2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary took place in New Hampshire, United States, on February 11, 2020, as the second nominating contest in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the Iowa caucuses the week before. The New Hampshire primary is a semi-closed primary, meaning that only Democrats and independents may vote in this primary. New Hampshire sends 33 delegates to the national convention, of which 24 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary, and the other 9 are unpledged delegates (superdelegates) preselected independently of the primary results.[1]

Main article: 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary
February 11, 2020
33 Democratic National Convention delegates (24 pledged, 9 unpledged)
The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
 
Candidate Bernie Sanders Pete Buttigieg Amy Klobuchar
Home state Vermont Indiana Minnesota
Delegate count 9 9 6
Popular vote 76,384 72,454 58,714
Percentage 25.6% 24.3% 19.7%
 
Candidate Elizabeth Warren Joe Biden
Home state Massachusetts Delaware
Delegate count 0 0
Popular vote 27,429 24,944
Percentage 9.2% 8.4%
  Bernie Sanders
  Pete Buttigieg
  Amy Klobuchar
  Michael Bloomberg (write-in)
  Tie
  N/A
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Senator Bernie Sanders won the primary with 25.6% of the vote, edging out former mayor Pete Buttigieg, who came in second place with 24.3% of the vote.[2] This was a decline on support for Sanders, who in 2016 had won New Hampshire with 60.14% to Clinton's 37.68%.[3] Both Sanders and Buttigieg received nine delegates, while senator Amy Klobuchar unexpectedly finished in third place and received six delegates; her third-place finish has been described as "Klomentum" or “Klobucharge” by several observers. Senator Elizabeth Warren and former vice president Joe Biden both underperformed expectations, coming in fourth and fifth, respectively, and received no delegates. Entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Colorado Senator Michael Bennet finished eighth, tenth and twelfth respectively and all suspended their presidential campaigns after their poor results.

Voter turnout set a new record for New Hampshire primaries, with 300,742 ballots being cast,[4] breaking the previous record of 287,527 set in the 2008 primary.[5] This was the third consecutive contested Democratic primary in which New Hampshire voted for the candidate that did not receive the Democratic nomination. Despite underperforming quite drastically in this primary, Joe Biden later went on to win the nomination, and defeat incumbent president Donald Trump in the general election, including a comfortable victory in New Hampshire.

Procedure

The state's ballot access laws have traditionally been lenient, with prospective presidential candidates required to pay only a $1,000 fee to secure a line on the primary ballot.[6]

Primary elections were held on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. The first polls opened at midnight local time (EST),[7] with the vast majority of polling places closed by 7 p.m. and a small number of cities allowed to close at 8 p.m.[1]

In the semi-closed primary, candidates must meet a viability threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 24 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention are all allocated proportionally on the basis of the qualified results of the primary, which however is determined by each of the three sub-result categories (congressional district 1, congressional district 2 and statewide total). Of the 24 pledged national convention delegates, 8 each are allocated to each of the state's 2 congressional districts and another 3 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 5 at-large pledged delegates.[1] The national convention delegation meeting will subsequently be held in Concord on April 25, to vote and elect the exact names of the five pledged at-large and three pledged PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention (all pledged to support presidential candidates based on the proportional statewide qualified popular vote result of the primary on February 11).[1]

The 24 pledged delegates New Hampshire sends to the national convention as per the results of the primary on February 11, will be joined by 9 pre-determined New Hampshire PLEO unpledged delegates (also known as superdelegates): 5 members of the Democratic National Committee and 4 members of Congress (of which 2 are Senators and 2 are U.S. Representatives).[1]

Pledged national
convention delegates[1]
Type Del.
CD1[lower-alpha 1] 8
CD2[lower-alpha 2] 8
PLEO[lower-alpha 3] 3
At-large[lower-alpha 4] 5
Total pledged delegates 24

Candidates on the ballot

The following candidates were on the ballot[8] and are listed in order of filing.

Forums and other events

Prospective candidates began making visits to New Hampshire in 2017.[9]

Among the more notable events of the campaign was the 2019 state convention, at which 19 of the candidates give speeches.[10]

The eighth Democratic primary debate took place in the state on February 7, 2020.[11]

A Lesser-Known Candidates Forum was also held, featuring candidates on the New Hampshire ballot but who were not considered major candidates.[12]

