The 2020 Utah 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 Utah primary was an open primary, with any registered voter able to participate. The primary awarded 34 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 29 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.
One of his four wins on Super Tuesday, senator Bernie Sanders placed first by a large margin with around 36% of the vote and won 16 delegates, while former vice president Joe Biden came in second with around 18% and 7 delegates. Utah was the only state on Super Tuesday where Biden did not improve his result compared to pre-election polls through the endorsements of Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and others. Senator Elizabeth Warren and former mayor Michael Bloomberg both surpassed the 15% threshold and would have won 5 delegates each, but the Utah Democratic Party decided not to calculate statewide delegates for them because of their withdrawals in the following two days.
Procedure Utah was one of 14 states and one territory which held primaries on March 3, 2020, also known as "Super Tuesday", after the creation of a state-funded presidential primary option in a bill signed on March 22, 2017; a shift to a Super Tuesday contest by a few weeks after the signing of a bill shifting the primary date on March 27, 2019; and the confirmation that the Utah Democratic Party would opt to use the state-funded presidential primary rather than a party-run caucus as in 2016 on April 1, 2019.
Voting took place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. In the primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 29 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these, between 4 and 6 were allocated to each of the state's 4 congressional districts and another 4 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 6 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 neighborhood caucuses selected delegates to county conventions in some counties on March 24, 2020, and county conventions elected delegates to the state convention between March 20, 2020, and April 4, 2020, the state convention was subsequently held from April 24 until April 25, 2020. The convention voted on national convention district delegates via delegates from a specific district, those national convention district delegates than voted on the 4 pledged PLEO delegates, and the state convention finally voted on the 6 at-large delegates for the national convention. The delegation also included 5 unpledged PLEO delegates: 4 members of the Democratic National Committee and a representative from Congress, Ben McAdams. Pledged nationalconvention delegates Type CD1 4 CD2 5 CD3 4 CD4 6 4 At-large 6 Total pledged delegates 29
Candidates The following candidates were on the ballot in Utah:
Running
Joe Biden Michael Bloomberg Nathan Bloxham Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente III Tulsi Gabbard Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren
Withdrawn
Cory Booker Pete Buttigieg Julian Castro Amy Klobuchar Deval Patrick Tom Steyer Marianne Williamson Andrew Yang
Michael Bennet and Kamala Harris had been accepted as candidates but withdrew early enough so that they were not put on the ballot.
Campaign As one of the Super Tuesday states, the state had received relatively little attention by the national media. Campaign advertising was dominated by Michael Bloomberg, whose self-funded organization flooded the airwaves with ads, and Bernie Sanders, whose organization had roots in the state and who led in the only poll that was taken in January.
Bloomberg held a major rally in Salt Lake City on February 20, 2020 and Pete Buttigieg held one on February 17. Others may have had smaller events.
Polling Polling Aggregation Source of poll aggregation Dateupdated Datespolled BernieSanders JoeBiden MichaelBloomberg ElizabethWarren TulsiGabbard Other/Undecided270 to Win270 to Win March 3, 2020 Feb 22–March 2, 2020 26.3% 21.7% 18.7% 13.3% 1.5% 20.0%FiveThirtyEightFiveThirtyEight March 3, 2020 Until March 2, 2020 26.3% 20.0% 18.2% 14.6% 1.3% 20.9% Average 26.3% 20.9% 18.5% 14.0% 1.4% 20.5% Utah primary results (March 3, 2020) 36.1% 18.4% 15.4% 16.2% 0.8% 13.0%
Tabulation of individual polls of the 2020 Utah Democratic Primary Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin JoeBiden MichaelBloomberg PeteButtigieg AmyKlobuchar BernieSanders ElizabethWarren AndrewYang Other Undecided Mar 2, 2020 Klobuchar withdraws from the raceSwayableSwayable Mar 1–2, 2020 143 (LV) ± 9.0% 27% 29% 7% 6% 22% 6% – 2% –Data for ProgressData for Progress Feb 28–Mar 2, 2020 622 (LV) ± 3.9% 23% 17% 7% 3% 29% 19% – 2% – Mar 1, 2020 Buttigieg withdraws from the raceHarrisX/University of Utah/Deseret NewsHarrisX/University of Utah/Deseret News Feb 22–26, 2020 298 (LV) ± 5.7% 6% 19% 18% 4% 28% 15% – 1% 8% Feb 11, 2020New Hampshire primary; Yang withdraws from the raceSalt Lake Tribune/SuffolkSalt Lake Tribune/Suffolk Jan 18–22, 2020 132 (LV) ± 8.5% 12% 10% 5% 3% 27% 14% 5% 4% 21%
