| Election Name: | 2020 Utah Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | Utah |
| Flag Year: | 2011 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2016 Utah Democratic presidential caucuses |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Utah Democratic presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Election Date: | March 3, 2020 |
| Outgoing Members: | TX |
| Elected Members: | VT |
| Votes For Election: | 34 Democratic National Convention delegates (29 pledged with 19 on district-level and 10 statewide; 5 unpledged) The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote |
| Image1: | File:Bernie Sanders March 2020 (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Bernie Sanders |
| Color1: | 228b22 |
| Home State1: | Vermont |
| Delegate Count1: | 16 |
| Popular Vote1: | 79,728 |
| Percentage1: | 36.14% |
| Candidate2: | Joe Biden |
| Color2: | 224192 |
| Home State2: | Delaware |
| Delegate Count2: | 7 |
| Popular Vote2: | 40,674 |
| Percentage2: | 18.44% |
| Image3: | File:Elizabeth Warren by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate3: | Elizabeth Warren |
| Color3: | b61b28 |
| Home State3: | Massachusetts |
| Delegate Count3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 35,727 |
| Percentage3: | 16.20% |
| Image4: | File:Michael Bloomberg by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate4: | Michael Bloomberg |
| Color4: | 9370db |
| Home State4: | New York |
| Delegate Count4: | 3 |
| Popular Vote4: | 33,991 |
| Percentage4: | 15.41% |
| Image5: | File:Pete Buttigieg by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate5: | Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) |
| Color5: | f2ba42 |
| Home State5: | Indiana |
| Delegate Count5: | 0 |
| Popular Vote5: | 18,734 |
| Percentage5: | 8.49% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
The 2020 Utah Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Utah primary was an open primary, with any registered voter able to participate. The primary awarded 34 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 29 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.
One of his four wins on Super Tuesday, senator Bernie Sanders placed first by a large margin with around 36% of the vote and won 16 delegates, while former vice president Joe Biden came in second with around 18% and 7 delegates.[1] Utah was the only state on Super Tuesday where Biden did not improve his result compared to pre-election polls through the endorsements of Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and others. Senator Elizabeth Warren and former mayor Michael Bloomberg both surpassed the 15% threshold and would have won 5 delegates each, but the Utah Democratic Party decided not to calculate statewide delegates for them because of their withdrawals in the following two days.
Utah was one of 14 states and one territory which held primaries on March 3, 2020, also known as "Super Tuesday", after the creation of a state-funded presidential primary option in a bill signed on March 22, 2017; a shift to a Super Tuesday contest by a few weeks after the signing of a bill shifting the primary date on March 27, 2019; and the confirmation that the Utah Democratic Party would opt to use the state-funded presidential primary rather than a party-run caucus as in 2016 on April 1, 2019.[2] [3]
Voting took place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. In the primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 29 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these, between 4 and 6 were allocated to each of the state's 4 congressional districts and another 4 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 6 at-large delegates.[4] The Super Tuesday primary as part of Stage I on the primary timetable received no bonus delegates, in order to disperse the primaries between more different date clusters and keep too many states from hoarding on the first shared date or on a March date in general.[5]
After neighborhood caucuses selected delegates to county conventions in some counties on March 24, 2020, and county conventions elected delegates to the state convention between March 20, 2020, and April 4, 2020, the state convention was subsequently held from April 24 until April 25, 2020. The convention voted on national convention district delegates via delegates from a specific district, those national convention district delegates than voted on the 4 pledged PLEO delegates, and the state convention finally voted on the 6 at-large delegates for the national convention. The delegation also included 5 unpledged PLEO delegates: 4 members of the Democratic National Committee and a representative from Congress, Ben McAdams.[4]
| Pledged national convention delegates | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| CD1 | 4 | |
| CD2 | 5 | |
| CD3 | 4 | |
| CD4 | 6 | |
| 4 | ||
| At-large | 6 | |
| Total pledged delegates | 29 | |
The following candidates were on the ballot in Utah:[6]
Running
Withdrawn
Michael Bennet and Kamala Harris had been accepted as candidates but withdrew early enough so that they were not put on the ballot.[6]
As one of the Super Tuesday states, the state had received relatively little attention by the national media. Campaign advertising was dominated by Michael Bloomberg, whose self-funded organization flooded the airwaves with ads, and Bernie Sanders, whose organization had roots in the state and who led in the only poll that was taken in January.
