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Revision as of 16:37, 4 July 2020 edit184.91.85.200 (talk) Updated vote totals combining the mail-in vote totals as well as the election day vote totals for each candidate. The totals are separated on the Georgia Secretary of State website and the site previously displayed only the election day totals. I updated it to display the combined election day and mail-in vote totals.Tag: Visual edit← Previous edit Latest revision as of 08:15, 16 November 2024 edit undoPutitonamap98 (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users18,875 editsNo edit summaryTags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit 
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{{short description|2020 Georgia Democratic primary}}
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| election_name = 2020 Georgia Democratic presidential primary | election_name = 2020 Georgia Democratic presidential primary
| country = Georgia (U.S. state) | country = Georgia (U.S. state)
| type = presidential | type = presidential
| ongoing = no | ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2016 Georgia Democratic primary | previous_election = 2016 Georgia Democratic presidential primary
| previous_year = 2016 | previous_year = 2016
| next_election = 2024 Georgia Democratic primary | next_election = 2024 Georgia Democratic presidential primary
| next_year = 2024 | next_year = 2024
| election_date = June 9, 2020 | election_date = June 9, 2020
| outgoing_members = ] | outgoing_members = ]
| elected_members = ] | elected_members = ]
| votes_for_election = 120 ] delegates (105 pledged, 15 unpledged)<br>The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote | votes_for_election = 118 delegates (105 pledged, 13 unpledged)<br />to the ]<br />The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
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| percentage1 = '''83.36%''' | popular_vote1 = '''922,177'''
| percentage1 = '''84.86%'''
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| percentage2 = 10.63%
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The '''2020 Georgia Democratic presidential primary''' was held on June 9, 2020, alongside the ], as part of the ] for the ]. It was originally scheduled for March 24, 2020, but was moved to June 9 due to the ], and previously cast early ] were disallowed and separately counted. The election coincided with primaries for ] and ]. The ] primary was an ], which awarded 118 ] to the ], of whom 105 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary results.


Former vice president and recently determined presumptive nominee ] won the primary and all 105 delegates with roughly 85% of the vote, while senator ] only received little more than 9%. Ten other withdrawn candidates, notably senator ] in third place, made up the remaining 6%.<ref name=Results>{{cite news|title=Georgia State Primary Election Results 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/09/us/elections/results-georgia-primary-elections.html?action=click&module=ELEX_results&pgtype=Interactive&region=Navigation|work=New York Times| date=June 9, 2020 |access-date=June 9, 2020}}</ref> When totalling from the participation in the March 24 and June 9 primaries, this primary theoretically resulted in the highest Democratic presidential primary turnout ever.
The '''2020 Georgia Democratic presidential primary''' was held on June 9, 2020. It is one of a ] to select the Democratic nominee for the ]. It was originally planned for March 24, 2020, before being delayed to May 19, 2020.{{efn|name=reschedule|The primary was originally scheduled for March 24, but it was delayed due to the ].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bluestein|first1=Greg|title=Georgia delays presidential primary due to coronavirus pandemic|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-delay-presidential-primary-due-coronavirus-pandemic/0vJZpHlHdPQdPEda6GtvCP/|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=March 14, 2020|accessdate=March 14, 2020}}</ref>}} On April 9, it was announced that the primary was rescheduled to June 9.<ref>{{cite news|author=Mark Niesse|title=Georgia primary delayed again to June 9 during coronavirus emergency|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-primary-delayed-again-june-during-coronavirus-emergency/W5ElsYWTsP5clpNAVTYXnO/|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=April 9, 2020|accessdate=April 9, 2020}}</ref> The election will coincide with primaries for ] and ]. The Georgia primary is an ] which will award 120 delegates to the ], of which 105 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

The Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of the Georgia Democratic presidential primary.<ref name=Results>{{cite news|title=Georgia State Primary Election Results 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/09/us/elections/results-georgia-primary-elections.html?action=click&module=ELEX_results&pgtype=Interactive&region=Navigation|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=June 9, 2020}}</ref> This primary, totaling from the March 24 and June 9 primaries, resulted in the highest Democratic presidential primary turnout ever.