Results
2020 Utah Democratic presidential primary Candidate Votes % DelegatesBernie Sanders79,72836.1416Joe Biden 40,674 18.44 7Elizabeth Warren 35,727 16.20 3Michael Bloomberg 33,991 15.41 3Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) 18,734 8.49 rowspan=10 Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) 7,603 3.45Tulsi Gabbard 1,704 0.77Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 950 0.43Tom Steyer (withdrawn) 703 0.32Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) 220 0.10Julian Castro (withdrawn) 159 0.07Cory Booker (withdrawn) 138 0.06Deval Patrick (withdrawn) 55 0.02Other candidates 196 0.09 Total 220,582 100% 29
Results by county +2020 Utah Democratic primary (results per county)CountyBernie SandersJoe BidenElizabeth WarrenMichael BloombergPete ButtigiegAmy KlobucharTulsi GabbardAndrew YangTom SteyerMarianne WilliamsonJulian CastroCory BookerRoque De La Fuente IIINathan BloxhamDeval PatrickTotal votes castVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Beaver2818.543925.83149.274328.48159.93106.6200.0000.0021.3200.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00151Box Elder40328.3630921.7516611.6829921.041419.92513.59181.27120.84140.9920.1430.2100.0020.1410.0700.001,421Cache2,13138.7887415.911,06419.3661211.144257.732714.93490.89320.58180.3370.1310.0260.1140.0710.0200.005,495Carbon26722.0135329.1013711.2925420.941159.48483.96131.0740.33100.8230.2520.1610.0840.3310.0810.081,213Daggett1331.711126.8349.76819.5137.3224.8800.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0041Davis6,84132.633,97718.973,15415.043,61517.242,0469.767783.712371.131410.67810.39300.14180.09170.08130.06110.0590.0420,968Duchesne8327.307223.684514.805618.42216.9182.6361.9730.9941.3200.0000.0030.9930.9900.0000.00304Emery4422.005226.00157.503819.002211.002110.5031.5010.5021.0000.0010.5000.0010.5000.0000.00200Garfield7733.772510.965624.562912.72219.21125.2631.3220.8810.4400.0000.0020.8800.0000.0000.00228Grand61841.9021314.4429520.001469.901016.85805.42151.0230.2020.1410.0700.0010.0700.0000.0000.001,475Iron59832.8939121.5129416.1724613.531548.47824.51231.27140.7770.3940.2200.0010.0640.2200.0000.001,818Juab5424.225524.66188.076428.70167.1794.0410.4541.7910.4500.0010.4500.0000.0000.0000.00223Kane19533.519616.4910117.358714.95518.76376.3640.6940.6930.5200.0010.1720.3400.0000.0010.17582Millard3314.606126.99229.736126.99219.29177.5231.3300.0020.8800.0020.8820.8810.4410.4400.00226Morgan8425.078124.183811.346318.81278.06267.7682.3900.0010.3010.3000.0020.6030.9010.3000.00335Piute519.23519.2327.69726.92311.5427.6913.8500.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0013.8500.0026Rich1222.222037.0447.41712.96611.1147.4100.0000.0011.8500.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0054Salt Lake48,18338.5121,66117.3121,00216.7918,31114.6410,5178.413,7773.026940.553660.293100.25880.07620.05490.04480.04250.02180.01125,111San Juan49543.2321018.341079.3419717.21544.72292.5350.44191.66110.9640.3550.4450.4400.0020.1720.171,145Sanpete19834.559616.758314.498915.53569.77305.2491.5740.7050.8710.1700.0000.0010.1710.1700.00573Sevier8724.448423.604512.648423.60328.99174.7800.0020.5620.5600.0000.0010.2800.0010.2810.28356Summit1,56522.561,63223.531,00914.551,65223.8270410.152944.24270.39120.17210.3040.0630.0470.1030.0410.0120.036,936Tooele91733.2760021.7733812.2652619.092308.35792.87270.98200.7360.2240.1540.1510.0420.0710.0410.042,756Uintah20827.4415820.849512.5312716.759011.87415.41162.1170.9240.5330.4010.1310.1330.4020.2620.26758Utah8,59636.914,35918.724,35018.682,79912.021,5876.818493.653731.602040.88650.28350.15230.10120.05170.0770.03110.0523,287Wasatch64029.1448922.2727412.4846821.312089.47733.32180.8290.4170.3230.1400.0040.1830.1400.0000.002,196Washington2,29826.062,05523.311,07712.221,75319.8889610.165155.84680.77310.35750.85160.1890.1090.1090.1050.0610.018,817Wayne4527.612414.723722.702716.56137.98137.9800.0010.6110.6100.0021.2300.0000.0000.0000.00163Weber5,01036.512,67219.471,88113.712,32316.931,1598.454283.12830.60550.40470.34140.10210.15120.0960.0470.0560.0413,724Total79,72836.1440,67418.4435,72716.2033,99115.4118,7348.497,6033.451,7040.779500.437030.322200.101590.071380.061270.06690.03550.02220,582
See also 2020 Utah Republican presidential primary
Notes
References
External links The Green Papers delegate allocation summary Utah Democratic Party delegate selection plan