| Election Name: | 2024 California Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | California |
| Type: | primary |
| Ongoing: | Yes |
| Previous Election: | 2020 California Democratic presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2028 California Democratic presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Election Date: | March 5, 2024 |
| Elected Members: | CO |
| Votes For Election: | 497 delegates (424 pledged and 73 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention |
| Candidate1: | Joe Biden |
| Color1: | 224192 |
| Home State1: | Delaware |
| Popular Vote1: | 3,207,687 |
| Percentage1: | 89.1% |
| Delegate Count1: | 424 |
| Candidate2: | Marianne Williamson |
| Color2: | E05A9D |
| Home State2: | Washington, D.C. |
| Popular Vote2: | 146,356 |
| Percentage2: | 4.1% |
| Delegate Count2: | 0 |
| Outgoing Members: | AS |
| Time Zone: | PST |
The 2024 California Democratic presidential primary took place on March 5, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 497 delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be allocated to presidential candidates.[1] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states and territories. Biden won the primary in a landslide. Marianne Williamson received 4.1 percent of the vote, and Congressman Dean Phillips received 2.8 percent of the vote.[2]
The following candidates were certified:[3]
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin | Joe Biden | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Dean Phillips | Marianne Williamson | Other | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style=border-right-style:hidden | style=border-right-style:hidden | February 28, 2024 | Williamson re-launches her candidacy | ||||||||
| style=border-right-style:hidden | style=border-right-style:hidden | February 7, 2024 | Williamson suspends her candidacy | ||||||||
| Emerson College/Nexstar[4] | Nov 11–14, 2023 | 523 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 51% | – | 2% | 7% | 21% | 13% | ||
| 62% | – | 4% | 8% | 9% | 18% | ||||||
| style=border-right-style:hidden | style=border-right-style:hidden | October 27, 2023 | Phillips declares his candidacy | ||||||||
| style=border-right-style:hidden | style=border-right-style:hidden | October 9, 2023 | Kennedy withdraws from the primaries | ||||||||
| UC Berkeley IGS[5] | Aug 24–29, 2023 | 2,833 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 66% | 9% | – | 3% | 6% | 16% | ||
| Emerson College[6] | Jun 4–7, 2023 | 585 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 72% | 17% | – | 7% | 5% | – | ||
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin | Stacey Abrams | Pete Buttigieg | Hillary Clinton | Kamala Harris | Amy Klobuchar | Gavin Newsom | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Bernie Sanders | Elizabeth Warren | Other | Undecided | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley IGS[7] | Aug 9–15, 2022 | 9,254 (RV) | ± 2.5% | 3% | 7% | 4% | 10% | 3% | 13% | 7% | 13% | 6% | 14% | 19% | ||||
| 4% | 8% | 5% | 12% | 4% | – | 7% | 15% | 7% | 18% | 21% |