2020 California Democratic presidential primary

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2020 California Democratic presidential primary
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494 delegates (415 pledged, 79 unpledged)
to the Democratic National Convention
The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
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Candidate Bernie Sanders Joe Biden
Home state Vermont Delaware
Delegate count225172
Popular vote2,080,8461,613,854
Percentage36.0%27.9%
  Elizabeth Warren by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg Michael Bloomberg by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg
Candidate Elizabeth Warren Michael Bloomberg
Home state Massachusetts New York
Delegate count117
Popular vote762,555701,803
Percentage13.2%12.1%
California Democratic presidential primary election results by county, 2020.svg
Election results by county
  Joe Biden
  Bernie Sanders

The 2020 California Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The California primary formed an unusual part of Super Tuesday as it had historically departed from its typical June date. It was a semi-closed primary, with the state awarding 494 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 415 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

Contents

Senator Bernie Sanders won the highly desired primary, which bore the most delegates of the entire primary cycle by far, improving on his polling average by 3% and winning 36% of the vote and 225 delegates. [1] Former vice president Joe Biden, however, aided by among others the endorsements of Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, also had a much stronger second place finish than expected and took 28% of the vote and 172 delegates, matching his successful Super Tuesday momentum and minimizing his delegate deficit, which was also leveled by his other wins on that day. [2] Ultimately, his California loss did not hinder Biden from becoming the new frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. Elizabeth Warren and Michael Bloomberg did not surpass the 15% threshold and only got 11 and 7 delegates in a few districts, respectively.

Procedure

California was one of 14 states and one territory that held its primaries on March 3, 2020, also known as "Super Tuesday", [3] having joined other states on the date after the signing of the Prime Time Primary Act by Governor Jerry Brown on September 27, 2017, moving the primary from its traditional June date in an effort to increase the influence of the delegate-rich state in the nomination process. [4]

Candidates were allowed to obtain ballot access in a number of ways. They needed to have.:

If they did not have at least one of those qualifications, they needed to submit petitions of 500 signatures from each of the state's congressional districts obtained between November 4 and December 13, 2019. The official list of qualified candidates was released on December 6, 2019. Unqualified candidates were required to submit their petitions by this date.

Military and overseas mail-in ballots were sent out on January 3, 2020, and domestic mail-in ballots were requested and sent out from February 3 to February 25. Early voting centers opened for business on February 22 and continued until March 3. Election day voting took place throughout the state from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. In the semi-closed primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 415 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 7 were allocated to each of the state's 53 congressional districts, and another 54 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 90 at-large delegates. [5] The Super Tuesday 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 the first shared date or on a March date in general. [6]

Following the primary, district-level delegates to the national convention were elected on June 7, 2020 (postponed from April 19 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) in the post-primary caucus. Should presidential candidates have been allocated more delegates based on the results of the primary than delegate candidates presented, then supplemental delegates would have been elected at caucuses on May 9, 2020. The national convention delegation meeting was subsequently held on June 28, 2020 (postponed from May 17) during the state convention, to vote on the 54 pledged PLEO and 90 at-large delegates for the Democratic National Convention. The delegation also included 79 unpledged PLEO delegates: 31 members of the Democratic National Committee, 47 members of Congress (both senators, including former candidate Kamala Harris, and 45 representatives, including former candidate Eric Swalwell), and the governor Gavin Newsom. [5]

Pledged national
convention delegates [5]
TypeDel.TypeDel.TypeDel.TypeDel.
CD1 4 CD14 6 CD27 5 CD40 5
CD2 6 CD15 6 CD28 6 CD41 5
CD3 5 CD16 4 CD29 5 CD42 5
CD4 5 CD17 5 CD30 6 CD43 5
CD5 6 CD18 6 CD31 5 CD44 5
CD6 5 CD19 6 CD32 5 CD45 5
CD7 5 CD20 5 CD33 6 CD46 4
CD8 4 CD21 4 CD34 5 CD47 5
CD9 5 CD22 4 CD35 5 CD48 5
CD10 4 CD23 4 CD36 4 CD49 5
CD11 6 CD24 5 CD37 6 CD50 4
CD12 7 CD25 5 CD38 5 CD51 5
CD13 7 CD26 5 CD39 5 CD52 6
PLEO54At-large90 CD53 6
Total pledged delegates415

Candidates

The following candidates appear in the Certified List of Statewide Candidates: [7]