Polling
Polling aggregation
Source of poll aggregation Date
updated		 Dates
polled		 Bernie
Sanders		 Pete
Buttigieg		 Elizabeth
Warren		 Joe
Biden		 Amy
Klobuchar		 Andrew
Yang		 Tulsi
Gabbard		 Tom
Steyer		 Other Un-
decided[lower-alpha 5]
270 to Win Feb 10, 2020 Feb 4–9, 2020 27.3% 20.9% 13.1% 12.3% 10.3% 3.0% 2.7% 2.1% 1.9%[lower-alpha 6] 6.4%
RealClear Politics Feb 10, 2020 Feb 6–9, 2020 28.7% 21.3% 11.0% 11.0% 11.7% 3.7% 3.3% 1.7% 1.3%[lower-alpha 7] 6.3%
FiveThirtyEight Feb 10, 2020 until Feb 10, 2020[lower-alpha 8] 26.0% 21.6% 12.5% 11.7% 10.3% 3.0% 2.9% 2.6% 3.5%[lower-alpha 9] 5.8%
Average 27.3% 21.3% 12.2% 11.7% 10.8% 3.2% 3.0% 2.1% 2.2%[lower-alpha 10] 6.2%
New Hampshire primary results (February 11, 2020) 25.6% 24.3% 9.2% 8.4% 19.7% 2.8% 3.3% 3.6% 2.7%[lower-alpha 11] –
   – Debate qualifying poll as designated by the Democratic National Committee
Polling from January 1, 2020, to February 11, 2020
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 12]		 Margin
of error		 Joe
Biden		 Pete
Buttigieg		 Tulsi
Gabbard		 Amy
Klobuchar		 Bernie
Sanders		 Tom
Steyer		 Elizabeth
Warren		 Andrew
Yang		 Other Undecided
New Hampshire primary (popular vote) Feb 11, 2020 – – 8.4% 24.3% 3.3% 19.7% 25.6% 3.6% 9.2% 2.8% 2.7%[lower-alpha 13] –
AtlasIntel Feb 8–10, 2020 431 (LV) ± 5.0% 12% 24% 3% 14% 24% 1% 11% 5% – 6%
Data For Progress[lower-alpha 14] Feb 7–10, 2020 1296 (LV) ± 2.7% 9% 26% 3% 13% 28% 3% 14% 5% – –
American Research Group Feb 8–9, 2020 400 (LV) – 13% 20% 3% 13% 28% 2% 11% 3% 5%[lower-alpha 15] 2%
Emerson College/WHDH Feb 8–9, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.3% 10% 23% 2% 14% 30% 2% 11% 4% 4%[lower-alpha 16] –
Change Research Feb 8–9, 2020 662 (LV) ± 3.8% 9% 21% 6% 8% 30% 3% 8% 5% 1%[lower-alpha 17] 9%
Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV Feb 8–9, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 12% 19% 3% 14% 27% 2% 12% 3% 3%[lower-alpha 18] 7%
Elucd Feb 7–9, 2020 492 (LV) ± 4.4% 8% 20% –[lower-alpha 19] 12% 26% –[lower-alpha 20] 10% –[lower-alpha 21] –[lower-alpha 22] 15%
University of New Hampshire/CNN Feb 6–9, 2020 365 (LV) ± 5.1% 11% 22% 5% 7% 29% 1% 10% 4% 1%[lower-alpha 23] 10%
Emerson College/WHDH Feb 7–8, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.3% 11% 20% 3% 13% 30% 2% 12% 4% 4%[lower-alpha 24] –
Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV Feb 7–8, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 10% 22% 2% 9% 24% 2% 13% 3% 3%[lower-alpha 25] 12%
Boston Herald-FPU-NBC10 Feb 5–8, 2020 512 (LV) – 14% 20% 0% 6% 23% 2% 16% 3% 3%[lower-alpha 26] 13%
YouGov/CBS News Feb 5–8, 2020 848 (LV) ± 4.3% 12% 25% 2% 10% 29% 1% 17% 1% 3%[lower-alpha 27] –
University of New Hampshire/CNN Feb 5–8, 2020 384 (LV) ± 5.0% 12% 21% 5% 6% 28% 2% 9% 4% 2%[lower-alpha 28] 11%
Emerson College/WHDH Feb 6–7, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.3% 11% 24% 5% 9% 31% 2% 11% 3% 3%[lower-alpha 29] –
Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV Feb 6–7, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 11% 25% 2% 6% 24% 2% 14% 3% 4%[lower-alpha 30] 9%
University of Massachusetts Lowell Feb 4–7, 2020 440 (LV) ± 6.5% 14% 17% 4% 8% 25% 5% 15% 3% 5%[lower-alpha 31] 4%
University of New Hampshire/CNN Feb 4–7, 2020 365 (LV) ± 5.1% 11% 21% 6% 5% 28% 3% 9% 3% 3%[lower-alpha 32] 11%
Emerson College/WHDH Feb 5–6, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.3% 11% 23% 6% 9% 32% 2% 13% 2% 3%[lower-alpha 33] –
Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV Feb 5–6, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 11% 23% 4% 6% 24% 3% 13% 3% 4%[lower-alpha 34] 12%
Marist/NBC News Feb 4–6, 2020 709 (LV) ± 4.7% 13% 21% 3% 8% 25% 4% 14% 4% 3%[lower-alpha 35] 5%
Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV Feb 4–5, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 12% 19% 5% 6% 25% 4% 11% 2% 1%[lower-alpha 36] 15%
Monmouth University Feb 3–5, 2020 503 (LV) ± 4.4% 17% 20% 4% 9% 24% 3% 13% 4% 2%[lower-alpha 37] 5%
17%[lower-alpha 38] 22% – 13% 27% – 13% – 3%[lower-alpha 39] 4%
19%[lower-alpha 40] 28% – – 28% – 16% – 3%[lower-alpha 41] 5%
Emerson College/WHDH Feb 3–5, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.3% 12% 21% 5% 11% 31% 1% 12% 4% 2%[lower-alpha 42] –
Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV Feb 3–4, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 15% 15% 5% 6% 24% 5% 10% 3% 1%[lower-alpha 43] 14%
Emerson College/WHDH Feb 2–4, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.3% 13% 17% 6% 11% 32% 2% 11% 6% 3%[lower-alpha 44] –
Feb 3, 2020 Iowa caucuses
Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV Feb 2–3, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 18% 11% 5% 6% 24% 4% 13% 3% 3%[lower-alpha 45] 14%
Emerson College/WHDH Feb 1–3, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.3% 13% 12% 4% 12% 32% 5% 13% 5% 4%[lower-alpha 46] –
Emerson College/WHDH Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.3% 14% 13% 7% 8% 29% 8% 12% 7% 2%[lower-alpha 47] –
Saint Anselm College Jan 29 – Feb 2, 2020 491 (LV) ± 4.4% 19% 14% 3% 11% 19% 5% 11% 4% 2%[lower-alpha 48] 11%
Boston Herald-FPU-NBC10 Jan 29 – Feb 1, 2020 454 (LV) ± 4.6% 24% 8% 3% 4% 31% No voters 17% 1% 5%[lower-alpha 49] 7%
University of Massachusetts Lowell Jan 28–31, 2020 400 (LV) ± 6.4% 22% 12% 5% 6% 23% 6% 19% 2% 1%[lower-alpha 50] 4%
YouGov/UMass Amherst/WCVB Jan 17–29, 2020 500 (LV) ± 5.3% 20% 12% 5% 5% 25% 5% 17% 4% 2%[lower-alpha 51] 3%
American Research Group Jan 24–27, 2020 600 (LV) ± 4% 13% 12% 8% 7% 28% 2% 11% 5% 8%[lower-alpha 52] 6%
Boston Herald-FPU-NBC10 Jan 23–26, 2020 407 (LV) ± 4.9% 22% 10% 3% 5% 29% 0% 16% 1% 7%[lower-alpha 53] 9%
Marist/NBC News Jan 20–23, 2020 697 (LV) ± 4.5% 15% 17% 6% 10% 22% 3% 13% 5% 2%[lower-alpha 54] 7%
University of New Hampshire/CNN Jan 15–23, 2020 516 (LV) ± 4.3% 16% 15% 5% 6% 25% 2% 12% 5% 2%[lower-alpha 55] 10%
MassINC Polling Group/WBUR Jan 17–21, 2020 426 (LV) ± 4.8% 14% 17% 5% 6% 29% 2% 13% 5% 4%[lower-alpha 56] 5%[lower-alpha 57]
Suffolk University/Boston Globe Jan 15–19, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 15% 12% 5% 5% 16% 3% 10% 6% 3%[lower-alpha 58] 24%
Emerson College/WHDH Jan 13–16, 2020 657 (LV) ± 3.8% 14% 18% 5% 10% 23% 4% 14% 6% 7%[lower-alpha 59] –
Jan 13, 2020 Booker withdraws from the race
Boston Herald-FPU-NBC10 Jan 8–12, 2020 434 (LV) – 26% 7% 4% 2% 22% 2% 18% 2% 7%[lower-alpha 60] 12%
Patinkin Research Strategies/Yang 2020[lower-alpha 61] Jan 5–7, 2020 600 (LV) ± 4% 21% 17% 7% 6% 19% 6% 10% 5% 3%[lower-alpha 62] 7%
Monmouth University Jan 3–7, 2020 404 (LV) ± 4.9% 19% 20% 4% 6% 18% 4% 15% 3% 3%[lower-alpha 63] 7%
21%[lower-alpha 64] 20% – 7% 21% – 15% 5% 5%[lower-alpha 65] 8%
24%[lower-alpha 66] 23% – – 21% – 18% – 5%[lower-alpha 67] 8%
YouGov/CBS News Dec 27, 2019 –
Jan 3, 2020		 487 (LV) ± 5.3% 25% 13% 1% 7% 27% 3% 18% 2% 3%[lower-alpha 68] –
Polling before January 2020
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 12]		 Margin
of error		 Joe
Biden		 Cory
Booker		 Pete
Buttigieg		 Tulsi
Gabbard		 Kamala
Harris		 Amy
Klobuchar		 Beto
O'Rourke		 Deval
Patrick		 Bernie
Sanders		 Elizabeth
Warren		 Andrew
Yang		 Other Undecided
MassINC Polling Group/WBUR Dec 3–8, 2019 442 (LV) ± 4.7% 17% 1% 18% 5% – 3% – <1% 15% 12% 5% 11%[lower-alpha 69] 12%[lower-alpha 70]
Dec 3, 2019 Harris withdraws from the race
Emerson College Nov 22–26, 2019 549 (LV) ± 4.1% 14% 2% 22% 6% 4% 2% – 0% 26% 14% 5% 7%[lower-alpha 71] –
Boston Globe/Suffolk University Nov 21–24, 2019 500 (LV) – 12% 2% 13% 6% 3% 1% – 1% 16% 14% 4% 6%[lower-alpha 72] 21%
Saint Anselm College Nov 13–18, 2019 255 (RV) ± 6.1% 15% 3% 25% 3% 1% 6% – 0% 9% 15% 2% 5%[lower-alpha 73] 13%
Nov 14, 2019 Patrick announces his candidacy
YouGov/CBS News Nov 6–13, 2019 535 (RV) ± 5% 22% 1% 16% 0% 3% 3% – – 20% 31% 1% 1%[lower-alpha 74] –
Quinnipiac University Nov 6–10, 2019 1,134 (LV) ± 3.8 20% 1% 15% 6% 1% 3% – – 14% 16% 4% 5%[lower-alpha 75] 14%
Nov 1, 2019 O'Rourke withdraws from the race
University of New Hampshire/CNN Oct 21–27, 2019 574 (LV) ± 4.1% 15% 2% 10% 5% 3% 5% 2% – 21% 18% 5% 4%[lower-alpha 76] 10%
Boston Herald/FPU Oct 9–13, 2019 422 (LV) ± 4.8% 24% 2% 9% 1% 4% 2% 0% – 22% 25% 1% 4%[lower-alpha 77] 7%
Firehouse Strategies/Øptimus Oct 8–10, 2019 610 (LV) ± 3.7% 18% 2% 7% –[lower-alpha 78] 2% –[lower-alpha 78] 1% – 9% 25% 2% 32% –[lower-alpha 78]
YouGov/CBS News Oct 3–11, 2019 506 ± 5.4% 24% 1% 7% 2% 4% 2% 1% – 17% 32% 5% 5%[lower-alpha 79] –
