2020 Florida Democratic presidential primary

Pledged nationalconvention delegates Type Type Type CD1 3 CD10 6 CD19 5 CD2 4 CD11 4 CD20 7 CD3 5 CD12 5 CD21 7 CD4 6 CD13 6 CD22 7 CD5 5 CD14 6 CD23 6 CD6 5 CD15 5 CD24 6 CD7 6 CD16 6 CD25 3 CD8 5 CD17 4 CD26 5 CD9 6 CD18 5 CD27 5 29At-large 47Total pledged delegates 219

The 2020 Florida Democratic presidential primary took place on March 17, 2020, the third primary Tuesday of the month, as one of three states voting on the same day in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, while the contest in Ohio had been postponed for roughly a month. The Florida primary was a closed primary, with the state awarding the fourth-largest amount of delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention and the third-largest amount up to that point: 249 delegates, of which 219 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

Former vice president Joe Biden was the clear winner of the Florida primary, receiving almost 62% of the vote and 162 delegates, winning every county in the state and significantly extending his delegate lead. Senator Bernie Sanders placed second with only around 23% of the vote and 57 delegates, while former mayor Michael Bloomberg, who had already withdrawn, still got 8% of the vote.

Procedure Florida was one of three states which held primaries on March 17, 2020, alongside Arizona and Illinois, while only one day before Ohio had been the first state to postpone its primary due to the COVID-19 pandemic and cancel in-person voting, accepting ballots until April 28 instead.

Voting took place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. local time. In the 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 219 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these, between three and seven were allocated to each of the state's 27 congressional districts and another 29 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 47 at-large delegates. As a March primary on Stage I of the primary timetable Florida 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.

Post-primary congressional district caucuses convened on May 2, 2020, to designate national convention district delegates. The state convention was subsequently held on May 30, 2020, to vote on the 47 at-large and 29 pledged PLEO delegates for the Democratic National Convention. The delegation also included 30 unpledged PLEO delegates: 16 members of the Democratic National Committee, 13 representatives from Congress (including former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz), and former DNC chair Kenneth M. Curtis.

Candidates The following candidates qualified for the ballot in Florida:

Running

Joe Biden Tulsi Gabbard Bernie Sanders

Withdrawn

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

Steve Bullock and Kamala Harris withdrew so that they did not appear on the ballot.

Polling Polling Aggregation Source of poll aggregation Dateupdated Datespolled JoeBiden BernieSanders TulsiGabbard Other/Undecided270 to Win270 to Win Mar 17, 2020 Mar 5–16, 2020 65.5% 23.0% 1.8% 9.7%RealClear PoliticsRealClear Politics Mar 17, 2020 Mar 6–12, 2020 64.7% 25.7% 2.0% 7.6%FiveThirtyEightFiveThirtyEight Mar 17, 2020 until Mar 16, 2020 63.8% 24.7% 1.4% 10.1% Average 64.7% 24.5% 1.7% 9.1%

Polling from February 12, 2020, to March 17, 2020 Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin JoeBiden MichaelBloomberg PeteButtigieg AmyKlobuchar BernieSanders ElizabethWarren Other Un-decidedSwayableSwayable Mar 16, 20204,035 (LV)± 2.0%64% – – –25% –12% –AtlasIntelAtlasIntelMar 14–16, 2020532 (LV)± 4.0%67% – – –27% –4%2%Point Blank PoliticalPoint Blank PoliticalMar 11–13, 20203,165 (LV)± 2.3%61% – – –32% – –7%57%2%2%0%29%4%1%5%Emerson College/NexstarEmerson College/NexstarMar 11–12, 2020434 (LV)± 4.7%65% – – –27% –2%6%Gravis MarketingMar 10–12, 2020516 (LV)± 4.3%66% – – –25% – –9%ROI RocketROI RocketMar 6–12, 2020877 (LV)± 3.3%67% – – –27% – – –Latino Decisions/UnivisionLatino Decisions/UnivisionMar 6–12, 2020531 (LV)± 4.3%67% – – –32% – –2%63% – – –25% –8%4%University of North FloridaMar 5–10, 20201,502 (LV)± 2.5%66%2%1%<1%22%2%1%7%St Pete Polls/FloridaPolitics.comSt Pete Polls/FloridaPolitics.comMar 6–8, 20202,480 (LV)± 2.0%69%5%2%1%14%1%0%9%Point Blank PoliticalPoint Blank PoliticalMar 6–8, 20203,376 (LV)± 2.3%61% – – –32% – –7%55%2%2%1%29%4%2%7%Florida Atlantic UniversityFlorida Atlantic UniversityMar 5–7, 2020399 (LV)± 4.9%61% – – –25% –3%10% Mar 4–5, 2020 Bloomberg and Warren withdraw from the raceSt Pete Polls/FloridaPolitics.comSt Pete Polls/FloridaPolitics.comMar 4, 20201,882 (LV)± 2.3%61%14%1%1%12%5%0%6% Mar 1–2, 2020 Buttigieg and Klobuchar withdraw from the raceSt Pete PollsSt Pete PollsFeb 25–26, 20202,788 (LV)± 1.9%34%25%8%4%13%5%1%10%Saint Leo UniversitySaint Leo UniversityFeb 17–22, 2020342 (LV) –25%25%11%5%17%7%4%7%Florida Southern CollegeFlorida Southern CollegeFeb 17–21, 2020313 (LV)± 5.54%22%23%9%5%18%12%1%9%St Pete PollsFeb 18–19, 20202,412 (LV)± 2.0%27%32%8%7%11%5%2%10%Tel Opinion Research/Politico/Let’s Preserve the American DreamTel Opinion Research/Politico/Let’s Preserve the American Dream Feb 13–18, 2020 800 (LV) ± 3.46% 20% 26% 8% 5% 13% 7% 5% 16%St Pete PollsSt Pete PollsFeb 12–13, 20203,047 (LV)± 1.8%26%27%11%9%10%5%1%11%

