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The2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary took place on February 11, 2020, as the second nominating contest in theDemocratic Party primaries for the2020 presidential election, following theIowa caucuses the week before. TheNew Hampshire primary was asemi-closed primary, meaning that only Democrats and independents were allowed to vote in this primary. New Hampshire sent 33delegates to thenational convention, of which 24 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary, and the other 9 were unpledged delegates preselected independently of the primary results.[1]
SenatorBernie Sanders won the primary with 25.6% of the vote, edging out former mayorPete Buttigieg after his narrow win in Iowa, who came in second place with 24.3% of the vote.[2] Both had already led the results in Iowa. This was a decline in support for Sanders, who in2016 had won New Hampshire with 60.14% toHillary Clinton's 37.68%.[3] Both Sanders and Buttigieg received nine delegates, while SenatorAmy Klobuchar unexpectedly finished in third place and received six delegates; her third-place finish was described as "Klomentum" or "Klobucharge" by several observers, but she was not able to make use of this in the following primaries. SenatorElizabeth Warren and former vice presidentJoe Biden, who had been the leading contenders nationally, both underperformed expectations, coming in fourth and fifth, respectively, and received no delegates. EntrepreneurAndrew Yang, former Massachusetts GovernorDeval Patrick and Colorado SenatorMichael Bennet finished eighth, tenth and eleventh respectively and all suspended their presidential campaigns after their poor results.
Voter turnout set a new record for New Hampshire primaries, with 298,377 ballots being cast,[2] breaking the previous record of 287,527 set in the2008 primary.[4] This was the third consecutive contested Democratic primary in which New Hampshire voted for the candidate that did not receive the Democratic nomination. Despite underperforming quite drastically in this primary, Biden later went on to win the nomination and defeat incumbent presidentDonald Trump in the general election, including a comfortable general election victory in New Hampshire.
The state's ballot access laws have traditionally been lenient, with prospective presidential candidates required to pay only a $1,000 fee to secure a line on the primary ballot.[5] Primary elections were held on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. The first polls opened at midnight local time (EST),[6] with the vast majority of polling places closed by 7 p.m. and a small number of cities allowed to close at 8 p.m.[1]
In the semi-closed primary, candidates had to meet a viability threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 24 pledgeddelegates to the2020 Democratic National Convention were all allocated proportionally on the basis of the qualified results of the primary, in the two congressional districts and on statewide level respectively. Of these, 8 each 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 5 at-large delegates.[1] The national convention delegation meeting was to be held inConcord on April 25, to vote on the exact names of the five at-large and three pledged PLEO delegates for the Democratic National Convention.[1] The delegation also included 9 unpledged PLEO delegates (also known assuperdelegates): 5 members of theDemocratic National Committee and 4 members of Congress (both senators and 2 representatives).[1]
| Pledgednational convention delegates[1] | |
|---|---|
| Type | Del. |
| CD1[a] | 8 |
| CD2[b] | 8 |
| PLEO[c] | 3 |
| At-large[d] | 5 |
| Total pledged delegates | 24 |
The following candidates were on the ballot[7] and are listed in order of filing.
