2020 United States presidential election in California

The 2020 United States presidential election in California was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated.[2] California voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate Kamala Harris, the junior senator from California. California has 55 electoral votes in the Electoral College, the most of any state.[3] Prior to the election, all 14 news organizations considered California a strongly Democratic state, or a safe blue state. It has voted Democratic in every presidential election from 1992 onward. California was one of six states where Trump received more percentage of the two-party vote than he did in 2016. [lower-alpha 1]

2020 United States presidential election in California

November 3, 2020
Turnout	80.67% (of registered voters) 5.40 pp 70.88% (of eligible voters) 12.14 pp [1]
Nominee Joe Biden Donald Trump Party Democratic Republican Home state Delaware Florida Running mate Kamala Harris Mike Pence Electoral vote 55 0 Popular vote 11,110,250 6,006,429 Percentage 63.48% 34.32%
County results Biden   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Trump   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%
President before election Donald Trump Republican Elected President Joe Biden Democratic

Biden carried California with 63.5% of the vote and a margin of 29.2% over Trump. Biden earned the highest percentage of the vote in the state for any candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. Biden's margin of victory was slightly smaller than Hillary Clinton's 30.1% in 2016. Biden became the first candidate in any race for any office in U.S. history to win more than 10 million votes in a single state, while Trump also received the most votes a Republican has ever received in any state in any race since the country's founding, narrowly besting his vote total in Texas, a state that he won.[4] President Trump also became the first Republican since President George W. Bush in 2004 to garner more than one million votes in Los Angeles County, and the first Republican candidate to earn 6 million votes in the state.

Per exit polls by the Associated Press, Biden's strength in the state came from a coalition of key Democratic-leaning constituencies, garnering 68% with voters with college degrees;[5] 74% of voters under the age of 30;[5] 93% with Blacks; 69% with Latinos, including 71% of Latinos of Mexican heritage; 73% with Asians; and 67% of union households. California legalized marijuana for recreational use under Proposition 64 in 2016, and 67% of voters favored legalizing the recreational use of marijuana nationwide, breaking for Biden by 75%–22%. Sixty percent of voters approved of Harris.[6] This became only the fourth presidential election in over 100 years where over 70% of California's eligible electorate cast their vote.

Biden flipped Butte County and Inyo County to Democratic, both of which have not voted Democrat since 2008 and 1964, respectively. In contrast, while he improved his total vote share by nearly three percentage points, Trump did not flip any counties that his then-Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton had won in 2016. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla certified the results on December 4.[7]

Primary elections

In a departure from previous election cycles, California held its primaries on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020.[8] Early voting began several weeks earlier.

Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination on March 17, 2020, defeating several longshot candidates, most notably former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld. Kamala Harris, the state's junior U.S. senator, was among the Democratic candidates declared until she dropped out on December 3, 2019. Representative Eric Swalwell from the 15th district was also a Democratic candidate but dropped out of the race on July 8, 2019. Other prominent state figures, including former Governor Jerry Brown, current Governor Gavin Newsom, and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti declined to run.[9][10][11]

Republican primary

The Republican Party's primary campaign was dominated by a lawsuit over the President's taxes.[12] The suit alleges that the new requirement for several years of a candidate's taxes was unconstitutional and onerous. The law was blocked in September 2019 while State Supreme court heard testimony and made a ruling.[13]

As a contingency, the Republican state committee changed its delegate selection process, turning the primary into a mere "beauty contest" and setting up an emergency state convention to Trump's delegate choices.[14] If Trump were allowed on the ballot, the convention would be canceled and the so-called "winner-take-most" rules, which require a challenger to get 20% of the vote, would apply.

President Trump was allowed on the ballot, and the contingency convention was canceled.

2020 California Republican presidential primary[15]

Candidate	Votes	%	Estimated delegates
Donald Trump	2,279,120	92.2%	172
Bill Weld	66,904	2.7%
Joe Walsh (withdrawn)	64,749	2.6%
Rocky De La Fuente	24,351	1.0%
Matthew John Matern	15,469	0.6%
Robert Ardini	12,857	0.5%
Zoltan Istvan	8,141	0.3%
Total	2,471,591	100%

Democratic primary

Candidates began filing their paperwork on November 4, 2019, and the final list will be announced on December 9.

Leading California Democrats complained that Joe Biden and Senator Elizabeth Warren were snubbing the state by refusing to attend a forum at the State's "endorsement convention".[16] Early voting began on February 11 and ended the day before primary day.

Popular vote share by county

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•   Biden—<30%
•   Biden—30–40%
•   Sanders—<30%
•   Sanders—30–40%
•   Sanders—40–50%
•   Sanders—50–60%

Bernie Sanders rally at the Los Angeles Convention Center

Senator Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally in San Jose, California on March 1, 2020

Joe Biden's presidential campaign in Bel Air, Los Angeles on March 5, 2020

2020 California Democratic presidential primary[17][18]
Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates
Bernie Sanders	2,080,846	35.97	225
Joe Biden	1,613,854	27.90	172
Elizabeth Warren	762,555	13.18	11
Michael Bloomberg	701,803	12.13	7
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn)[lower-alpha 2]	249,256	4.31	0
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn)[lower-alpha 2]	126,961	2.19	0
Tom Steyer (withdrawn)[lower-alpha 2]	113,092	1.96	0
Andrew Yang (withdrawn)	43,571	0.75	0
Tulsi Gabbard	33,769	0.58	0
Julian Castro (withdrawn)	13,892	0.24	0
Michael Bennet (withdrawn)	7,377	0.13	0
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn)	7,052	0.12	0
Rocky De La Fuente	6,151	0.11	0
Cory Booker (withdrawn)	6,000	0.10	0
John Delaney (withdrawn)	4,606	0.08	0
Michael Ellinger	3,424	0.06	0
Joe Sestak (withdrawn)	3,270	0.06	0
Mark Greenstein	3,190	0.06	0
Deval Patrick (withdrawn)	2,022	0.03	0
Mosie Boyd	1,639	0.03	0
Robert Jordan (write-in)	20	0.00	0
Daphne Bradford (write-in)	8	0.00	0
Nakia Anthony (write-in)	3	0.00	0
Willie Carter (write-in)	3	0.00	0
Michael Dename (write-in)	0	0.00	0
Jeffrey Drobman (write-in)	0	0.00	0
Heather Stagg (write-in)	0	0.00	0
Total votes	5,784,364	100%	415

