2024 California Democratic presidential primary

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2024 California Democratic presidential primary
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  2020 March 5, 2024 2028  
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497 delegates (424 pledged and 73 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention
  Joe Biden presidential portrait (cropped).jpg Marianne Williamson (cropped).jpg
Candidate Joe Biden Marianne Williamson
Home state Delaware Washington, D.C.
Delegate count4240
Popular vote3,207,687146,356
Percentage89.1%4.1%

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The 2024 California Democratic presidential primary took place on March 5, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 497 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated to presidential candidates. [1] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states and territories. Biden won the primary in a landslide. Marianne Williamson received 4.1 percent of the vote, and Congressman Dean Phillips received 2.8 percent of the vote. [2]

Contents

Candidates

The following candidates were certified: [3]

Endorsements

Joe Biden

U.S. Cabinet officials

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

Statewide officials

Mayors

Individuals

Marianne Williamson

Local officials

Individuals

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Joe
Biden
Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.
Dean
Phillips
Marianne
Williamson
OtherUndecided
February 28, 2024Williamson re-launches her candidacy
February 7, 2024Williamson suspends her candidacy
Emerson College/Nexstar [15] Nov 11–14, 2023523 (LV)± 3.0%51%2%7%21% [b] 13%
62%4%8%9%18%
October 27, 2023Phillips declares his candidacy
October 9, 2023Kennedy withdraws from the primaries
UC Berkeley IGS [16] Aug 24–29, 20232,833 (LV)± 3.0%66%9%3%6%16%
Emerson College [17] Jun 4–7, 2023585 (LV)± 2.9%72%17%7%5%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Stacey
Abrams
Pete
Buttigieg
Hillary
Clinton
Kamala
Harris
Amy
Klobuchar
Gavin
Newsom
Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez
Bernie
Sanders
Elizabeth
Warren
OtherUndecided
UC Berkeley IGS [18] Aug 9–15, 20229,254 (RV)± 2.5%3%7%4%10%3%13%7%13%6%14% [c] 19%
4%8%5%12%4%7%15%7%18% [d] 21%

Results

California Democratic primary, March 5, 2024 [19] [20]
CandidateVotesPercentageActual delegate count
BoundUnboundTotal
Joe Biden (incumbent)3,207,68789.1%424424
Marianne Williamson 146,3564.1%
Dean Phillips 100,2842.8%
Armando Perez-Serrato43,1051.2%
Gabriel Cornejo41,3901.2%
"President" R. Boddie25,4550.7%
Stephen P. Lyons21,0620.6%
Eban Cambridge12,7580.3%
Total (including write-ins):3,598,126100.00%42473497

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Gavin Newsom with 21%
  3. Michael Bloomberg and Cory Booker with 2%; Gretchen Whitmer with 1%; Roy Cooper, Phil Murphy, Jared Polis, and J. B. Pritzker with 0%
  4. Cory Booker with 3%; Michael Bloomberg and J. B. Pritzker with 2%; Gretchen Whitmer with 1%; Roy Cooper, Phil Murphy, and Jared Polis with 0%

References

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  3. "Certified List of Presidential Candidates for voter-nominated offices for the March 5, 2024, presidential primary election" (PDF). Secretary of State of California . December 28, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
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  19. "Certified List of Presidential Candidates for voter-nominated offices for the March 5, 2024, presidential primary election" (PDF). Secretary of State of California . December 28, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
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