Running
Withdrawn
Brian Moore qualified but withdrew early enough so that he did not appear on the ballot.[7]
Prospective candidates began making visits to New Hampshire in 2017.[8] Among the more notable events of the campaign was the 2019 state convention, at which 19 of the candidates give speeches.[9] The eighth Democratic primary debate took place in the state on February 7, 2020.[10] ALesser-Known Candidates Forum was also held, featuring candidates on the New Hampshire ballot but who were not considered major candidates.[11]
| Polling aggregation | ||||||||||||
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| Source of poll aggregation | Date updated | Dates polled | Bernie Sanders | Pete Buttigieg | Elizabeth Warren | Joe Biden | Amy Klobuchar | Andrew Yang | Tulsi Gabbard | Tom Steyer | Other | Un- decided[e] |
| 270 to Win[12] | Feb 10, 2020 | Feb 4–9, 2020 | 27.3% | 20.9% | 13.1% | 12.3% | 10.3% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.1% | 1.9%[f] | 6.4% |
| RealClear Politics[13] | Feb 10, 2020 | Feb 6–9, 2020 | 28.7% | 21.3% | 11.0% | 11.0% | 11.7% | 3.7% | 3.3% | 1.7% | 1.3%[g] | 6.3% |
| FiveThirtyEight[14] | Feb 10, 2020 | until Feb 10, 2020[h] | 26.0% | 21.6% | 12.5% | 11.7% | 10.3% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.6% | 3.5%[i] | 5.8% |
| Average | 27.3% | 21.3% | 12.2% | 11.7% | 10.8% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 2.1% | 2.2%[j] | 6.2% | ||
| New Hampshire primary results (February 11, 2020) | 25.6% | 24.3% | 9.2% | 8.4% | 19.7% | 2.8% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 2.7%[k] | – | ||
| Polling from January 1, 2020, to February 11, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[l] | Margin of error | Joe Biden | Pete Buttigieg | Tulsi Gabbard | Amy Klobuchar | Bernie Sanders | Tom Steyer | Elizabeth Warren | Andrew Yang | Other | Undecided | |||
| New Hampshire primary (popular vote) | Feb 11, 2020 | – | – | 8.4% | 24.3% | 3.3% | 19.7% | 25.6% | 3.6% | 9.2% | 2.8% | 2.7%[m] | – | |||
| AtlasIntel[15] | Feb 8–10, 2020 | 431 (LV) | ± 5.0% | 12% | 24% | 3% | 14% | 24% | 1% | 11% | 5% | – | 6% | |||
| Data For Progress[16][n] | Feb 7–10, 2020 | 1296 (LV) | ± 2.7% | 9% | 26% | 3% | 13% | 28% | 3% | 14% | 5% | – | – | |||
| American Research Group[17] | Feb 8–9, 2020 | 400 (LV) | – | 13% | 20% | 3% | 13% | 28% | 2% | 11% | 3% | 5%[o] | 2% | |||
| Emerson College/WHDH[18] | Feb 8–9, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 10% | 23% | 2% | 14% | 30% | 2% | 11% | 4% | 4%[p] | – | |||
| Change Research[19] | Feb 8–9, 2020 | 662 (LV) | ± 3.8% | 9% | 21% | 6% | 8% | 30% | 3% | 8% | 5% | 1%[q] | 9% | |||
| Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV[20] | Feb 8–9, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 12% | 19% | 3% | 14% | 27% | 2% | 12% | 3% | 3%[r] | 7% | |||
| Elucd[21] | Feb 7–9, 2020 | 492 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 8% | 20% | –[s] | 12% | 26% | –[t] | 10% | –[u] | –[v] | 15% | |||
| University of New Hampshire/CNN[22] | Feb 6–9, 2020 | 365 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 11% | 22% | 5% | 7% | 29% | 1% | 10% | 4% | 1%[w] | 10% | |||