Votes (Percentage) and Delegates by District[17][19][20]

District	Bernie Sanders		Joe Biden		Michael Bloomberg		Elizabeth Warren		Total delegates
1st	34%	2	23.7%	2	10.3%	0	12.9%	0	4
2nd	33.3%	3	25.3%	2	13.5%	0	15.9%	1	6
3rd	34.3%	3	29.3%	2	12%	0	12%	0	5
4th	26.1%	2	29.6%	3	14.7%	0	11.4%	0	5
5th	32.7%	3	27.2%	3	14.9%	0	12.6%	0	6
6th	35.8%	3	28.1%	2	10.7%	0	14.3%	0	5
7th	30.9%	2	31.4%	3	13%	0	11.2%	0	5
8th	35.7%	2	31.2%	2	11.8%	0	8.8%	0	4
9th	32.9%	2	32.5%	2	15.9%	1	7%	0	5
10th	35.5%	2	29.1%	1	15.3%	1	7.2%	0	4
11th	29%	2	30.7%	3	15.3%	1	14.7%	0	6
12th	33.8%	3	23.9%	2	11%	0	23.4%	2	7
13th	38.7%	3	22.4%	2	8.1%	0	24.7%	2	7
14th	31.9%	3	26.4%	2	15.6%	1	14.8%	0	6
15th	34.1%	3	29.5%	3	14.4%	0	11.5%	0	6
16th	40.9%	3	26.2%	1	12.6%	0	7.2%	0	4
17th	36.1%	3	25.9%	2	14.3%	0	12.5%	0	5
18th	26.6%	2	29%	2	15.4%	1	17.1%	1	6
19th	38.9%	4	25.9%	2	13.6%	0	10.7%	0	6
20th	39.8%	3	25.5%	2	10.9%	0	13%	0	5
21st	43.2%	3	25.3%	1	13.7%	0	5.1%	0	4
22nd	34.4%	2	29.1%	2	13%	0	8.8%	0	4
23rd	34.9%	2	30.2%	2	12.2%	0	9%	0	4
24th	35.3%	3	26.8%	2	10.5%	0	14.7%	0	5
25th	35.6%	3	33.6%	2	10%	0	10%	0	5
26th	34.4%	3	31.1%	2	12.1%	0	11.5%	0	5
27th	35.9%	2	29.2%	2	10.2%	0	15.7%	1	5
28th	40%	3	22.7%	2	7.5%	0	21.7%	1	6
29th	49.8%	3	21.5%	2	7.7%	0	11.2%	0	5
30th	32.6%	3	31.2%	2	11.2%	0	15.4%	1	6
31st	39.1%	3	32.3%	2	11%	0	8.3%	0	5
32nd	44.7%	3	28.2%	2	10.5%	0	7.5%	0	5
33rd	26.2%	2	34.2%	3	14.3%	0	16.1%	1	6
34th	53.7%	4	16.8%	1	8.1%	0	14.7%	0	5
35th	46.6%	2	28.2%	2	10.9%	0	6.2%	0	4
36th	27.5%	1	29.8%	2	15.4%	1	8.1%	0	4
37th	35.6%	3	31.3%	2	10.1%	0	16.2%	1	6
38th	41.7%	3	30.8%	2	10.5%	0	7.6%	0	5
39th	36.7%	3	30.5%	2	12.6%	0	9.6%	0	5
40th	56.4%	4	20.9%	1	8.9%	0	5.4%	0	5
41st	45%	3	27.9%	2	10.7%	0	7.5%	0	5
42nd	37%	3	31.6%	2	12.4%	0	7.9%	0	5
43rd	36.5%	3	34.3%	2	10%	0	10.3%	0	5
44th	44%	3	29.6%	2	6.2%	0	9.6%	0	5
45th	34%	3	29.1%	2	13.5%	0	12%	0	5
46th	53.7%	2	20%	2	10.5%	0	7.7%	0	4
47th	38.5%	3	27.3%	2	10.6%	0	12.2%	0	5
48th	30.4%	2	30.3%	2	16.3%	1	11%	0	5
49th	30.6%	3	30.5%	2	14.6%	0	12.2%	0	5
50th	34.9%	2	27.6%	2	13%	0	11.3%	0	4
51st	49.2%	3	23.7%	2	11.3%	0	6.8%	0	5
52nd	30.6%	3	30%	3	13.4%	0	14.6%	0	6
53rd	37.8%	3	27.3%	3	10.1%	0	14.5%	0	6
Total	36.0%	144	27.9%	109	12.1%	7	13.2%	11	271

Pledged Delegates[19]

Delegate Type	Bernie Sanders	Joe Biden	Michael Bloomberg	Elizabeth Warren
At-Large	51	39	0	0
PLEO	30	24	0	0
District-Level	144	109	7	11
Total	225	172	7	11

Libertarian primary

The Libertarian Party of California permitted non-affiliated voters to vote in their presidential primary.[21]

