The 2020 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The North Carolina primary was a semi-closed primary, with the state awarding 122 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 110 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

Former vice president Joe Biden won the state with 43% of the vote, gaining 68 delegates, far ahead of senator Bernie Sanders, who attained around 24% and 37 delegates. Biden won southern white voters and Latino voters and also scored overwhelming support from the African American community in the South. Former mayor Michael Bloomberg and senator Elizabeth Warren were below 15% and only won a few district delegates each.

Procedure North Carolina was one of 14 states and one territory holding primaries on March 3, 2020, also known as "Super Tuesday", with governor Roy Cooper having signed a bill on June 22, 2018, which pushed the date of the primary a few weeks back to the first Tuesday in March and ordered simultaneous state, local, and presidential primaries.

Voting took place throughout the state from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. In the semi-closed primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 110 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were to be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these, between 3 and 9 were allocated to each of the state's 13 congressional districts and another 14 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 24 at-large delegates. The Super Tuesday 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 the first shared date or on a March date in general.

After county conventions on March 28, 2020, which selected delegates to the congressional district and state conventions, the congressional district conventions were held on May 16, 2020 (postponed from the original date of April 25 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and selected national convention delegates. The state convention was subsequently held on June 6, 2020, in Raleigh to vote on the 24 at-large and 14 pledged PLEO delegates for the Democratic National Convention. The delegation also included 12 unpledged PLEO delegates: 8 members of the Democratic National Committee, 3 representatives from Congress, and the governor Roy Cooper. Pledged nationalconvention delegates Type Type CD1 6 CD8 5 CD2 8 CD9 5 CD3 4 CD10 4 CD4 9 CD11 5 CD5 3 CD12 8 CD6 7CD133 CD7 5 14 At-large 24Total pledged delegates 110

Candidates The following candidates filed and were on the ballot in North Carolina:

Running

Joe Biden Michael Bloomberg Tulsi Gabbard Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren

Withdrawn

Michael Bennet Cory Booker Pete Buttigieg Julian Castro John Delaney Amy Klobuchar Deval Patrick Tom Steyer Marianne Williamson Andrew Yang

There was also a "no preference" option on the ballot.