Saint Anselm College Sep 25–29, 2019 423 ± 4.8% 24% 1% 10% 3% 5% 3% <1% – 11% 25% 2% 3%[lower-alpha 80] 9%
Monmouth University Sep 17–21, 2019 401 ± 4.9% 25% 2% 10% 2% 3% 2% 1% – 12% 27% 2% 3%[lower-alpha 81] 9%
HarrisX/No Labels Sep 6–11, 2019 595 ± 4.0% 22% 3% 5% 6% 5% 1% 1% – 21% 15% 2% 5%[lower-alpha 82] 14%
Boston Herald/FPU Sep 4–10, 2019 425 ± 4.8% 21% 1% 5% 3% 6% 1% 2% – 29% 17% 5% 2%[lower-alpha 83] 9%
Emerson College Sep 6–9, 2019 483 ± 4.4% 24% 4% 11% 6% 8% 1% 1% – 13% 21% 3% 7%[lower-alpha 84] –
YouGov/CBS News Aug 28 – Sep 4, 2019 526 ± 5.2% 26% 2% 8% 1% 7% 1% 1% – 25% 27% 1% 1%[lower-alpha 85] –
Gravis Marketing Aug 2–6, 2019 250 ± 6.2% 15% 0% 8% 5% 7% 4% 2% – 21% 12% 4% 8%[lower-alpha 86] 11%
Suffolk University Aug 1–4, 2019 500 ± 4.4% 21% 1% 6% 3% 8% 1% 0% – 17% 14% 1% 6%[lower-alpha 87] 21%
Firehouse Strategies/Øptimus Jul 23–25, 2019 587 ± 3.3% 21% 1% 8% – 13% – 0% – 13% 16% 1% 7% 19%
YouGov/CBS News Jul 9–18, 2019 530 ± 5% 27% 1% 7% 2% 12% 1% 2% – 20% 18% 1% 5%[lower-alpha 88] –
University of New Hampshire/CNN Jul 8–15, 2019 386 ± 5.0% 24% 2% 10% 1% 9% 0% 2% – 19% 19% 1% 4%[lower-alpha 89] 9%
Saint Anselm College Jul 10–12, 2019 351 ± 5.2% 21% 1% 12% 1% 18% 3% 0% – 10% 17% 5% 3%[lower-alpha 90] 11%
Change Research Jul 6–9, 2019 1,084 ± 3.0% 19% 1% 13% 3% 15% 1% 1% – 20% 22% 1% 3%[lower-alpha 91] –
Change Research Jun 29 – Jul 4, 2019 420 – 13% 2% 14% 2% 13% 1% 2% – 26% 24% 2% 4%[lower-alpha 92] –
Change Research Jun 17–20, 2019 308 – 24% 0% 14% 1% 3% 1% 4% – 28% 21% 1% 3%[lower-alpha 93] –
YouGov/CBS News May 31 – Jun 12, 2019 502 ± 4.9% 33% 3% 10% 0% 7% 1% 4% – 20% 17% 1% 2%[lower-alpha 94] –
Tel Opinion Research* May 20–22, 2019 600 ± 4.0% 33% – 7% – 7% – 1% – 12% 11% – – 28%
Monmouth University May 2–7, 2019 376 ± 5.1% 36% 2% 9% 0% 6% 2% 2% – 18% 8% 1% 2%[lower-alpha 95] 11%
Change Research May 3–5, 2019 864 ± 3.3% 26% 2% 12% 1% 8% 1% 3% – 30% 9% 2% 4%[lower-alpha 96] –
Firehouse Strategies/Øptimus Apr 30 – May 2, 2019 551 ± 4.0% 34% 1% 10% – 7% 1% 3% – 16% 9% – – 19%
Suffolk University Apr 25–28, 2019 429 ± 4.7% 20% 3% 12% 1% 6% 1% 3% – 12% 8% 1% 4%[lower-alpha 97] 27%
Apr 25, 2019 Biden announces his candidacy
University of New Hampshire Apr 10–18, 2019 241 ± 6.3% 18% 3% 15% 1% 4% 2% 3% – 30% 5% 2% 5%[lower-alpha 98] 12%
Apr 14, 2019 Buttigieg announces his candidacy
Saint Anselm College Apr 3–8, 2019 326 ± 5.4% 23% 4% 11% 1% 7% 2% 6% – 16% 9% – 9%[lower-alpha 99] 13%
Mar 14, 2019 O'Rourke announces his candidacy
University of New Hampshire Feb 18–26, 2019 240 ± 6.3% 22% 3% 1% 1% 10% 4% 5% – 26% 7% – 6%[lower-alpha 100] 14%
Emerson College Feb 21–22, 2019 405 ± 4.8% 25% 5% 1% – 12% 8% 5% – 27% 9% – 10%[lower-alpha 101] –
Feb 19, 2019 Sanders announces his candidacy
YouGov/UMass Amherst Feb 7–15, 2019 337 ± 6.4% 28% 3% – – 14% 1% 6% – 20% 9% – 9%[lower-alpha 102] 9%
Feb 10, 2019 Klobuchar announces her candidacy
Feb 9, 2019 Warren announces her candidacy
Firehouse Strategies/Øptimus Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2019 518 ± 4.1% 22% 4% – – 13% 2% 2% – 13% 9% – 0%[lower-alpha 103] 35%
Feb 1, 2019 Booker announces his candidacy
Jan 21, 2019 Harris announces her candidacy
Jan 11, 2019 Gabbard announces her candidacy
Change Research Jan 2–3, 2019 1,162 – 24% 3% – – 4% 2% 9% – 26% 11% – 22%[lower-alpha 104] –
University of New Hampshire Aug 2–19, 2018 198 ± 7.0% 19% 6% – – 3% – – – 30% 17% – 12%[lower-alpha 105] 12%
Suffolk University Apr 26–30, 2018 295 ± 5.7% 20% 8% – – 4% – – 4% 13% 26% – 4%[lower-alpha 106] 18%
30% 10% – – 6% – – 8% 25% – – 6%[lower-alpha 107] 12%
University of New Hampshire Apr 13–22, 2018 188 ± 7.1% 26% 5% – – 6% 1% – – 28% 11% – 9%[lower-alpha 108] 13%
University of New Hampshire Jan 28 – Feb 10, 2018 219 ± 6.6% 35% 3% – – 1% 0% – – 24% 15% – 7%[lower-alpha 109] 15%
Nov 6, 2017 Yang announces his candidacy
University of New Hampshire Oct 3–15, 2017 212 ± 6.7% 24% 6% – – 1% 1% – – 31% 13% – 14%[lower-alpha 110] 11%
Head-to-head polls
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Joe
Biden		 Pete
Buttigieg		 Bernie
Sanders		 Elizabeth
Warren		 Undecided
Tel Opinion Research May 20–22, 2019 600 ± 4.0% 63% 21% – – 15%
66% – 22% – 13%
58% – – 29% 13%
American Research Group Mar 21–27, 2018 400 ± 5.0% 47% – 45% – 7%
58% – – 33% 8%

