2020 Colorado Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Colorado Democratic presidential primary took place in Colorado, United States, on March 3, 2020, as one of 14 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. It followed the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Colorado primary is a semi-closed primary. It awards 80 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 67 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary. Bernie Sanders was declared the winner of the primary by major news outlets.[1]

Main article: 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
2020 Colorado Democratic presidential primary
March 3, 2020
80 Democratic National Convention delegates (67 pledged, 13 unpledged)
The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
 
Candidate Bernie Sanders Joe Biden
Home state Vermont Delaware
Delegate count 29 21
Popular vote 355,293 236,565
Percentage 37.00% 24.64%
 
Candidate Michael Bloomberg Elizabeth Warren
Home state New York Massachusetts
Delegate count 9 8
Popular vote 177,727 168,695
Percentage 18.51% 17.57%
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Procedure

Colorado was one of 14 states holding primaries on March 3, 2020, also known as "Super Tuesday",[2] following the decision of governor Jared Polis to schedule the primary on that date on April 30, 2019. Instead of party-run caucuses as in 2016, Colorado used a state-run primary in 2020 after voters passed Proposition 107 in 2016, restoring presidential primaries in the state.[3][4]

Voting took place throughout the state until 7:00 p.m. In the semi-closed primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 67 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention are allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 67 pledged delegates, between 4 and 9 are allocated to each of the state's 7 congressional districts and another 9 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 14 at-large pledged delegates. Bonus delegates will be allocated as Colorado shares a primary date with numerous other states on Super Tuesday; these numbers do not yet account for these delegates.[4]

Precinct caucuses were held on Saturday, March 7, 2020 to elect delegates to county conventions, followed by county conventions by Wednesday, April 1, 2020 to designate delegates for the congressional district and state conventions, congressional district conventions until April 17, 2020 to choose district delegates for the national convention, and the state convention on April 18, 2020. The state convention voted on the 14 pledged at-large and 9 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 67 pledged delegates Colorado sends to the national convention will be joined by 13 unpledged PLEO delegates (6 members of the Democratic National Committee; 5 members of Congress, including Senator Michael Bennet and 4 U.S. Representatives; Governor Jared Polis; and former chair of the DNC Roy Romer).[4]

Candidates
Further information: 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums and 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries § Ballot access

The following candidates are listed by the Colorado Secretary of State's office as certified on the ballot.

Running

Withdrawn

Polling
Polling Aggregation
Source of poll aggregation Date
updated		 Dates
polled		 Bernie
Sanders		 Joe
Biden		 Elizabeth
Warren		 Michael
Bloomberg		 Tulsi
Gabbard		 Un-
decided[lower-alpha 1]
270 to Win March 3, 2020 Feb 24–Mar 2, 2020 29.3% 16.3% 16.0% 15.3% 1.0% 22.1%
RealClear Politics March 3, 2020 Insufficient recent polling to supply an average.
FiveThirtyEight March 3, 2020 until March 3, 2020[lower-alpha 2] 26.8% 18.2% 16.3% 15.8% 0.5% 22.4%
Average 28.0% 17.3% 16.2% 15.6% 0.8% 22.1%
Colorado primary results (March 3, 2020) 37.0% 24.6% 17.6% 18.5% 1.0% 12.3%
Tabulation of individual polls of the 2020 Colorado Democratic Primary
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 3]		 Margin
of error		 Michael
Bennet		 Joe
Biden		 Michael
Bloomberg		 Pete
Buttigieg		 Kamala
Harris		 John
Hickenlooper		 Bernie
Sanders		 Elizabeth
Warren		 Andrew
Yang		 Other Undecided
Mar 2, 2020 Klobuchar withdraws from the race
Swayable Mar 1–2, 2020 921 (LV) ± 4.0% – 20% 19% 12% – – 29% 12% – 7%[lower-alpha 4] –
Data for Progress Feb 28–Mar 2, 2020 464 (LV) ± 4.2% – 18% 16% 8% – – 32% 21% – 5%[lower-alpha 5] –
Mar 1, 2020 Buttigieg withdraws from the race
Elucd Feb 26–Mar 1, 2020 561 (LV) ± 4.1% – 10% 9% 10% – – 34% 14% – 9%[lower-alpha 6] 14%
Magellan Strategies Feb 24–25, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.38% – 11% 11% 12% – – 27% 15% – 9%[lower-alpha 7] 15%
Data for Progress Feb 23–25, 2020 471 (LV) ± 4.7% – 10% 14% 14% – – 34% 20% – 7%[lower-alpha 8] 1%
Feb 11, 2020 New Hampshire primary; Yang and Bennet withdraw from the race
Dec 3, 2019 Harris withdraws from the race
Emerson College Aug 16–19, 2019 403 (LV) ± 4.8% 1% 25% – 5% 13% – 26% 20% 4% 8%[lower-alpha 9] –
Aug 15, 2019 Hickenlooper withdraws from the race
Public Policy Polling Jul 12–14, 2019 519 (LV) – 5% 22% – 7% 9% 7% 15% 19% 0% 14%[lower-alpha 10] –

