2020 California Democratic presidential primary

2020 California Democratic presidential primary

March 3, 2020
494 delegates (415 pledged, 79 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
Candidate Bernie Sanders Joe Biden Home state Vermont Delaware Delegate count 225 172 Popular vote 2,080,846 1,613,854 Percentage 35.97% 27.90%   Candidate Elizabeth Warren Michael Bloomberg Home state Massachusetts New York Delegate count 11 7 Popular vote 762,555 701,803 Percentage 13.18% 12.13%
Results by county Results by congressional district Sanders   <30%   30 – 40%   40 – 50%   50 – 60% Biden   <30%   30 – 40%

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.

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.:

• "...qualified for funding under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 30101, et seq.)
• appeared as a candidate in a national presidential debate hosted by a political party qualified to participate in a primary election, with at least two participating candidates, and publicly available for viewing by voters in more than one state during the current presidential election cycle. A “political party qualified to participate in a primary election” means any political party qualified in California, a major or minor-ballot qualified political party in another state, or a national committee of a political party recognized by the Federal Election Commission
• placed or qualified for placement on a presidential primary ballot or a caucus ballot of a major or minor ballot-qualified political party in at least one other state in the current presidential election cycle
• candidate or qualified to be a candidate in a caucus of a major or minor ballot-qualified political party in at least one other state in the current presidential election cycle
• has the following: current presidential campaign internet website or webpage hosted by the candidate or a qualified political party, and a written request submitted on the candidate's behalf by a party qualified to participate in the primary election to the Secretary of State requesting the candidate be placed on the presidential primary ballot."

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]
Type	Del.	Type	Del.	Type	Del.	Type	Del.
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
PLEO		54	At-large		90	CD53	6
Total pledged delegates						415

Candidates

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

Running

• Joe Biden
• Michael Bloomberg
• Mosie Boyd
• Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente III
• Michael A. Ellinger
• Tulsi Gabbard
• Mark Stewart Greenstein
• Bernie Sanders
• Elizabeth Warren

Withdrawn

• Michael Bennet^[a]
• Cory Booker
• Pete Buttigieg^[b]
• Julian Castro
• John Delaney
• Amy Klobuchar^[b]
• Deval Patrick^[a]
• Joe Sestak
• Tom Steyer^[b]
• Marianne Williamson
• Andrew Yang^[a]