==Procedure== ==Procedure==
] was previously scheduled to be the only state voting on March 24, 2020, in the Democratic primaries,<ref name="FHQ-primarydates">{{cite web|last1=Putnam|first1=Josh|title=The 2020 Presidential Primary Calendar|url=https://frontloading.blogspot.com/p/2020-presidential-primary-calendar.html|publisher=Frontloading HQ|accessdate=June 23, 2019}}</ref> after secretary of state ] announced the date of the primary on June 19, 2019. The move marked a departure from past years, shifting away from a contest on ] (also dubbed the "] primary"); although its later date may diminish its influence, the Georgia primary's separation from other states on the primary calendar may also place it in a more influential position should the primary still be competitive by then.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bluestein|first1=Greg|title=Georgia officials set presidential primary date for March 24|url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/georgia-officials-set-presidential-primary-date-for-march/RMggMokbCvzfCgcgs53YdP/|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=June 19, 2019|accessdate=June 23, 2019}}</ref> Georgia was previously scheduled to be the only state voting on March 24, 2020, in the Democratic primaries,<ref name="FHQ-primarydates">{{cite web|last1=Putnam|first1=Josh|title=The 2020 Presidential Primary Calendar|url=https://frontloading.blogspot.com/p/2020-presidential-primary-calendar.html|publisher=Frontloading HQ|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref> after secretary of state ] had announced the date of the primary on June 19, 2019. The move marked a departure from past years, shifting away from an earlier March contest on ] (traditionally made up of many ] and therefore dubbed the "] primary"). Although its later date had the potential to diminish its influence, the Georgia primary's separation from other states on the primary calendar might also have placed it in a more influential position should the primary still have been competitive by then.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bluestein|first1=Greg|title=Georgia officials set presidential primary date for March 24|url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/georgia-officials-set-presidential-primary-date-for-march/RMggMokbCvzfCgcgs53YdP/|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=June 19, 2019|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref> Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the primary was first on March 14 moved by Raffensperger to the general Georgia primary date for other offices on May 19,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bluestein|first1=Greg|title=Georgia delays presidential primary due to coronavirus pandemic|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-delay-presidential-primary-due-coronavirus-pandemic/0vJZpHlHdPQdPEda6GtvCP/|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=March 14, 2020|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> and then both primaries were on April 9 again rescheduled to June 9, with Georgia voting alongside equally rescheduled ] on that day.<ref>{{cite news|author=Mark Niesse|title=Georgia primary delayed again to June 9 during coronavirus emergency|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-primary-delayed-again-june-during-coronavirus-emergency/W5ElsYWTsP5clpNAVTYXnO/|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=April 9, 2020|access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref> More than 200,000 votes had already been cast by mail in the March 24 primary before it was cancelled. These votes were not included in the official June 9 primary result, however they were separately counted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/102879/web.254232/#/detail/5020|title=March 24, 2020 Presidential Preference Primary|publisher=Georgia Secretary of State|date=26 June 2020|access-date=4 July 2020}}</ref> Voters who participated in the March 24 primary were able to vote again in the June 9 primary, but only for other offices.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://advancingjustice-atlanta.org/resource/download/466|title=COVID-19 Georgia Voter Guide: Vote by mail basics, FYIs, and FAQs.|publisher=Advancing Justice-Atlanta|access-date=4 July 2020|archive-date=5 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705004311/https://advancingjustice-atlanta.org/resource/download/466|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Voting was expected to take place throughout the state from 7:00&nbsp;a.m. until 7:00&nbsp;p.m. In the open primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 105 pledged delegates to the ] were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these, between 3 and 7 were allocated to each of the ] and another 14 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 23 at-large delegates. Due to the original March date the primary as part of Stage I on the primary timetable received no bonus delegates, in order to disperse the primaries between more different date clusters and keep too many states from hoarding on a March date.<ref>{{cite web|title=Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/D-Timing.phtml|publisher=The Green Papers|date=November 24, 2021|access-date=January 1, 2023}}</ref>