Results

The results were certified on March 30.[5] The race has been called for Bernie Sanders[6] who won a plurality of votes and delegates.

2020 Colorado Democratic presidential primary[7][lower-alpha 11]
Candidate Votes % Delegates[9][10]
Bernie Sanders 355,293 37.00 29
Joe Biden 236,565 24.64 21
Michael Bloomberg 177,727 18.51 9
Elizabeth Warren 168,695 17.57 8
Tulsi Gabbard 10,037 1.05
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 3,988 0.42
Tom Steyer (withdrawn†) 3,323 0.35
Cory Booker (withdrawn) 1,276 0.13
Roque De La Fuente III 1,136 0.12
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn†) 1,086 0.11
Rita Krichevsky 445 0.05
Robby Wells 330 0.03
Deval Patrick (withdrawn) 227 0.02
Total 960,128 100% 67

†Candidate withdrew after early voting started.

Results by county
2020 Colorado Democratic primary

(results per county)[7][lower-alpha 11]

County Bernie Sanders Joe Biden Michael Bloomberg Elizabeth Warren Tulsi Gabbard Andrew Yang Tom Steyer Cory Booker Roque De La Fuente III Marianne Williamson Rita Krichevsky Robby Wells Deval Patrick Total votes cast
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Adams 28,300 42.78 14,998 22.67 12,517 18.92 8,760 13.24 690 1.04 319 0.48 204 0.31 92 0.14 96 0.15 82 0.12 40 0.06 30 0.05 25 0.04 66,153
Alamosa 934 43.06 481 22.18 348 16.04 328 15.12 20 0.92 8 0.37 21 0.97 2 0.09 11 0.51 10 0.46 3 0.14 2 0.09 1 0.05 2,169
Arapahoe 37,902 35.98 27,219 25.84 21,591 20.50 16,412 15.58 1,008 0.96 425 0.40 324 0.31 157 0.15 96 0.09 116 0.11 41 0.04 28 0.03 24 0.02 105,343
Archuleta 662 35.04 465 24.62 373 19.75 333 17.63 23 1.22 2 0.11 14 0.74 4 0.21 2 0.11 7 0.37 4 0.21 0 0.00 0 0.00 1,889
Baca 60 25.10 71 29.71 43 17.99 31 12.97 13 5.44 2 0.84 3 1.26 7 2.93 2 0.84 1 0.42 3 1.26 1 0.42 2 0.84 239
Bent 154 34.22 108 24.00 128 28.44 36 8.00 4 0.89 3 0.67 9 2.00 1 0.22 2 0.44 3 0.67 1 0.22 1 0.22 0 0.00 450
Boulder 37,563 37.60 22,924 22.95 15,138 15.15 22,706 22.73 777 0.78 302 0.30 227 0.23 76 0.08 51 0.05 84 0.08 16 0.02 19 0.02 10 0.01 99,893
Broomfield 5,547 34.56 4,152 25.87 2,988 18.62 3,029 18.87 187 1.17 74 0.46 48 0.30 5 0.03 4 0.02 4 0.02 5 0.03 3 0.02 4 0.02 16,050
Chaffee 1,505 35.73 1,046 24.83 794 18.85 768 18.23 48 1.14 20 0.47 13 0.31 1 0.02 4 0.09 7 0.17 2 0.05 4 0.09 0 0.00 4,212
Cheyenne 17 20.48 22 26.51 28 33.73 8 9.64 2 2.41 1 1.20 3 3.61 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 1.20 0 0.00 1 1.20 0 0.00 83
Clear Creek 728 36.86 483 24.46 380 19.24 328 16.61 28 1.42 11 0.56 8 0.41 1 0.05 1 0.05 6 0.30 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.05 1,975
Conejos 482 37.51 388 30.19 278 21.63 81 6.30 18 1.40 12 0.93 10 0.78 2 0.16 5 0.39 3 0.23 4 0.31 2 0.16 0 0.00 1,285