Running

Withdrawn

Polling

Polling aggregation
Source of poll aggregationDate
updated		Dates
polled		 Bernie
Sanders 		Joe
Biden 		Elizabeth
Warren 		Michael
Bloomberg 		Tulsi
Gabbard 		Other/
Undecided [lower-alpha 3]
270 to Win March 3, 2020February 20 – March 1, 202033.0%20.0%14.4%15.0%1.2%16.4%
RealClear Politics March 3, 2020February 28 – March 2, 202035.0%23.0%16.0%14.0%1.5%10.5% [lower-alpha 4]
FiveThirtyEight March 3, 2020until March 2, 2020 [lower-alpha 5] 31.2%21.7%14.9%14.7%0.7%16.8%
Average33.1%21.6%15.1%14.6%1.1%14.5%
California primary results (March 3, 2020)36.0%27.9%13.2%12.1%0.6%10.2%
Polling from January 1 to March 3, 2020
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 6] 		Margin
of error		Joe
Biden		Michael
Bloomberg		Pete
Buttigieg		Amy
Klobuchar		Bernie
Sanders		Tom
Steyer		Elizabeth
Warren		Andrew
Yang		OtherUndecided
March 2, 2020Klobuchar withdraws from the race.
Swayable Archived 2020-03-03 at the Wayback Machine March 1–2, 20203,388 (LV)± 2.0%20.8%19.3%8.4%3.3%28.7%4.0%9.6%–6.0% [lower-alpha 7] –
Data for Progress February 28 – March 2, 2020516 (LV)± 4.3%25%17%5%3%32%–16%–1% [lower-alpha 8] –
AtlasIntel February 24 – March 2, 2020727 (LV)± 4.0%26%15%3%1%34%–15%–2% [lower-alpha 9] 4%
March 1, 2020Buttigieg withdraws from the race.
Point Blank Political February 29 – March 1, 20201,220 (LV)± 4.1%22%10%6%3%34%1%14%–1% [lower-alpha 10] 9%
Emerson College/Nexstar February 29 – March 1, 2020545 (LV)± 4.1%21%11%7%5%38%2%16%–1% [lower-alpha 11] –
February 29, 2020 South Carolina primary; Steyer withdraws from the race after close of polls.
YouGov/CBS News February 27–29, 20201,411 (LV)± 4.0%19%12%9%4%31%3%18%–4% [lower-alpha 12] –
Suffolk University February 26–29, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%14%16%7%5%35%3%12%–3% [lower-alpha 13] –
YouGov/Hoover
Institution/Stanford University 		February 26–28, 20201,020 (LV)–19%13%9%6%28%4%18%–3% [lower-alpha 14] –
Point Blank Political February 26–28, 20202,276 (LV)± 2.9%14%12%9%3%34%3%14%–1% [lower-alpha 15] 10%
40% [lower-alpha 16] –––50%––––11%
–32% [lower-alpha 17] ––57%––––11%
––––46% [lower-alpha 18] –36%––16%
CNN/SSRS February 22–26, 2020488 (LV)± 5.2%13%12%7%6%35%3%14%–3% [lower-alpha 19] 8%
February 25, 2020 Tenth Democratic primary debate
Point Blank Political February 23–25, 20202,098 (LV)± 3.0%11%11%9%4%34%3%13%–2% [lower-alpha 20] 13%
Berkeley IGS/LA Times Feb 20–25, 20203,002 (LV)± 2.0%8%12%11%6%34%2%17%1%2% [lower-alpha 21] 7%
February 22, 2020 Nevada caucuses
Change Research/KQED News February 20–23, 20201,069 (LV)± 3.4%12%6%11%5%37%3%20%4% [lower-alpha 22] 3% [lower-alpha 23] –
University of Massachusetts Lowell February 12–20, 2020450 (LV)± 6.7%13%12%12%7%24%2%16%–7% [lower-alpha 24] 6%
Monmouth University February 16–19, 2020408 (LV)± 4.9%17%13%9%4%24%5%10%–3% [lower-alpha 25] 13%
36% [lower-alpha 26] –––44%–––15% [lower-alpha 27] 5%
–31% [lower-alpha 28] ––48%–––14% [lower-alpha 29] 6%
––26% [lower-alpha 30] –51%–––16% [lower-alpha 31] 7%
–––24% [lower-alpha 32] 54%–––16% [lower-alpha 33] 6%
Public Policy Institute of California February 7–17, 2020573 (LV)± 5.7%14%12%12%5%32%3%13%–2% [lower-alpha 34] 8%
SurveyUSA February 13–16, 2020520 (LV)± 4.8%15%21%12%6%25%3%9%–1% [lower-alpha 35] 9%
YouGov/USC February 1–15, 2020––21%8%6%3%29%2%20%–2% [lower-alpha 36] 9% [lower-alpha 37]
February 11, 2020 New Hampshire primary; Yang withdraws from the race after close of polls.
Capitol Weekly February 6–9, 2020843 (LV)–8% [lower-alpha 38] 8%15%7%25%4%19%5%6% [lower-alpha 39] 3% [lower-alpha 40]
11%13%14%5%29%3%16%4%5% [lower-alpha 41] 1% [lower-alpha 42]
February 3, 2020 Iowa Caucuses
Change Research/KQED News January 25–27, 20201,967 (LV)–15%4%8%3%30%2%16%5%4% [lower-alpha 43] 13%
Berkeley IGS/LA Times January 15–21, 20202,895 (LV)± 2.5%15.0%6.0%7.2%4.9%26.3%1.8%19.6%3.9%3.6% [lower-alpha 44] 11.7%
SurveyUSA January 14–16, 2020565 (LV)± 5.1%30%6%8%2%20%4%20%4%2% [lower-alpha 45] 4%