Bloomberg held a major rally in Salt Lake City on February 20, 2020[7] and Pete Buttigieg held one on February 17.[8] Others may have had smaller events.
| Polling Aggregation | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source of poll aggregation | Date updated | Dates polled | Bernie Sanders | Joe Biden | Michael Bloomberg | Elizabeth Warren | Tulsi Gabbard | Other/ Undecided | ||
| 270 to Win[9] | March 3, 2020 | Feb 22–March 2, 2020 | 26.3% | 21.7% | 18.7% | 13.3% | 1.5% | 20.0% | ||
| FiveThirtyEight[10] | March 3, 2020 | Until March 2, 2020 | 26.3% | 20.0% | 18.2% | 14.6% | 1.3% | 20.9% | ||
| Average | 26.3% | 20.9% | 18.5% | 14.0% | 1.4% | 20.5% | ||||
| Utah primary results (March 3, 2020) | 36.1% | 18.4% | 15.4% | 16.2% | 0.8% | 13.0% | ||||
| Tabulation of individual polls of the 2020 Utah Democratic Primary | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin | Joe Biden | Michael Bloomberg | Pete Buttigieg | Amy Klobuchar | Bernie Sanders | Elizabeth Warren | Andrew Yang | Other | Undecided | ||||
| Klobuchar withdraws from the race | ||||||||||||||||
| Swayable[11] | Mar 1–2, 2020 | 143 (LV) | ± 9.0% | 27% | 29% | 7% | 6% | 22% | 6% | – | 2% | – | ||||
| Data for Progress[12] | Feb 28–Mar 2, 2020 | 622 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 23% | 17% | 7% | 3% | 29% | 19% | – | 2% | – | ||||
| Buttigieg withdraws from the race | ||||||||||||||||
| HarrisX/University of Utah/Deseret News[13] | Feb 22–26, 2020 | 298 (LV) | ± 5.7% | 6% | 19% | 18% | 4% | 28% | 15% | – | 1% | 8% | ||||
| New Hampshire primary; Yang withdraws from the race | ||||||||||||||||
| Salt Lake Tribune/Suffolk[14] | Jan 18–22, 2020 | 132 (LV) | ± 8.5% | 12% | 10% | 5% | 3% | 27% | 14% | 5% | 4% | 21% | ||||
| Bernie Sanders | 79,728 | 36.14 | 16 | |
| Joe Biden | 40,674 | 18.44 | 7 | |
| Elizabeth Warren | 35,727 | 16.20 | 3 | |
| Michael Bloomberg | 33,991 | 15.41 | 3 | |
| Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) | 18,734 | 8.49 | rowspan=10 | |
| Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) | 7,603 | 3.45 | ||
| Tulsi Gabbard | 1,704 | 0.77 | ||
| Andrew Yang (withdrawn) | 950 | 0.43 | ||
| Tom Steyer (withdrawn) | 703 | 0.32 | ||
| Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) | 220 | 0.10 | ||
| Julian Castro (withdrawn) | 159 | 0.07 | ||
| Cory Booker (withdrawn) | 138 | 0.06 | ||
| Deval Patrick (withdrawn) | 55 | 0.02 | ||
| Other candidates | 196 | 0.09 | ||
| Total | 220,582 | 100% | 29 |
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| County | Bernie Sanders | Joe Biden | Elizabeth Warren | Michael Bloomberg | Pete Buttigieg | Amy Klobuchar | Tulsi Gabbard | Andrew Yang | Tom Steyer | Marianne Williamson | Julian Castro | Cory Booker | Roque De La Fuente III | Nathan Bloxham | Deval Patrick | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Beaver | 28 | 18.54 | 39 | 25.83 | 14 | 9.27 | 43 | 28.48 | 15 | 9.93 | 10 | 6.62 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1.32 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 151 | |
| Box Elder | 403 | 28.36 | 309 | 21.75 | 166 | 11.68 | 299 | 21.04 | 141 | 9.92 | 51 | 3.59 | 18 | 1.27 | 12 | 0.84 | 14 | 0.99 | 2 | 0.14 | 3 | 0.21 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.14 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,421 | |
