2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries

2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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1,990 of 3,979[a] pledged delegate votes needed to win the presidential nomination at the convention's first ballot.[1] (2,376 of all 4,750[b] delegate votes needed to win any subsequent ballots at a contested convention.)[1]
Candidate Joe Biden Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren Home state Delaware Vermont Massachusetts Delegate count 2,671 1,073 63 Contests won 46 9 0 Popular vote 18,015,274 9,443,990 2,780,873 Percentage 51.05% 26.76% 7.88%   Candidate Michael Bloomberg Pete Buttigieg Amy Klobuchar Home state New York Indiana Minnesota Delegate count 59 21 7 Contests won 1 1 0 Popular vote 2,475,130 912,214 524,400 Percentage 7.01% 2.58% 1.49%   Candidate Tulsi Gabbard Home state Hawaii Delegate count 2 Contests won 0 Popular vote 263,952 Percentage 0.75%
First place by popular vote First place by national pledged delegates   Bernie Sanders   Joe Biden   Pete Buttigieg   Michael Bloomberg
Previous Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton Democratic nominee Joe Biden v t e

The 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses were a series of elections by the Democratic Party to select the about 3,979 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Those delegates picked the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the 2020 United States presidential election.

The elections took place from February to August 2020 in all fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, five U.S. territories, and Democrats Abroad.

On June 5, 2020, Biden passed the threshold of 1,991 delegates, securing the nomination.^[2]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "The Green Papers". Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
2. ↑ Detrow, Scott (June 5, 2020). "Biden Formally Clinches Democratic Nomination, While Gaining Steam Against Trump". NPR. Retrieved June 5, 2020.