2020 Georgia Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Georgia Democratic presidential primary was held on June 9, 2020. It is one of a series of primaries to select the Democratic nominee for the 2020 presidential election. It was originally planned for March 24, 2020, before being delayed to May 19, 2020.[lower-alpha 1] On April 9, it was announced that the primary was rescheduled to June 9.[2] The election coincided with primaries for Georgia's Class 2 Senate seat and Georgia's U.S. House of Representatives seats. The Georgia primary is an open primary which awarded 120 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 105 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

2020 Georgia Democratic presidential primary

June 9, 2020
120 Democratic National Convention delegates (105 pledged, 15 unpledged) The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
Candidate Joe Biden Bernie Sanders Home state Delaware Vermont Delegate count 105 0 Popular vote 922,177 101,668 Percentage 84.86% 9.36%
Election results by county   Joe Biden

The Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of the Georgia Democratic presidential primary.[3] This primary, totaling from the March 24 and June 9 primaries, 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,[4] after secretary of state Brad Raffensperger announced the date of the primary on June 19, 2019. The move marked a departure from past years, shifting away from a contest on Super Tuesday (also dubbed the "SEC 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.[5]

Voting is expected to take place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 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 2020 Democratic National Convention 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 state's 14 congressional districts 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.[6]

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).[7] The state committee meeting will subsequently be held in Atlanta 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 Democratic National Committee; 5 members of Congress, all of which are U.S. Representatives; and former president Jimmy Carter).[6]

Polling

Polling aggregation
Source of poll aggregation	Date updated	Dates Polled	Joe Biden	Bernie Sanders	Undecided[lower-alpha 2]
FiveThirtyEight	Mar 14, 2020	until Feb 13, 2020[lower-alpha 3]	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%[lower-alpha 4]
University of Georgia	Mar 4–14, 2020	807	± 3.4%	66%	–	–	–	22%	–	–	1%[lower-alpha 5]	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	Feb 12, 2020	500	± 4.3%	32%	14%	5%	–	14%	4%	–	6%[lower-alpha 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%[lower-alpha 7]	19%
Landmark	Sep 18–21, 2019	500	± 4.1%	41%	–	5%	6%	8%	17%	2%	6%[lower-alpha 8]	15%
Change Research	Sep 7–11, 2019	755	± 3.6%	33%	–	7%	7%	17%	22%	3%	10%[lower-alpha 9]	–
SurveyMonkey	Jul 2–16, 2019	402	± 6.4%	31%	–	5%	15%	12%	13%	4%	11%[lower-alpha 10]	9%

Results

2020 Georgia Democratic presidential primary[8]

Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates[9]
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

More than 200,000 votes were also cast by mail in the March 24 presidential preference primary before it was cancelled amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. These votes were not included in the official primary result, however they were separately counted.[10] Voters who participated in the March 24 primary were able to vote again in the June 9 primary for all other offices.[11]

See also

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics

Notes

1. The primary was originally scheduled for March 24, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
2. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined
3. FiveThirtyEight aggregates polls with a trendline regression of polls rather than a strict average of recent polls.
4. Listed as "other/undecided"
5. Gabbard with 1%
6. Klobuchar with 3%; Steyer with 2%; Gabbard with 1%
7. Booker and Williamson with 2%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Gabbard, Klobuchar, and Steyer with 1%; Sestak with 0%
8. Booker with 2%; Gabbard, Klobuchar, O'Rourke, and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Castro, and Steyer with 0%
9. O'Rourke with 3%; Booker, Gabbard, and Williamson with 2%; Castro and Klobuchar with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Delaney, Messam, and Steyer with 0%
10. 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. Bluestein, Greg (March 14, 2020). "Georgia delays presidential primary due to coronavirus pandemic". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
2. Mark Niesse (April 9, 2020). "Georgia primary delayed again to June 9 during coronavirus emergency". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
3. "Georgia State Primary Election Results 2020". New York Times. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
4. Putnam, Josh. "The 2020 Presidential Primary Calendar". Frontloading HQ. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
5. Bluestein, Greg (June 19, 2019). "Georgia officials set presidential primary date for March 24". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
6. "Georgia Democratic Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. May 20, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
7. Service, Dave Williams Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News. "Coronavirus prompts new convention delegate selection plan for Georgia Democrats". MDJOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
8. "Election Night Reporting". results.enr.clarityelections.com. Georgia Secretary of State. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
9. "Delegate Tracker". interactives.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
10. "March 24, 2020 Presidential Preference Primary". Georgia Secretary of State. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
11. "COVID-19 Georgia Voter Guide: Vote by mail basics, FYIs, and FAQs". Advancing Justice-Atlanta. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

External links

• The Green Papers delegate allocation summary
• Georgia Democratic Party delegate selection plan