Polling Polling AggregationSource of poll aggregationDate UpdatedDates polledJoeBidenBernieSandersMichaelBloombergElizabethWarrenTulsiGabbardOther/Undecided270 to Win270 to WinMarch 3, 2020February 21–March 2, 202027.8%25.8%17.0%11.6%0.8%17.0%RealClear PoliticsRealClear PoliticsMarch 3, 2020February 27–March 2, 202036.7%23.3%14.3%10.7%1.0%14.0%FiveThirtyEightFiveThirtyEight March 3, 2020 until March 2, 202034.5%22.1%14.4%11.3%0.2%17.5%Average33.0%23.7%15.2%11.2%0.7%16.2%North Carolina primary results (March 3, 2020)43.0%24.1%13.0%10.5%0.5%8.9% Tabulation of individual polls of the 2020 North Carolina Democratic primary Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin JoeBiden MichaelBloomberg CoryBooker PeteButtigieg KamalaHarris BernieSanders ElizabethWarren AndrewYang Other Undecided Mar 2, 2020 Klobuchar withdraws from the raceSpry Strategies/CivitasSpry Strategies/Civitas Mar 1–2, 2020 543 (LV) ± 4.2% 45% 11% – 3% – 18% 7% – 6% 11%SwayableSwayable Mar 1–2, 2020 1,209 (LV) ± 3.0% 36% 18% – 4% – 23% 10% – 10% –Data for ProgressData for Progress Feb 28–Mar 2, 2020 334 (LV) ± 5.3% 36% 18% – 3% – 27% 14% – 3% – Mar 1, 2020Buttigieg withdraws from the raceElucdElucdFeb 26–Mar 1, 2020657 (LV)± 3.8%25%15% –6% –26%12% –6%10%East Carolina UniversityEast Carolina UniversityFeb 27–28, 2020499 (LV)± 5.1%29%14% –4% –25%11% –9%9%High Point UniversityHigh Point University Feb 21–28, 2020274 (LV) –14%20% –8% –28%12% –13%7%472 (RV) –14%18% –8% –31%11% –11%7%Spry Strategies/CivitasSpry Strategies/CivitasFeb 26–27, 2020581 (LV)± 4.1%27%16% –4% –19%11% –10%15%Marist CollegeMarist CollegeFeb 23–27, 2020568 (LV)± 5.1%24%15% –7% –26%11% –8%7%974 (RV)± 3.9%22%15% –7% –27%11% –9%8%Data for ProgressData for ProgressFeb 23–27, 2020536 (LV)± 4.2%25%18% –10% –27%11% –8% –Public Policy PollingPublic Policy PollingFeb 23–24, 2020852 (LV)± 3.4%23%17% –9% –20%11% –8%11%Meredith CollegeFeb 16–24, 2020430 (LV) –17.9%17.0%0.7%10.0% –19.5%10.9% –7.6%16.5%Spry Strategies/CivitasSpry Strategies/CivitasFeb 21–23, 2020561 (LV)± 3.75%20%20% –3% –20%9% –13%14%University of Massachusetts LowellUniversity of Massachusetts LowellFeb 12–18, 2020450 (LV)± 6.5%16%19% –10% –23%13% –13%6%SurveyUSA/WRAL NewsSurveyUSA/WRAL NewsFeb 13–16, 2020698 (LV)± 5.0%20%22% –11% –22%8% –7%11% Feb 11, 2020New Hampshire primary; Yang withdraws from the race after close of pollsHigh Point UniversityHigh Point University Jan 31–Feb 6, 2020225 (LV) –24%16%0%8% –20%11%3%9%8%399 (RV) –19%13%1%6% –25%12%4%8%12%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy PollingFeb 4–5, 2020604 (LV) –25%14% –9% –16%12%5%7%13% Jan 13, 2020 Booker withdraws from the racePublic Policy PollingPublic Policy PollingJan 10–12, 2020509 (LV) –31%8%1%6% –18%15%5%6%11% Dec 3, 2019 Harris withdraws from the race Nov 24, 2019 Bloomberg launches his campaignFox NewsFox NewsNov 10–13, 2019669± 3.5% 37% –2%6%4%14%15%2%8%10%HighPoint UniversityHighPoint University Nov 1–7, 2019347± 6.4% 33% –2%4%5%18%13%2%6%10%1,049± 3.6% 18% –2%4%4%15%7%2%7%23%Siena Research/New York TimesSiena Research/New York TimesOct 13–26, 2019324 – 29% –1%1%1%13%15%0%3%32%High Point UniversityHigh Point UniversitySep 13–19, 2019348 (A) – 31% –4%3%6%20%15%4%3%9%SurveyUSA/CivitasSurveyUSA/Civitas Aug 1–5, 2019 534 ± 6.1% 36% – 1% 5% 8% 15% 13% 1% 2% 17%Emerson CollegeEmerson College May 31 – Jun 3, 2019 397 ± 4.9% 39% – 1% 8% 5% 22% 15% 1% 7% –

Results

2020 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary Candidate Votes % Delegates Joe Biden572,27142.9568Bernie Sanders 322,645 24.22 37 Michael Bloomberg 172,558 12.95 3Elizabeth Warren 139,912 10.50 2Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) 43,632 3.27 rowspan=12 Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) 30,742 2.31 Tom Steyer (withdrawn) 10,679 0.80 Tulsi Gabbard 6,622 0.50 Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 2,973 0.22Cory Booker (withdrawn) 2,181 0.16Michael Bennet (withdrawn) 1,978 0.15 Deval Patrick (withdrawn) 1,341 0.10 Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) 1,243 0.09John Delaney (withdrawn) 1,098 0.08Julian Castro (withdrawn) 699 0.05 No Preference 21,808 1.64 Total 1,332,382 100% 110

Results by county +2020 North Carolina Democratic primary