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Presidential Primaries 2024
Democratic Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary


 
Democratic Party Democratic
Hard and Soft Count Delegate Summary
Alphabetically by State

 
4,696 total delegate votes - 2,566 district / 893 at large; 490 Pledged PLEOs; 747 Unpledged PLEOs
Pledged/Unpledged delegate votes: 3,949 pledged, 747 unpledged.
Need to nominate (first ballot, pledged delegate votes only): 1,976.
Need to nominate (any ballot, all delegate votes): 2,348.5.
Rank (sort)
Date
(sort)
State
Biden, J (available) Uncommitted Palmer, J Allocation
(sort)
Hard
3,753
(sort)
Soft
3,748.0
(sort)
Hard
908
(sort)
Soft
913.0
(sort)
Hard
32
(sort)
Soft
32.0
(sort)
Hard
3
(sort)
Soft
3.0
(sort)
Pledged
(sort)
Unpledged
(sort)
Total
15 MarAlabama5252.066.0    52658
213 AprAlaska1515.055.0    15520
35 MarAmerican Samoa33.055.0  33.06511
419 MarArizona7272.01313.0    721385
55 MarArkansas3131.055.0    31536
65 MarCalifornia424424.07171.0    42471495
75 MarColorado7272.01515.0    721587
82 AprConnecticut5858.01616.0    601474
92 AprDelaware1919.01515.0    191534
1012 MarDemocrats Abroad1313.044.0    13417
114 JunDistrict of Columbia2020.02929.0    202949
1219 MarFlorida224224.03030.0    22430254
1312 MarGeorgia108108.01515.0    10815123
148 JunGuam77.055.0    7512
156 MarHawaii1515.099.077.0  22931
1623 MayIdaho2323.044.0    23427
1719 MarIllinois147147.03030.0    14730177
187 MayIndiana7979.099.0    79988
195 MarIowa4040.066.0    40646
2019 MarKansas3333.066.0    33639
2121 MayKentucky4343.088.088.0  53659
2223 MarLouisiana4848.055.0    48553
235 MarMaine2424.088.0    24832
2414 MayMaryland9595.02323.0    9523118
255 MarMassachusetts9292.02424.0    9224116
2627 FebMichigan115115.02121.022.0  11721138
275 MarMinnesota6464.01818.01111.0  751893
2812 MarMississippi3535.055.0    35540
2923 MarMissouri6161.066.033.0  64670
304 JunMontana2020.055.0    20525
3114 MayNebraska2929.055.0    29534
326 FebNevada3636.01313.0    361349
3327 AprNew Hampshire  3434.0    25934
344 JunNew Jersey  145145.0    12619145
354 JunNew Mexico3434.01111.0    341145
362 AprNew York268268.03939.0    26839307
375 MarNorth Carolina115115.01818.011.0  11618134
3830 MarNorth Dakota1313.044.0    13417
3912 MarNorthern Marianas66.055.0    6511
4019 MarOhio123123.02222.0    12718145
415 MarOklahoma3636.055.0    36541
4221 MayOregon6666.01212.0    661278
4323 AprPennsylvania159159.02828.0    15928187
4428 AprPuerto Rico5555.055.0    55560
452 AprRhode Island2323.01212.0    26935
463 FebSouth Carolina5555.01010.0    551065
474 JunSouth Dakota1616.044.0    16420
485 MarTennessee6363.088.0    63871
495 MarTexas244244.02929.0    24429273
5019 AugPUnassigned  00.0       
515 MarUtah3030.044.0    30434
525 MarVermont1616.088.0    16824
538 JunVirgin Islands77.066.0    7613
545 MarVirginia9999.02020.0    9920119
5512 MarWashington9292.01919.0    9219111
5614 MayWest Virginia2520.0 5.0    20525
572 AprWisconsin7878.01717.0    821395
5813 AprWyoming1313.044.0    13417
Convention3,7533,748.0908913.03232.033.03,9497474,696
Rank Date State HardSoft HardSoft HardSoft HardSoft PledgedUnpledgedTotal
Biden, J (available) Uncommitted Palmer, J 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.

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".)
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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