January 13, 2020Booker withdraws from the race.
Public Policy Institute of California/Mercury News January 3–12, 2020530 (LV)± 6.5%24%1%6%4%27%–23%3%5% [lower-alpha 46] 7%
Tulchin Research/USC Rossier/The Hill January 3–10, 20201,121 (LV)–25%7%8%2%29%3%12%5%2% [lower-alpha 47] 6%
Capitol Weekly January 1–9, 20201,053 (LV)–20%6%11%5%24%2%21%7%3% [lower-alpha 48] –
Polling before 1 January 2020
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 6] 		Margin
of error		Joe
Biden		Cory
Booker		Pete
Buttigieg		Kamala
Harris		Beto
O'Rourke		Bernie
Sanders		Elizabeth
Warren		Andrew
Yang		OtherUndecided
Change Research/KQED News December 6–10, 2019862 (LV)± 3.3%19%3%12%––26%23%4%13% [lower-alpha 49] –
CNN/SSRS December 4–8, 2019508 (LV)± 5.2%21%3%9%––20%17%6%12% [lower-alpha 50] 11%
Capitol Weekly December 3–7, 2019581 (LV)– [lower-alpha 51] 19%2%14%––19%23%5%17% [lower-alpha 52] 1%
19%2%13%4%–19%21%5%17% [lower-alpha 53] 0%
December 3, 2019Harris withdraws from the race.
Berkeley IGS/LA Times November 21–27, 20191,252 (LV)–14%1%12%7%–24%22%3%12% [lower-alpha 54] 9%
SurveyUSA November 20–22, 2019558 (LV)± 4.8%28%3%8%10%–18%13%5%11% [lower-alpha 55] 5%
Capitol Weekly November 1–12, 2019695 (LV)–18%1%14%6%–21%27%4%8% [lower-alpha 56] 1%
Public Policy Institute of
California 		November 3–12, 2019682 (LV)–24%1%7%8%–17%23%5%6% [lower-alpha 57] 9%
November 1, 2019O'Rourke withdraws from the race.
Change Research Archived 2019-10-24 at the Wayback Machine October 15–18, 20191,631 (LV)–19%1%9%8%1%24%28%3%6% [lower-alpha 58] –
SurveyUSA October 15–16, 2019553 (LV)± 6.9%33%2%4%8%2%17%18%4%5% [lower-alpha 59] 8%
Capitol Weekly October 1–14, 2019590 (LV)–21%2%6%8%0%15%35%3%9% [lower-alpha 60] –
Public Policy Institute of
California 		September 16–25, 2019692 (LV)± 4.9%22%2%6%8%1%21%23%3%7% [lower-alpha 61] 9%
Berkeley IGS/LA Times September 13–18, 20192,272–20%1%6%8%3%19%29%2%5% [lower-alpha 62] 8%
Emerson College September 13–16, 2019424± 4.7%26%1%4%6%5%26%20%7%4% [lower-alpha 63] –
SurveyUSA September 13–15, 2019547± 4.8%27%2%3%13%2%18%16%7%4% [lower-alpha 64] 7%
Change Research/KQED September 12–15, 20193,325± 1.7%18%2%10%11%2%23%25%3%5% [lower-alpha 65] –
Capitol Weekly September 1–13, 2019599–18%1%7%11%2%21%29%4%5% [lower-alpha 66] –
Capitol Weekly September 1–13, 20195,510–18%1%8%11%2%17%33%3%7% [lower-alpha 67] –
SurveyUSA August 1–5, 2019528± 6.3%25%1%6%17%0%18%21%1%1% [lower-alpha 68] 10%
PPIC July 14–23, 2019766± 4.4%11%–5%19%–12%15%–14% [lower-alpha 69] 25%
YouGov/CBS News July 9–18, 20191,514± 2.9%24%1%6%23%1%16%19%1%9% [lower-alpha 70] –
Quinnipiac University July 10–15, 2019519± 5.7%21%1%3%23%1%18%16%2%2% [lower-alpha 71] 10%
Capitol Weekly July 1–15, 2019816–20%1%8%20%2%16%25%1%7% [lower-alpha 72] –
Change Research Archived 2019-07-31 at the Wayback Machine July 9–11, 20191,609± 2.5%17%1%8%23%2%20%22%2%5% [lower-alpha 73] –
July 8, 2019Swalwell withdraws from the race.
Capitol Weekly [8] June 1–30, 2019813–23%2%8%14%2%19%23%2%9% [lower-alpha 74] –
UC Berkeley June 4–10, 20192,131± 3.0%22%1%10%13%3%17%18%1%3% [lower-alpha 75] 11%
Capitol Weekly [8] May 1–31, 20191,180–29%2%9%17%4%22%11%0%6% [lower-alpha 76] –
Change Research May 25–28, 20191,649± 2.4%30%1%12%15%3%23%12%1%2% [lower-alpha 77] –
Capitol Weekly [8] April 15–30, 20191,204–20%2%19%17%4%20%10%–9% [lower-alpha 78] –
April 25, 2019Biden announces his candidacy.
April 14, 2019Buttigieg announces his candidacy.
Change Research April 6–9, 20192,003± 2.2%21%3%9%19%10%22%8%1%7% [lower-alpha 79] –
–5%11%27%16%28%9%1%5% [lower-alpha 80] –
April 8, 2019Swalwell announces his candidacy.
Quinnipiac University April 3–8, 2019482± 5.9%26%2%7%17%4%18%7%1%6% [lower-alpha 81] 13%
March 14, 2019O'Rourke announces his candidacy.
February 19, 2019Sanders announces his candidacy.
Change Research February 9–11, 2019948–26%3%1%26%8%20%7%0%7% [lower-alpha 82] –
–7%2%53%––23%1%15% [lower-alpha 83] –