Polling

Polling aggregation
Source of poll aggregation	Date updated	Dates polled	Bernie Sanders	Joe Biden	Elizabeth Warren	Michael Bloomberg	Tulsi Gabbard	Other/ Undecided[c]
270 to Win[8]	March 3, 2020	February 20 – March 1, 2020	33.0%	20.0%	14.4%	15.0%	1.2%	16.4%
RealClear Politics[9]	March 3, 2020	February 28 – March 2, 2020	35.0%	23.0%	16.0%	14.0%	1.5%	10.5%[d]
FiveThirtyEight[10]	March 3, 2020	until March 2, 2020[e]	31.2%	21.7%	14.9%	14.7%	0.7%	16.8%
Average			33.1%	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 source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[f]	Margin of error	Joe Biden	Michael Bloomberg	Pete Buttigieg	Amy Klobuchar	Bernie Sanders	Tom Steyer	Elizabeth Warren	Andrew Yang	Other	Undecided
	March 2, 2020	Klobuchar withdraws from the race.
Swayable[11]	March 1–2, 2020	3,388 (LV)	± 2.0%	20.8%	19.3%	8.4%	3.3%	28.7%	4.0%	9.6%	–	6.0%[g]	–
Data for Progress[12]	February 28 – March 2, 2020	516 (LV)	± 4.3%	25%	17%	5%	3%	32%	–	16%	–	1%[h]	–
AtlasIntel[13]	February 24 – March 2, 2020	727 (LV)	± 4.0%	26%	15%	3%	1%	34%	–	15%	–	2%[i]	4%
	March 1, 2020	Buttigieg withdraws from the race.
Point Blank Political[14]	February 29 – March 1, 2020	1,220 (LV)	± 4.1%	22%	10%	6%	3%	34%	1%	14%	–	1%[j]	9%
Emerson College/Nexstar[15]	February 29 – March 1, 2020	545 (LV)	± 4.1%	21%	11%	7%	5%	38%	2%	16%	–	1%[k]	–
	February 29, 2020	South Carolina primary; Steyer withdraws from the race after close of polls.
YouGov/CBS News[16]	February 27–29, 2020	1,411 (LV)	± 4.0%	19%	12%	9%	4%	31%	3%	18%	–	4%[l]	–
Suffolk University[17]	February 26–29, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	14%	16%	7%	5%	35%	3%	12%	–	3%[m]	–
YouGov/Hoover Institution/Stanford University[18]	February 26–28, 2020	1,020 (LV)	–	19%	13%	9%	6%	28%	4%	18%	–	3%[n]	–
Point Blank Political[19]	February 26–28, 2020	2,276 (LV)	± 2.9%	14%	12%	9%	3%	34%	3%	14%	–	1%[o]	10%
				40%[p]	–	–	–	50%	–	–	–	–	11%
				–	32%[q]	–	–	57%	–	–	–	–	11%
				–	–	–	–	46%[r]	–	36%	–	–	16%
CNN/SSRS[20]	February 22–26, 2020	488 (LV)	± 5.2%	13%	12%	7%	6%	35%	3%	14%	–	3%[s]	8%
	February 25, 2020	Tenth Democratic primary debate
Point Blank Political[21]	February 23–25, 2020	2,098 (LV)	± 3.0%	11%	11%	9%	4%	34%	3%	13%	–	2%[t]	13%
Berkeley IGS/LA Times[22]	Feb 20–25, 2020	3,002 (LV)	± 2.0%	8%	12%	11%	6%	34%	2%	17%	1%	2%[u]	7%
	February 22, 2020	Nevada caucuses
Change Research/KQED News[23]	February 20–23, 2020	1,069 (LV)	± 3.4%	12%	6%	11%	5%	37%	3%	20%	4%[v]	3%[w]	–
University of Massachusetts Lowell[24]	February 12–20, 2020	450 (LV)	± 6.7%	13%	12%	12%	7%	24%	2%	16%	–	7%[x]	6%
Monmouth University[25]	February 16–19, 2020	408 (LV)	± 4.9%	17%	13%	9%	4%	24%	5%	10%	–	3%[y]	13%
				36%[z]	–	–	–	44%	–	–	–	15%[aa]	5%
				–	31%[ab]	–	–	48%	–	–	–	14%[ac]	6%
				–	–	26%[ad]	–	51%	–	–	–	16%[ae]	7%
				–	–	–	24%[af]	54%	–	–	–	16%[ag]	6%
Public Policy Institute of California[26]	February 7–17, 2020	573 (LV)	± 5.7%	14%	12%	12%	5%	32%	3%	13%	–	2%[ah]	8%
SurveyUSA[27]	February 13–16, 2020	520 (LV)	± 4.8%	15%	21%	12%	6%	25%	3%	9%	–	1%[ai]	9%
YouGov/USC[28]	February 1–15, 2020	–	–	21%	8%	6%	3%	29%	2%	20%	–	2%[aj]	9%[ak]
	February 11, 2020	New Hampshire primary; Yang withdraws from the race after close of polls.
Capitol Weekly[29]	February 6–9, 2020	843 (LV)	–	8%[al]	8%	15%	7%	25%	4%	19%	5%	6%[am]	3%[an]
				11%	13%	14%	5%	29%	3%	16%	4%	5%[ao]	1%[ap]
	February 3, 2020	Iowa Caucuses
Change Research/KQED News[30]	January 25–27, 2020	1,967 (LV)	–	15%	4%	8%	3%	30%	2%	16%	5%	4%[aq]	13%
Berkeley IGS/LA Times[31]	January 15–21, 2020	2,895 (LV)	± 2.5%	15.0%	6.0%	7.2%	4.9%	26.3%	1.8%	19.6%	3.9%	3.6%[ar]	11.7%
SurveyUSA[32]	January 14–16, 2020	565 (LV)	± 5.1%	30%	6%	8%	2%	20%	4%	20%	4%	2%[as]	4%
	January 13, 2020	Booker withdraws from the race.
Public Policy Institute of California/Mercury News[33]	January 3–12, 2020	530 (LV)	± 6.5%	24%	1%	6%	4%	27%	–	23%	3%	5%[at]	7%
Tulchin Research/USC Rossier/The Hill[34]	January 3–10, 2020	1,121 (LV)	–	25%	7%	8%	2%	29%	3%	12%	5%	2%[au]	6%
Capitol Weekly[35]	January 1–9, 2020	1,053 (LV)	–	20%	6%	11%	5%	24%	2%	21%	7%	3%[av]	–

