2020 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

The 2020 United States presidential election in Washington is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia will participate.[1] Washington voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Washington has 12 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]

For the 2020 presidential election in Washington, D.C., see 2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia.

Main article: 2020 United States presidential election

2020 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

November 3, 2020
Turnout	%
Nominee Donald Trump Joe Biden Jo Jorgensen Party Republican Democratic Libertarian Home state Florida Delaware South Carolina Running mate Mike Pence Kamala Harris Spike Cohen
Incumbent President Donald Trump Republican

Primary elections

The primaries for the major parties were on March 10, 2020.

Republican primary

Donald Trump, Bill Weld, Joe Walsh, and Rocky de la Fuente had declared their candidacy for the Republican Party, but only Trump met all of the state party’s criteria by the official deadline of January 21, 2020 for being included on the ballot.[3] Thus Trump essentially ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and thus he received all of Washington's 43 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.[4]

This section is an excerpt from 2020 Washington Republican presidential primary[edit]

2020 Washington Republican primary[5]

Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates[6]
Donald Trump	684,239	98.41	43
Write-ins	11,036	1.59	0
Total	695,275	100%	43

Democratic primary

A number of Democratic Party candidates ran or expressed interest in running.[7][8][9] Additionally, Seattle-based billionaire Howard Schultz announced a potential bid as an independent in early 2019, but backed out in September of that year.[10] The party's candidates included on the ballot at the deadline were Michael Bennet, former Vice President Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang.[3]

This section is an excerpt from 2020 Washington Democratic presidential primary[edit]

2020 Washington Democratic presidential primary[11]

Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates[12]
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.

Green primary

As a minor party, Washington State's Green Party affiliate is excluded from the publicly funded Presidential Primary in Washington State. The Green Party of Washington will facilitate its primary by a mail-in ballot to its membership after its Spring Convention on May 23. [13] (deadline is June 13)

All candidates recognized by the Green Party of the United States as of April 23 will be on the ballot, plus a write-in option:

• Howie Hawkins
• Dario Hunter
• David Rolde

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[14]	Safe D	July 23, 2020
Inside Elections[15]	Safe D	July 17, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[16]	Safe D	July 14, 2020
Politico[17]	Safe D	July 6, 2020
RCP[18]	Likely D	August 3, 2020
Niskanen[19]	Safe D	March 24, 2020
CNN[20]	Safe D	August 3, 2020
The Economist[21]	Safe D	August 7, 2020
CBS News[22]	Likely D	August 9, 2020
270towin[23]	Safe D	August 2, 2020
ABC News[24]	Safe D	July 31, 2020
NPR[25]	Likely D	August 3, 2020
NBC News[26]	Safe D	August 6, 2020

Polling

Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Donald Trump (R)	Joe Biden (D)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA	Jul 19–20, 2020	534 (LV)	± 5.2%	28%	62%	6%	–
Public Policy Polling/NPI	May 19–20, 2020	1,070 (LV)	± 3%	37%	59%	–	5%
SurveyUSA	May 16–19, 2020	530 (LV)	± 5.5%	31%	57%	5%[lower-alpha 2]	7%
EMC Research	Mar 31 – Apr 6, 2020	583 (A)	± 4.1%	39%	52%	–	9%
SurveyUSA	Mar 4–6, 2020	992 (RV)	± 3.8%	34%	57%	–	9%
Public Policy Polling/The Cascadia Advocate	Oct 22–23, 2019	900 (LV)	± 3.3%	37%	59%	–	3%
Zogby Interactive/JZ Analytics	Jul 22 – Aug 1, 2019	1,265	± 2.8%	31%	52%	–	17%

Former candidates

Donald Trump vs. Pete Buttigieg Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Pete Buttigieg (D) Undecided Zogby Interactive/JZ Analytics Jul 22 – Aug 1, 2019 1,265 ± 2.8% 32% 44% 24% with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Kamala Harris (D) Undecided Zogby Interactive/JZ Analytics Jul 22 – Aug 1, 2019 1,265 ± 2.8% 33% 47% 20% Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Bernie Sanders (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Mar 4–6, 2020 992 (RV) ± 3.8% 35% 56% 9% Public Policy Polling/The Cascadia Advocate Oct 22–23, 2019 900 (LV) ± 3.3% 37% 58% 6% Zogby Interactive/JZ Analytics Jul 22 – Aug 1, 2019 1,265 ± 2.8% 32% 54% 14% Donald Trump vs. Elizabeth Warren Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Elizabeth Warren (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Mar 4–6, 2020 992 (RV) ± 3.8% 38% 52% 10% Public Policy Polling/The Cascadia Advocate Oct 22–23, 2019 900 (LV) ± 3.3% 37% 60% 3% Zogby Interactive/JZ Analytics Jul 22 – Aug 1, 2019 1,265 ± 2.8% 33% 48% 20%

Hypothetical polling
with Donald Trump and Generic Democrat Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Generic Democrat Undecided Public Policy Polling May 21–22, 2019 886 ± 3.3% 34% 59% 7%

See also

• 2020 United States presidential election
• 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2020 United States elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. "A candidate from another party" with 5%

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