Results
Popular vote share by county
  Sanders—30–40%
  Sanders—<30%
  Buttigieg—<30%
Popular vote share by congressional district
  Sanders—25–30%

The first results in New Hampshire were released shortly after midnight from Dixville Notch. Although not on the ballot, Michael Bloomberg received three write-in votes, enough to carry the town.[13][14][15]

Bernie Sanders won the state by a margin of around four thousand votes over Pete Buttigieg, with Amy Klobuchar placing third.[16][2] Sanders and Buttigieg each received nine pledged national convention delegates while Klobuchar received six.[17][1] Sanders had previously won the state in his prior pursuit of the Democratic nomination in 2016 with some 152,000 votes (60.4% of the total) against Hillary Clinton.[18]

Voter turnout set a new record for New Hampshire primaries with 300,742 ballots being cast,[4] breaking the previous record of 287,527 set in the 2008 primary.[19][20]

2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary[2][21]
Candidate Votes % Delegates[lower-alpha 111]
Bernie Sanders 76,384 25.6 9
Pete Buttigieg 72,454 24.3 9
Amy Klobuchar 58,714 19.7 6
Elizabeth Warren 27,429 9.2 0
Joe Biden 24,944 8.3 0
Tom Steyer 10,732 3.6 0
Tulsi Gabbard 9,755 3.3 0
Andrew Yang 8,312 2.8 0
Michael Bloomberg (write-in)[22][21] 4,675 1.6 0
Deval Patrick 1,271 0.4 0
Donald Trump (write-in Republican)[21] 1,217 0.4 0
Michael Bennet 952 0.3 0
Cory Booker (withdrawn) 157 0.1 0
Scatter 157 0.1 0
Joe Sestak (withdrawn) 152 0.1 0
Kamala Harris (withdrawn) 129 0.0 0
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) 99 0.0 0
Steve Burke 86 0.0 0
Julián Castro (withdrawn) 83 0.0 0
John Delaney (withdrawn) 83 0.0 0
Tom Koos 72 0.0 0
Steve Bullock (withdrawn) 64 0.0 0
David John Thistle 53 0.0 0
Lorenz Kraus 52 0.0 0
Robby Wells 45 0.0 0
Henry Hewes 43 0.0 0
Sam Sloan 34 0.0 0
Mosie Boyd 32 0.0 0
Ben Gleiberman (withdrawn) 31 0.0 0
Mark Stewart Greenstein 31 0.0 0
Thomas James Torgesen 30 0.0 0
Rita Krichevsky 23 0.0 0
Michael A. Ellinger 19 0.0 0
Bill Weld (write-in Republican)[21] 17 0.0 0
Jason Evritte Dunlap 12 0.0 0
Roque De La Fuente III 11 0.0 0
Mitt Romney (write-in Republican)[21] 10 0.0 0
Raymond Michael Moroz 8 0.0 0
Rick Kraft 2 0.0 0
Matthew Matern 2 0.0 0
Eric Merrill 1 0.0 0
Total 298,377 100% 24