Polling before 1 January 2020
Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[f]	Margin of error	Joe Biden	Cory Booker	Pete Buttigieg	Kamala Harris	Beto O'Rourke	Bernie Sanders	Elizabeth Warren	Andrew Yang	Other	Undecided
Change Research/KQED News[36]	December 6–10, 2019	862 (LV)	± 3.3%	19%	3%	12%	–	–	26%	23%	4%	13%[aw]	–
CNN/SSRS[37]	December 4–8, 2019	508 (LV)	± 5.2%	21%	3%	9%	–	–	20%	17%	6%	12%[ax]	11%
Capitol Weekly[38]	December 3–7, 2019	581 (LV)	–[ay]	19%	2%	14%	–	–	19%	23%	5%	17%[az]	1%
				19%	2%	13%	4%	–	19%	21%	5%	17%[ba]	0%
	December 3, 2019	Harris withdraws from the race.
Berkeley IGS/LA Times[39]	November 21–27, 2019	1,252 (LV)	–	14%	1%	12%	7%	–	24%	22%	3%	12%[bb]	9%
SurveyUSA[40]	November 20–22, 2019	558 (LV)	± 4.8%	28%	3%	8%	10%	–	18%	13%	5%	11%[bc]	5%
Capitol Weekly[41]	November 1–12, 2019	695 (LV)	–	18%	1%	14%	6%	–	21%	27%	4%	8%[bd]	1%
[[Public Policy Institute of California]][42]	November 3–12, 2019	682 (LV)	–	24%	1%	7%	8%	–	17%	23%	5%	6%[be]	9%
	November 1, 2019	O'Rourke withdraws from the race.
Change Research[43]	October 15–18, 2019	1,631 (LV)	–	19%	1%	9%	8%	1%	24%	28%	3%	6%[bf]	–
SurveyUSA[44]	October 15–16, 2019	553 (LV)	± 6.9%	33%	2%	4%	8%	2%	17%	18%	4%	5%[bg]	8%
Capitol Weekly[45]	October 1–14, 2019	590 (LV)	–	21%	2%	6%	8%	0%	15%	35%	3%	9%[bh]	–
[[Public Policy Institute of California]][46]	September 16–25, 2019	692 (LV)	± 4.9%	22%	2%	6%	8%	1%	21%	23%	3%	7%[bi]	9%
Berkeley IGS/LA Times[47]	September 13–18, 2019	2,272	–	20%	1%	6%	8%	3%	19%	29%	2%	5%[bj]	8%
Emerson College[48]	September 13–16, 2019	424	± 4.7%	26%	1%	4%	6%	5%	26%	20%	7%	4%[bk]	–
SurveyUSA[49]	September 13–15, 2019	547	± 4.8%	27%	2%	3%	13%	2%	18%	16%	7%	4%[bl]	7%
Change Research/KQED[50]	September 12–15, 2019	3,325	± 1.7%	18%	2%	10%	11%	2%	23%	25%	3%	5%[bm]	–
Capitol Weekly[51]	September 1–13, 2019	599	–	18%	1%	7%	11%	2%	21%	29%	4%	5%[bn]	–
Capitol Weekly[52]	September 1–13, 2019	5,510	–	18%	1%	8%	11%	2%	17%	33%	3%	7%[bo]	–
SurveyUSA[53]	August 1–5, 2019	528	± 6.3%	25%	1%	6%	17%	0%	18%	21%	1%	1%[bp]	10%
PPIC[54]	July 14–23, 2019	766	± 4.4%	11%	–	5%	19%	–	12%	15%	–	14%[bq]	25%
YouGov/CBS News[55]	July 9–18, 2019	1,514	± 2.9%	24%	1%	6%	23%	1%	16%	19%	1%	9%[br]	–
Quinnipiac University[56]	July 10–15, 2019	519	± 5.7%	21%	1%	3%	23%	1%	18%	16%	2%	2%[bs]	10%
Capitol Weekly[52]	July 1–15, 2019	816	–	20%	1%	8%	20%	2%	16%	25%	1%	7%[bt]	–
Change Research[57]	July 9–11, 2019	1,609	± 2.5%	17%	1%	8%	23%	2%	20%	22%	2%	5%[bu]	–
	July 8, 2019	Swalwell withdraws from the race.
Capitol Weekly[58]	June 1–30, 2019	813	–	23%	2%	8%	14%	2%	19%	23%	2%	9%[bv]	–
UC Berkeley[59]	June 4–10, 2019	2,131	± 3.0%	22%	1%	10%	13%	3%	17%	18%	1%	3%[bw]	11%
Capitol Weekly[58]	May 1–31, 2019	1,180	–	29%	2%	9%	17%	4%	22%	11%	0%	6%[bx]	–
Change Research[60]	May 25–28, 2019	1,649	± 2.4%	30%	1%	12%	15%	3%	23%	12%	1%	2%[by]	–
Capitol Weekly[58]	April 15–30, 2019	1,204	–	20%	2%	19%	17%	4%	20%	10%	–	9%[bz]	–
	April 25, 2019	Biden announces his candidacy.
	April 14, 2019	Buttigieg announces his candidacy.
Change Research[61]	April 6–9, 2019	2,003	± 2.2%	21%	3%	9%	19%	10%	22%	8%	1%	7%[ca]	–
				–	5%	11%	27%	16%	28%	9%	1%	5%[cb]	–
	April 8, 2019	Swalwell announces his candidacy.
Quinnipiac University[62]	April 3–8, 2019	482	± 5.9%	26%	2%	7%	17%	4%	18%	7%	1%	6%[cc]	13%
	March 14, 2019	O'Rourke announces his candidacy.
	February 19, 2019	Sanders announces his candidacy.
Change Research[63]	February 9–11, 2019	948	–	26%	3%	1%	26%	8%	20%	7%	0%	7%[cd]	–
				–	7%	2%	53%	–	–	23%	1%	15%[ce]	–

