This article contains the results of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses, the processes by which the Democratic Party selected delegates to attend the 2020 Democratic National Convention from August 17–20, 2020. The series of primaries, caucuses, and state conventions culminated in the national convention, where the delegates cast their votes to formally select a candidate. A simple majority (1,990) of the total delegate votes (3,979) was required to become the nominee.

The campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination began on July 28, 2017, when Maryland Congressman John Delaney became the first candidate to announce his run for president. By April 2019, more than 20 major candidates were recognized by national and state polls, causing the field of 2020 major Democratic presidential candidates to exceed the field of major candidates in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries as the largest presidential candidate field for any single U.S. political party in a single election cycle.^[1][2][3] With the addition of Michael Bloomberg on November 24, 2019, the number of major Democratic presidential candidates in the 2020 Democratic primaries totaled 29.^[4]

When voting began in the 2020 Iowa caucuses, 11 major candidates were actively campaigning. Democratic primaries and caucuses in early states yielded a controversial and disputed victory for Pete Buttigieg in the Iowa caucuses, a narrow victory for Bernie Sanders in the New Hampshire primary over Buttigieg, a victory for Sanders in the Nevada caucuses, and a victory for Joe Biden in the South Carolina primary. Sanders won the popular vote in both Iowa and New Hampshire, with New Hampshire generally considered a win for Sanders.^[5][6] Before the March 3, 2020, Super Tuesday primaries, six major candidates ended their campaigns; Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren ended their campaigns due to poor showings on Super Tuesday.^[7][8] Tulsi Gabbard ended her campaign on March 19.^[9] Sanders ended his campaign on April 8, leaving Biden as the only major candidate.^[10] Biden won a majority of delegates on June 2^[11] and was formally nominated on August 20, 2020.^[12]

• A map of 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary and caucus results. It reflects the winners, measured by the number of pledged delegates, in each state.
• A map of 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary and caucus results by county.

The table below shows candidates who dropped out of the race during the primaries and placed third or better in a state contest or earned at least one national delegate.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18]}

Eighteen candidates suspended their campaigns before the Iowa caucuses. Seven major candidates had withdrawn from the race after states began to certify candidates for ballot spots: Joe Sestak, Steve Bullock, Kamala Harris, Julián Castro, Marianne Williamson, Cory Booker, and John Delaney.^[20] Three others dropped out after the New Hampshire primary. Since the beginning of the primary season, none of these other candidates have been awarded any delegates.

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Candidates		Deval Patrick	Andrew Yang	Michael Bennet	John Delaney	Cory Booker	Marianne Williamson	Julian Castro	Kamala Harris	Steve Bullock	Joe Sestak
Withdrawal date		February 12, 2020	February 11, 2020	February 11, 2020	January 31, 2020	January 13, 2020	January 10, 2020	January 2, 2020	December 3, 2019	December 2, 2019	December 2, 2019
Date	State/ Territory
Feb 3	IA		1,758	4
Feb 11	NH	1,271	8,312	952	83	157	99	83	129	64	152
Feb 22	NV	8	49	36
Feb 29	SC	288	1,069	765	352	658
Mar 3	AL		875	2,250	294	740	224	184
	AR		715	574	443	572	501	304	715	485	408
	CA	2,022	43,571	7,377	4,606	6,000	7,052	13,892			3,270
	CO	227	3,988			1,276	1,086
	DA	26	85
	ME	218	696			183	201
	MA	6,918	2,713	1,284	718	426	616	304
	MN	72	1,749	315	172	197	226	114
	NC	1,341	2,973	1,978	1,098	2,181	1,243	699
	OK	680	1,997	1,273		1,530	1,158	620
	TN	182	1,097	1,650	378	953	498	239
	TX	1,304	6,674	10,324	3,280	4,941	3,918	16,688
	UT	55	950	0		138	220	159
	VT	137	591				135	52
	VA	370	3,361	1,437		1,910	902	691
Mar 10	ID	19	310	92	65	55	57	49
	MI		2,380	1,536	464	840	719	306			757
	MS	258	450			0
	MO	52	953	206	159	651	170	103
	ND	2	20	3	3	0
	WA	508	6,403	2,044	573	1,314
Mar 17	AZ	242	1,921				668	754
	FL	661	5,286	4,244	1,583	1,507	1,744	1,036			664
	IL	1,567	4,021	1,346	1,185	2,684
Apr 7	WI	311	3,349	475	529
Apr 28	OH	822	502	2,030
June 2	IN		4,255
	MD	406	6,670	2,291		2,662	897	760
	NM	969	3,850
June 9	GA	1,042	9,117	5,154	1,476
	WV	859	2,489	1,818
June 23	NY	3,040	22,686	2,932
	KY	1,183	7,267	2,514
July 11	LA	877	4,617	6,173	1,877
TOTAL		27,116	160,733	62,260	19,342	31,575	22,334	37,037	844	549	5,251

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Other candidates were able to make it on the ballot in individual states. Some votes for minor candidates are unavailable because in many states (territories) they can be listed as Others or Write-ins. Since the beginning of the primary season, none of these other candidates have been awarded any delegates. Of the over 200 people who have filed with the FEC as candidates for the Democratic nomination, the following have been placed on the ballot in at least one state.^[20]

†Sometimes listed as "None of the Above"

‡Some states don't count some write-ins or minor candidates individually but lump them together.