| Emerson College/WHDH[23] | Feb 7–8, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 11% | 20% | 3% | 13% | 30% | 2% | 12% | 4% | 4%[x] | – | |||
| Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV[24] | Feb 7–8, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 10% | 22% | 2% | 9% | 24% | 2% | 13% | 3% | 3%[y] | 12% | |||
| Boston Herald/FPU/NBC10[25] | Feb 5–8, 2020 | 512 (LV) | – | 14% | 20% | 0% | 6% | 23% | 2% | 16% | 3% | 3%[z] | 13% | |||
| YouGov/CBS News[26] | Feb 5–8, 2020 | 848 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 12% | 25% | 2% | 10% | 29% | 1% | 17% | 1% | 3%[aa] | – | |||
| University of New Hampshire/CNN[27] | Feb 5–8, 2020 | 384 (LV) | ± 5.0% | 12% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 28% | 2% | 9% | 4% | 2%[ab] | 11% | |||
| Emerson College/WHDH[28] | Feb 6–7, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 11% | 24% | 5% | 9% | 31% | 2% | 11% | 3% | 3%[ac] | – | |||
| Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV[29] | Feb 6–7, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 11% | 25% | 2% | 6% | 24% | 2% | 14% | 3% | 4%[ad] | 9% | |||
| University of Massachusetts Lowell[30] | Feb 4–7, 2020 | 440 (LV) | ± 6.5% | 14% | 17% | 4% | 8% | 25% | 5% | 15% | 3% | 5%[ae] | 4% | |||
| University of New Hampshire/CNN[31] | Feb 4–7, 2020 | 365 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 11% | 21% | 6% | 5% | 28% | 3% | 9% | 3% | 3%[af] | 11% | |||
| Emerson College/WHDH[32] | Feb 5–6, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 11% | 23% | 6% | 9% | 32% | 2% | 13% | 2% | 3%[ag] | – | |||
| Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV[33] | Feb 5–6, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 11% | 23% | 4% | 6% | 24% | 3% | 13% | 3% | 4%[ah] | 12% | |||
| Marist/NBC News[34] | Feb 4–6, 2020 | 709 (LV) | ± 4.7% | 13% | 21% | 3% | 8% | 25% | 4% | 14% | 4% | 3%[ai] | 5% | |||
| Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV[35] | Feb 4–5, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 12% | 19% | 5% | 6% | 25% | 4% | 11% | 2% | 1%[aj] | 15% | |||
| Monmouth University[36] | Feb 3–5, 2020 | 503 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 17% | 20% | 4% | 9% | 24% | 3% | 13% | 4% | 2%[ak] | 5% | |||
| 17%[al] | 22% | – | 13% | 27% | – | 13% | – | 3%[am] | 4% | |||||||
| 19%[an] | 28% | – | – | 28% | – | 16% | – | 3%[ao] | 5% | |||||||
| Emerson College/WHDH[37] | Feb 3–5, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 12% | 21% | 5% | 11% | 31% | 1% | 12% | 4% | 2%[ap] | – | |||
| Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV[38] | Feb 3–4, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 15% | 15% | 5% | 6% | 24% | 5% | 10% | 3% | 1%[aq] | 14% | |||
| Emerson College/WHDH[39] | Feb 2–4, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 13% | 17% | 6% | 11% | 32% | 2% | 11% | 6% | 3%[ar] | – | |||
| Feb 3, 2020 | Iowa caucuses | |||||||||||||||
| Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV[40] | Feb 2–3, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 18% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 24% | 4% | 13% | 3% | 3%[as] | 14% | |||
| Emerson College/WHDH[41] | Feb 1–3, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 12% | 32% | 5% | 13% | 5% | 4%[at] | – | |||
