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Parents > United States > California > President
Parent RaceUS President - D Primaries
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 2020 - 07:00pm Central
Polls Open March 03, 2020 - 09:00am Central
Polls Close March 03, 2020 - 10:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 2021 - 12:00am
Term End January 20, 2025 - 12:00pm
ContributorRP
Last ModifiedNCdem April 23, 2024 04:48pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description Mixed Primary

415 pledged delegates

Joe Sestak was included on the ballot despite ending his candidacy before the list of generally recognized candidates was issued.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/08/2016
NameHillary Clinton Votes8,753,788 (61.73%)
Term01/20/2017 - 01/20/2021 Margin4,269,978 (+30.11%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/03/2020
NameJoe Biden Votes11,110,250 (63.48%)
Term01/20/2021 - 01/20/2025 Margin5,103,821 (+29.16%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceCA US President 11/03/2020
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
05/13/2019 03/03/2020
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Joe Biden --1 ----
Bernie Sanders 3 2 4 --
Leaning Call: Bernie Sanders (90.48%)
Weighted Call: Bernie Sanders (90.82%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

02/09/2019 03/02/2020

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Sen. Bernie Sanders Vice President Joe Biden Sen. Elizabeth Warren Mayor Michael R. "Mike" Bloomberg Mayor Pete Buttigieg Sen. Amy Klobuchar Tom Steyer
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 2,080,846 (35.97%) 1,613,854 (27.90%) 762,555 (13.18%) 701,803 (12.13%) 249,256 (4.31%) 126,961 (2.20%) 113,092 (1.96%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -466,992 (-8.07%) -1,318,291 (-22.79%) -1,379,043 (-23.84%) -1,831,590 (-31.66%) -1,953,885 (-33.78%) -1,967,754 (-34.02%)
Predict Avg.11.45% 13.65% 16.20% 4.00% 6.50% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 02/19/2019 00/00/2019 00/00/2019 00/00/2019 00/00/2019 00/00/2019 00/00/2019
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MATCHUP POLLS (39 from 18 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg31.76%-- 17.21%-- 14.40%-- 13.36%-- 8.55%-- 4.40%-- 2.79%--
Swayable 
03/01/20-03/02/20
28.70% -- 20.80% -- 9.60% -- 19.30% -- 8.40% -- 3.30% -- 4.00% --
Data for Progress 
02/28/20-03/02/20
32.00% -- 25.00% -- 16.00% -- 17.00% -- 5.00% -- 3.00% -- 0.00% --
AtlasIntel 
02/24/20-03/02/20
34.00% -- 26.00% -- 15.00% -- 15.00% -- 3.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% --
Point Blank Political 
02/29/20-03/01/20
34.00% -- 22.00% 8.0 14.00% -- 10.00% 2.0 6.00% 3.0 3.00% -- 1.00% 2.0
Emerson College 
02/29/20-03/01/20
37.80% -- 21.00% -- 16.10% -- 10.80% -- 6.60% -- 4.60% -- 1.60% --
YouGov 
02/27/20-02/29/20
31.00% 3.0 19.00% -- 18.00% -- 12.00% 1.0 9.00% -- 4.00% 1.0 3.00% 1.0
Suffolk University 
02/26/20-02/29/20
35.00% -- 14.00% -- 12.00% -- 16.00% -- 7.00% -- 5.00% -- 3.00% --
Point Blank Political 
02/26/20-02/28/20
34.00% -- 14.00% 3.0 14.00% 1.0 12.00% 1.0 9.00% -- 3.00% 1.0 3.00% --
YouGov 
02/26/20-02/28/20
28.00% 1.2 19.00% 2.4 18.00% 2.2 13.00% 5.3 9.00% 3.2 3.00% 0.3 4.00% --
SSRS 
02/22/20-02/26/20
35.00% 15.0 13.00% 8.0 14.00% 3.0 12.00% 7.0 7.00% 2.0 6.00% 4.0 3.00% 2.0
Point Blank Political 
02/23/20-02/25/20
34.00% -- 11.00% -- 13.00% -- 11.00% -- 9.00% -- 4.00% -- 3.00% --
University of California - Berkeley 
02/20/20-02/25/20
34.00% 8.0 8.00% 7.0 17.00% 3.0 12.00% 6.0 11.00% 4.0 6.00% 1.0 2.00% --
Change Research 
02/20/20-02/23/20
37.00% 7.0 12.00% 3.0 20.00% 4.0 6.00% 2.0 11.00% 3.0 5.00% 2.0 3.00% 1.0
University of Massachusetts 
02/12/20-02/20/20
24.00% -- 13.00% -- 16.00% -- 12.00% -- 12.00% -- 7.00% -- 2.00% --
Monmouth University 
02/16/20-02/19/20
24.00% -- 17.00% -- 10.00% -- 13.00% -- 9.00% -- 4.00% -- 5.00% --
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) 
02/07/20-02/17/20