California Libertarian primary, 2020[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Jacob Hornberger	2,898	17.5
	Libertarian	Ken Armstrong	1,921	11.6
	Libertarian	Vermin Supreme	1,921	11.6
	Libertarian	Jo Jorgensen	1,896	11.4
	Libertarian	Kim Ruff (withdrawn)	1,459	8.8
	Libertarian	Adam Kokesh	1,302	7.9
	Libertarian	Dan "Taxation is Theft" Behrman	1,039	6.3
	Libertarian	Sam Robb	993	6.0
	Libertarian	Max Abramson	970	5.9
	Libertarian	Steve Richey	649	3.9
	Libertarian	Souraya Faas	590	3.6
	Libertarian	Erik Gerhardt	486	2.9
	Libertarian	Keenan Wallace Dunham	440	2.7
Total votes			16,564	100%

Green primary

2020 California Green primary[23]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	National delegates
Howie Hawkins	4,202	36.2%	16 estimated
Dario Hunter	2,558	22.0%	9 estimated
Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry	2,071	17.8%	8 estimated
Dennis Lambert	1,999	17.2%	7 estimated
David Rolde	774	6.7%	3 estimated
Total	9,656	100.00%	43

American Independent primary

The American Independent Party permitted non-affiliated voters to vote in their presidential primary.[21]

California American Independent primary, 2020[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	American Independent	Phil Collins	11,532	32.8
	American Independent	Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente	7,263	21.0
	American Independent	Don Blankenship	6,913	19.7
	American Independent	J.R. Myers	5,099	14.5
	American Independent	Charles Kraut	4,216	12.0
Total votes			35,723	100%

Peace and Freedom primary

California Peace and Freedom primary, 2020[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Peace and Freedom	Gloria La Riva	2,570	66.0
	Peace and Freedom	Howie Hawkins	1,325	34.0
Total votes			3,895	100%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[25]	Solid D	November 3, 2020
Inside Elections[26]	Solid D	November 3, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[27]	Safe D	November 3, 2020
Politico[28]	Solid D	November 3, 2020
RCP[29]	Solid D	November 3, 2020
Niskanen[30]	Safe D	November 3, 2020
CNN[31]	Solid D	November 3, 2020
The Economist[32]	Safe D	November 3, 2020
CBS News[33]	Likely D	November 3, 2020
270towin[34]	Safe D	November 3, 2020
ABC News[35]	Solid D	November 3, 2020
NPR[36]	Likely D	November 3, 2020
NBC News[37]	Solid D	November 3, 2020
538[38]	Solid D	November 3, 2020

Polling

Graphical summary

Aggregate polls

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	Joe Biden Democratic	Donald Trump Republican	Other/ Undecided [lower-alpha 3]	Margin
270 to Win	September 26 – October 21, 2020	October 27, 2020	61.0%	32.3%	6.7%	Biden +28.7
Real Clear Politics	September 26 – October 21, 2020	October 27, 2020	60.7%	31.0%	8.3%	Biden +29.7
FiveThirtyEight	until October 25, 2020	October 27, 2020	61.1%	31.9%	6.9%	Biden +29.3
Average			61.0%	31.7%	7.3%	Biden +29.3