District-level delegates were elected on May 23 (caucuses to be held online, previously scheduled for March 28 or March 29) and then selected the 14 pledged PLEO delegates also online on June 20 (previously scheduled for April 18).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mdjonline.com/news/coronavirus-prompts-new-convention-delegate-selection-plan-for-georgia-democrats/article_a820b714-8978-11ea-84c5-1fda841c2318.html|title=Coronavirus prompts new convention delegate selection plan for Georgia Democrats|last=Service|first=Dave Williams Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News|website=MDJOnline.com|date=April 28, 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> The state committee meeting was subsequently held also on June 20 and voted on the 23 at-large delegates for the Democratic National Convention. The delegation also included 13 unpledged PLEO delegates: 8 members of the ], 4 representatives from Congress, and former president ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Georgia Democratic Delegation 2020|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/GA-D|publisher=The Green Papers|date=May 20, 2019|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref>


== Candidates ==
Voting is expected to take place throughout the state from 7:00&nbsp;a.m. until 7:00&nbsp;p.m. In the open primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 105 pledged delegates to the ] will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 105 pledged delegates, between 3 and 7 are allocated to each of the ] and another 14 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 23 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.<ref name="GP">{{cite web|title=Georgia Democratic Delegation 2020|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/GA-D|publisher=The Green Papers|date=May 20, 2019|accessdate=June 23, 2019}}</ref>
The following candidates qualified for the ballot in Georgia:<ref>{{cite web |title=Qualifying Candidate Information |url=https://elections.sos.ga.gov/GAElection/CandidateDetails |website=elections.sos.ga.gov |access-date=January 1, 2023 |page=1 |date=January 14, 2020}}</ref>