32.00% 5.0 14.00% 10.0 13.00% 10.0 12.00% 11.0 12.00% 6.0 5.00% 1.0 3.00% --
Survey USA 
02/13/20-02/16/20
25.00% 7.0 15.00% 13.0 9.00% 4.0 21.00% 18.0 12.00% 4.0 6.00% 5.0 3.00% --
YouGov 
02/01/20-02/15/20
29.20% -- 21.40% -- 20.20% -- 7.70% -- 5.80% -- 2.70% -- 0.00% --
Capitol Weekly 
02/06/20-02/09/20
29.00% -- 11.00% -- 16.00% -- 13.00% -- 14.00% -- 5.00% -- 3.00% --
Change Research 
01/26/20-01/27/20
30.00% 8.0 15.00% 6.0 16.00% 8.0 4.00% -- 8.00% 1.0 3.00% 2.0 2.00% --
University of California - Berkeley 
01/15/20-01/21/20
26.00% 2.0 15.00% 1.0 20.00% 2.0 6.00% -- 7.00% 5.0 5.00% -- 2.00% 1.0
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) 
01/03/20-01/12/20
27.00% 6.0 24.00% 2.0 23.00% -- 1.00% -- 6.00% -- 4.00% 3.0 0.00% 1.0
Tulchin Research 
01/03/20-01/10/20
29.00% -- 25.00% -- 12.00% -- 7.00% -- 8.00% -- 2.00% -- 3.00% --
SSRS 
12/04/19-12/08/19
20.00% -- 21.00% -- 17.00% -- 5.00% -- 9.00% -- 2.00% -- 1.00% --
University of California - Berkeley 
11/21/19-11/27/19
24.00% -- 14.00% -- 22.00% -- 0.00% -- 12.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% --
Survey USA 
11/20/19-11/22/19
18.00% 1.0 28.00% 5.0 13.00% 5.0 3.00% -- 8.00% 4.0 1.00% -- 3.00% 2.0
Survey USA 
10/15/19-10/16/19
17.00% 1.0 33.00% 8.0 18.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 4.00% 2.0 1.00% 1.0 1.00% 1.0
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) 
09/16/19-09/25/19
21.00% -- 22.00% -- 23.00% -- 0.00% -- 6.00% -- 1.00% -- 1.00% --
SurveyMonkey 
09/19/19-09/21/19
21.00% -- 18.00% -- 29.00% -- 0.00% -- 7.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% --
University of California - Berkeley 
09/13/19-09/16/19
18.90% 1.9 19.60% 2.4 28.60% 10.6 0.00% -- 6.10% 3.9 1.60% 0.6 0.10% --
Emerson College 
09/13/19-09/16/19
26.00% -- 26.00% -- 20.00% -- 0.00% -- 4.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% --
Change Research 
09/12/19-09/15/19
23.00% -- 18.00% -- 25.00% -- 0.00% -- 10.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% --
Capitol Weekly 
09/01/19-09/13/19
17.40% -- 18.00% -- 33.10% -- 0.00% -- 8.00% -- 1.10% -- 0.50% --
Survey USA 
08/01/19-08/05/19
18.00% -- 25.00% -- 21.00% -- 0.00% -- 6.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Quinnipiac University 
07/10/19-07/15/19
18.00% -- 21.00% -- 16.00% -- 0.00% -- 3.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
University of California - Berkeley 
06/04/19-06/10/19
17.00% -- 22.00% -- 18.00% -- 0.00% -- 10.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% --
Change Research 
04/06/19-04/09/19
22.00% 2.0 21.00% 5.0 8.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 9.00% 8.0 1.00% -- 0.00% --
Quinnipiac University 
04/03/19-04/08/19
18.00% -- 26.00% -- 7.00% -- 0.00% -- 7.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% --
Change Research 
02/09/19-02/11/19
20.00% -- 26.00% -- 7.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
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Name Andrew Yang Rep. Tulsi Gabbard HUD Secretary Julián Castro Sen. Michael Bennet Marianne Williamson Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, III Sen. Cory Booker
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 43,571 (0.75%) 33,769 (0.58%) 13,892 (0.24%) 7,377 (0.13%) 7,052 (0.12%) 6,151 (0.11%) 6,000 (0.10%)
Margin-2,037,275 (-35.22%) -2,047,077 (-35.39%) -2,066,954 (-35.73%) -2,073,469 (-35.85%) -2,073,794 (-35.85%) -2,074,695 (-35.87%) -2,074,846 (-35.87%)
Predict Avg.1.55% 6.00% 2.50% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 1.50%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 00/00/2019 00/00/2019 00/00/2019 00/00/2019 00/00/2019 00/00/2019 00/00/2019
MATCHUP POLLS (39 from 18 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg2.99%-- 1.59%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 1.00%-- 0.00%-- 1.00%--
Swayable 
03/01/20-03/02/20
0.00% -- 0.10% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Data for Progress 
02/28/20-03/02/20
0.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
