Election Name: | 2024 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary |
Country: | Pennsylvania |
Type: | primary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2020 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Outgoing Members: | WY |
Election Date: | April 23, 2024 |
Elected Members: | PR |
Next Election: | 2028 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary |
Next Year: | 2028 |
Votes For Election: | 186 delegates (159 pledged and 27 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention |
Image1: | File:Joe Biden presidential portrait (cropped).jpg |
Candidate1: | Joe Biden |
Color1: | 224192 |
Home State1: | Delaware |
Popular Vote1: | 941,516 |
Percentage1: | 87.9% |
Delegate Count1: | 159 |
Candidate2: | Dean Phillips (withdrawn) |
Color2: | FE9900 |
Home State2: | Minnesota |
Popular Vote2: | 68,999 |
Percentage2: | 6.4% |
Delegate Count2: | 0 |
Image3: | File:NOTA Option Logo 3x4.svg |
Colour3: | 000000 |
Candidate3: | Write-in votes |
Home State3: | – |
Popular Vote3: | 60,178 |
Percentage3: | 5.6% |
Delegate Count3: | 0 |
Map Size: | 300px |
The 2024 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary took place on April 23, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 186 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated to presidential candidates.[1]
Incumbent President Joe Biden is running for re-election. Dean Phillips, who suspended his primary campaign on March 6, 2024, is the only other candidate on the ballot.[2]
President Biden won every county. Protest votes for the withdrawn candidate Dean Phillips and write-in candidates combined for 12% of the vote.
Incumbent President Joe Biden announced his bid for a second term on April 25, 2023, four years after he announced his 2020 campaign.[3] He held his first official campaign rally in Philadelphia on June 17, touting the successes of his economic policy.[4]
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin | Joe Biden | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Dean Phillips | Marianne Williamson | Other / Undecided | |||
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Quinnipiac University[5] | Jan 4–8, 2024 | 746 (RV) | ± 3.6% | 77% | – | 4% | 12% | 8% | |||
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 | ||||||||
Quinnipiac University[6] | Sep 28 – October 2, 2023 | 759 (RV) | ± 3.6% | 70% | 17% | – | 5% | 8% | |||
Susquehanna Polling & Research[7] | Sep 19–28, 2023 | 294 (RV) | – | 70% | 14% | – | 1% | 15% | |||
Quinnipiac University[8] | June 22–26, 2023 | 664 (RV) | ± 3.8% | 71% | 17% | – | 5% | 7% |