Costilla 319 40.03 202 25.35 158 19.82 83 10.41 10 1.25 8 1.00 7 0.88 1 0.13 3 0.38 2 0.25 0 0.00 4 0.50 0 0.00 797
Crowley 71 26.01 81 29.67 78 28.57 29 10.62 6 2.20 1 0.37 3 1.10 1 0.37 2 0.73 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.37 0 0.00 273
Custer 136 25.61 154 29.00 111 20.90 110 20.72 9 1.69 2 0.38 4 0.75 2 0.38 1 0.19 1 0.19 0 0.00 1 0.19 0 0.00 531
Delta 1,362 39.49 783 22.70 651 18.88 525 15.22 48 1.39 13 0.38 28 0.81 8 0.23 2 0.06 19 0.55 5 0.14 4 0.12 1 0.03 3,449
Denver 69,727 38.86 40,881 22.78 29,216 16.28 37,176 20.72 1,027 0.57 536 0.30 351 0.20 206 0.11 101 0.06 114 0.06 41 0.02 21 0.01 26 0.01 179,423
Dolores 75 41.90 41 22.91 23 12.85 28 15.64 6 3.35 0 0.00 4 2.23 0 0.00 2 1.12 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 179
Douglas 14,109 28.97 14,725 30.24 11,313 23.23 7,388 15.17 620 1.27 215 0.44 144 0.30 53 0.11 52 0.11 45 0.09 18 0.04 10 0.02 9 0.02 48,701
Eagle 3,031 32.64 2,476 26.67 2,326 25.05 1,279 13.77 89 0.96 22 0.24 32 0.34 7 0.08 3 0.03 11 0.12 5 0.05 1 0.01 3 0.03 9,285
El Paso 28,259 36.50 20,476 26.44 13,891 17.94 12,292 15.87 1,201 1.55 503 0.65 361 0.47 146 0.19 106 0.14 100 0.13 42 0.05 28 0.04 27 0.03 77,432
Elbert 642 28.89 612 27.54 557 25.07 309 13.91 52 2.34 19 0.86 11 0.50 0 0.00 7 0.32 9 0.41 1 0.05 2 0.09 1 0.05 2,222
Fremont 1,207 29.87 1,070 26.48 1,032 25.54 555 13.73 65 1.61 24 0.59 38 0.94 13 0.32 10 0.25 7 0.17 8 0.20 9 0.22 3 0.07 4,041
Garfield 3,085 38.03 1,988 24.51 1,483 18.28 1,336 16.47 101 1.25 38 0.47 36 0.44 7 0.09 9 0.11 17 0.21 6 0.07 4 0.05 2 0.02 8,112
Gilpin 603 46.49 233 17.96 185 14.26 241 18.58 19 1.46 7 0.54 1 0.08 2 0.15 3 0.23 1 0.08 2 0.15 0 0.00 0 0.00 1,297
Grand 859 37.12 551 23.81 474 20.48 359 15.51 36 1.56 9 0.39 15 0.65 5 0.22 2 0.09 2 0.09 0 0.00 2 0.09 0 0.00 2,314
Gunnison 1,877 48.89 722 18.81 532 13.86 637 16.59 36 0.94 13 0.34 12 0.31 3 0.08 1 0.03 3 0.08 1 0.03 1 0.03 1 0.03 3,839
Hinsdale 36 33.03 25 22.94 26 23.85 19 17.43 1 0.92 0 0.00 2 1.83 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 109
Huerfano 484 35.85 311 23.04 294 21.78 190 14.07 28 2.07 6 0.44 10 0.74 7 0.52 11 0.81 2 0.15 2 0.15 3 0.22 2 0.15 1,350
Jackson 26 31.33 32 38.55 8 9.64 14 16.87 1 1.20 1 1.20 1 1.20 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 83
Jefferson 42,803 35.78 29,197 24.41 23,502 19.65 21,361 17.86 1,352 1.13 486 0.41 415 0.35 123 0.10 136 0.11 138 0.12 43 0.04 35 0.03 25 0.02 119,616
Kiowa 16 22.86 23 32.86 18 25.71 5 7.14 5 7.14 2 2.86 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 1.43 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 70
Kit Carson 109 29.70 95 25.89 107 29.16 36 9.81 6 1.63 4 1.09 2 0.54 0 0.00 3 0.82 0 0.00 1 0.27 3 0.82 1 0.27 367