Polls

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 4]	Margin of error	Donald Trump Republican	Joe Biden Democratic	Jo Jorgensen Libertarian	Howie Hawkins Green	Other	Undecided
SurveyMonkey/Axios	Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020	12,370 (LV)	± 1.5%	36%[lower-alpha 5]	62%	–	–	–	–
David Binder Research	Oct 28 – Nov 1, 2020	800 (LV)	–	31%	62%	–	–	3%	4%
USC Schwarzenegger Institute	Oct 27–31, 2020	1,155 (RV)	± 3%	28%	65%	–	–	4%[lower-alpha 6]	2%
SurveyMonkey/Tableau	Sep 30 – Oct 28, 2020	22,450 (LV)	–	37%[lower-alpha 7]	61%	–	–	–	–
Swayable	Oct 23–26, 2020	635 (LV)	± 5.2%	35%	62%	2%	1%	–	–
UC Berkeley/LA Times	Oct 16–21, 2020	5,352 (LV)	± 2%	29%	65%	1%	0%	0%[lower-alpha 8][lower-alpha 9]	3%
Public Policy Institute of California	Oct 9–18, 2020	1,185 (LV)	± 4.3%	32%	58%	3%	2%	1%[lower-alpha 10]	4%
SurveyMonkey/Tableau	Sep 1–30, 2020	20,346 (LV)	–	35%	63%	–	–	–	2%
SurveyUSA	Sep 26–28, 2020	588 (LV)	± 5.4%	34%	59%	–	–	3%[lower-alpha 11]	6%
Redfield & Wilton Strategies	Sep 19–21, 2020	1,775 (LV)	–	28%	62%	1%	1%	1%[lower-alpha 12]	8%
UC Berkeley/LA Times	Sep 9–15, 2020	5,942 (LV)	± 2%	28%	67%	1%	0%	0%[lower-alpha 13][lower-alpha 14]	3%
Public Policy Institute of California	Sep 4–13, 2020	1,168 (LV)	± 4.3%	31%	60%	3%	2%	1%[lower-alpha 15]	2%
Spry Strategies/Women's Liberation Front	Aug 29 – Sep 1, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4%	39%	56%	–	–	–	5%
SurveyMonkey/Tableau	Aug 1–31, 2020	17,537 (LV)	–	35%	63%	–	–	–	2%
David Binder Research	Aug 22–24, 2020	800 (LV)	–	31%	61%	–	–	3%[lower-alpha 16]	5%
Redfield and Wilton Strategies	Aug 9, 2020	1,904 (LV)	± 2.3%	25%	61%	1%	1%	2%[lower-alpha 17]	9%
SurveyMonkey/Tableau	Jul 1–31, 2020	19,027 (LV)	–	35%	63%	–	–	–	2%
University of California Berkeley	Jul 21–27, 2020	6,756 (LV)	± 2.0%	28%	67%	–	–	–	5%
SurveyMonkey/Tableau	Jun 8–30, 2020	8,412 (LV)	–	36%	62%	–	–	–	2%
Public Policy Institute of California	May 19–26, 2020	1,048 (LV)	± 4.6%	33%	57%	–	–	6%[lower-alpha 18]	3%
SurveyUSA	May 18–19, 2020	537 (LV)	± 5.4%	30%	58%	–	–	5%	7%
Emerson College	May 8–10, 2020	800 (RV)	± 3.4%	35%[lower-alpha 19]	65%	–	–	–	–
Public Policy Polling	Mar 28–29, 2020	962 (RV)	–	29%	67%	–	–	–	3%
AtlasIntel	Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2020	1,100 (RV)	± 3.0%	26%	62%	–	–	12%	–
YouGov	Feb 26–28, 2020	1,507 (RV)	–	31%	59%	–	–	4%	4%
CNN/SSRS	Feb 22–26, 2020	951 (RV)	± 3.3%	35%	60%	–	–	3%[lower-alpha 20]	3%
University of California Berkeley	Feb 20–25, 2020	5,526 (RV)	–	31%	58%	–	–	–	11%
SurveyUSA	Feb 13–16, 2020	1,196 (RV)	± 3.1%	37%	57%	–	–	–	6%
YouGov/USC Price-Schwarzenegger Institute	Feb 1–15, 2020	1,200 (RV)	± 3.1%	30%	60%	–	–	–	4%
SurveyUSA	Jan 14–16, 2020	1,967 (RV)	± 2.8%	35%	59%	–	–	–	6%
CNN/SSRS	Dec 4–8, 2019	1,011 (RV)	± 3.4%	36%	56%	–	–	3%[lower-alpha 21]	5%
SurveyUSA	Nov 20–22, 2019	2,039 (RV)	± 2.4%	32%	59%	–	–	–	9%
SurveyUSA	Oct 15–16, 2019	1,242 (RV)	± 3.8%	32%	59%	–	–	–	9%
Emerson College	Sep 13–16, 2019	830 (RV)	± 3.3%	36%	64%	–	–	–	–
SurveyUSA	Sep 13–15, 2019	1,785 (RV)	± 3.2%	31%	57%	–	–	–	11%
SurveyUSA	Aug 1–5, 2019	2,184 (RV)	± 2.7%	27%	61%	–	–	–	12%
SurveyUSA	Mar 22–25, 2018	882 (RV)	± 3.8%	33%	56%	–	–	–	11%

