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Presidential Primaries 2020
Democratic Hard Count and Floor Vote Delegate Summary


 
Democratic Party Democratic
Hard Count and Floor Vote Delegate Summary
Sorted by first date

 
4,749 total delegate votes - 2,583 district / 906 at large; 490 Pledged PLEOs; 770 Unpledged PLEOs
Pledged/Unpledged delegate votes: 3,979 pledged, 770 unpledged.
Need to nominate (first ballot, pledged delegate votes only): 1,990.
Need to nominate (any ballot, all delegate votes): 2,375.
Rank (sort)
Date
(sort)
State
Biden, J Sanders, B (available) abstention Bloomberg, M Buttigieg, P Gabbard, T Klobuchar, A Uncommitted Warren, E Allocation
(sort)
Hard
2,698
(sort)
Floor
3,558
(sort)
Hard
1,115
(sort)
Floor
1,151
(sort)
Hard
770
(sort)
Floor
35
Hard
 
(sort)
Floor
5
(sort)
Hard
51
Floor
 
(sort)
Hard
26
Floor
 
(sort)
Hard
2
Floor
 
(sort)
Hard
7
Floor
 
(sort)
Hard
2
Floor
 
(sort)
Hard
78
Floor
 
(sort)
Pledged
(sort)
Unpledged
(sort)
Total
193 FebIowa63812118     14   1   8 41849
3311 FebNew Hampshire 24999     9   6     24933
3222 FebNevada925242413     3         361349
4629 FebSouth Carolina3949151510               541064
13 MarAlabama4452888               52860
33 MarAmerican Samoa 11  5   4   2       6511
53 MarArkansas1727995   5           31536
63 MarCalifornia17226322523179   7         11 41579494
73 MarColorado2142293612  19         8 671279
233 MarMaine11229981            4 24832
253 MarMassachusetts37833030231            24 9123114
273 MarMinnesota3860273116             10 751691
373 MarNorth Carolina6883373912   3         2 11012122
413 MarOklahoma2124131366  2         1 37643
483 MarTennessee365022239   5         1 64973
493 MarTexas113161999832  111         5 22832260
513 MarUtah716161751  3         3 29534
523 MarVermont5911158               16824
543 MarVirginia67913132251            1 9925124
1010 MarDemocrats Abroad479104               13417
1610 MarIdaho1216895               20525
2610 MarMichigan73925253222              12522147
2810 MarMississippi34382251              36541
2910 MarMissouri44502428111              681179
3810 MarNorth Dakota688104               14418
5510 MarWashington4666434320               8920109
3914 MarNorthern Marianas29425               6511
417 MarArizona3851292913               671380
1217 MarFlorida162192575730               21930249
1717 MarIllinois951226059271              15527182
584 AprWyoming1011444  3            14418
577 AprWisconsin5667283013               841397
211 AprAlaska812774               15419
4028 AprOhio115134212018               13618154
202 MayKansas293510106               39645
3112 MayNebraska2933  4               29433
4219 MayOregon46571516131              611374
1523 MayHawaii16238991              24933
112 JunDistrict of Columbia2043 1251              202545
182 JunIndiana81861271              82789
242 JunMaryland96119 124               9624120
302 JunMontana18181166              19625
352 JunNew Mexico30424412               341246
432 JunPennsylvania1511753534241              18624210
452 JunRhode Island2534119               26935
472 JunSouth Dakota13173351              16521
146 JunGuam511226               7613
536 JunVirgin Islands713  6               7613
139 JunGeorgia105117  131              10513118
569 JunWest Virginia2834  6               28634
2123 JunKentucky5260  6           2   54660
3623 JunNew York2312774344503              27450324
50Circa JulPUnassigned    22               22
97 JulDelaware2132  11               211132
347 JulNew Jersey12113955202              12620146
2211 JulLouisiana5460  6               54660
4412 JulPuerto Rico4453557   2           51758
811 AugConnecticut6075  15               601575
Convention2,6983,5581,1151,15177035 551 26 2 7 2 78 3,9797704,749
Rank Date State HardFloor HardFloor HardFloor HardFloor HardFloor HardFloor HardFloor HardFloor HardFloor HardFloor PledgedUnpledgedTotal
Biden, J Sanders, B (available) abstention Bloomberg, M Buttigieg, P Gabbard, T Klobuchar, A Uncommitted Warren, E Allocation
 

P indicates presumably-- an unofficial date. An unconfirmed Presidential Primary established by currently-effective State statute or introduced bill; or- where the foregoing information could not be obtained- the state's prior delegate selection process and associated dates adjusted to the corresponding dates in the current year.

Floor: Floor vote taken during the convention. If more than one vote is taken, it is the last floor vote.
Hard: Hard count, the preference as originally assigned. (Note: unpledged delegates are hard counted as "Uncommitted".)
Pledged: Pledged, Bound, or Committed Delegates.
Unpledged: Unpledged, Not Bound, Unbound, or Uncommitted Delegates

 
 


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