2020 Washington Democratic presidential primary

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Candidate Joe Biden Bernie Sanders
Home state Delaware Vermont
Delegate count 46 43
Popular vote 591,403 570,039
Percentage 37.94% 36.57%
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Candidate Elizabeth Warren
(withdrawn)[a] 		Michael Bloomberg
(withdrawn)[b]
Home state Massachusetts New York
Delegate count 0 0
Popular vote 142,652 122,530
Percentage 9.15% 7.86%
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    The 2020 Washington Democratic presidential primary took place on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in the U.S. state of Washington as one of several states voting the week after Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Washington primary is an semi-open primary. The state awards 107 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 89 are pledged delegates allocated according to the results of the primary.[2]

    On March 16, 2020, major news outlets including CNN, NBC, The New York Times, and the Associated Press called the race for Joe Biden.[3]

    Procedure[]

    Washington's presidential primary took place from February 21 to March 10, 2020, one week after Super Tuesday.[4] On March 14, 2019, Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill moving the state's presidential primary up from May to the second Tuesday in March.[5] On April 7, 2019, the Washington Democratic Party's central committee approved the usage of the hybrid vote-by-mail presidential primary in a 121–40 vote.[6]

    In Washington, a vote-by-mail state,[7] there was an 18-day voting period and all ballots had to be either dropped off by 8:00 p.m. at a designated ballot box or postmarked by the date of the primary. For people's votes to be counted, they had to select either a Democratic or Republican ballot. Both ballots were distributed to every registered voter, as Washington State did not track party registration. No independent ballots exist. In the primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level to be considered viable. The 89 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 89 pledged delegates, between 3 and 11 were allocated to each of the state's 10 congressional districts and another 12 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 19 at-large pledged delegates.

    Legislative district caucuses met on Sunday, April 26, 2020, to choose congressional district caucus and state convention delegates. Counties contained within or coterminous with legislative districts had the option to designate delegates at this time as well, while counties covering more than one district could do so during county conventions on Sunday, May 3, 2020, which normally designated delegates for congressional district caucuses and the state convention. On Saturday, May 30, 2020, the congressional district caucuses meet to select national convention district delegates. The state party committee subsequently met at the state convention on Sunday, June 14, 2020, to vote on the 19 pledged at-large and 12 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 89 pledged delegates Washington sent to the national convention were joined by 18 unpledged PLEO delegates (8 members of the Democratic National Committee; 9 members of Congress, including both Senators and 7 U.S. Representatives; and Governor Jay Inslee).

    Polling[]

    Polling aggregation
    Source of poll aggregation Date
    updated     		Dates
    polled     		Joe
    Biden         		Bernie
    Sanders         		Tulsi
    Gabbard         		Un-
    decided[c]
    270 to Win Mar 10, 2020 Feb 15 – Mar 9, 2020 33.5% 34.0% 1.3% 34.7%
    RealClear Politics Mar 9, 2020 No averages at this time
    FiveThirtyEight Mar 10, 2020 until Mar 9, 2020[d] 39.8% 37.1% 1.4% 21.7%
    Average 36.65% 36.55% 1.35% 28.2%
    Tabulation of individual polls of the 2020 Washington Democratic primary
    Poll source Date(s)
    administered     		Sample
    size[e]     		Margin
    of error     		Joe
    Biden     		Michael
    Bloomberg     		Pete
    Buttigieg     		Kamala
    Harris     		Jay
    Inslee     		Amy
    Klobuchar     		Bernie
    Sanders     		Elizabeth
    Warren     		Andrew
    Yang     		Other Undecided
    Swayable Archived March 18, 2020, at the Wayback Machine Mar 9, 2020 1,840 (LV) ± 3.0% 39% – – – – – 37% – – 25%[f] –
    Data for Progress Mar 7–9, 2020 497 (LV) ± 5.1% 49% – – – – – 43% 6% – 2%[g] –
    Survey USA/KING-TV Mar 4–6, 2020 550 (LV) ± 5.4% 36% – – – – – 35% 10% – 13%[h] 5%
    Mar 5, 2020 Warren withdraws from the race
    Data for Progress Mar 4–5, 2020 737 (LV) ± 3.6% 47% – – – – – 44% 5%[i] – 3%[j] –
    Mar 4, 2020 Bloomberg withdraws from the race
    Mar 2, 2020 Klobuchar withdraws from the race
    Mar 1, 2020 Buttigieg withdraws from the race
    Elway Research/Cascade Public Media Feb 15–18, 2020 404 (LV) ± 5.0% 10% 15% 9% – – 11% 21% 11% 0% 2%[k] 22%
    Feb 11, 2020 Yang withdraws from the race
    Survey USA/KING-TV Jan 26–28, 2020 536 (LV) ± 6.2% 21% 12% 8% – – 3% 26% 16% 4% 2%[l] 7%
    Dec 3, 2019 Harris withdraws from the race
    Aug 21, 2019 Inslee withdraws from the race
    Zogby Analytics Jul 22 – Aug 1, 2019 1,265 (LV) ± 2.8% 19% – 5% 9% 6% 1% 18% 14% 2% 11%[m] 16%

