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The 2020 Washington Democratic 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, with the state awarding 107 delegates, of which 89 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary.[3]
On March 16, 2020, major news outlets including CNN, NBC, The New York Times, and the Associated Press called the race for Joe Biden.[4]
Procedure[edit]
Washington's presidential primary takes place from February 21 to March 10, 2020, one week after Super Tuesday.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
In Washington, a vote-by-mail state,[8] 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. No independent ballots will be accepted. 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[edit]
| Polling aggregation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source of poll aggregation | Date updated |
Dates polled |
Joe Biden |
Bernie Sanders |
Tulsi Gabbard |
Un- decided[a] | |
| 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[b] | 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[c] |
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%[d] | – | ||
| Data for Progress | Mar 7–9, 2020 | 497 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 49% | – | – | – | – | – | 43% | 6% | – | 2%[e] | – | ||
| Warren withdraws from the race | ||||||||||||||||
| Survey USA/KING-TV | Mar 4–6, 2020 | 550 (LV) | ± 5.4% | 36% | – | – | – | – | – | 35% | 10% | – | 13%[f] | 5% | ||
| Data for Progress | Mar 4–5, 2020 | 737 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 47% | – | – | – | – | – | 44% | 5%[g] | – | 3%[h] | – | ||
| Bloomberg withdraws from the race | ||||||||||||||||
| Klobuchar withdraws from the race | ||||||||||||||||
| 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%[i] | 22% | ||
| 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%[j] | 7% | ||
| Harris withdraws from the race | ||||||||||||||||
| 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%[k] | 16% | ||
Results[edit]
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden | 575,291 | 37.81 | 43 |
| Bernie Sanders | 553,930 | 36.41 | 41 |
| Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn†) | 140,868 | 9.26 | |
| Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn†) | 120,911 | 7.95 | |
| Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn†) | 62,730 | 4.12 | |
| Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn†) | 33,006 | 2.17 | |
| Tulsi Gabbard | 12,874 | 0.85 | |
| Andrew Yang (withdrawn) | 6,264 | 0.41 | |
| Tom Steyer (withdrawn†) | 3,396 | 0.22 | |
| Michael Bennet (withdrawn) | 1,989 | 0.13 | |
| Cory Booker (withdrawn) | 1,287 | 0.08 | |
| John Delaney (withdrawn) | 567 | 0.04 | |
| Deval Patrick (withdrawn) | 497 | 0.03 | |
| Uncommitted | 6,305 | 0.41 | |
| Total Write-ins | 1,445 | 0.09 | |
| Total | 1,521,360 | 84 (of 89) |
†Candidate withdrew after the start of mail-in voting.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined
- ^ FiveThirtyEight aggregates polls with a trendline regression of polls rather than a strict average of recent polls.
- ^ Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear - ^ Gabbard with 1%; Other with 24%
- ^ Gabbard with 2%
- ^ "Some Other Democrat" with 13%
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gabbard with 3%
- ^ Gabbard with 1%; Delaney with 0%; Steyer, Bennet, Patrick, and Booker with no voters; "other" with 1%
- ^ Steyer with 2%; Gabbard with 0%; "Some Other Democrat" with 0%
- ^ Castro, Gillibrand, and O'Rourke with 2%; Booker, Delaney, Gabbard, and Hickenlooper with 1% ; Someone else with 1%
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Associated Press Election Services - Delegate Tracker". Associated Press. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ^ "Washington Election Results 2020". Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ^ Matt Lorch (March 9, 2020). "Washington state voters set to choose presidential contender in Tuesday primary". KCPQ. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ "View Washington's 2020 caucus and primary election results". www.cnn.com. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ Putnam, Josh. "The 2020 Presidential Primary Calendar". Frontloading HQ. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ "Gov. Inslee signs bill moving presidential primary up to March". KING. Associated Press. March 14, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ La Corte, Rachel (April 7, 2019). "Washington Democrats to use results of presidential primary". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ Olympia, Contact Us Washington Secretary of StateElectionsPO BOX 40229; Policy, WA 98504-0229Privacy. "Elections Calendar". www.sos.wa.gov.
- ^ "Washington Election Results 2020". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ "March 10, 2020 Presidential Primary Results - President Democratic Party". results.vote.wa.gov. Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