'''Running'''
District-level delegates will be elected on May 23 (caucuses to be held online) (previously scheduled for March 28 or Sunday, March 29 (with discrepancies in the delegate selection plan)) and will then select the 14 pledged PLEO delegates on June 20 (previously scheduled for April 18).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mdjonline.com/news/coronavirus-prompts-new-convention-delegate-selection-plan-for-georgia-democrats/article_a820b714-8978-11ea-84c5-1fda841c2318.html|title=Coronavirus prompts new convention delegate selection plan for Georgia Democrats|last=Service|first=Dave Williams Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News|website=MDJOnline.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> The state committee meeting will subsequently be held in ] on Saturday, May 16, 2020, to vote on the 23 pledged at-large delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 105 pledged delegates Georgia sends to the national convention will be joined by 15 unpledged PLEO delegates (9 members of the ]; 5 members of Congress, all of which are U.S. Representatives; and former president ]).<ref name="GP"/>
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==Polling== ==Polling==
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!Source of poll aggregation !Source of poll aggregation
!Date<br>updated !Date<br />updated
!Dates<br>Polled !Dates<br />Polled
!] !]
!] !]
!Undecided{{efn|name=undecided|Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined}} !Undecided{{efn|name=undecided|Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined}}
|- |-
| |]<ref></ref>
| Mar 14, 2020 | Mar 14, 2020
| until Feb 13, 2020{{Efn|name=trendline|FiveThirtyEight aggregates polls with a trendline regression of polls rather than a strict average of recent polls.|group=}} | until Feb 13, 2020{{Efn|name=trendline|FiveThirtyEight aggregates polls with a trendline regression of polls rather than a strict average of recent polls.|group=}}
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|- valign=bottom style="font-size:90%;" |- valign=bottom style="font-size:90%;"
! Poll source ! Poll source
! Date(s)<br>administered ! Date(s)<br />administered
! Sample<br>size ! Sample<br />size
! Margin<br>{{nowrap|of error}} ! Margin<br />{{nowrap|of error}}
! Joe<br>Biden ! Joe<br />Biden
! Michael<br>Bloomberg ! Michael<br />Bloomberg
! Pete<br>Buttigieg ! Pete<br />Buttigieg
! Kamala<br>Harris ! Kamala<br />Harris
! Bernie<br>Sanders ! Bernie<br />Sanders
! Elizabeth<br>Warren ! Elizabeth<br />Warren
! Andrew<br>Yang ! Andrew<br />Yang
! Other ! Other
! Undecided ! Undecided
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| style="border-right-style:hidden;" | Apr 8, 2020 | style="border-right-style:hidden;" | Apr 8, 2020
| colspan="11" | Sanders withdraws from the race | colspan="11" | Sanders suspends his campaign
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| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|
| Mar 12-21, 2020 | Mar 12–21, 2020
| 913 (RV) | 913 (RV)
| ±&nbsp;4.6% | ±&nbsp;4.6%
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| 2.3%{{efn|Listed as "other/undecided"}} | 2.3%{{efn|Listed as "other/undecided"}}
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" |]<ref></ref>
| Mar 4–14, 2020 | Mar 4–14, 2020
| 807 | 807
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| colspan="11" | Buttigieg withdraws from the race | colspan="11" | Buttigieg withdraws from the race
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Landmark Communications<ref></ref>
| Feb 12, 2020 | Feb 12, 2020
| 500 | 500
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| colspan="11" | Harris withdraws from the race | colspan="11" | Harris withdraws from the race
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| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" |]<ref></ref>
| Nov 15–18, 2019 | Nov 15–18, 2019
| 536 | 536
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| 9% | 9%
|- |-
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| Nov 4–10, 2019 | Nov 4–10, 2019
| 457 | 457
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| 19% | 19%
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| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Landmark Communications<ref></ref>
| Sep 18–21, 2019 | Sep 18–21, 2019
| 500 | 500
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| 15% | 15%
|- |-
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| Sep 7–11, 2019 | Sep 7–11, 2019
| 755 | 755
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| – | –
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| Jul 2–16, 2019 | Jul 2–16, 2019
| 402 | 402
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==Results== ==Results==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;" {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:0.2em 0.4em;" | 2020 Georgia Democratic presidential primary<ref name="GA-SOS-results">{{cite web |title=Election Night Reporting |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/103613/web.247524/#/summary |website=results.enr.clarityelections.com |publisher=Georgia Secretary of State |accessdate=June 10, 2020}}</ref> |+ style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:0.2em 0.4em;" | 2020 Georgia Democratic presidential primary<ref name="GA-SOS-results">{{cite web |title=Election Night Reporting |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/103613/web.247524/#/summary |website=results.enr.clarityelections.com |publisher=Georgia Secretary of State |access-date=June 10, 2020}}</ref>
! style="text-align:left;" | Candidate ! Candidate
! Votes ! Votes
! % ! %
! Delegates<ref name="GA-AP-delegates">{{cite web |title=Delegate Tracker |url=https://interactives.ap.org/delegate-tracker/ |website=interactives.ap.org |publisher=Associated Press |accessdate=June 9, 2020}}</ref> ! Delegates<ref name="GA-AP-delegates">{{cite web |title=Delegate Tracker |url=https://interactives.ap.org/delegate-tracker/ |website=interactives.ap.org |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=June 9, 2020}}</ref>
|- {{party shading/Democratic}} |- {{party shading/Democratic}}
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-name="Biden, Joe" | ''']''' | style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Biden, Joe" | ''']'''
| '''1,073,556''' | '''922,177'''
| '''83.36%''' | '''84.86'''
| '''105''' | '''105'''
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-name="Sanders, Bernie" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small> | style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Sanders, Bernie" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small>
| 136,912 | 101,668
| 10.63% | 9.36
| rowspan=11 {{N/A|}}
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|- |-
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-name="Warren, Elizabeth" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small> | style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Warren, Elizabeth" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small>
| 26,056 | 21,906
| 2.02% | 2.02
|
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-name="Bloomberg, Michael" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small> | style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Yang, Andrew" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small>
| 14,446 | 9,117
| 1.12% | 0.84
|
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-name="Yang, Andrew" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small> | style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Bloomberg, Michael" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small>
| 9,411 | 7,657
| 0.73% | 0.70
|
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-name="Buttigieg, Pete" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small> | style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Buttigieg, Pete" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small>
| 7,276 | 6,346
| 0.56% | 0.58
|
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-name="Bennet, Michael" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small> | style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Bennet, Michael" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small>
| 5,605 | 5,154
| 0.44% | 0.47
|
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-name="Klobuchar, Amy" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small> | style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Klobuchar, Amy" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small>
| 4,933 | 4,317
| 0.38% | 0.40
|
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-name="Gabbard, Tulsi" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small> | style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Gabbard, Tulsi" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small>
| 4,798 | 4,117
| 0.37% | 0.38
|
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-name="Steyer, Tom" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small> | style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Steyer, Tom" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small>
| 2,248 | 1,752
| 0.17% | 0.16
|
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-name="Delaney, John" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small> | style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Delaney, John" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small>
| 1,560 | 1,476
| 0.12% | 0.14
|
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-name="Patrick, Deval" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small> | style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Patrick, Deval" | ] <small>(withdrawn)</small>
| 1,117 | 1,042
| 0.09% | 0.10
|
|- |-
! Total ! Total
!1,287,918 ! 1,086,729
!100.00% ! 100%
!105 ! 105
|}<section end="GAresults" />
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==See also== ==See also==
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==Notes== ==Notes==
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118 delegates (105 pledged, 13 unpledged)
to the Democratic National Convention
The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
 