| Cache | 2,131 | 38.78 | 874 | 15.91 | 1,064 | 19.36 | 612 | 11.14 | 425 | 7.73 | 271 | 4.93 | 49 | 0.89 | 32 | 0.58 | 18 | 0.33 | 7 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.02 | 6 | 0.11 | 4 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 5,495 | |
| Carbon | 267 | 22.01 | 353 | 29.10 | 137 | 11.29 | 254 | 20.94 | 115 | 9.48 | 48 | 3.96 | 13 | 1.07 | 4 | 0.33 | 10 | 0.82 | 3 | 0.25 | 2 | 0.16 | 1 | 0.08 | 4 | 0.33 | 1 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.08 | 1,213 | |
| Daggett | 13 | 31.71 | 11 | 26.83 | 4 | 9.76 | 8 | 19.51 | 3 | 7.32 | 2 | 4.88 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 41 | |
| Davis | 6,841 | 32.63 | 3,977 | 18.97 | 3,154 | 15.04 | 3,615 | 17.24 | 2,046 | 9.76 | 778 | 3.71 | 237 | 1.13 | 141 | 0.67 | 81 | 0.39 | 30 | 0.14 | 18 | 0.09 | 17 | 0.08 | 13 | 0.06 | 11 | 0.05 | 9 | 0.04 | 20,968 | |
| Duchesne | 83 | 27.30 | 72 | 23.68 | 45 | 14.80 | 56 | 18.42 | 21 | 6.91 | 8 | 2.63 | 6 | 1.97 | 3 | 0.99 | 4 | 1.32 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.99 | 3 | 0.99 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 304 | |
| Emery | 44 | 22.00 | 52 | 26.00 | 15 | 7.50 | 38 | 19.00 | 22 | 11.00 | 21 | 10.50 | 3 | 1.50 | 1 | 0.50 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 200 | |
| Garfield | 77 | 33.77 | 25 | 10.96 | 56 | 24.56 | 29 | 12.72 | 21 | 9.21 | 12 | 5.26 | 3 | 1.32 | 2 | 0.88 | 1 | 0.44 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.88 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 228 | |
| Grand | 618 | 41.90 | 213 | 14.44 | 295 | 20.00 | 146 | 9.90 | 101 | 6.85 | 80 | 5.42 | 15 | 1.02 | 3 | 0.20 | 2 | 0.14 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,475 | |
| Iron | 598 | 32.89 | 391 | 21.51 | 294 | 16.17 | 246 | 13.53 | 154 | 8.47 | 82 | 4.51 | 23 | 1.27 | 14 | 0.77 | 7 | 0.39 | 4 | 0.22 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.06 | 4 | 0.22 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,818 | |
| Juab | 54 | 24.22 | 55 | 24.66 | 18 | 8.07 | 64 | 28.70 | 16 | 7.17 | 9 | 4.04 | 1 | 0.45 | 4 | 1.79 | 1 | 0.45 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.45 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 223 | |
| Kane | 195 | 33.51 | 96 | 16.49 | 101 | 17.35 | 87 | 14.95 | 51 | 8.76 | 37 | 6.36 | 4 | 0.69 | 4 | 0.69 | 3 | 0.52 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.17 | 2 | 0.34 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.17 | 582 | |
| Millard | 33 | 14.60 | 61 | 26.99 | 22 | 9.73 | 61 | 26.99 | 21 | 9.29 | 17 | 7.52 | 3 | 1.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.88 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.88 | 2 | 0.88 | 1 | 0.44 | 1 | 0.44 | 0 | 0.00 | 226 | |
| Morgan | 84 | 25.07 | 81 | 24.18 | 38 | 11.34 | 63 | 18.81 | 27 | 8.06 | 26 | 7.76 | 8 | 2.39 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.30 | 1 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.60 | 3 | 0.90 | 1 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.00 | 335 | |
| Piute | 5 | 19.23 | 5 | 19.23 | 2 | 7.69 | 7 | 26.92 | 3 | 11.54 | 2 | 7.69 | 1 | 3.85 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.85 | 0 | 0.00 | 26 | |