Results

Popular vote share by county Sanders--<30% Sanders--30-40% Sanders--40-50% Sanders--50-60% Biden--<30% Biden--30-40% 2020 California Democratic presidential primary election results map by county (vote share).svg
Popular vote share by county
  Sanders—<30%
  Sanders—30–40%
  Sanders—40–50%
  Sanders—50–60%
  Biden—<30%
  Biden—30–40%
2020 California Democratic presidential primary [9]
CandidateVotes%Delegates [5]
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) [lower-alpha 2] 249,2564.31
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) [lower-alpha 2] 126,9612.19
Tom Steyer (withdrawn) [lower-alpha 2] 113,0921.96
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) [lower-alpha 1] 43,5710.75
Tulsi Gabbard 33,7690.58
Julian Castro (withdrawn)13,8920.24
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) [lower-alpha 1] 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) [lower-alpha 1] 2,0220.03
Other candidates / Write-in [lower-alpha 84] 14,4380.25
Total5,784,364100%415
Bernie Sanders rally at the Los Angeles Convention Center Signs, Bernie Sanders Rally, LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA (49609094436).jpg
Bernie Sanders rally at the Los Angeles Convention Center
Senator Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally in San Jose on March 1, 2020 Bernie Sanders - Rally at San Jose, CA - 5.jpg
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 [5] [10] [11]
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 [10]
Delegate typeBernie SandersJoe BidenMichael BloombergElizabeth Warren
At-large513900
PLEO302400
District-level144109711
Total225172711