La Plata 4,380 39.95 2,658 24.25 1,577 14.38 2,052 18.72 141 1.29 37 0.34 63 0.57 6 0.05 16 0.15 21 0.19 7 0.06 4 0.04 1 0.01 10,963
Lake 605 45.42 286 21.47 173 12.99 222 16.67 23 1.73 9 0.68 2 0.15 3 0.23 3 0.23 4 0.30 2 0.15 0 0.00 0 0.00 1,332
Larimer 26,661 39.34 15,667 23.11 10,341 15.26 13,648 20.14 742 1.09 257 0.38 214 0.32 68 0.10 56 0.08 68 0.10 25 0.04 24 0.04 8 0.01 67,779
Las Animas 696 31.15 647 28.96 539 24.13 232 10.38 59 2.64 5 0.22 11 0.49 10 0.45 18 0.81 5 0.22 8 0.36 2 0.09 2 0.09 2,234
Lincoln 82 31.42 60 22.99 50 19.16 48 18.39 8 3.07 4 1.53 5 1.92 1 0.38 1 0.38 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0.77 0 0.00 261
Logan 388 30.24 325 25.33 342 26.66 155 12.08 23 1.79 11 0.86 13 1.01 9 0.70 10 0.78 3 0.23 2 0.16 1 0.08 1 0.08 1,283
Mesa 5,267 32.78 4,520 28.13 3,115 19.38 2,552 15.88 219 1.36 109 0.68 138 0.86 42 0.26 33 0.21 41 0.26 19 0.12 9 0.06 6 0.04 16,070
Mineral 60 30.30 48 24.24 36 18.18 44 22.22 3 1.52 0 0.00 4 2.02 0 0.00 2 1.01 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.51 198
Moffat 206 36.79 146 26.07 90 16.07 84 15.00 12 2.14 6 1.07 1 0.18 5 0.89 3 0.54 4 0.71 1 0.18 1 0.18 1 0.18 560
Montezuma 1,234 41.82 705 23.89 425 14.40 467 15.83 43 1.46 15 0.51 32 1.08 6 0.20 8 0.27 10 0.34 2 0.07 3 0.10 1 0.03 2,951
Montrose 1,209 30.45 1,169 29.44 875 22.03 556 14.00 70 1.76 18 0.45 39 0.98 10 0.25 9 0.23 4 0.10 2 0.05 8 0.20 2 0.05 3,971
Morgan 560 31.37 459 25.71 482 27.00 206 11.54 38 2.13 8 0.45 9 0.50 5 0.28 11 0.62 3 0.17 3 0.17 1 0.06 0 0.00 1,785
Otero 663 33.22 533 26.70 525 26.30 181 9.07 35 1.75 16 0.80 19 0.95 6 0.30 8 0.40 3 0.15 2 0.10 2 0.10 3 0.15 1,996
Ouray 513 37.55 355 25.99 199 14.57 260 19.03 19 1.39 3 0.22 10 0.73 3 0.22 1 0.07 2 0.15 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.07 1,366
Park 1,033 40.56 591 23.20 395 15.51 438 17.20 49 1.92 10 0.39 14 0.55 0 0.00 7 0.27 5 0.20 3 0.12 1 0.04 1 0.04 2,547
Phillips 74 27.51 74 27.51 74 27.51 28 10.41 5 1.86 2 0.74 3 1.12 2 0.74 3 1.12 2 0.74 2 0.74 0 0.00 0 0.00 269
Pitkin 1,480 29.99 1,330 26.95 1,457 29.52 605 12.26 29 0.59 15 0.30 12 0.24 3 0.06 2 0.04 2 0.04 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 4,935
Prowers 227 30.23 200 26.63 188 25.03 92 12.25 9 1.20 12 1.60 4 0.53 8 1.07 5 0.67 2 0.27 1 0.13 3 0.40 0 0.00 751
Pueblo 7,802 31.30 7,360 29.53 6,335 25.41 2,535 10.17 305 1.22 150 0.60 140 0.56 65 0.26 120 0.48 40 0.16 32 0.13 32 0.13 11 0.04 24,927
Rio Blanco 81 30.57 73 27.55 58 21.89 49 18.49 2 0.75 0 0.00 1 0.38 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.38 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 265