Former candidates

with Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Bernie Sanders (D) Other Undecided AtlasIntel Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2020 1,100 (RV) ± 3.0% 28% 60% 12% – YouGov Feb 26–28, 2020 1,507 (RV) – 31% 59% 6%[lower-alpha 22] 4% CNN/SSRS Feb 22–26, 2020 951 (RV) ± 3.3% 36% 59% 3%[lower-alpha 23] 2% University of California Berkeley Feb 20–25, 2020 5,526 (RV) – 31% 59% – 10% SurveyUSA Feb 13–16, 2020 1,196 (RV) ± 3.1% 37% 58% – 6% YouGov/USC Price-Schwarzenegger Institute Feb 1–15, 2020 1,200 (RV) ± 3.1% 31% 61% – 4% SurveyUSA Jan 14–16, 2020 1,967 (RV) ± 2.7% 36% 59% – 5% CNN/SSRS Dec 4–8, 2019 1,011 (RV) ± 3.4% 38% 54% 4%[lower-alpha 24] 4% SurveyUSA Nov 20–22, 2019 2,039 (RV) ± 2.4% 34% 60% – 7% SurveyUSA Oct 15–16, 2019 1,242 (RV) ± 3.8% 33% 59% – 8% Emerson College Sep 13–16, 2019 830 (RV) ± 3.3% 38% 63% – – SurveyUSA Sep 13–15, 2019 1,785 (RV) ± 3.2% 33% 57% – 10% SurveyUSA Aug 1–5, 2019 2,184 (RV) ± 2.7% 29% 62% – 9% with Donald Trump and Tulsi Gabbard Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Tulsi Gabbard (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Jan 14–16, 2020 1,967 (RV) ± 2.8% 38% 43% 19% with Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Elizabeth Warren (D) Other Undecided AtlasIntel Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2020 1,100 (RV) ± 3.0% 28% 60% 12% – YouGov Feb 26–28, 2020 1,507 (RV) – 32% 57% 5%[lower-alpha 25] 6% CNN/SSRS Feb 22–26, 2020 951 (RV) ± 3.3% 37% 56% 3%[lower-alpha 26] 4% University of California Berkeley Feb 20–25, 2020 5,526 (RV) – 33% 58% – 10% SurveyUSA Feb 13–16, 2020 1,196 (RV) ± 3.1% 38% 54% – 8% YouGov/USC Price-Schwarzenegger Institute Feb 1–15, 2020 1,200 (RV) ± 3.1% 32% 59% – 4% SurveyUSA Jan 14–16, 2020 1,967 (RV) ± 2.8% 39% 55% – 7% CNN/SSRS Dec 4–8, 2019 1,011 (RV) ± 3.4% 37% 53% 4%[lower-alpha 27] 6% SurveyUSA Nov 20–22, 2019 2,039 (RV) ± 2.4% 35% 56% – 9% SurveyUSA Oct 15–16, 2019 1,242 (RV) ± 3.9% 33% 55% – 12% SurveyUSA Oct 15–16, 2019 1,242 (RV) ± 3.8% 35% 56% – 8% Emerson College Sep 13–16, 2019 830 (RV) ± 3.3% 39% 61% – – SurveyUSA Sep 13–15, 2019 1,785 (RV) ± 3.2% 35% 53% – 12% SurveyUSA Aug 1–5, 2019 2,184 (RV) ± 2.7% 30% 58% – 12% SurveyUSA Jan 7–9, 2018 909 (RV) ± 3.3% 32% 53% – 14% with Donald Trump and Michael Bloomberg Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Michael Bloomberg (D) Other Undecided AtlasIntel Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2020 1,100 (RV) ± 3.0% 25% 51% 24% – YouGov Feb 26–28, 2020 1,507 (RV) – 32% 51% 10%[lower-alpha 28] 7% CNN/SSRS Feb 22–26, 2020 951 (RV) ± 3.3% 35% 55% 4%[lower-alpha 29] 5% University of California Berkeley Feb 20–25, 2020 5,526 (RV) – 30% 54% – 16% SurveyUSA Feb 13–16, 2020 1,196 (RV) ± 3.1% 34% 59% – 7% YouGov/USC Price-Schwarzenegger Institute Feb 1–15, 2020 1,200 (RV) ± 3.1% 31% 57% – 6% SurveyUSA Jan 14–16, 2020 1,967 (RV) ± 2.8% 36% 56% – 8% SurveyUSA Nov 20–22, 2019 2,039 (RV) ± 2.4% 34% 50% – 16% with Donald Trump and Amy Klobuchar Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Amy Klobuchar (D) Other Undecided YouGov Feb 26–28, 2020 1,507 (RV) – 31% 59% 7%[lower-alpha 30] 7% CNN/SSRS Feb 22–26, 2020 951 (RV) ± 3.3% 35% 55% 4%[lower-alpha 31] 6% University of California Berkeley Feb 20–25, 2020 5,526 (RV) – 30% 57% – 13% SurveyUSA Feb 13–16, 2020 1,196 (RV) ± 3.1% 37% 52% – 11% SurveyUSA Jan 14–16, 2020 1,967 (RV) ± 2.8% 38% 50% – 11% with Donald Trump and Pete Buttigieg Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Pete Buttigieg (D) Other Undecided YouGov Feb 26–28, 2020 1,507 (RV) – 33% 54% 8%[lower-alpha 32] 6% CNN/SSRS Feb 22–26, 2020 951 (RV) ± 3.3% 35% 56% 4%[lower-alpha 33] 4% University of California Berkeley Feb 20–25, 2020 5,526 (RV) – 30% 58% – 12% SurveyUSA Feb 13–16, 2020 1,196 (RV) ± 3.1% 36% 56% – 8% YouGov/USC Price-Schwarzenegger Institute Feb 1–15, 2020 1,200 (RV) ± 3.1% 31% 57% – 6% SurveyUSA Jan 14–16, 2020 1,967 (RV) ± 2.8% 37% 53% – 10% CNN/SSRS Dec 4–8, 2019 1,011 (RV) ± 3.4% 36% 53% 4%[lower-alpha 34] 7% SurveyUSA Nov 20–22, 2019 2,039 (RV) ± 2.4% 34% 52% – 14% SurveyUSA Oct 15–16, 2019 1,242 (RV) ± 3.9% 32% 54% – 13% SurveyUSA Aug 1–5, 2019 2,184 (RV) ± 2.8% 30% 53% – 17% with Donald Trump and Tom Steyer Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Tom Steyer (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Feb 13–16, 2020 1,196 (RV) ± 3.1% 38% 54% 9% SurveyUSA Jan 14–16, 2020 1,967 (RV) ± 2.8% 37% 53% 10% with Donald Trump and Deval Patrick Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Deval Patrick (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Mar 22–25, 2018 882 (RV) ± 3.8% 34% 34% 32% with Donald Trump and Andrew Yang Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Andrew Yang (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Jan 14–16, 2020 1,967 (RV) ± 2.8% 37% 53% 10% with Donald Trump and Cory Booker Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Cory Booker (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Mar 22–25, 2018 882 (RV) ± 3.8% 35% 39% 26% with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Kamala Harris (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Nov 20–22, 2019 2,039 (RV) ± 2.4% 35% 56% 8% SurveyUSA Oct 15–16, 2019 1,242 (RV) ± 3.8% 35% 57% 8% Emerson College Sep 13–16, 2019 830 (RV) ± 3.3% 39% 61% – SurveyUSA Sep 13–15, 2019 1,785 (RV) ± 3.2% 35% 53% 12% SurveyUSA Aug 1–5, 2019 2,184 (RV) ± 2.7% 30% 59% 12% SurveyUSA Mar 22–25, 2018 882 (RV) ± 3.8% 35% 54% 12% SurveyUSA Jan 7–9, 2018 909 (RV) ± 3.3% 33% 53% 13% with Donald Trump and Beto O'Rourke Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Beto O'Rourke (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Sep 13–15, 2019 1,785 (RV) ± 3.2% 34% 51% 15% with Donald Trump and Kirsten Gillibrand Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Kirsten Gillibrand (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Mar 22–25, 2018 882 (RV) ± 3.8% 33% 47% 19% SurveyUSA Jan 7–9, 2018 909 (RV) ± 3.3% 32% 46% 22%