    Results[]

    Popular vote share by county
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    •   Biden—30–40%
    •   Biden—40–50%
    •   Sanders—30–40%
    •   Sanders—40–50%
    2020 Washington Democratic presidential primary[8]
    Candidate Votes % Delegates[9]
    Joe Biden 591,403 37.94 46
    Bernie Sanders 570,039 36.57 43
    Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn†) 142,652 9.15
    Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn†) 122,530 7.86
    Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn†) 63,344 4.06
    Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn†) 33,383 2.14
    Tulsi Gabbard 13,199 0.85
    Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 6,403 0.41
    Tom Steyer (withdrawn†) 3,455 0.22
    Michael Bennet (withdrawn) 2,044 0.13
    Cory Booker (withdrawn) 1,314 0.08
    John Delaney (withdrawn) 573 0.04
    Deval Patrick (withdrawn) 508 0.03
    Uncommitted 6,450 0.41
    Total write-ins 1,479 0.09
    Total 1,558,776 100% 89

    †Candidate withdrew after the start of mail-in voting.

    Results by county[]

    2020 Washington Democratic primary

    (results per county)[10]

    County Joe Biden Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren Michael Bloomberg Pete Buttigieg Amy Klobuchar Tulsi Gabbard Andrew Yang Tom Steyer Michael Bennet Cory Booker John Delaney Deval Patrick Uncommitted Total write-ins Total votes cast
    Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
    Adams 315 34.31 322 35.08 60 6.54 131 14.27 26 2.83 24 2.61 11 1.20 7 0.76 6 0.65 3 0.33 0 0 5 0.54 1 0.11 7 0.76 0 0 918
    Asotin 1,148 39.70 730 25.24 203 7.02 414 14.32 177 6.12 91 3.15 41 1.42 20 0.69 19 0.66 4 0.14 4 0.14 3 0.10 2 0.07 28 0.97 8 0.28 2,892
    Benton 9,003 38.95 7,458 32.27 1,654 7.16 2,329 10.08 1,165 5.04 619 2.68 343 1.48 121 0.52 85 0.37 41 0.18 31 0.13 20 0.09 10 0.04 167 0.72 67 0.29 23,113
    Chelan 4,813 38.41 4,192 33.46 980 7.82 1,171 9.35 663 5.29 359 2.87 134 1.07 50 0.40 47 0.38 29 0.23 12 0.10 3 0.02 5 0.04 64 0.51 8 0.06 12,530
    Clallam 7,255 38.91 5,588 29.97 1,789 9.60 1,910 10.24 921 4.94 632 3.39 220 1.18 65 0.35 65 0.35 31 0.17 17 0.09 10 0.05 8 0.04 114 0.61 19 0.10 18,644
    Clark 32,525 37.73 30,341 35.20 6,717 7.79 8,296 9.62 4,332 5.03 1,801 2.09 863 1.00 370 0.43 250 0.29 137 0.16 66 0.08 33 0.04 36 0.04 323 0.37 110 0.13 86,200
    Columbia 190 37.92 135 26.95 34 6.79 69 13.77 26 5.19 23 4.59 8 1.60 2 0.40 2 0.40 2 0.40 2 0.40 1 0.20 0 0 4 0.80 3 0.60 501
    Cowlitz 6,459 39.84 4,924 30.37 1,061 6.54 2,091 12.90 747 4.61 339 2.09 186 1.15 93 0.57 84 0.52 47 0.29 11 0.07 10 0.06 15 0.09 120 0.74 25 0.15 16,212
    Douglas 1,905 40.58 1,546 32.94 288 6.14 485 10.33 233 4.96 104 2.22 49 1.04 23 0.49 15 0.32 11 0.23 7 0.15 4 0.09 1 0.02 19 0.40 4 0.09 4,694
    Ferry 306 31.74 347 36.00 75 7.78 124 12.86 50 5.19 31 3.22 14 1.45 3 0.31 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.10 2 0.21 11 1.14 0 0 964
    Franklin 2,477 34.93 2,865 40.40 399 5.63 728 10.27 254 3.58 144 2.03 79 1.11 39 0.55 21 0.30 27 0.38 9 0.13 11 0.16 3 0.04 31 0.44 5 0.07 7,092
    Garfield 107 40.23 62 23.31 26 9.77 30 11.28 20 7.52 13 4.89 4 1.50 0 0 2 0.75 1 0.38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.38 266
    Grant 2,276 33.34 2,285 33.47 438 6.42 951 13.93 381 5.58 213 3.12 91 1.33 34 0.50 35 0.51 23 0.34 17 0.25 4 0.06 2 0.03 59 0.86 17 0.25 6,826
    Grays Harbor 4,097 35.27 3,865 33.27 853 7.34 1,495 12.87 632 5.44 305 2.63 111 0.96 53 0.46 59 0.51 24 0.21 13 0.11 9 0.08 5 0.04 74 0.64 21 0.18 11,616
    Island 8,394 40.20 6,246 29.91 1,991 9.53 1,873 8.97 1,082 5.18 750 3.59 233 1.12 69 0.33 60 0.29 17 0.08 13 0.06 10 0.05 8 0.04 115 0.55 20 0.10 20,881
