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Presidential Primaries 2020
Democratic Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary

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Democratic Party Democratic
Hard and Soft Count 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) Warren, E Bloomberg, M Buttigieg, P Klobuchar, A Gabbard, T Uncommitted Allocation
(sort)
Hard
2,698		(sort)
Soft
2,716.0		 (sort)
Hard
1,115		(sort)
Soft
1,115.0		 (sort)
Hard
770		(sort)
Soft
770.0		 (sort)
Hard
78		(sort)
Soft
67.0		 (sort)
Hard
51		(sort)
Soft
49.0		 (sort)
Hard
26		(sort)
Soft
21.0		 (sort)
Hard
7		(sort)
Soft
7.0		 (sort)
Hard
2		(sort)
Soft
2.0		 (sort)
Hard
2		(sort)
Soft
2.0		 (sort)
Pl		(sort)
Unpl		(sort)
Total
193 FebIowa614.01212.088.085.0  149.011.0    41849
3311 FebNew Hampshire  99.099.0    99.066.0    24933
3222 FebNevada99.02424.01313.0    33.0      361349
4629 FebSouth Carolina3939.01515.01010.0            541064
13 MarAlabama4444.088.088.0            52860
33 MarAmerican Samoa    55.0  44.0    22.0  6511
53 MarArkansas1719.099.055.0  53.0        31536
63 MarCalifornia172172.0225225.07979.01111.077.0        41579494
73 MarColorado2121.02929.01212.088.099.0        671279
103 MarDemocrats Abroad44.099.044.0            13417
233 MarMaine1111.099.088.044.0          24832
253 MarMassachusetts3745.03030.02323.02416.0          9123114
273 MarMinnesota3838.02727.01616.01010.0          751691
373 MarNorth Carolina6868.03737.01212.022.033.0        11012122
413 MarOklahoma2121.01313.066.011.022.0        37643
483 MarTennessee3636.02222.099.011.055.0        64973
493 MarTexas113113.09999.03232.055.01111.0        22832260
513 MarUtah77.01616.055.033.033.0        29534
523 MarVermont55.01111.088.0            16824
543 MarVirginia6767.03131.02525.011.0          9925124
1610 MarIdaho1212.088.055.0            20525
2610 MarMichigan7373.05252.02222.0            12522147
2810 MarMississippi3434.022.055.0            36541
2910 MarMissouri4444.02424.01111.0            681179
3810 MarNorth Dakota66.088.044.0            14418
5510 MarWashington4646.04343.02020.0            8920109
3914 MarNorthern Marianas22.044.055.0            6511
417 MarArizona3838.02929.01313.0            671380
1217 MarFlorida162162.05757.03030.0            21930249
1717 MarIllinois9595.06060.02727.0            15527182
584 AprWyoming1010.044.044.0            14418
577 AprWisconsin5656.02828.01313.0            841397
211 AprAlaska88.077.044.0            15419
4028 AprOhio115115.02121.01818.0            13618154
202 MayKansas2929.01010.066.0            39645
3112 MayNebraska2929.0  44.0            29433
4219 MayOregon4646.01515.01313.0            611374
1523 MayHawaii1616.088.099.0            24933
112 JunDistrict of Columbia2020.0  2525.0            202545
182 JunIndiana8181.011.077.0            82789
242 JunMaryland9696.0  2424.0            9624120
302 JunMontana1818.011.066.0            19625
352 JunNew Mexico3030.044.01212.0            341246
432 JunPennsylvania151151.03535.02424.0            18624210
452 JunRhode Island2525.011.099.0            26935
472 JunSouth Dakota1313.033.055.0            16521
146 JunGuam55.022.066.0            7613
536 JunVirgin Islands77.0  66.0            7613
139 JunGeorgia105105.0  1313.0            10513118
569 JunWest Virginia2828.0  66.0            28634
2123 JunKentucky5252.0  66.0          22.054660
3623 JunNew York231231.04343.05050.0            27450324
50JulUnassigned    22.0             22
97 JulDelaware2121.0  1111.0            211132
347 JulNew Jersey121121.055.02020.0            12620146
2211 JulLouisiana5454.0  66.0            54660
4412 JulPuerto Rico4444.055.077.0  22.0        51758
811 AugConnecticut6060.0  1515.0            601575
Convention2,6982,716.01,1151,115.0770770.07867.05149.02621.077.022.022.03,9797704,749
Rank Date State HardSoft HardSoft HardSoft HardSoft HardSoft HardSoft HardSoft HardSoft HardSoft PlUnplTotal
Biden, J Sanders, B (available) Warren, E Bloomberg, M Buttigieg, P Klobuchar, A Gabbard, T Uncommitted Allocation
 

Soft: Soft count, estimated delegate preferences prior to the convention.
Hard: Hard count, the preference as originally assigned. (Note: unpledged delegates are hard counted as "Uncommitted".)
Pl: Pledged or Bound Delegates.
Unpl: Unpledged or Not Bound Delegates

 
 

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