Hypothetical polling

with Donald Trump and Jerry Brown Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Jerry Brown (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Mar 22–25, 2018 882 (RV) ± 3.8% 35% 54% 11% with Donald Trump and Sherrod Brown Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Sherrod Brown (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Mar 22–25, 2018 882 (RV) ± 3.8% 35% 36% 29% with Donald Trump and Eric Garcetti Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Eric Garcetti (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Mar 22–25, 2018 882 (RV) ± 3.8% 34% 49% 17% SurveyUSA Jan 7–9, 2018 909 (RV) ± 3.3% 32% 46% 21% with Donald Trump and Tom Hanks Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Tom Hanks (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Mar 22–25, 2018 882 (RV) ± 3.8% 34% 51% 15% SurveyUSA Jan 7–9, 2018 909 (RV) ± 3.3% 31% 56% 14% with Donald Trump and Eric Holder Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Eric Holder (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Mar 22–25, 2018 882 (RV) ± 3.8% 35% 38% 26% with Donald Trump and Mitch Landrieu Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Mitch Landrieu (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Mar 22–25, 2018 882 (RV) ± 3.8% 35% 36% 29% with Donald Trump and Michelle Obama Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Michelle Obama (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Aug 1–5, 2019 2,184 (RV) ± 2.7% 28% 64% 8% SurveyUSA Mar 22–25, 2018 882 (RV) ± 3.8% 36% 57% 8% with Donald Trump and Oprah Winfrey Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Oprah Winfrey (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Aug 1–5, 2019 2,184 (RV) ± 2.7% 28% 57% 14% SurveyUSA Mar 22–25, 2018 882 (RV) ± 3.8% 35% 52% 13% SurveyUSA Jan 7–9, 2018 909 (RV) ± 3.3% 32% 56% 12% with Donald Trump and Mark Zuckerberg Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Mark Zuckerberg (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Mar 22–25, 2018 882 (RV) ± 3.8% 36% 42% 22% SurveyUSA Jan 7–9, 2018 909 (RV) ± 3.3% 31% 50% 19% with Mike Pence and Joe Biden Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Mike Pence (R) Joe Biden (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Nov 20–22, 2019 2,039 (RV) ± 2.4% 29% 59% 12% SurveyUSA Oct 15–16, 2019 1,242 (RV) ± 3.8% 30% 58% 13% SurveyUSA Sep 13–15, 2019 1,785 (RV) ± 3.2% 27% 58% 15% with Mike Pence and Michael Bloomberg Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Mike Pence (R) Michael Bloomberg (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Nov 20–22, 2019 2,039 (RV) ± 2.4% 32% 48% 20% with Mike Pence and Pete Buttigieg Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Mike Pence (R) Pete Buttigieg (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Nov 20–22, 2019 2,039 (RV) ± 2.4% 34% 48% 17% SurveyUSA Oct 15–16, 2019 1,242 (RV) ± 3.9% 34% 45% 21% with Mike Pence and Bernie Sanders Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Mike Pence (R) Bernie Sanders (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Nov 20–22, 2019 2,039 (RV) ± 2.4% 31% 59% 9% SurveyUSA Oct 15–16, 2019 1,242 (RV) ± 3.8% 31% 58% 10% SurveyUSA Sep 13–15, 2019 1,785 (RV) ± 3.2% 31% 57% 13% with Mike Pence and Elizabeth Warren Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Mike Pence (R) Elizabeth Warren (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Nov 20–22, 2019 2,039 (RV) ± 2.4% 34% 53% 13% SurveyUSA Oct 15–16, 2019 1,242 (RV) ± 3.9% 33% 55% 12% SurveyUSA Sep 13–15, 2019 1,785 ± 3.2% 33% 50% 16% with Nikki Haley and Joe Biden Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Nikki Haley (R) Joe Biden (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Oct 15–16, 2019 1,242 (RV) ± 3.9% 21% 56% 23% SurveyUSA Sep 13–15, 2019 1,785 (RV) ± 3.2% 21% 56% 24% with Nikki Haley and Pete Buttigieg Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Nikki Haley (R) Pete Buttigieg (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Oct 15–16, 2019 1,242 (RV) ± 3.9% 24% 44% 32% with Nikki Haley and Bernie Sanders Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Nikki Haley (R) Bernie Sanders (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Oct 15–16, 2019 1,242 (RV) ± 3.8% 23% 58% 19% SurveyUSA Sep 13–15, 2019 1,785 (RV) ± 3.2% 24% 56% 19% with Nikki Haley and Elizabeth Warren Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Nikki Haley (R) Elizabeth Warren (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Oct 15–16, 2019 1,242 (RV) ± 3.9% 23% 52% 24% SurveyUSA Sep 13–15, 2019 1,785 (RV) ± 3.2% 25% 49% 26%

Hypothetical polling with former candidates

with Mike Pence and Kamala Harris Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Mike Pence (R) Kamala Harris (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Nov 20–22, 2019 2,039 (RV) ± 2.4% 34% 54% 12% SurveyUSA Oct 15–16, 2019 1,242 (RV) ± 3.9% 33% 55% 12% SurveyUSA Sep 13–15, 2019 1,785 (RV) ± 3.2% 34% 51% 15% with Mike Pence and Beto O'Rourke Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Mike Pence (R) Beto O'Rourke (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Sep 13–15, 2019 1,785 (RV) ± 3.2% 34% 47% 20% with Nikki Haley and Kamala Harris Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Nikki Haley (R) Kamala Harris (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Oct 15–16, 2019 1,242 (RV) ± 3.9% 23% 52% 25% SurveyUSA Sep 13–15, 2019 1,785 (RV) ± 3.2% 24% 51% 25% with Nikki Haley and Beto O'Rourke Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Nikki Haley (R) Beto O'Rourke (D) Undecided SurveyUSA Sep 13–15, 2019 1,785 (RV) ± 3.2% 25% 44% 30%

Results

Biden won California with one of the biggest margins of victory in recent history. He performed well in most urban areas of the state. Biden is also the first candidate for any statewide race in California to receive over ten million votes.