Candidate Joe Biden Bernie Sanders
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Home state Delaware Vermont
Delegate count 105 0
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Percentage 84.86% 9.36%
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The 2020 Georgia Democratic presidential primary was held on June 9, 2020, alongside the West Virginia primary, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. It was originally scheduled for March 24, 2020, but was moved to June 9 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and previously cast early mail-in votes were disallowed and separately counted. The election coincided with primaries for Georgia's Class 2 Senate seat and Georgia's U.S. House of Representatives seats. The Georgia primary was an open primary, which awarded 118 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of whom 105 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary results.

Former vice president and recently determined presumptive nominee Joe Biden won the primary and all 105 delegates with roughly 85% of the vote, while senator Bernie Sanders only received little more than 9%. Ten other withdrawn candidates, notably senator Elizabeth Warren in third place, made up the remaining 6%. When totalling from the participation in the March 24 and June 9 primaries, this primary theoretically resulted in the highest Democratic presidential primary turnout ever.

Procedure

Georgia was previously scheduled to be the only state voting on March 24, 2020, in the Democratic primaries, after secretary of state Brad Raffensperger had announced the date of the primary on June 19, 2019. The move marked a departure from past years, shifting away from an earlier March contest on Super Tuesday (traditionally made up of many southern states and therefore dubbed the "SEC primary"). Although its later date had the potential to diminish its influence, the Georgia primary's separation from other states on the primary calendar might also have placed it in a more influential position should the primary still have been competitive by then. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the primary was first on March 14 moved by Raffensperger to the general Georgia primary date for other offices on May 19, and then both primaries were on April 9 again rescheduled to June 9, with Georgia voting alongside equally rescheduled West Virginia on that day. More than 200,000 votes had already been cast by mail in the March 24 primary before it was cancelled. These votes were not included in the official June 9 primary result, however they were separately counted. Voters who participated in the March 24 primary were able to vote again in the June 9 primary, but only for other offices.

Voting was expected to take place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. In the open primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 105 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these, between 3 and 7 were allocated to each of the state's 14 congressional districts and another 14 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 23 at-large delegates. Due to the original March date the primary as part of Stage I on the primary timetable received no bonus delegates, in order to disperse the primaries between more different date clusters and keep too many states from hoarding on a March date.

District-level delegates were elected on May 23 (caucuses to be held online, previously scheduled for March 28 or March 29) and then selected the 14 pledged PLEO delegates also online on June 20 (previously scheduled for April 18). The state committee meeting was subsequently held also on June 20 and voted on the 23 at-large delegates for the Democratic National Convention. The delegation also included 13 unpledged PLEO delegates: 8 members of the Democratic National Committee, 4 representatives from Congress, and former president Jimmy Carter.