    Jefferson 5,086 36.82 5,163 37.38 1,469 10.64 930 6.73 474 3.43 386 2.79 114 0.83 31 0.22 27 0.20 11 0.08 11 0.08 6 0.04 5 0.04 85 0.62 14 0.10 13,812
    King 235,655 38.26 232,575 37.76 67,096 10.89 36,978 6.00 21,278 3.45 12,130 1.97 3,701 0.60 2,370 0.38 814 0.13 560 0.09 459 0.07 128 0.02 149 0.02 1,545 0.25 424 0.07 615,862
    Kitsap 23,998 38.96 20,029 32.52 5,713 9.28 5,388 8.75 3,171 5.15 1,715 2.78 594 0.96 258 0.42 177 0.29 65 0.11 45 0.07 19 0.03 22 0.04 341 0.55 59 0.10 61,594
    Kittitas 2,561 34.16 2,883 38.46 667 8.90 597 7.96 328 4.38 224 2.99 107 1.43 36 0.48 21 0.28 13 0.17 11 0.15 4 0.05 3 0.04 40 0.53 2 0.03 7,497
    Klickitat 1,475 35.50 1,526 36.73 356 8.57 345 8.30 204 4.91 114 2.74 45 1.08 13 0.31 18 0.43 5 0.12 5 0.12 5 0.12 1 0.02 38 0.91 5 0.12 4,155
    Lewis 3,512 35.66 3,453 35.06 719 7.30 1,120 11.37 488 4.95 216 2.19 113 1.15 39 0.40 37 0.38 21 0.21 14 0.14 12 0.12 5 0.05 86 0.87 14 0.14 9,849
    Lincoln 414 36.32 295 25.88 83 7.28 183 16.05 75 6.58 39 3.42 24 2.11 5 0.44 3 0.26 4 0.35 1 0.09 0 0 0 0 12 1.05 2 0.18 1,140
    Mason 4,613 38.20 3,892 32.23 845 7.00 1,442 11.94 618 5.12 307 2.54 135 1.12 39 0.32 60 0.50 20 0.17 10 0.08 4 0.03 3 0.02 73 0.60 15 0.12 12,076
    Okanogan 1,996 33.39 2,327 38.93 564 9.43 544 9.10 220 3.68 131 2.19 62 1.04 27 0.45 10 0.17 17 0.28 8 0.13 3 0.05 2 0.03 54 0.90 13 0.22 5,978
    Pacific 1,826 38.00 1,433 29.82 404 8.41 589 12.26 269 5.60 119 2.48 47 0.98 24 0.50 18 0.37 11 0.23 6 0.12 5 0.10 1 0.02 48 1.00 5 0.10 4,805
    Pend Oreille 684 38.56 560 31.57 101 5.69 208 11.72 97 5.47 42 2.37 22 1.24 10 0.56 13 0.73 4 0.23 2 0.11 1 0.06 2 0.11 23 1.30 5 0.28 1,774
    Pierce 61,097 40.23 54,385 35.81 10,938 7.20 13,340 8.78 5,856 3.86 2,489 1.64 1,401 0.92 671 0.44 350 0.23 232 0.15 143 0.09 62 0.04 53 0.03 690 0.45 167 0.11 151,874
    San Juan 2,633 35.72 2,780 37.71 874 11.86 422 5.72 305 4.14 211 2.86 79 1.07 16 0.22 14 0.19 5 0.07 4 0.05 3 0.04 3 0.04 23 0.31 0 0 7,372
    Skagit 10,145 39.36 8,514 33.03 2,090 8.11 2,371 9.20 1,227 4.76 760 2.95 274 1.06 82 0.32 71 0.28 41 0.16 23 0.09 9 0.03 8 0.03 129 0.50 32 0.12 25,776
    Skamania 822 37.83 794 36.54 164 7.55 187 8.61 86 3.96 60 2.76 31 1.43 8 0.37 1 0.05 1 0.05 0 0 2 0.09 0 0 12 0.55 5 0.23 2,173
    Snohomish 64,871 39.64 59,779 36.52 12,642 7.72 12,718 7.77 6,580 4.02 3,102 1.90 1,593 0.97 711 0.43 364 0.22 233 0.14 111 0.07 63 0.04 64 0.04 664 0.41 172 0.11 163,667
    Spokane 30,618 35.68 29,750 34.67 6,520 7.60 9,880 11.51 4,581 5.34 2,001 2.33 828 0.96 390 0.45 252 0.29 115 0.13 104 0.12 46 0.05 23 0.03 596 0.69 102 0.12 85,806
    Stevens 1,954 35.95 1,737 31.95 394 7.25 693 12.75 295 5.43 172 3.16 61 1.12 21 0.39 25 0.46 15 0.28 8 0.15 8 0.15 3 0.06 37 0.68 13 0.24 5,436
    Thurston 23,350 35.69 24,833 37.95 6,184 9.45 5,072 7.75 2,776 4.24 1,583 2.42 593 0.91 284 0.43 179 0.27 76 0.12 52 0.08 24 0.04 17 0.03 351 0.54 54 0.08 65,428
    Wahkiakum 345 38.33 285 31.67 62 6.89 106 11.78 49 5.44 23 2.56 11 1.22 4 0.44 1 0.11 3 0.33 1 0.11 0 0 0 0 7 0.78 3 0.33 900
    Walla Walla 3,547 39.25 2,925 32.37 801 8.86 834 9.23 377 4.17 293 3.24 103 1.14 45 0.50 33 0.37 21 0.23 8 0.09 4 0.04 0 0 45 0.50 0 0 9,036
    Whatcom 18,752 31.68 27,295 46.11 5,354 9.04 3,175 5.36 2,068 3.49 1,169 1.97 572 0.97 256 0.43 115 0.19 61 0.10 55 0.09 20 0.03 31 0.05 228 0.39 42 0.07 59,193
    Whitman 2,050 30.09 3,040 44.63 727 10.67 383 5.62 291 4.27 144 2.11 72 1.06 37 0.54 12 0.18 5 0.07 3 0.04 0 0 6 0.09 37 0.54 5 0.07 6,812
    Yakima 8,129 34.72 8,880 37.93 1,317 5.63 2,928 12.51 922 3.94 505 2.16 230 0.98 77 0.33 90 0.38 108 0.46 28 0.12 21 0.09 9 0.04 150 0.64 18 0.08 23,412
    Total 591,403 37.94 570,039 36.57 142,652 9.15 122,530 7.86 63,344 4.06 33,383 2.14 13,199 0.85 6,403 0.41 3,455 0.22 2,044 0.13 1,314 0.08 573 0.04 508 0.03 6,450 0.41 1,479 0.09 1,558,776