Results by county
2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary
(results per county)[2][21]
Candidate Belknap
votes		 Carroll
votes		 Cheshire
votes		 Coös
votes		 Grafton
votes		 Hillsborough
votes		 Merrimack
votes		 Rockingham
votes		 Strafford
votes		 Sullivan
votes		 State-wide
votes
Bernie Sanders 2,6702,6055,9731,5626,58021,6598,63615,3318,9162,42076,352
Pete Buttigieg 2,7982,8134,0531,0945,79920,5398,46617,9296,7642,18872,443
Amy Klobuchar 2,3832,4643,6169374,28016,7017,85313,7365,1781,62658,774
Elizabeth Warren 8399031,8163953,2987,2663,1775,9282,96783827,427
Joe Biden 1,1221,0201,2655661,6577,3752,8636,0692,25072424,911
Tom Steyer 4883226512265503,1651,2942,6591,07526410,694
Tulsi Gabbard 4064035872065593,0581,1632,1638873139,745
Andrew Yang 2482295971468732,3869051,7369542388,312
Total Write-ins[lower-alpha 112] 2983283001915061,6226961,3985212216,081
Deval Patrick 3543551787393159318128231,258
Michael Bennet 2931447903061821768435984
Joe Sestak (withdrawn) 559106437914136190
Cory Booker (withdrawn) 8136412371844113156
Kamala Harris (withdrawn) 6810374782811—128
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) 26795295295299
Steve Burke 21956216246686
Julián Castro (withdrawn) 23812307254183
John Delaney (withdrawn) 1233424141516183
Tom Koos 314532271310472
Steve Bullock (withdrawn) 214172012114264
Michael A. Ellinger 38—3—35—43157
David John Thistle —154720375153
Lorenz Kraus 32——14114——52
Robby Wells 11——2187123145
Henry Hewes 226—273152342
Sam Sloan 2——1114852134
Mosie Boyd 2221155132—33
Mark Stewart Greenstein ——41—12266—31
Ben Gleib (withdrawn) 1—4758—32—30
Thomas James Torgeson 114235382130
Rita Krichevsky 4—11—131—2123
Jason Evritte Dunlap 1—1——3124—12
Roque De La Fuente III —11—11—51111
Raymond Michael Moroz ————15—2——8
Total 11,40811,18619,0525,40724,36284,78035,57867,76429,8408,925298,302

Analysis

Bernie Sanders narrowly won the New Hampshire primary with 25.6% of the vote, the lowest vote share a winner of this primary has ever received,[23] with Pete Buttigieg finishing in second.[2] By contrast, Amy Klobuchar finished in an unexpectedly strong third place. Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden finished in fourth and fifth place, respectively, both of which were considered disappointing finishes.[24] Geographically, Sanders won the largest cities in New Hampshire, including Manchester, Nashua, and Concord. Buttigieg kept the race close by performing strongly in the southeastern part of the state,[24] including in the suburbs of Boston and in the nearby, more rural Lakes Region.[25]

Exit polls showed that Sanders benefited from his strong performance among young voters as he won about half of the under-30 vote, with this group making up about 14% of the electorate. Among those under the age of 45, he won 42% of the vote; this larger group made up about a third of the electorate. Buttigieg received only 21% of the vote among those under the age of 45 but outperformed Sanders 26–17 among voters 45 and older. Both Sanders and Buttigieg lost the 45-and-older vote to Klobuchar, who received 27% of the vote in this group. Similarly, Klobuchar convincingly won among voters aged 65 and older, receiving 32% of their votes, as compared to only 14% for Sanders and 12% for Biden. Ideologically, about 60% of voters identified as either "very liberal" or "somewhat liberal", and Sanders won this group with about 33% of the vote. By contrast, among the remaining 40% of voters who identified as "moderate" or "conservative", Buttigieg and Klobuchar approximately tied with 27 and 26% of the vote, respectively.[26]

Aftermath

Following poor showings in the New Hampshire primary, Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado,[27] entrepreneur Andrew Yang[28] and former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick[29] withdrew from the race.

With the end of these campaigns, the Democratic field numbered fewer than ten candidates for the first time since early 2019.

