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The2020 Idaho Democratic presidential primary took place on March 10, 2020, as one of several states voting the week afterSuper Tuesday in theDemocratic Party primaries for the2020 presidential election. TheIdaho primary required that voters would be registered Democrats or unaffiliated, and awarded 25delegates towards the2020 Democratic National Convention, of whom 20 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary results.
With only former vice presidentJoe Biden and senatorBernie Sanders left as relevant candidates after Super Tuesday, Biden won the primary with almost 49% of the vote, one of the narrower results of the day, and picked up 12 delegates overBernie Sanders, who achieved around 42% of the vote and 8 delegates.[1]
Idaho was one of six states (along withDemocrats Abroad) that held primaries on March 10, 2020, one week afterSuper Tuesday.[2] On June 30, 2018, theIdaho Democratic Party announced at its state convention that it would switch from using caucuses to a state-run primary in 2020.[3]
Voting took place throughout the state from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. local time. In the primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15% at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 20 pledged delegates to the2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the primary results. Of these, between 6 and 7 were allocated to each of thestate's 2 congressional districts and another 3 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 4 at-large delegates.[4] The March 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 a March date.[5]
On April 4, 2020, county caucuses chose delegates to the state convention inBoise. The state convention on June 6, 2020, elected all 20 pledged delegates for the Democratic National Convention. The delegation also included 5 unpledged PLEO delegates: 5 members of theDemocratic National Committee.[4]
| Pledgednational convention delegates | |
|---|---|
| Type | Del. |
| CD1 | 6 |
| CD2 | 7 |
| PLEO | 3 |
| At-large | 4 |
| Total pledged delegates | 20 |
The following candidates filed, paying a fee of $1,000, and were on the ballot in Idaho:[6]
Running
Withdrawn
Kamala Harris andBrian Moore qualified, but had withdrawn early enough so that they were taken from the ballot.[6]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[c] | Margin of error | Joe Biden | Tulsi Gabbard | Bernie Sanders | Other | Undecided |
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| Swayable[7] | Mar 8–9, 2020 | 833 (LV) | ± 7% | 52% | 2% | 37% | 9% | – |
| Data for Progress[8] | Mar 7–9, 2020 | 329 (LV) | ± 5.4% | 51% | 2% | 47% | – | – |
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| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates[10] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden | 53,151 | 48.92 | 12 |
| Bernie Sanders | 46,114 | 42.44 | 8 |
| Elizabeth Warren(withdrawn)[a] | 2,878 | 2.65 | |
| Michael Bloomberg(withdrawn)[a] | 2,612 | 2.40 | |
| Pete Buttigieg(withdrawn)[b] | 1,426 | 1.31 | |
| Tulsi Gabbard | 876 | 0.81 | |
| Amy Klobuchar(withdrawn)[b] | 774 | 0.71 | |
| Andrew Yang(withdrawn) | 310 | 0.29 | |
| Tom Steyer(withdrawn)[b] | 112 | 0.10 | |
| Michael Bennet(withdrawn) | 91 | 0.08 | |
| John Delaney(withdrawn) | 65 | 0.06 | |
| Marianne Williamson(withdrawn) | 57 | 0.05 | |
| Cory Booker(withdrawn) | 55 | 0.05 | |
| Julian Castro(withdrawn) | 49 | 0.05 | |
| Deval Patrick(withdrawn) | 19 | 0.02 | |
| Other candidates | 60 | 0.06 | |
| Total | 108,649 | 100% | 20 |
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