Rio Grande 479 37.22 291 22.61 319 24.79 161 12.51 7 0.54 4 0.31 5 0.39 9 0.70 7 0.54 3 0.23 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0.16 1,287
Routt 1,842 33.27 1,486 26.84 1,215 21.94 883 15.95 54 0.98 13 0.23 23 0.42 7 0.13 3 0.05 5 0.09 3 0.05 1 0.02 2 0.04 5,537
Saguache 619 52.10 181 15.24 168 14.14 172 14.48 13 1.09 9 0.76 7 0.59 3 0.25 6 0.51 7 0.59 1 0.08 2 0.17 0 0.00 1,188
San Juan 86 43.00 34 17.00 31 15.50 38 19.00 4 2.00 2 1.00 1 0.50 2 1.00 2 1.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 200
San Miguel 1,039 45.79 462 20.36 356 15.69 362 15.95 25 1.10 8 0.35 7 0.31 1 0.04 4 0.18 1 0.04 1 0.04 1 0.04 2 0.09 2,269
Sedgwick 57 31.67 41 22.78 40 22.22 25 13.89 6 3.33 2 1.11 3 1.67 2 1.11 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 1.67 1 0.56 0 0.00 180
Summit 2,260 36.99 1,626 26.61 1,153 18.87 954 15.61 69 1.13 13 0.21 21 0.34 4 0.07 3 0.05 5 0.08 2 0.03 0 0.00 0 0.00 6,110
Teller 912 34.12 731 27.35 471 17.62 459 17.17 43 1.61 20 0.75 18 0.67 2 0.07 8 0.30 7 0.26 1 0.04 0 0.00 1 0.04 2,673
Washington 66 35.48 39 20.97 40 21.51 28 15.05 5 2.69 2 1.08 1 0.54 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 1.08 3 1.61 0 0.00 0 0.00 186
Weld 11,911 39.25 7,304 24.07 5,927 19.53 4,308 14.20 426 1.40 132 0.43 136 0.45 61 0.20 57 0.19 38 0.13 25 0.08 10 0.03 13 0.04 30,348
Yuma 111 23.32 129 27.10 140 29.41 59 12.39 15 3.15 8 1.68 6 1.26 1 0.21 2 0.42 2 0.42 1 0.21 2 0.42 0 0.00 476
Total 355,293 37.00 236,565 24.64 177,727 18.51 168,695 17.57 10,037 1.05 3,988 0.42 3,323 0.35 1,276 0.13 1,136 0.12 1,086 0.11 445 0.05 330 0.03 227 0.02 960,128

Notes
  1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined
  2. FiveThirtyEight aggregates polls with a trendline regression of polls rather than a strict average of recent polls.
  3. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  4. Klobuchar with 4%; Gabbard and Steyer with 0%; "Other" with 3%
  5. Klobuchar with 3%; Gabbard with 2%
  6. Klobuchar with 5%; "Others" with 4%
  7. Klobuchar with 6%; Gabbard and Steyer with 1%; "Other" with 1%
  8. Klobuchar with 6%; Gabbard with 1%
  9. Booker with 2%; de Blasio, Gabbard, O'Rourke, Ryan , Williamson, and "Someone else" with 1%; Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Gillibrand, Inslee, Klobuchar, Messam, Moulton, Sestak and Steyer with 0%
  10. O’Rourke with 1%; Booker, Castro, Inslee, de Blasio, Gabbard, Klobuchar, Ryan, Steyer, Williamson, Bullock, Delaney, Gillibrand, Gravel, Messam, Moulton, and Sestak with 0%
  11. Michael Bennet, Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney and Amy Klobuchar officially withdrew. Thus all votes cast for them were not counted.[8]

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