Results

2020 California Democratic presidential primary[64]
Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates[5]
Bernie Sanders	2,080,846	35.97	225
Joe Biden	1,613,854	27.90	172
Elizabeth Warren	762,555	13.18	11
Michael Bloomberg	701,803	12.13	7
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn)[b]	249,256	4.31
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn)[b]	126,961	2.19
Tom Steyer (withdrawn)[b]	113,092	1.96
Andrew Yang (withdrawn)[a]	43,571	0.75
Tulsi Gabbard	33,769	0.58
Julian Castro (withdrawn)	13,892	0.24
Michael Bennet (withdrawn)[a]	7,377	0.13
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn)	7,052	0.12
Cory Booker (withdrawn)	6,000	0.10
John Delaney (withdrawn)	4,606	0.08
Joe Sestak (withdrawn)	3,270	0.06
Deval Patrick (withdrawn)[a]	2,022	0.03
Other candidates / Write-in	[cf]14,438	0.25
Total	5,784,364	100%	415

Bernie Sanders rally at the Los Angeles Convention Center

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

Votes (percentage) and delegates by district^[5]^[65]^[66]

District	Bernie Sanders		Joe Biden		Michael Bloomberg		Elizabeth Warren		Total delegates	District region	Largest city
1st	34%	2	23.7%	2	10.3%	0	12.9%	0	4	Shasta Cascade	Chico, Redding
2nd	33.3%	3	25.3%	2	13.5%	0	15.9%	1	6	North Coast	Eureka
3rd	34.3%	3	29.3%	2	12%	0	12%	0	5	Sacramento Valley	Fairfield
4th	26.1%	2	29.6%	3	14.7%	0	11.4%	0	5	Sierras	Roseville
5th	32.7%	3	27.2%	3	14.9%	0	12.6%	0	6	Wine Country	Santa Rosa
6th	35.8%	3	28.1%	2	10.7%	0	14.3%	0	5	Sacramento Valley	Sacramento
7th	30.9%	2	31.4%	3	13%	0	11.2%	0	5	Sacramento Valley	Elk Grove
8th	35.7%	2	31.2%	2	11.8%	0	8.8%	0	4	Eastern Desert	Victorville
9th	32.9%	2	32.5%	2	15.9%	1	7%	0	5	San Joaquin Valley	Stockton
10th	35.5%	2	29.1%	1	15.3%	1	7.2%	0	4	San Joaquin Valley	Modesto
11th	29%	2	30.7%	3	15.3%	1	14.7%	0	6	Bay Area	Concord
12th	33.8%	3	23.9%	2	11%	0	23.4%	2	7	San Francisco Bay Area	San Francisco
13th	38.7%	3	22.4%	2	8.1%	0	24.7%	2	7	Bay Area	Oakland
14th	31.9%	3	26.4%	2	15.6%	1	14.8%	0	6	Bay Area	Daly City
15th	34.1%	3	29.5%	3	14.4%	0	11.5%	0	6	Bay Area	Hayward
16th	40.9%	3	26.2%	1	12.6%	0	7.2%	0	4	San Joaquin Valley	Fresno, Merced
17th	36.1%	3	25.9%	2	14.3%	0	12.5%	0	5	Bay Area	Fremont, Santa Clara
18th	26.6%	2	29%	2	15.4%	1	17.1%	1	6	Bay Area	Sunnyvale
19th	38.9%	4	25.9%	2	13.6%	0	10.7%	0	6	Bay Area	San Jose
20th	39.8%	3	25.5%	2	10.9%	0	13%	0	5	Central Coast	Salinas
21st	43.2%	3	25.3%	1	13.7%	0	5.1%	0	4	San Joaquin Valley	Kings, Kern, SW Fresno
22nd	34.4%	2	29.1%	2	13%	0	8.8%	0	4	San Joaquin Valley	Visalia
23rd	34.9%	2	30.2%	2	12.2%	0	9%	0	4	South Central California	Bakersfield
24th	35.3%	3	26.8%	2	10.5%	0	14.7%	0	5	Central Coast	Santa Maria
25th	35.6%	3	33.6%	2	10%	0	10%	0	5	LA County	Santa Clarita