| Emerson College/WHDH[42] | Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 8% | 29% | 8% | 12% | 7% | 2%[au] | – | |||
| Saint Anselm College[43] | Jan 29 – Feb 2, 2020 | 491 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 19% | 14% | 3% | 11% | 19% | 5% | 11% | 4% | 2%[av] | 11% | |||
| Boston Herald/FPU/NBC10[44][1] | Jan 29 – Feb 1, 2020 | 454 (LV) | ± 4.6% | 24% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 31% | No voters | 17% | 1% | 5%[aw] | 7% | |||
| University of Massachusetts Lowell[45] | Jan 28–31, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 6.4% | 22% | 12% | 5% | 6% | 23% | 6% | 19% | 2% | 1%[ax] | 4% | |||
| YouGov/UMass Amherst/WCVB[46] | Jan 17–29, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 5.3% | 20% | 12% | 5% | 5% | 25% | 5% | 17% | 4% | 2%[ay] | 3% | |||
| American Research Group[47] | Jan 24–27, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4% | 13% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 28% | 2% | 11% | 5% | 8%[az] | 6% | |||
| Boston Herald/FPU/NBC10[44] | Jan 23–26, 2020 | 407 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 22% | 10% | 3% | 5% | 29% | 0% | 16% | 1% | 7%[ba] | 9% | |||
| Marist/NBC News[48] | Jan 20–23, 2020 | 697 (LV) | ± 4.5% | 15% | 17% | 6% | 10% | 22% | 3% | 13% | 5% | 2%[bb] | 7% | |||
| University of New Hampshire/CNN[49] | Jan 15–23, 2020 | 516 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 16% | 15% | 5% | 6% | 25% | 2% | 12% | 5% | 2%[bc] | 10% | |||
| MassINC Polling Group/WBUR[50] | Jan 17–21, 2020 | 426 (LV) | ± 4.8% | 14% | 17% | 5% | 6% | 29% | 2% | 13% | 5% | 4%[bd] | 5%[be] | |||
| Suffolk University/Boston Globe[51] | Jan 15–19, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 15% | 12% | 5% | 5% | 16% | 3% | 10% | 6% | 3%[bf] | 24% | |||
| Emerson College/WHDH[52] | Jan 13–16, 2020 | 657 (LV) | ± 3.8% | 14% | 18% | 5% | 10% | 23% | 4% | 14% | 6% | 7%[bg] | – | |||
| Jan 13, 2020 | Booker withdraws from the race | |||||||||||||||
| Boston Herald/FPU/NBC10[53] | Jan 8–12, 2020 | 434 (LV) | – | 26% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 22% | 2% | 18% | 2% | 7%[bh] | 12% | |||
| Patinkin Research Strategies/Yang 2020[54][bi] | Jan 5–7, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4% | 21% | 17% | 7% | 6% | 19% | 6% | 10% | 5% | 3%[bj] | 7% | |||
| Monmouth University[55] | Jan 3–7, 2020 | 404 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 19% | 20% | 4% | 6% | 18% | 4% | 15% | 3% | 3%[bk] | 7% | |||
| 21%[bl] | 20% | – | 7% | 21% | – | 15% | 5% | 5%[bm] | 8% | |||||||
| 24%[bn] | 23% | – | – | 21% | – | 18% | – | 5%[bo] | 8% | |||||||
| YouGov/CBS News[56] | Dec 27, 2019 – Jan 3, 2020 | 487 (LV) | ± 5.3% | 25% | 13% | 1% | 7% | 27% | 3% | 18% | 2% | 3%[bp] | – | |||
| Polling before January 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[l] | Margin of error | Joe Biden | Cory Booker | Pete Buttigieg | Tulsi Gabbard | Kamala Harris | Amy Klobuchar | Beto O'Rourke | Deval Patrick | Bernie Sanders | Elizabeth Warren | Andrew Yang | Other | Undecided |
