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2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 17 March 20201
Congressional District Caucuses: Saturday 2 May 2020
State Convention: Saturday 30 May 2020
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Biden, Joseph Robinette "Joe", Jr.162  65.06%192  77.11%
Sanders, Bernard "Bernie"57  22.89%57  22.89%
(available)30  12.05% 
Total249 100.00%249 100.00%

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Florida Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress
 
Florida State and Local Government

 
 

Delegate Selection Plan from the Florida Democratic Party.

9 June 2019: The Florida Democratic Party will disallow independent voters from participating in the Democratic Primary.


Election Dates for 2020 and Candidates and Races from the Florida Department of State.

Sample Ballots from the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections.


Returns from the Florida Department of State.


   

"If ... a political party has only one presidential candidate, neither the name of the candidate nor the names of the candidate's delegates shall be printed on the ballot." [Florida Statute 103.101, paragraph 4]

Participation in Florida's delegate selection process is open to all voters who are registered Democrats.

Tuesday 17 March 2020: Florida Primary. Hours 7:00a-7:00p EDT (1100-2300 UTC) / 7:00a-7:00p CDT (1200-0000 UTC). Relatively small portions of this state are in CT and so the vast majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated ET. Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Primary
Source: Florida Department of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Wednesday 29 April 2020.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.1,077,37561.95%
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders397,31122.84%
Michael Rubens "Mike" Bloomberg146,5448.43%
Peter Paul Montgomery "Pete" Buttigieg39,8862.29%
Elizabeth Ann Warren32,8751.89%
Amy Jean Klobuchar17,2760.99%
Tulsi Gabbard8,7120.50%
Andrew Yang5,2860.30%
Michael Farrand Bennet4,2440.24%
Thomas Fahr "Tom" Steyer2,5100.14%
Marianne Williamson1,7440.10%
John Kevin Delaney1,5830.09%
Cory Anthony Booker1,5070.09%
Julián Castro1,0360.06%
Joseph A. "Joe" Sestak, Jr.6640.04%
Deval Laurdine Patrick6610.04%
Total1,739,214100.00%
 

219 of 249 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of today's Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level. Here is how the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

  • 143 district delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 27 congressional districts.
  • 76 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
    • 47 at-large National Convention delegates.
    • 29 Pledged PLEOs

Primary
Source: Florida Department of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Wednesday 29 April 2020.

ContestBidenSanders
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDel
CD145,88840,264329,4762.196210,7880.8041
CD255,72448,049435,9732.995312,0761.0051
CD364,17856,960536,0603.165320,9001.8352
CD466,57058,573641,0394.204417,5341.7962
CD582,61374,978557,5163.836417,4621.1641
CD665,34053,891540,1323.723413,7591.2771
CD772,50565,093639,0903.603426,0032.3972
CD869,45558,504542,7363.652415,7681.3481
CD963,92853,260635,6454.016417,6151.9842
CD1064,93758,633640,2524.119418,3811.8812
CD1164,46552,404441,7563.187310,6480.8131
CD1266,29253,794537,8683.520415,9261.4801
CD1384,13368,356646,3144.065422,0421.9352
CD1472,80759,871639,5933.968420,2782.0322
CD1556,24047,414532,6423.442314,7721.5582
CD1683,30167,378650,5804.504516,7981.4961
CD1754,98743,838434,3423.13439,4960.8661
CD1870,63960,380547,8783.965412,5021.0351
CD1957,44044,846534,2233.816410,6231.1841
CD2069,89862,473750,7175.683611,7561.3171
CD2185,78372,682759,2585.707613,4241.2931
CD2276,50265,349750,9755.460514,3741.5402
CD2368,69658,979644,3914.516514,5881.4841
CD2457,78150,146638,8624.650511,2841.3501
CD2527,03321,651315,2202.10926,4310.8911
CD2639,69633,185523,2403.50249,9451.4981
CD2752,38343,735531,5973.612412,1381.3881
PLEO1,739,2141,474,686291,077,37521.18721397,3117.8138
At-Large1,739,2141,474,686471,077,37534.33734397,31112.66313
Total
Delegates
  219  162  57
 

Saturday 2 May 2020: Post primary Congressional District Caucuses meet to elect National Convention Congressional District delegates according to the results of the primary.

 

Saturday 30 May 2020: State Convention.

National Convention Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates are elected by a quorum of National Convention District Level delegates according to the results of the primary.

The remaining 30 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 30 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 16 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 13 Members of Congress (0 Senators and 13 Representatives).
    • 0 Governors.
    • 1 Distinguished Party Leader (former DNC Chairman Kenneth Curtis. Former DNC Chairwoman and Congressman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is counted as a Member of Congress).

These 30 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

 

Notes

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

1 Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

 

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?Mode=Constitution&Submenu=3&Tab=statutes
Election Authority
  Florida Department of State - Division of Elections
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Florida House of Representatives
  Florida Senate
  The Florida Monitor Weekly Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
Democratic
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Media & others
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  Citrus County Chronicle - Crystal River
  El Nueve Herald - Miami
  Florida News Center
  Florida Politics (blog)
  Gadsden County Times
  Gulfshore Business
  KeysNews.com - The Florida Keys
  Lake City Reporter
  New Times - Broward-Palm Beach
  News Leader - Fernandina Beach
  News-Sun - Avon Park - Lake Placid - Sebring
  Orlando Sentinel
  Palatka Daily News
  Politics1.com - Florida
  Sayfie Review
  South Florida Sun-Sentinel - Broward - Palm Beach - Miami-Dade
  St. Petersburg Times
  Tampa Bay Times - St. Petersburg
  The Apalachicola Times
  The Beaches Leader - Jacksonville
  The Westside Gazette - BlackPressUSA - Broward County
  WBBH TV - NBC - Fort Myers
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  WCTV - CBS - Tallahassee
  WEAR TV - ABC - Pensacola
  WESH TV - NBC - Winter Park
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  WFTS TV - ABC - Tampa - St. Petersburg - Sarasota
  WFTV TV - ABC - Orlando
  WINK TV - CBS - Fort Myers
  WINZ AM - CC - Miami
  WJHG TV - NBC - Panama City
  WJXT TV - Jacksonville
  WJXX TV - ABC and WTLV TV - NBC - Jacksonville
  WKMG TV - CBS - Orlando
  WPBF TV - IBS - West Palm Beach
  WPTV TV - NBC - West Palm Beach
  WSCV-TV - Telemundo 51 - Miami - Ft. Lauderdale
  WSVN TV - FOX - Miami
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