45.4% Ken Calvert
43rd 20.9%76.9% Maxine Waters
44th 19.2%78.4% Nanette Barragán
45th 43.3%54.6% Katie Porter
46th 33.8%64.1% Lou Correa
47th 35.3%62.5% Alan Lowenthal
48th 48.3%49.7% Harley Rouda
Michelle Steel
49th 42.6%55.2% Mike Levin
50th 52.7%45% Darrell Issa
51st 30.9%66.9% Juan Vargas
52nd 34.2%63.7% Scott Peters
53rd 30.9%67% Susan Davis
Sara Jacobs

Analysis

Joe Biden won California by a landslide margin of 29.2%. Despite Biden's overall victory closely mirroring Clinton's, under a point behind her margin, there were large swings underneath the statewide margins. Biden lost ground in large diverse counties while improving in mostly whiter and more suburban counties. [80] While Trump yet again lost Los Angeles County by a landslide and yet again received less than 30% of the vote in the county, he improved his standing in Los Angeles County, thanks to growth in mainly Latino neighborhoods in the Gateway Cities and the San Fernando Valley, alongside improvements in mainly Asian communities in the San Gabriel Valley. Trump also managed to gain in white neighborhoods as well, with visible gains made in Beverly Hills and other Westside communities, mainly because of the region's high Jewish population, Burbank and Glendale in the eastern San Fernando Valley, and the Valley's southern wealthy neighborhoods such as Encino and Tarzana. [81] [82] California is also one of the six states (along with Arkansas, Nevada, Utah, Florida, and Hawaii) as well as the District of Columbia in which Trump's margin increased from 2016.

While Biden won Santa Clara County by a landslide margin of 47.4%, his margins shrank below that of Hillary Clinton's 2016 margin, 52.1%, in the county. His margins slightly shrank in the more suburban communities of Santa Clara and Sunnyvale, even improving in very wealthy cities like Los Altos Hills and Saratoga, but his margins fell in the heavily Asian parts of San Jose, and Milpitas, which Biden won by a landslide, as Trump's comparison of Biden's proposed policies to socialism and communism drove Vietnamese American voters towards him. The issue over China in the South China Sea helped swing Vietnamese Americans, as well as Filipino American voters to the Republican Party. Nonetheless, Trump still received a small 25% of the vote in Santa Clara County, underperforming President Bush in 2004, John McCain in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012. [83] Trump also gained in Alameda and San Francisco County, but his improvements were smaller than Santa Clara County and Los Angeles County. [80] Meanwhile, Biden gained in the more white and suburban San Diego County and Riverside County. [84] In the former, Biden's improvements in wealthy suburban areas, like Carlsbad and Encinitas, alongside gains in more working-class Escondido and Oceanside, [85] helped overcome Trump's growth in the more Hispanic neighborhoods in southern San Diego County. In Riverside County, Trump lost ground in whiter more Republican territory in the southern part of the county like Menifee and Temecula, and in very liberal communities like Palm Springs in the Coachella Valley, which overcame Biden's decline in Hispanic communities towards the county's northwest, including Moreno Valley and Perris. [82] Trump also gained grounds in certain areas like West Covina and Carson. [82]

Outside the large population centers and the Inland Empire, both parties largely ran in line with their 2016 performances. In the Central Valley, Biden's margin was roughly unchanged, though he lost some support in the northern counties like Merced and Stanislaus while gaining in the more Republican southern counties around Kern (Bakersfield). [86] Biden improved by a point in Sacramento County but saw visible growth in suburban Placer County. However, Trump overwhelmingly outperformed his 2016 performance in rural and heavily Hispanic Imperial County, gaining 17 points. Biden's margin was higher than John Kerry's or Al Gore's in Imperial County, but underperformed Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. [86]

Edison exit polls

2020 presidential election in California by demographic subgroup (Edison exit polling) [87] [88]
Demographic subgroupBidenTrump% of

total vote

Total vote63.4829.32100
Ideology
Liberals 90929
Moderates 802841
Conservatives 287030
Party
Democrats 97250
Republicans 108930
Independents 573520
Gender
Men633447
Women633553
Race/ethnicity
White 514749
Black 82159
Latino 752331
Asian 76226
Other59355
Age
18–24 years old73279
25–29 years old78215
30–39 years old633220
40–49 years old584117
50–64 years old623631
65 and older613719
Sexual orientation
LGBT 7
Not LGBT623793
Education
High school or less544514
Some college education593726
Associate degree 633616
Bachelor's degree 653429
Postgraduate degree742415
Income
Under $50,000613736
$50,000–$99,999613736
Over $100,000653429
Issue regarded as most important
Racial inequality 93618
Coronavirus 90923
Economy 277221
Crime and safety17
Health care 17
Region
Coastal 653410
Inland524530
Bay Area 752318
Los Angeles County 712724
Southern coast583918
Area type
Urban683043
Suburban603752
Rural5
Family's financial situation today
Better than four years ago435537
Worse than four years ago801425
About the same673138

See also

Notes

  1. The other five states were Arkansas, Florida, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah, as well as Washington DC.
  2. 1 2 3 Candidate withdrew shortly before the primary, when all-mail voting had already begun.
  3. 1 2 3 Candidate withdrew following the New Hampshire primary, when all-mail voting had already begun.
  4. Including 34 write-in votes
  5. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  7. 1 2 Overlapping sample with the previous SurveyMonkey/Axios poll, but more information available regarding sample size
  8. "Someone else" with 4%
  9. 1 2 De La Fuente (A) and De La Riva (PSOL) with 0%
  10. 1 2 De La Fuente listed as Guerra
  11. 1 2 Would not vote with 1%; "Someone else" with no voters
  12. "Another candidate" with 3%
  13. "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 1%
  14. Archived September 27, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  15. "Someone else" with 3%
  16. "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 2%
  17. "Someone else" with 4%; would not vote with 2%
  18. Including voters who lean towards a given candidate
  19. 1 2 3 4 Other with 0%; neither with 3%
  20. "Other" with 3%; would not vote with 3%
  21. 1 2 3 Other with 1%; neither with 3%
  22. "Other" with 3%; would not vote with 2%
  23. "Other" with 6%; would not vote with 4%
  24. 1 2 3 Other with 0%; neither with 4%
  25. "Other" with 5%; would not vote with 2%
  26. "Other" with 5%; would not vote with 3%

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