Candidates

The following candidates qualified for the ballot in Georgia:

Running

Withdrawn

Polling

Polling aggregation
Source of poll aggregation Date
updated 		Dates
Polled 		Joe
Biden 		Bernie
Sanders 		Undecided
FiveThirtyEight Mar 14, 2020 until Feb 13, 2020 67.3% 30.1% 2.6%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Joe
Biden 		Michael
Bloomberg 		Pete
Buttigieg 		Kamala
Harris 		Bernie
Sanders 		Elizabeth
Warren 		Andrew
Yang 		Other Undecided
Apr 8, 2020 Sanders suspends his campaign
The Progress Campaign (D) Mar 12–21, 2020 913 (RV) ± 4.6% 63% – – – 34% – – – 2.3%
University of Georgia Mar 4–14, 2020 807 ± 3.4% 66% – – – 22% – – 1% 11%
Mar 5, 2020 Warren withdraws from the race
Mar 4, 2020 Bloomberg withdraws from the race
Mar 1, 2020 Buttigieg withdraws from the race
Landmark Communications Feb 12, 2020 500 ± 4.3% 32% 14% 5% – 14% 4% – 6% 26%
Feb 11, 2020 Yang withdraws from the race
Dec 3, 2019 Harris withdraws from the race
SurveyUSA Nov 15–18, 2019 536 ± 5.2% 36% 6% 7% 6% 17% 14% – 5% 9%
Climate Nexus Nov 4–10, 2019 457 ± 3.6% 31% – 4% 4% 14% 14% 2% 11% 19%
Landmark Communications Sep 18–21, 2019 500 ± 4.1% 41% – 5% 6% 8% 17% 2% 6% 15%
Change Research Sep 7–11, 2019 755 ± 3.6% 33% – 7% 7% 17% 22% 3% 10% –
SurveyMonkey Jul 2–16, 2019 402 ± 6.4% 31% – 5% 15% 12% 13% 4% 11% 9%

Results

2020 Georgia Democratic presidential primary
Candidate Votes % Delegates
Joe Biden 922,177 84.86 105
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn) 101,668 9.36
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) 21,906 2.02
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 9,117 0.84
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn) 7,657 0.70
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) 6,346 0.58
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) 5,154 0.47
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) 4,317 0.40
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn) 4,117 0.38
Tom Steyer (withdrawn) 1,752 0.16
John Delaney (withdrawn) 1,476 0.14
Deval Patrick (withdrawn) 1,042 0.10
Total 1,086,729 100% 105

See also

Notes

  1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined
  2. FiveThirtyEight aggregates polls with a trendline regression of polls rather than a strict average of recent polls.
  3. Listed as "other/undecided"
  4. Gabbard with 1%
  5. Klobuchar with 3%; Steyer with 2%; Gabbard with 1%
  6. Booker and Williamson with 2%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Gabbard, Klobuchar, and Steyer with 1%; Sestak with 0%
  7. Booker with 2%; Gabbard, Klobuchar, O'Rourke, and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Castro, and Steyer with 0%
  8. O'Rourke with 3%; Booker, Gabbard, and Williamson with 2%; Castro and Klobuchar with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Delaney, Messam, and Steyer with 0%
  9. Castro with 3%; Booker, Bullock, and Klobuchar with 2%; O'Rourke and Ryan with 1%; Bennet, de Blasio, Delaney, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Messam, Moulton, Sestak, and Williamson with 0%

References

  1. "Georgia State Primary Election Results 2020". New York Times. June 9, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  2. Putnam, Josh. "The 2020 Presidential Primary Calendar". Frontloading HQ. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  3. Bluestein, Greg (June 19, 2019). "Georgia officials set presidential primary date for March 24". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  4. Bluestein, Greg (March 14, 2020). "Georgia delays presidential primary due to coronavirus pandemic". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  5. Mark Niesse (April 9, 2020). "Georgia primary delayed again to June 9 during coronavirus emergency". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  6. "March 24, 2020 Presidential Preference Primary". Georgia Secretary of State. June 26, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
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  8. "Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  9. Service, Dave Williams Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News (April 28, 2020). "Coronavirus prompts new convention delegate selection plan for Georgia Democrats". MDJOnline.com. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  10. "Georgia Democratic Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. May 20, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  11. "Qualifying Candidate Information". elections.sos.ga.gov. January 14, 2020. p. 1. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  12. FiveThirtyEight
  13. University of Georgia
  14. Landmark
  15. SurveyUSA
  16. Climate Nexus
  17. Landmark
  18. Change Research Archived 2019-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
  19. SurveyMonkey
  20. "Election Night Reporting". results.enr.clarityelections.com. Georgia Secretary of State. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  21. "Delegate Tracker". interactives.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved June 9, 2020.

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