| MassINC Polling Group/WBUR[57] | Dec 3–8, 2019 | 442 (LV) | ± 4.7% | 17% | 1% | 18% | 5% | – | 3% | – | <1% | 15% | 12% | 5% | 11%[bq] | 12%[br] |
| Dec 3, 2019 | Harris withdraws from the race | |||||||||||||||
| Emerson College[58] | Nov 22–26, 2019 | 549 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 14% | 2% | 22% | 6% | 4% | 2% | – | 0% | 26% | 14% | 5% | 7%[bs] | – |
| Boston Globe/Suffolk University[59] | Nov 21–24, 2019 | 500 (LV) | – | 12% | 2% | 13% | 6% | 3% | 1% | – | 1% | 16% | 14% | 4% | 6%[bt] | 21% |
| Saint Anselm College[60] | Nov 13–18, 2019 | 255 (RV) | ± 6.1% | 15% | 3% | 25% | 3% | 1% | 6% | – | 0% | 9% | 15% | 2% | 5%[bu] | 13% |
| Nov 14, 2019 | Patrick announceshis candidacy | |||||||||||||||
| YouGov/CBS News[61] | Nov 6–13, 2019 | 535 (RV) | ± 5% | 22% | 1% | 16% | 0% | 3% | 3% | – | – | 20% | 31% | 1% | 1%[bv] | – |
| Quinnipiac University[62] | Nov 6–10, 2019 | 1,134 (LV) | ± 3.8 | 20% | 1% | 15% | 6% | 1% | 3% | – | – | 14% | 16% | 4% | 5%[bw] | 14% |
| Nov 1, 2019 | O'Rourke withdraws from the race | |||||||||||||||
| University of New Hampshire/CNN[63] | Oct 21–27, 2019 | 574 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 15% | 2% | 10% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 2% | – | 21% | 18% | 5% | 4%[bx] | 10% |
| Boston Herald/FPU[64] | Oct 9–13, 2019 | 422 (LV) | ± 4.8% | 24% | 2% | 9% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 0% | – | 22% | 25% | 1% | 4%[by] | 7% |
| Firehouse Strategies/Øptimus[65] | Oct 8–10, 2019 | 610 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 18% | 2% | 7% | –[bz] | 2% | –[bz] | 1% | – | 9% | 25% | 2% | 32% | –[bz] |
| YouGov/CBS News[66] | Oct 3–11, 2019 | 506 | ± 5.4% | 24% | 1% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 1% | – | 17% | 32% | 5% | 5%[ca] | – |
| Saint Anselm College[67] | Sep 25–29, 2019 | 423 | ± 4.8% | 24% | 1% | 10% | 3% | 5% | 3% | <1% | – | 11% | 25% | 2% | 3%[cb] | 9% |
| Monmouth University[68] | Sep 17–21, 2019 | 401 | ± 4.9% | 25% | 2% | 10% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | – | 12% | 27% | 2% | 3%[cc] | 9% |
| HarrisX/No Labels[69] | Sep 6–11, 2019 | 595 | ± 4.0% | 22% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 1% | 1% | – | 21% | 15% | 2% | 5%[cd] | 14% |
| Boston Herald/FPU[70] | Sep 4–10, 2019 | 425 | ± 4.8% | 21% | 1% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 1% | 2% | – | 29% | 17% | 5% | 2%[ce] | 9% |
| Emerson College[71] | Sep 6–9, 2019 | 483 | ± 4.4% | 24% | 4% | 11% | 6% | 8% | 1% | 1% | – | 13% | 21% | 3% | 7%[cf] | – |
| YouGov/CBS News[72] | Aug 28 – Sep 4, 2019 | 526 | ± 5.2% | 26% | 2% | 8% | 1% | 7% | 1% | 1% | – | 25% | 27% | 1% | 1%[cg] | – |
| Gravis Marketing[73] | Aug 2–6, 2019 | 250 | ± 6.2% | 15% | 0% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 2% | – | 21% | 12% | 4% | 8%[ch] | 11% |
| Suffolk University[74] | Aug 1–4, 2019 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 21% | 1% | 6% | 3% | 8% | 1% | 0% | – | 17% | 14% | 1% | 6%[ci] | 21% |
| Firehouse Strategies/Øptimus[75] | Jul 23–25, 2019 | 587 | ± 3.3% | 21% | 1% | 8% | – | 13% | – | 0% | – | 13% | 16% | 1% | 7% | 19% |
| YouGov/CBS News[76] | Jul 9–18, 2019 | 530 | ± 5% | 27% | 1% | 7% | 2% | 12% | 1% | 2% | – | 20% | 18% | 1% | 5%[cj] | – |