Polling before February 11, 2020 Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin JoeBiden MichaelBloomberg CoryBooker PeteButtigieg KamalaHarris AmyKlobuchar BetoO'Rourke BernieSanders ElizabethWarren AndrewYang Other Un-decided Feb 11, 2020New Hampshire primary; Yang withdraws from the race after close of pollsSt. Pete PollsSt. Pete Polls Jan 27–28, 2020 2,590 (LV) ± 1.9% 41% 17% – 6% – 5% – 9% 7% 2% 2% 10%Tel Opinion Research/Let’s Preserve the American Dream/PoliticoTel Opinion Research/Let’s Preserve the American Dream/Politico Jan 21–23, 2020 600 (LV) ± 4% 41% – – – – – – 21% 18% – – 20% 29% 4% – 4% – 4% – 17% 12% 2% 2% 28% Jan 13, 2020 Booker withdraws from the raceFlorida Atlantic UniversityFlorida Atlantic University Jan 9–12, 2020 494 ± 4.4% 42% 7% 3% 3% – 6% – 16% 10% 5% 5% 4% Dec 3, 2019 Harris withdraws from the race Nov 24, 2019 Bloomberg announces his candidacy Nov 1, 2019 O'Rourke withdraws from the raceSiena College/New York TimesSiena College/New York Times Oct 13–26, 2019 650 (RV) ± 4.4% 27% – 0% 5% 1% 2% 0% 13% 19% 0% 1% 29%Tel Opinion ResearchTel Opinion Research Sep 15–18, 2019 800 (LV) ± 3.54% 43% – – – – – – 10% 26% – – 18% 37% – – 5% 6% – – 9% 18% 2% – 20% 24% – – 2% 3% – – 5% 11% 1% 3% 49%Florida Atlantic UniversityFlorida Atlantic University Sep 12–15, 2019 407 ± 4.9% 34% – 1% 5% 4% 0% 2% 14% 24% 2% 8% 6%St. Pete PollsSt. Pete Polls Jun 22–23, 2019 2,022 ± 2.2% 47% – 3% 8% 6% – 2% 8% 12% – 7% 6%Change ResearchChange Research Jun 16–17, 2019 1,130 ± 2.9% 33% – 2% 15% 7% 2% 3% 20% 15% 3% 2% –Quinnipiac UniversityQuinnipiac University Jun 12–17, 2019 417 ± 5.8% 41% – 1% 8% 6% 1% 1% 14% 12% <1% 1% 12%Climate NexusClimate Nexus Jun 7–11, 2019 676 ± 2.6% 32% – 2% 6% 6% 1% 2% 16% 10% 2% 9% 14%Zogby AnalyticsZogby Analytics May 23–29, 2019 228 ± 6.5% 34% – 2% 6% 2% 1% 4% 18% 7% 1% 6% –Florida Atlantic UniversityFlorida Atlantic University May 16–19, 2019 403 ± 4.9% 39% – 1% 9% 7% 1% 5% 12% 12% 1% 14% –Tel Opinion ResearchTel Opinion Research* May 8, 2019 800 ± 3.5% 39% – 1% 3% 5% 1% 1% 16% 5% – – 28% Apr 25, 2019 Biden announces his candidacy Apr 14, 2019 Buttigieg announces his candidacyTel Opinion Research* Mar 21, 2019 800 ± 3.5% 37% – 2% – 4% 1% 5% 13% 6% – – 31% Mar 14, 2019 O'Rourke announces his candidacyBendixen & Amandi InternationalBendixen & Amandi International Mar 1–4, 2019 300 – 26% 1% 1% 0% 9% 1% 1% 11% 4% 0% 0% 46% Feb 19, 2019 Sanders announces his candidacy Feb 9, 2019 Warren announces her candidacy Feb 1, 2019 Booker announces his candidacy Jan 21, 2019 Harris announces her candidacySaint Leo UniversitySaint Leo University – – 21% – 3% – 4% – – 11% 7% – 34% 17%

Results

2020 Florida Democratic presidential primary Candidate Votes % Delegates Joe Biden1,077,375 61.95162 Bernie Sanders 397,311 22.84 57 Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn) 146,544 8.43 rowspan=14 Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) 39,886 2.29 Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) 32,875 1.89Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) 17,276 0.99 Tulsi Gabbard 8,712 0.50 Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 5,286 0.30 Michael Bennet (withdrawn) 4,244 0.24 Tom Steyer (withdrawn) 2,510 0.14 Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) 1,744 0.10 John Delaney (withdrawn) 1,583 0.09 Cory Booker (withdrawn) 1,507 0.09 Julián Castro (withdrawn) 1,036 0.06 Joe Sestak (withdrawn) 664 0.04 Deval Patrick (withdrawn) 661 0.04 Total 1,739,214100% 219

Results by county +2020 Florida Democratic primary