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Presidential Primaries 2020
Democratic Pledged and Unpledged Delegate Summary


 
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Pledged and Unpledged 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
2,716.0
Sanders, B
1,115.0
(available)
770.0
Warren, E
67.0
Bloomberg, M
49.0
Buttigieg, P
21.0
Klobuchar, A
7.0
Gabbard, T
2.0
Uncommitted
2.0
Allocation
(sort)
Pledged
2,716.0
Unpledged
 
(sort)
Pledged
1,115.0
Unpledged
 
Pledged
0.0
(sort)
Unpledged
770.0
(sort)
Pledged
67.0
Unpledged
 
(sort)
Pledged
49.0
Unpledged
 
(sort)
Pledged
21.0
Unpledged
 
(sort)
Pledged
7.0
Unpledged
 
(sort)
Pledged
2.0
Unpledged
 
(sort)
Pledged
2.0
Unpledged
 
(sort)
Pledged
(sort)
Unpledged
(sort)
Total
193 FebIowa14.0 12.0  8.05.0   9.0 1.0     41849
3311 FebNew Hampshire  9.0  9.0    9.0 6.0     24933
3222 FebNevada9.0 24.0  13.0    3.0       361349
4629 FebSouth Carolina39.0 15.0  10.0            541064
13 MarAlabama44.0 8.0  8.0            52860
33 MarAmerican Samoa     5.0  4.0     2.0   6511
53 MarArkansas19.0 9.0  5.0  3.0         31536
63 MarCalifornia172.0 225.0  79.011.0 7.0         41579494
73 MarColorado21.0 29.0  12.08.0 9.0         671279
233 MarMaine11.0 9.0  8.04.0           24832
253 MarMassachusetts45.0 30.0  23.016.0           9123114
273 MarMinnesota38.0 27.0  16.010.0           751691
373 MarNorth Carolina68.0 37.0  12.02.0 3.0         11012122
413 MarOklahoma21.0 13.0  6.01.0 2.0         37643
483 MarTennessee36.0 22.0  9.01.0 5.0         64973
493 MarTexas113.0 99.0  32.05.0 11.0         22832260
513 MarUtah7.0 16.0  5.03.0 3.0         29534
523 MarVermont5.0 11.0  8.0            16824
543 MarVirginia67.0 31.0  25.01.0           9925124
1010 MarDemocrats Abroad4.0 9.0  4.0            13417
1610 MarIdaho12.0 8.0  5.0            20525
2610 MarMichigan73.0 52.0  22.0            12522147
2810 MarMississippi34.0 2.0  5.0            36541
2910 MarMissouri44.0 24.0  11.0            681179
3810 MarNorth Dakota6.0 8.0  4.0            14418
5510 MarWashington46.0 43.0  20.0            8920109
3914 MarNorthern Marianas2.0 4.0  5.0            6511
417 MarArizona38.0 29.0  13.0            671380
1217 MarFlorida162.0 57.0  30.0            21930249
1717 MarIllinois95.0 60.0  27.0            15527182
584 AprWyoming10.0 4.0  4.0            14418
577 AprWisconsin56.0 28.0  13.0            841397
211 AprAlaska8.0 7.0  4.0            15419
4028 AprOhio115.0 21.0  18.0            13618154
202 MayKansas29.0 10.0  6.0            39645
3112 MayNebraska29.0    4.0            29433
4219 MayOregon46.0 15.0  13.0            611374
1523 MayHawaii16.0 8.0  9.0            24933
112 JunDistrict of Columbia20.0    25.0            202545
182 JunIndiana81.0 1.0  7.0            82789
242 JunMaryland96.0    24.0            9624120
302 JunMontana18.0 1.0  6.0            19625
352 JunNew Mexico30.0 4.0  12.0            341246
432 JunPennsylvania151.0 35.0  24.0            18624210
452 JunRhode Island25.0 1.0  9.0            26935
472 JunSouth Dakota13.0 3.0  5.0            16521
146 JunGuam5.0 2.0  6.0            7613
536 JunVirgin Islands7.0    6.0            7613
139 JunGeorgia105.0    13.0            10513118
569 JunWest Virginia28.0    6.0            28634
2123 JunKentucky52.0    6.0          2.0 54660
3623 JunNew York231.0 43.0  50.0            27450324
50Circa JulPUnassigned    0.02.0             22
97 JulDelaware21.0    11.0            211132
347 JulNew Jersey121.0 5.0  20.0            12620146
2211 JulLouisiana54.0    6.0            54660
4412 JulPuerto Rico44.0 5.0  7.0  2.0         51758
811 AugConnecticut60.0    15.0            601575
Convention2,716.0 1,115.0 0.0770.067.0 49.0 21.0 7.0 2.0 2.0 3,9797704,749
Rank Date State PledgedUnpledged PledgedUnpledged PledgedUnpledged PledgedUnpledged PledgedUnpledged PledgedUnpledged PledgedUnpledged PledgedUnpledged PledgedUnpledged PledgedUnpledgedTotal
Biden, J
2,716.0
Sanders, B
1,115.0
(available)
770.0
Warren, E
67.0
Bloomberg, M
49.0
Buttigieg, P
21.0
Klobuchar, A
7.0
Gabbard, T
2.0
Uncommitted
2.0
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.

Pledged: Pledged, Bound, or Committed Delegates.
Unpledged: Unpledged, Not Bound, Unbound, or Uncommitted Delegates
Commentary: THE TIES THAT BIND-- OR DO THEY? or, Politicus Unbound

 
 


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