Notes
  1. Each 1st congressional district (CD1) delegate is pledged to support a specific presidential candidate as determined per the total qualified popular vote result of the primary held only in CD1 on February 11.
  2. Each 2nd congressional district (CD2) delegate is pledged to support a specific presidential candidate as determined per the total qualified popular vote result of the primary held only in CD2 on February 11.
  3. Each PLEO delegate is pledged to support a specific presidential candidate as determined per the statewide qualified popular vote result of the primary held on February 11, but the exact name of the PLEO delegate will only be elected among the participating PLEO delegates at the "New Hampshire national convention delegation meeting" on April 25.
  4. Each at-large delegate is pledged to support a specific presidential candidate as determined per the statewide qualified popular vote result of the primary held on February 11, but the exact name of the at-large delegate will only be elected among the participating delegates at the "New Hampshire national convention delegation meeting" on April 25.
  5. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined
  6. Patrick with 0.8%; Bennet with 0.6%; Bloomberg with 0.5%
  7. Patrick with 1.0%; Bennet with 0.3%; Bloomberg not reported
  8. FiveThirtyEight aggregates polls with a trendline regression of polls rather than a strict average of recent polls.
  9. Bloomberg with 2.3%; Patrick with 0.7%; Bennet with 0.5%
  10. Bloomberg with 0.9%; Patrick with 0.8%; Bennet with 0.5%
  11. Patrick with 0.4%; Bennet with 0.3%; Booker with 0.1%; Boyd, Burke, Bullock, Castro, De La Fuente III, Delaney, Dunlap, Ellinger, Gleib, Greenstein, Harris, Hewes, Koos, Kraus, Krichevsky, Moroz, Sloan, Sestak, Thistle, Torgesen, Wells and Williamson with 0.0%; other (write-in candidates) with 1.5%
  12. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  13. Patrick with 0.4%; Bennet with 0.3%; Booker with 0.1%; Boyd, Burke, Bullock, Castro, De La Fuente III, Delaney, Dunlap, Ellinger, Gleib, Greenstein, Harris, Hewes, Koos, Kraus, Krichevsky, Moroz, Sloan, Sestak, Thistle, Torgesen, Wells and Williamson; other (write-in candidates) with 1.5%
  14. By the time of this poll, Data for Progress, which has worked with both the Sanders and Warren campaigns, had endorsed Warren
  15. Bennet, Bloomberg and Patrick with 1%; other with 2%
  16. Bennet and Patrick with 1%; "someone else" with 2%
  17. Patrick with 1%; Bennet with 0%
  18. Patrick with 1%; Bennet with 0%; other with 2%; refused with 0%
  19. Not yet released
  20. Not yet released
  21. Not yet released
  22. Not yet released
  23. Bennet and Bloomberg with 0%; Patrick with no voters; other with 1%
  24. Patrick with 1%; Bennet with 0%; "someone else" with 3%
  25. Bennet and Patrick with 0%; "Other" with 3%
  26. Bennet with 1%; Patrick with no voters; other with 2%
  27. Patrick with 1%; Bennet with 0%; "someone else" with 2%
  28. Bloomberg with 1%; others with 1%
  29. Patrick and Bennet with 0%; "someone else" with 3%
  30. Bennet with 1%; Patrick with 0%; "Other" with 3%
  31. Bennet and Patrick with 1%; "another candidate" with 3%
  32. Bloomberg with 2%; Patrick and Bennet with 0%; "Other" with 1%
  33. Patrick and Bennet with 0%; "someone else" with 3%
  34. Bennet and Patrick with 1%; "Other" with 2%
  35. Patrick and Bennet with 1%; "Other" with 1%
  36. Bennet and Patrick with 0%; "Other" with 1%
  37. Bennet with 1%; Patrick with <1%; "Other" with 1%
  38. If the primary came down to the five candidates listed in this poll
  39. "None of these/won't vote" with 3%
  40. If the primary came down to the four candidates listed in this poll
  41. "None of these/won't vote" with 3%
  42. Patrick and Bennet with 0%; "someone else" with 2%
  43. Bennet and Patrick with 0%; "Other" with 1%
  44. Patrick with 1%; Bennet with 0%; "someone else" with 2%
  45. Bennet and Patrick with 1%; "Other" with 1%
  46. Bennet and Patrick with 0%; "someone else" with 4%
  47. Bennet and Patrick with 0%; "someone else" with 2%
  48. Bloomberg with 2%; Bennet and Patrick with <1%
  49. Bloomberg with 2%; Bennet with 1%; Patrick with no voters; other with 2%
  50. Patrick with 1%; Bennet and Delaney with 0%
  51. Bennet, Delaney, and Patrick with 0%; "Other" with 2%
  52. Bloomberg (explicitly as a write in) and Patrick with 2%; Bennet with 1%; "Other" with 3%; Delaney not reported
  53. Bloomberg with 3%; Bennet with 2%; Delaney and Patrick with 0%; "Other" with 2%
  54. Bennet and Patrick with 1%; Delaney with <1%
  55. Bloomberg and Delaney with 1%; Bennet and Patrick with 0%
  56. Bloomberg and Patrick with 1%; Bennet with <1%; Delaney with 0%; some other candidate with 2%; would not vote with <1%
  57. Listed as "Don't know/refused"
  58. Bennet and Patrick with 1%; Delaney with 0%
  59. Delaney with 1%; Bennet and Patrick with no voters; "someone else" with 6%
  60. Bloomberg with 4%; Bennet, Delaney, Patrick and Williamson with no voters; other with 1%
  61. Sponsored by a presidential candidate's campaign
  62. Booker with 2%; "someone else" with 1%
  63. Bennet with 2%; Booker with 1%; Delaney and Williamson with 0%; Patrick and "Someone else" with 0%
  64. If the primary came down to the seven candidates listed in this poll