| Rich | 12 | 22.22 | 20 | 37.04 | 4 | 7.41 | 7 | 12.96 | 6 | 11.11 | 4 | 7.41 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.85 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 54 | |
| Salt Lake | 48,183 | 38.51 | 21,661 | 17.31 | 21,002 | 16.79 | 18,311 | 14.64 | 10,517 | 8.41 | 3,777 | 3.02 | 694 | 0.55 | 366 | 0.29 | 310 | 0.25 | 88 | 0.07 | 62 | 0.05 | 49 | 0.04 | 48 | 0.04 | 25 | 0.02 | 18 | 0.01 | 125,111 | |
| San Juan | 495 | 43.23 | 210 | 18.34 | 107 | 9.34 | 197 | 17.21 | 54 | 4.72 | 29 | 2.53 | 5 | 0.44 | 19 | 1.66 | 11 | 0.96 | 4 | 0.35 | 5 | 0.44 | 5 | 0.44 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.17 | 2 | 0.17 | 1,145 | |
| Sanpete | 198 | 34.55 | 96 | 16.75 | 83 | 14.49 | 89 | 15.53 | 56 | 9.77 | 30 | 5.24 | 9 | 1.57 | 4 | 0.70 | 5 | 0.87 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0.00 | 573 | |
| Sevier | 87 | 24.44 | 84 | 23.60 | 45 | 12.64 | 84 | 23.60 | 32 | 8.99 | 17 | 4.78 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.56 | 2 | 0.56 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.28 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.28 | 1 | 0.28 | 356 | |
| Summit | 1,565 | 22.56 | 1,632 | 23.53 | 1,009 | 14.55 | 1,652 | 23.82 | 704 | 10.15 | 294 | 4.24 | 27 | 0.39 | 12 | 0.17 | 21 | 0.30 | 4 | 0.06 | 3 | 0.04 | 7 | 0.10 | 3 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.01 | 2 | 0.03 | 6,936 | |
| Tooele | 917 | 33.27 | 600 | 21.77 | 338 | 12.26 | 526 | 19.09 | 230 | 8.35 | 79 | 2.87 | 27 | 0.98 | 20 | 0.73 | 6 | 0.22 | 4 | 0.15 | 4 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.04 | 2,756 | |
| Uintah | 208 | 27.44 | 158 | 20.84 | 95 | 12.53 | 127 | 16.75 | 90 | 11.87 | 41 | 5.41 | 16 | 2.11 | 7 | 0.92 | 4 | 0.53 | 3 | 0.40 | 1 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.13 | 3 | 0.40 | 2 | 0.26 | 2 | 0.26 | 758 | |
| Utah | 8,596 | 36.91 | 4,359 | 18.72 | 4,350 | 18.68 | 2,799 | 12.02 | 1,587 | 6.81 | 849 | 3.65 | 373 | 1.60 | 204 | 0.88 | 65 | 0.28 | 35 | 0.15 | 23 | 0.10 | 12 | 0.05 | 17 | 0.07 | 7 | 0.03 | 11 | 0.05 | 23,287 | |
| Wasatch | 640 | 29.14 | 489 | 22.27 | 274 | 12.48 | 468 | 21.31 | 208 | 9.47 | 73 | 3.32 | 18 | 0.82 | 9 | 0.41 | 7 | 0.32 | 3 | 0.14 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.18 | 3 | 0.14 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,196 | |
| Washington | 2,298 | 26.06 | 2,055 | 23.31 | 1,077 | 12.22 | 1,753 | 19.88 | 896 | 10.16 | 515 | 5.84 | 68 | 0.77 | 31 | 0.35 | 75 | 0.85 | 16 | 0.18 | 9 | 0.10 | 9 | 0.10 | 9 | 0.10 | 5 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.01 | 8,817 | |
| Wayne | 45 | 27.61 | 24 | 14.72 | 37 | 22.70 | 27 | 16.56 | 13 | 7.98 | 13 | 7.98 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.61 | 1 | 0.61 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1.23 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 163 | |
| Weber | 5,010 | 36.51 | 2,672 | 19.47 | 1,881 | 13.71 | 2,323 | 16.93 | 1,159 | 8.45 | 428 | 3.12 | 83 | 0.60 | 55 | 0.40 | 47 | 0.34 | 14 | 0.10 | 21 | 0.15 | 12 | 0.09 | 6 | 0.04 | 7 | 0.05 | 6 | 0.04 | 13,724 | |
| Total | 79,728 | 36.14 | 40,674 | 18.44 | 35,727 | 16.20 | 33,991 | 15.41 | 18,734 | 8.49 | 7,603 | 3.45 | 1,704 | 0.77 | 950 | 0.43 | 703 | 0.32 | 220 | 0.10 | 159 | 0.07 | 138 | 0.06 | 127 | 0.06 | 69 | 0.03 | 55 | 0.02 | 220,582 | |