    Analysis[]

    Joe Biden won the Washington primary by a narrow 1.4 point margin, a regression for Bernie Sanders who in 2016 had beat Hillary Clinton in the state by a large 45 point margin in a caucus. Men made up 42% of the electorate, and Sanders won this group 41–28, while among women, who made up 58% of the electorate, Biden won 36–27.[11] Sanders ran most strongly among voters ages 18–44, as he won this group 59–16. In contrast, Biden won among voters over the age of 45, 39–23.[11]

    Notes[]

    1. ^ Warren withdrew on March 5, 2020, five days before the primary. Absentee and early voting had already occurred.
    2. ^ Bloomberg withdrew on March 4, 2020, six days before the primary. Absentee and early voting had already occurred.
    3. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined
    4. ^ FiveThirtyEight aggregates polls with a trendline regression of polls rather than a strict average of recent polls.
    5. ^ Key:
      A – all adults
      RV – registered voters
      LV – likely voters
      V – unclear
    6. ^ Gabbard with 1%; Other with 24%
    7. ^ Gabbard with 2%
    8. ^ "Some Other Democrat" with 13%
    9. ^ Estimated early vote share; respondents in the poll who indicated Warren as their first choice but that they had not yet voted were assigned to their indicated second choice.
    10. ^ Gabbard with 3%
    11. ^ Gabbard with 1%; Delaney with 0%; Steyer, Bennet, Patrick, and Booker with no voters; "other" with 1%
    12. ^ Steyer with 2%; Gabbard with 0%; "Some Other Democrat" with 0%
    13. ^ Castro, Gillibrand, and O'Rourke with 2%; Booker, Delaney, Gabbard, and Hickenlooper with 1% ; Someone else with 1%

    References[]

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    5. ^ "Gov. Inslee signs bill moving presidential primary up to March". KING. Associated Press. March 14, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
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