2020 Washington Democratic presidential primary

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]

For the Washington, D.C. Democratic primary, see 2020 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary.

Main article: 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries

2020 Washington Democratic presidential primary

March 10, 2020
107 Democratic National Convention delegates (89 pledged, 18 unpledged) The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
Candidate Joe Biden Bernie Sanders Home state Delaware Vermont Delegate count 46[1] 43[1] Popular vote 591,403 570,039 Percentage 37.94% 36.57%   Candidate Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)[lower-alpha 1] Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn)[lower-alpha 2] Home state Massachusetts New York Delegate count 0 0 Popular vote 142,652 122,530 Percentage 9.15% 7.86%
Election results by county   Joe Biden   Bernie Sanders

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 is an 18-day voting period and all ballots must 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 must select either a Democratic or Republican ballot. Both ballots are distributed to every registered voter, as Washington State does not track party registration. No independent ballots exist. In the primary, candidates must 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 will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 89 pledged delegates, between 3 and 11 are allocated to each of the state's 10 congressional districts and another 12 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 19 at-large pledged delegates.

Legislative district caucuses will meet on Sunday, April 26, 2020, to choose congressional district caucus and state convention delegates. Counties contained within or coterminous with legislative districts may designate delegates at this time as well, while counties covering more than one district may do so during county conventions on Sunday, May 3, 2020, which normally designate 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 will subsequently meet 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 sends to the national convention will be 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[lower-alpha 3]
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[lower-alpha 4]	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[lower-alpha 5]	Margin of error	Joe Biden	Michael Bloomberg	Pete Buttigieg	Kamala Harris	Jay Inslee	Amy Klobuchar	Bernie Sanders	Elizabeth Warren	Andrew Yang	Other	Undecided
Swayable	Mar 9, 2020	1,840 (LV)	± 3.0%	39%	–	–	–	–	–	37%	–	–	25%[lower-alpha 6]	–
Data for Progress	Mar 7–9, 2020	497 (LV)	± 5.1%	49%	–	–	–	–	–	43%	6%	–	2%[lower-alpha 7]	–
Survey USA/KING-TV	Mar 4–6, 2020	550 (LV)	± 5.4%	36%	–	–	–	–	–	35%	10%	–	13%[lower-alpha 8]	5%
	Mar 5, 2020	Warren withdraws from the race
Data for Progress	Mar 4–5, 2020	737 (LV)	± 3.6%	47%	–	–	–	–	–	44%	5%[lower-alpha 9]	–	3%[lower-alpha 10]	–
	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%[lower-alpha 11]	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%[lower-alpha 12]	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%[lower-alpha 13]	16%

Results

2020 Washington Democratic presidential primary[8]

Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates[1]
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)[9]
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

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

1. "Associated Press Election Services - Delegate Tracker". Associated Press. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
2. Matt Lorch (March 9, 2020). "Washington state voters set to choose presidential contender in Tuesday primary". KCPQ. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
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External links

• Washington Democratic Party draft delegate selection plan