26th	34.4%	3	31.1%	2	12.1%	0	11.5%	0	5	Central Coast	Oxnard
27th	35.9%	2	29.2%	2	10.2%	0	15.7%	1	5	LA County	San Gabriel Valley
28th	40%	3	22.7%	2	7.5%	0	21.7%	1	6	LA County	Glendale
29th	49.8%	3	21.5%	2	7.7%	0	11.2%	0	5	LA County	San Fernando Valley
30th	32.6%	3	31.2%	2	11.2%	0	15.4%	1	6	LA County	San Fernando Valley
31st	39.1%	3	32.3%	2	11%	0	8.3%	0	5	Southern California	San Bernardino
32nd	44.7%	3	28.2%	2	10.5%	0	7.5%	0	5	LA County	El Monte
33rd	26.2%	2	34.2%	3	14.3%	0	16.1%	1	6	LA County	Santa Monica, Coastal LA
34th	53.7%	4	16.8%	1	8.1%	0	14.7%	0	5	LA County	Downtown Los Angeles
35th	46.6%	2	28.2%	2	10.9%	0	6.2%	0	4	Southern California	Fontana
36th	27.5%	1	29.8%	2	15.4%	1	8.1%	0	4	Eastern Desert	Indio
37th	35.6%	3	31.3%	2	10.1%	0	16.2%	1	6	LA County	West LA
38th	41.7%	3	30.8%	2	10.5%	0	7.6%	0	5	LA County	Norwalk
39th	36.7%	3	30.5%	2	12.6%	0	9.6%	0	5	Southern California	Fullerton
40th	56.4%	4	20.9%	1	8.9%	0	5.4%	0	5	LA County	East Los Angeles
41st	45%	3	27.9%	2	10.7%	0	7.5%	0	5	Southern California	Riverside
42nd	37%	3	31.6%	2	12.4%	0	7.9%	0	5	Southern California	Corona
43rd	36.5%	3	34.3%	2	10%	0	10.3%	0	5	LA County	Inglewood
44th	44%	3	29.6%	2	6.2%	0	9.6%	0	5	Los Angeles County	Compton
45th	34%	3	29.1%	2	13.5%	0	12%	0	5	Southern California	Irvine
46th	53.7%	2	20%	2	10.5%	0	7.7%	0	4	Southern California	Anaheim
47th	38.5%	3	27.3%	2	10.6%	0	12.2%	0	5	Southern California	Long Beach
48th	30.4%	2	30.3%	2	16.3%	1	11%	0	5	Southern California	Huntington Beach
49th	30.6%	3	30.5%	2	14.6%	0	12.2%	0	5	Southern California	Oceanside
50th	34.9%	2	27.6%	2	13%	0	11.3%	0	4	Southern California	Escondido
51st	49.2%	3	23.7%	2	11.3%	0	6.8%	0	5	Southern California	Downtown San Diego and Border Communities
52nd	30.6%	3	30%	3	13.4%	0	14.6%	0	6	Southern California	North San Diego
53rd	37.8%	3	27.3%	3	10.1%	0	14.5%	0	6	Southern California	Eastern San Diego and suburbs
Total	36.0%	144	27.9%	109	12.1%	7	13.2%	11	271

Pledged delegates^[65]

Delegate type	Bernie Sanders	Joe Biden	Michael Bloomberg	Elizabeth Warren
At-large	51	39	0	0
PLEO	30	24	0	0
District-level	144	109	7	11
Total	225	172	7	11

See also

• 2020 California Republican presidential primary

Notes

1. Candidate withdrew following the New Hampshire primary, when all-mail voting had already begun.
2. 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. 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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External links

• The Green Papers delegate allocation summary
• California Democratic Party draft delegate selection plan Archived March 3, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
• FiveThirtyEight California primary poll tracker