2020 United States presidential election in California[39][40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Biden Kamala Harris	11,110,250	63.48%	+1.75%
	Republican	Donald Trump Mike Pence	6,006,429	34.32%	+2.70%
	Libertarian	Jo Jorgensen Spike Cohen	187,895	1.07%	-2.30%
	Green	Howie Hawkins Angela Walker	81,029	0.46%	-1.51%
	American Independent	Rocky De La Fuente Kanye West	60,160	0.34%	N/A
	Peace and Freedom	Gloria La Riva Sunil Freeman	51,037	0.29%	-0.18%
	American Solidarity	Brian Carroll (write-in) Amar Patel (write-in)	2,605	0.01%	N/A
	Green	Jesse Ventura (write-in) Cynthia McKinney (write-in)	611	0.00%	N/A
	Independent	Mark Charles (write-in) Adrian Wallace (write-in)	559	0.00%	N/A
	Independent	Brock Pierce (write-in) Karla Ballard (write-in)	185	0.00%	N/A
	Socialist Equality	Joseph Kishore (write-in) Norissa Santa Cruz (write-in)	121	0.00%	N/A
Total votes			17,500,881	100%

Results by county

County	Joe Biden		Donald Trump		Other		Total
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Alameda	617,659	80.23%	136,309	17.71%	15,896	2.06%	769,864
Alpine	476	64.24%	244	32.93%	21	2.83%	741
Amador	8,153	36.56%	13,585	60.91%	564	2.53%	22,302
Butte	50,426	49.42%	48,730	47.75%	2,886	2.83%	102,042
Calaveras	10,046	36.98%	16,518	60.81%	600	2.21%	27,164
Colusa	3,234	40.67%	4,554	57.28%	163	2.05%	7,951
Contra Costa	416,386	71.64%	152,877	26.30%	11,967	2.06%	581,230
Del Norte	4,677	40.84%	6,461	56.42%	314	2.74%	11,452
El Dorado	51,621	44.45%	61,838	53.25%	2,679	2.30%	116,138
Fresno	193,025	52.91%	164,464	45.08%	7,320	2.01%	364,809
Glenn	3,995	35.38%	7,063	62.55%	234	2.07%	11,292
Humboldt	44,768	65.04%	21,770	31.63%	2,290	3.33%	68,828
Imperial	34,678	61.14%	20,847	36.76%	1,193	2.10%	56,718
Inyo	4,634	48.88%	4,620	48.73%	227	2.39%	9,481
Kern	133,366	43.69%	164,484	53.89%	7,376	2.42%	305,226
Kings	18,699	42.64%	24,072	54.89%	1,087	2.47%	43,858
Lake	14,941	51.88%	13,123	45.57%	736	2.55%	28,800
Lassen	2,799	23.35%	8,970	74.84%	216	1.81%	11,985
Los Angeles	3,028,885	71.04%	1,145,530	26.87%	89,028	2.09%	4,263,443
Madera	23,168	43.13%	29,378	54.69%	1,176	2.18%	53,722
Marin	128,288	82.34%	24,612	15.80%	2,901	1.86%	155,801
Mariposa	4,088	39.77%	5,950	57.88%	242	2.35%	10,280
Mendocino	28,782	66.42%	13,267	30.61%	1,287	2.97%	43,336
Merced	48,991	54.11%	39,397	43.51%	2,153	2.38%	90,541
Modoc	1,150	26.51%	3,109	71.67%	79	1.82%	4,338
Mono	4,013	59.57%	2,513	37.30%	211	3.13%	6,737
Monterey	113,953	69.53%	46,299	28.25%	3,631	2.22%	163,883
Napa	49,817	69.07%	20,676	28.67%	1,629	2.26%	72,122
Nevada	36,359	56.16%	26,779	41.37%	1,600	2.47%	64,738
Orange	814,009	53.49%	676,498	44.46%	31,218	2.05%	1,521,725
Placer	106,869	45.47%	122,488	52.12%	5,660	2.41%	235,017
Plumas	4,561	40.52%	6,445	57.26%	250	2.22%	11,256
Riverside	527,945	53.00%	448,702	45.04%	19,509	1.96%	996,156
Sacramento	440,808	61.37%	259,405	36.11%	18,077	2.52%	718,290
San Benito	17,628	61.16%	10,590	36.74%	603	2.10%	28,821
San Bernardino	455,859	54.21%	366,257	43.55%	18,815	2.24%	840,931
San Diego	964,650	60.23%	600,094	37.47%	36,978	2.30%	1,601,722
San Francisco	378,156	85.27%	56,417	12.72%	8,885	2.01%	443,458
San Joaquin	161,137	55.86%	121,098	41.99%	6,208	2.15%	288,443
San Luis Obispo	88,310	55.30%	67,436	42.23%	3,935	2.47%	159,681
San Mateo	291,410	77.91%	75,563	20.20%	7,085	1.89%	374,058
Santa Barbara	129,963	64.89%	65,736	32.82%	4,589	2.29%	200,288
Santa Clara	617,967	72.66%	214,612	25.23%	17,943	2.11%	850,522
Santa Cruz	114,246	78.90%	26,937	18.60%	3,613	2.50%	144,796
Shasta	30,000	32.29%	60,789	65.43%	2,111	2.28%	92,900
Sierra	730	37.82%	1,142	59.17%	58	3.01%	1,930
Siskiyou	9,593	40.91%	13,290	56.67%	567	2.42%	23,450
Solano	131,639	63.95%	69,306	33.67%	4,886	2.38%	205,831
Sonoma	199,938	74.53%	61,825	23.05%	6,489	2.42%	268,252
Stanislaus	105,841	49.26%	104,145	48.47%	4,890	2.27%	214,876
Sutter	17,367	40.73%	24,375	57.16%	898	2.11%	42,640
Tehama	8,911	31.03%	19,141	66.64%	669	2.33%	28,721
Trinity	2,851	45.56%	3,188	50.94%	219	3.50%	6,258
Tulare	66,105	45.02%	77,579	52.84%	3,148	2.14%	146,832
Tuolumne	11,978	39.40%	17,689	58.19%	734	2.41%	30,401
Ventura	251,388	59.47%	162,207	38.37%	9,103	2.16%	422,698
Yolo	67,598	69.50%	27,292	28.06%	2,374	2.44%	97,264
Yuba	11,230	37.70%	17,676	59.34%	881	2.96%	29,787
Total	11,110,250	63.48%	6,006,429	34.32%	384,202	2.20%	17,500,881

