Elections / 2020 · Dem primary · national
Biden led the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries.
Nationwide vote summed from the states with county-level returns; Biden led by 25.4 points. This is the Democratic nominating contest — the November result is on the general-election page.
Statewide result
2020 Democratic presidential primaries — nationwide vote across 50 states with county returns.
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Biden | 18,886,589 | 51.7% |
| Sanders | 9,601,436 | 26.3% |
| Warren | 2,821,141 | 7.7% |
| Bloomberg | 2,550,758 | 7.0% |
| Buttigieg | 916,210 | 2.5% |
| Klobuchar | 545,450 | 1.5% |
| Other | 499,811 | 1.4% |
| Gabbard | 273,734 | 0.8% |
| Steyer | 268,718 | 0.7% |
| Yang | 178,081 | 0.5% |
By state (50)
Who led each state. Each row links to the state's county-level primary page.
| State | Led by | Margin | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | Sanders | +8.1 | 5,784,364 |
| Texas | Biden | +4.7 | 2,094,428 |
| Florida | Biden | +39.1 | 1,739,214 |
| Illinois | Biden | +22.7 | 1,679,098 |
| Pennsylvania | Biden | +59.7 | 1,635,110 |
| New York | Biden | +52.5 | 1,618,932 |
| Michigan | Biden | +16.6 | 1,588,298 |
| Washington | Biden | +1.4 | 1,558,776 |
| Massachusetts | Biden | +6.9 | 1,414,119 |
| North Carolina | Biden | +18.7 | 1,332,382 |
| Virginia | Biden | +30.2 | 1,323,509 |
| Georgia | Biden | +75.5 | 1,086,729 |
| Maryland | Biden | +75.9 | 1,050,773 |
| New Jersey | Biden | +69.8 | 966,397 |
| Colorado | Sanders | +12.4 | 960,128 |
| Wisconsin | Biden | +31.1 | 925,065 |
| Ohio | Biden | +55.5 | 895,708 |
| Minnesota | Biden | +8.8 | 744,198 |
| Missouri | Biden | +25.5 | 666,112 |
| Oregon | Biden | +45.4 | 618,711 |
| Arizona | Biden | +11.1 | 608,401 |
| South Carolina | Biden | +28.9 | 539,263 |
| Kentucky | Biden | +55.8 | 537,905 |
| Tennessee | Biden | +16.7 | 516,250 |
| Indiana | Biden | +62.9 | 497,927 |
| Alabama | Biden | +46.7 | 453,212 |
| Oklahoma | Biden | +13.2 | 304,281 |
| New Hampshire | Sanders | +1.3 | 298,377 |
| Mississippi | Biden | +66.1 | 274,391 |
| Louisiana | Biden | +72.1 | 267,286 |
| Connecticut | Biden | +73.4 | 264,416 |
| New Mexico | Biden | +58.2 | 247,880 |
| Arkansas | Biden | +18.2 | 229,120 |
| Utah | Sanders | +17.7 | 220,582 |
| Maine | Biden | +1.1 | 201,428 |
| West Virginia | Biden | +53.2 | 187,482 |
| Iowa | Sanders | +2.6 | 172,161 |
| Nebraska | Biden | +62.7 | 164,582 |
| Vermont | Sanders | +28.7 | 157,652 |
| Montana | Biden | +59.8 | 149,973 |
| District of Columbia | Biden | +63.1 | 110,668 |
| Idaho | Biden | +6.5 | 108,650 |
| Nevada | Sanders | +16.4 | 104,884 |
| Delaware | Biden | +81.9 | 91,682 |
| South Dakota | Biden | +54.9 | 52,661 |
| Hawaii | Biden | +25.3 | 35,044 |
| Alaska | Biden | +10.6 | 19,580 |
| Wyoming | Biden | +41.8 | 15,391 |
| North Dakota | Sanders | +13.3 | 14,546 |
| Rhode Island | Biden | +31.0 | 14,183 |