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Candidate withdrew following the New Hampshire primary, when all-mail voting had already begun.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Candidate withdrew shortly before the primary, when all-mail voting had already begun.
  3. ↑ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined
  4. ↑ includes Buttigieg with 6.0%; Klobuchar with 4.0%; Steyer not averaged
  5. ↑ FiveThirtyEight aggregates polls with a trendline regression of polls rather than a strict average of recent polls.
  6. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  7. ↑ Gabbard with 0.1%; "Other" with 5.9%
  8. ↑ Gabbard with 1%
  9. ↑ Gabbard with 1%; "Other" with 1%
  10. ↑ Gabbard with 1%
  11. ↑ Gabbard with 1%
  12. ↑ Gabbard with 1%; "Someone else" with 3%
  13. ↑ Gabbard with 3%
  14. ↑ Gabbard with 3%
  15. ↑ Gabbard with 1%
  16. ↑ If only the two candidates for which percentages are listed could be voted for
  17. ↑ If only the two candidates for which percentages are listed could be voted for
  18. ↑ If only the two candidates for which percentages are listed could be voted for
  19. ↑ Gabbard with 1%; "Someone else" with 0%; "None/No one" with 2%
  20. ↑ Gabbard with 2%
  21. ↑ Gabbard with 1%; "Others" with 1%
  22. ↑ Included in poll despite being withdrawn because he is still on the ballot.
  23. ↑ Gabbard with 2%; Castro with 1%; Bennet, Williamson, Patrick, Sestak, Delaney, Greenstein, Ellinger, Boyd, and De La Fuente with 0%
  24. ↑ Gabbard with 4%; "Another candidate" with 3%
  25. ↑ Gabbard with 2%; "Other" with 1%
  26. ↑ If only the two candidates for which percentages are listed could be voted for
  27. ↑ "Already voted" with 10%; "neither" with 5%
  28. ↑ If only the two candidates for which percentages are listed could be voted for
  29. ↑ "Already voted" with 10%; "neither" with 4%
  30. ↑ If only the two candidates for which percentages are listed could be voted for
  31. ↑ "Already voted" with 10%; "neither" with 6%
  32. ↑ If only the two candidates for which percentages are listed could be voted for
  33. ↑ "Already voted" with 10%; "neither" with 6%
  34. ↑ Tulsi Gabbard 1%; someone else 1%
  35. ↑ "Some other Democrat" with 1%
  36. ↑ Gabbard with 2%
  37. ↑ "someone else/skipped"
  38. ↑ Answers listed in this row are for the question, "If electability wasn't a concern, who would you support?"
  39. ↑ Gabbard with 3%; Booker with 2%; Williamson with 1%; Patrick with 0%
  40. ↑ Listed as "no response"
  41. ↑ Gabbard with 3%; Booker, Patrick and Williamson with 1%; Delaney with 0%
  42. ↑ Listed as "no response"
  43. ↑ Gabbard with 4%; Bennet, Delaney and Patrick with <1%
  44. ↑ Gabbard with 1.4%; Bennet with 0.9%; Booker with 0.8%; "All others" with 0.5%
  45. ↑ Gabbard with 2%; others with 0%
  46. ↑ someone else (included Bloomberg) 6%
  47. ↑ Booker and "someone else" with 1%
  48. ↑ Gabbard with 2%; Booker with 1%; Delaney, Patrick and Williamson with 0%; no response with 0%
  49. ↑ Bloomberg, Castro and Gabbard with 3%; Steyer with 2%; Klobuchar and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Delaney and Patrick with 0%
  50. ↑ Bloomberg with 5%; Gabbard and Klobuchar with 2%; Castro and Steyer with 1%; Bennet, Delaney, Patrick, and Williamson with 0%; "None/No one" with 1%
  51. ↑ The top row presents results which exclude Kamala Harris as an option.
  52. ↑ Bloomberg with 5%; Gabbard and Klobuchar with 4%; Castro with 2%; Steyer and Williamson with 1%; Delaney and Patrick with 0%
  53. ↑ Bloomberg with 5%; Gabbard and Klobuchar with 4%; Castro, Steyer and Williamson with 1%; Delaney with 0%; Patrick with no voters
  54. ↑ Klobuchar with 3%; Bloomberg with 2%; Bennet, Castro, Gabbard, Steyer with 1%, Bullock, Delaney, Patrick, Sestak and Williamson with 0%
  55. ↑ Bloomberg and Steyer with 3%; Gabbard with 2%; Castro and Klobuchar with 1%; Patrick with 0%; others with 1%
  56. ↑ Gabbard and Klobuchar with 3%; Steyer and Williamson with 1%; Castro and Delaney with 0%