By congressional district

Biden won 46 out of the 53 congressional districts in California.

District	Trump	Biden	Representative
1st	56%	41%	Doug LaMalfa
2nd	24%	74%	Jared Huffman
3rd	43%	55%	John Garamendi
4th	54%	44%	Tom McClintock
5th	25%	72%	Mike Thompson
6th	27%	70%	Doris Matsui
7th	42%	56%	Ami Bera
8th	54%	44%	Paul Cook
			Jay Obernolte
9th	40%	58%	Jerry McNerney
10th	47%	50%	Josh Harder
11th	24%	74%	Mark DeSaulnier
12th	12%	86%	Nancy Pelosi
13th	9%	89%	Barbara Lee
14th	21%	78%	Jackie Speier
15th	26%	72%	Eric Swalwell
16th	39%	59%	Jim Costa
17th	26%	73%	Ro Khanna
18th	21%	76%	Anna Eshoo
19th	28%	70%	Zoe Lofgren
20th	25%	73%	Jimmy Panetta
21st	44%	54%	TJ Cox
			David Valadao
22nd	52%	46%	Devin Nunes
23rd	57%	41%	Kevin McCarthy
24th	37%	61%	Salud Carbajal
25th	44%	54%	Mike Garcia
26th	37%	61%	Julia Brownley
27th	31%	67%	Judy Chu
28th	27%	71%	Adam Schiff
29th	24%	74%	Tony Cárdenas
30th	29%	69%	Brad Sherman
31st	39%	59%	Pete Aguilar
32nd	33%	65%	Grace Napolitano
33rd	29%	69%	Ted Lieu
34th	17%	81%	Jimmy Gomez
35th	33%	65%	Norma Torres
36th	42%	56%	Raul Ruiz
37th	14%	84%	Karen Bass
38th	32%	66%	Linda Sánchez
39th	44%	54%	Gil Cisneros
			Young Kim
40th	21%	77%	Lucille Roybal-Allard
41st	36%	62%	Mark Takano
42nd	53%	45%	Ken Calvert
43rd	21%	77%	Maxine Waters
44th	19%	78%	Nanette Barragán
45th	43%	55%	Katie Porter
46th	34%	64%	Lou Correa
47th	35%	62%	Alan Lowenthal
48th	48%	50%	Harley Rouda
			Michelle Steel
49th	43%	55%	Mike Levin
50th	53%	45%	Darrell Issa
51st	31%	67%	Juan Vargas
52nd	34%	63%	Scott Peters
53rd	31%	67%	Susan Davis
			Sara Jacobs

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Butte (largest municipality: Chico)
• Inyo (largest municipality: Bishop)

See also

• United States presidential elections in California
• 2020 California elections
• 2020 United States presidential election
• 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Green Party presidential primaries
• 2020 United States elections

Notes

1. The other five states were Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, and New York, including Washington DC.
2. Candidate withdrew after early voting started, but before the date of the election.
3. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
4. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
5. Overlapping sample with the previous SurveyMonkey/Axios poll, but more information available regarding sample size
6. "Someone else" with 4%
7. Overlapping sample with the previous SurveyMonkey/Axios poll, but more information available regarding sample size
8. De La Fuente (A) and De La Riva (PSOL) with 0%
9. De La Fuente listed as Guerra
10. Would not vote with 1%; "Someone else" with no voters
11. "Another candidate" with 3%
12. "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 1%
13. De La Fuente (A) and De La Riva (PSOL) with 0%
14. De La Fuente listed as Guerra
15. "Would not vote" with 1%; "Someone else" with no voters
16. "Someone else" with 3%
17. "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 2%
18. "Someone else" with 4%; would not vote with 2%
19. Including voters who lean towards a given candidate
20. Other with 0%; neither with 3%
21. Other with 0%; neither with 3%
22. "Other" with 3%; would not vote with 3%
23. Other with 0%; neither with 3%
24. Other with 1%; neither with 3%
25. "Other" with 3%; would not vote with 2%
26. Other with 0%; neither with 3%
27. Other with 1%; neither with 3%
28. "Other" with 6%; would not vote with 4%
29. Other with 0%; neither with 4%
30. "Other" with 5%; would not vote with 2%
31. Other with 0%; neither with 4%
32. "Other" with 5%; would not vote with 3%
33. Other with 0%; neither with 4%
34. Other with 1%; neither with 3%

References

1. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-general/sov/04-historical-voter-reg-participation.pdf
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Further reading

• Summary: State Laws on Presidential Electors (PDF), Washington DC: National Association of Secretaries of State, August 2020, California