  65. "None of these" with 3%; Booker with 2%
  66. If the primary came down to the four candidates listed in this poll
  67. "None of these" with 5%
  68. Booker with 2%; Patrick with 1%; Bennet, Castro, Delaney, and Williamson with 0%; "Someone else" with 0%
  69. Steyer with 3%; Bloomberg with 2%; Williamson with 1%; Bennet with <1%; Castro and Delaney with 0%; someone else with 2%; would not vote with 3%
  70. Includes "refused"
  71. Steyer with 3%; Bloomberg and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro and Delaney and Sestak and with 0%; someone else with 2%
  72. Steyer with 2%; Bullock, Castro and Delaney with 1%; Bennet, Sestak and Williamson with 0%; others with 2%; refused with 1%
  73. Steyer with 5%; Delaney and Williamson with 0%
  74. Steyer with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Messam, Sestak, Williamson with 0%, "Someone else" with 2%
  75. Steyer with 3%; Bennet and Castro, with 1%, Bullock, Delaney, Messam, Sestak, Williamson with 0%
  76. Steyer with 3%; Sestak with 1%; Bennet, Castro, Delaney and other with 0%
  77. Steyer with 1%; Castro with 0% and Williamson with 0%; other with 3%
  78. The poll did not announce this result separately; it is listed as part of 'Other'.
  79. Steyer with 4%; Ryan with 1%, Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Messam, Sestak, and Williamson with 0%; "someone else" with 0%
  80. Steyer with 2%; "Other" with 1%; Castro with 0%; Delaney, Bullock, Bennet and Williamson with less than 1%
  81. Steyer with 2%; Williamson with 1%; Castro, Delaney and Ryan with <1%; Bennet, de Blasio, Bullock, Messam and Sestak with 0%; "no one" with 1%;
  82. Steyer with 2%; de Blasio, Delaney, and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Messam, Ryan and Sestak with 0%
  83. Castro with 1%; others with 2%
  84. Delaney with 3%; Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, de Blasio, Messam, Ryan, and Sestak with 0%; someone else with 3%
  85. Steyer with 1%; Bennet, de Blasio, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Messam, Ryan, Sestak, and Williamson with 0%
  86. Steyer with 4%; Castro with 2%; Gillibrand and Inslee with 1%
  87. Bennet with 2%; Delaney, Gillibrand, Williamson, and Steyer with 1%; others with 0%
  88. Castro, Delaney, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, and Steyer with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, de Blasio, Gravel, Inslee, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, Sestak, and Williamson with 0%
  89. Bennet, Delaney, Gillibrand, and Williamson with 1%; de Blasio, Inslee, Moulton, Ryan, and Steyer with 0%
  90. Williamson with 2%; Gillibrand with 1%; Inslee with 0%
  91. Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, de Blasio, Castro, Delaney, Inslee, Moulton, Ryan, and Swalwell with 0%
  92. Gillibrand, Gravel, Inslee, and Moulton with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Hickenlooper, Ryan, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%
  93. Delaney, Gravel, and Inslee with 1%; Bullock, Castro, de Blasio, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%
  94. Gillibrand and Hickenlooper with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, de Blasio, Delaney, Gravel, Inslee, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%; others with 1%
  95. Hickenlooper and Ryan with 1%; Bullock, Delaney, Gillibrand, and Williamson with <1%; Bennet, Castro, de Blasio, Gravel, Inslee, Messam, Moulton, and Swalwell with 0%
  96. Delaney with 2%; Moulton, and Ryan with 1%; Abrams, Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Gillibrand, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%
  97. Delaney with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, de Blasio, Gillibrand, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%; others with 0%
  98. Ryan with 2%; Gillibrand, Messam, and Swalwell with 1%; Castro, Delaney, Hickenlooper, Inslee, and Williamson with 0%; others with 0%
  99. Delaney, Gillibrand, and Hickenlooper with 1%; Inslee with 0%; others with 6%
  100. Bloomberg, Brown, and Gillibrand with 1%; Delaney and Hickenlooper with 0%; others with 3%
  101. Bloomberg with 2%; Brown, Delaney, and Gillibrand with 1%; Castro with 0%; others with 5%
  102. Gillibrand with 3%; Bloomberg with 2%; Castro with 1%; others with 3%
  103. Gillibrand with 0%
  104. Kennedy with 9%; Clinton with 3%; Bloomberg, Kerry, and Klobuchar with 2%; Brown, Bullock, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Ojeda, and Steyer with 1%; Castro, Cuomo, Delaney, Holder, Inslee, McAuliffe, Schultz, and Swalwell with 0%
  105. Kennedy with 7%; Holder with 2%; O'Malley with 1%; Delaney, Gillibrand, and Hickenlooper with 0%; others with 2%
  106. Gillibrand and McAuliffe with 2%
  107. Gillibrand with 3%; McAuliffe with 2%; others with 1%
  108. Kennedy with 3%; O'Malley with 2%; Gillibrand and Hickenlooper with 1%; Ryan with 0%; others with 2%
  109. Gillibrand with 2%; O'Malley with 1%; others with 4%
  110. O'Malley with 3%; Hickenlooper and Zuckerberg with 2%; Gillibrand, and Ryan with 1%; Delaney with 0%; others with 5%
  111. Number of pledged delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[17][1]
  112. Including 4,675 statewide votes for Michael Bloomberg[22]

See also

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