  57. ↑ Klobuchar and Steyer with 1%; other with 4%
  58. ↑ Gabbard and Klobuchar with 2%; Steyer and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Messam, Ryan, and Sestak with 0%
  59. ↑ Castro, Gabbard, Klobuchar, Steyer, and some other Democrat with 1%
  60. ↑ Castro and Gabbard with 2%; Klobuchar, Steyer and Williamson with 1%; de Blasio and Ryan with 0%; no response with 2%
  61. ↑ Castro with 2%; Klobuchar and Steyer with 1%; someone else with 3%
  62. ↑ Klobuchar with 2%; Bennet, Castro and Gabbard with 1%; Bullock, de Blasio, Delaney, Messam, Ryan, Sestak, Steyer and Williamson with 0%;
  63. ↑ Gabbard with 2%; Castro and Steyer with 1%; Bennet, de Blasio, Bullock, Delaney, Klobuchar, Messam, Ryan, Sestak and Williamson with 0%; someone else with 1%
  64. ↑ Castro with 2%; Klobuchar with 1%; someone else with 1%
  65. ↑ Gabbard with 2%; Castro, Klobuchar and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, de Blasio, Bullock, Delaney, Messam, Ryan, Sestak and Steyer with 0%
  66. ↑ Gabbard with 2%; Castro, Klobuchar and Williamson with 1%; Steyer with 0%
  67. ↑ Gabbard with 3%; Castro, Klobuchar, Steyer and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, de Blasio, Delaney and Ryan with 0%
  68. ↑ Gabbard with 1%
  69. ↑ "Anyone" with 2%; "None of them" with 5%; "Others" with 7%
  70. ↑ Bennet, Castro, Gabbard, Gravel, Klobuchar, Steyer, Williamson with 1%; Bullock, de Blasio, Delaney, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, and Sestak with 0%
  71. ↑ Castro and Inslee with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, de Blasio, Delaney, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Klobuchar, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, Sestak, Steyer, and Williamson with <1%, others with <1%
  72. ↑ Castro, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Inslee, Klobuchar, & Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, de Blasio, Delaney, Hickenlooper, Ryan, Swalwell & Steyer with 0%
  73. ↑ Gabbard with 2%; Castro, Klobuchar & Inslee with 1%; Bennet, de Blasio, Delaney, Gillibrand, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Messam, Ryan, Sestak, Steyer & Williamson with 0%
  74. ↑ Gabbard & Hickenlooper with 2%; Bennet, Gillibrand & Klobuchar with 1%; Bullock, Castro, de Blasio, Delaney, Inslee, Moulton, Ryan & Williamson with 0%
  75. ↑ Castro and Klobuchar with 1%; Bullock, Delaney, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Ryan, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%
  76. ↑ Castro, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Klobuchar, Ryan & Swalwell with 1%; Bullock, de Blasio, Gabbard, Inslee & Williamson with 0%
  77. ↑ Castro and Gabbard with 1%; Abrams, Bennet, Gillibrand, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Klobuchar, Inslee, Moulton, Ryan, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%
  78. ↑ Klobuchar with 3%; Inslee with 2%; Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Ryan & Swalwell with 1%; Castro with 0%
  79. ↑ Castro with 2%; Abrams, Gabbard, Inslee, Klobuchar, and Swalwell with 1%; Bennet, Delaney, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Messam, Ryan, and Williamson with 0%
  80. ↑ Castro with 2%; Gabbard, Klobuchar, and Ryan with 1%; Delaney, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Messam, and Williamson with 0%
  81. ↑ Castro and Klobuchar with 2%; Gabbard and Inslee with 1%; Delaney, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Messam, and Williamson with <1%; others with <1%
  82. ↑ Castro with 2%; Brown, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Holder, and Klobuchar with 1%; Bloomberg, Bullock, Cuomo, Delaney, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%
  83. ↑ Castro with 6%; Gabbard with 4%; Delaney and Gillibrand with 2%; Williamson with 1%
  84. ↑ Including 34 write-in votes

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