AtlasIntel 
02/24/20-03/02/20
0.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Point Blank Political 
02/29/20-03/01/20
0.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Emerson College 
02/29/20-03/01/20
0.00% -- 1.40% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
YouGov 
02/27/20-02/29/20
0.00% -- 1.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Suffolk University 
02/26/20-02/29/20
0.00% -- 3.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Point Blank Political 
02/26/20-02/28/20
0.00% -- 1.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
YouGov 
02/26/20-02/28/20
0.00% -- 3.00% 1.5 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
SSRS 
02/22/20-02/26/20
0.00% 6.0 1.00% 1.0 0.00% 1.0 0.00% 0.5 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% 3.0
Point Blank Political 
02/23/20-02/25/20
0.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
University of California - Berkeley 
02/20/20-02/25/20
1.00% 3.0 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Change Research 
02/20/20-02/23/20
4.00% 1.0 0.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
University of Massachusetts 
02/12/20-02/20/20
0.00% -- 4.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Monmouth University 
02/16/20-02/19/20
0.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) 
02/07/20-02/17/20
0.00% 3.0 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
02/13/20-02/16/20
0.00% 5.0 0.00% 2.0 0.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% 3.0
YouGov 
02/01/20-02/15/20
0.00% -- 1.50% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Capitol Weekly 
02/06/20-02/09/20
4.00% -- 3.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% --
Change Research 
01/26/20-01/27/20
5.00% 4.0 4.00% 3.0 0.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% 3.0
University of California - Berkeley 
01/15/20-01/21/20
4.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) 
01/03/20-01/12/20
3.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% 2.0
Tulchin Research 
01/03/20-01/10/20
5.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% --
SSRS 
12/04/19-12/08/19
6.00% -- 2.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.50% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 3.00% --
University of California - Berkeley 
11/21/19-11/27/19
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
11/20/19-11/22/19
5.00% 1.0 2.00% 1.0 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 3.00% 1.0
Survey USA 
10/15/19-10/16/19
4.00% 3.0 1.00% -- 1.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 2.00% 1.0
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) 
09/16/19-09/25/19
3.00% -- 0.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 2.00% --
SurveyMonkey 
09/19/19-09/21/19
4.00% -- 2.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% --
University of California - Berkeley 
09/13/19-09/16/19
1.80% 0.8 1.20% -- 0.80% 0.2 0.60% -- 0.30% -- 0.00% -- 0.90% 0.1
Emerson College 
09/13/19-09/16/19
7.00% -- 2.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% --
Change Research 
09/12/19-09/15/19
3.00% -- 2.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 2.00% --
Capitol Weekly 
09/01/19-09/13/19
3.10% -- 2.90% -- 0.80% -- 0.00% -- 0.80% -- 0.00% -- 0.80% --
Survey USA 
08/01/19-08/05/19
1.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% --
Quinnipiac University 
07/10/19-07/15/19
2.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% --
University of California - Berkeley 
06/04/19-06/10/19
1.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% --
Change Research 
04/06/19-04/09/19
1.00% 1.0 1.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 3.00% --
Quinnipiac University 
04/03/19-04/08/19
1.00% -- 1.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 2.00% --
Change Research 
02/09/19-02/11/19
0.00% -- 1.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 3.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
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