| University of New Hampshire/CNN[77] | Jul 8–15, 2019 | 386 | ± 5.0% | 24% | 2% | 10% | 1% | 9% | 0% | 2% | – | 19% | 19% | 1% | 4%[ck] | 9% |
| Saint Anselm College[78] | Jul 10–12, 2019 | 351 | ± 5.2% | 21% | 1% | 12% | 1% | 18% | 3% | 0% | – | 10% | 17% | 5% | 3%[cl] | 11% |
| Change Research[79] | Jul 6–9, 2019 | 1,084 | ± 3.0% | 19% | 1% | 13% | 3% | 15% | 1% | 1% | – | 20% | 22% | 1% | 3%[cm] | – |
| Change Research[80] | Jun 29 – Jul 4, 2019 | 420 | – | 13% | 2% | 14% | 2% | 13% | 1% | 2% | – | 26% | 24% | 2% | 4%[cn] | – |
| Change Research[81] | Jun 17–20, 2019 | 308 | – | 24% | 0% | 14% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 4% | – | 28% | 21% | 1% | 3%[co] | – |
| YouGov/CBS News[82] | May 31 – Jun 12, 2019 | 502 | ± 4.9% | 33% | 3% | 10% | 0% | 7% | 1% | 4% | – | 20% | 17% | 1% | 2%[cp] | – |
| Tel Opinion Research[83]* | May 20–22, 2019 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 33% | – | 7% | – | 7% | – | 1% | – | 12% | 11% | – | – | 28% |
| Monmouth University[84] | May 2–7, 2019 | 376 | ± 5.1% | 36% | 2% | 9% | 0% | 6% | 2% | 2% | – | 18% | 8% | 1% | 2%[cq] | 11% |
| Change Research[85] | May 3–5, 2019 | 864 | ± 3.3% | 26% | 2% | 12% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 3% | – | 30% | 9% | 2% | 4%[cr] | – |
| Firehouse Strategies/Øptimus[86] | Apr 30 – May 2, 2019 | 551 | ± 4.0% | 34% | 1% | 10% | – | 7% | 1% | 3% | – | 16% | 9% | – | – | 19% |
| Suffolk University[87] | Apr 25–28, 2019 | 429 | ± 4.7% | 20% | 3% | 12% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 3% | – | 12% | 8% | 1% | 4%[cs] | 27% |
| Apr 25, 2019 | Biden announceshis candidacy | |||||||||||||||
| University of New Hampshire[88] | Apr 10–18, 2019 | 241 | ± 6.3% | 18% | 3% | 15% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 3% | – | 30% | 5% | 2% | 5%[ct] | 12% |
| Apr 14, 2019 | Buttigieg announceshis candidacy | |||||||||||||||
| Saint Anselm College[89] | Apr 3–8, 2019 | 326 | ± 5.4% | 23% | 4% | 11% | 1% | 7% | 2% | 6% | – | 16% | 9% | – | 9%[cu] | 13% |
| Mar 14, 2019 | O'Rourke announceshis candidacy | |||||||||||||||
| University of New Hampshire[90] | Feb 18–26, 2019 | 240 | ± 6.3% | 22% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 10% | 4% | 5% | – | 26% | 7% | – | 6%[cv] | 14% |
| Emerson College[91] | Feb 21–22, 2019 | 405 | ± 4.8% | 25% | 5% | 1% | – | 12% | 8% | 5% | – | 27% | 9% | – | 10%[cw] | – |
| Feb 19, 2019 | Sanders announceshis candidacy | |||||||||||||||
| YouGov/UMass Amherst[92] | Feb 7–15, 2019 | 337 | ± 6.4% | 28% | 3% | – | – | 14% | 1% | 6% | – | 20% | 9% | – | 9%[cx] | 9% |
| Feb 10, 2019 | Klobuchar announcesher candidacy | |||||||||||||||
| Feb 9, 2019 | Warren announcesher candidacy | |||||||||||||||
| Firehouse Strategies/Øptimus[93] | Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2019 | 518 | ± 4.1% | 22% | 4% | – | – | 13% | 2% | 2% | – | 13% | 9% | – | 0%[cy] | 35% |
| Feb 1, 2019 | Booker announceshis candidacy | |||||||||||||||
| Jan 21, 2019 | Harris announcesher candidacy | |||||||||||||||
| Jan 11, 2019 | Gabbard announcesher candidacy | |||||||||||||||
| Change Research[94] | Jan 2–3, 2019 | 1,162 | – | 24% | 3% | – | – | 4% | 2% | 9% | – | 26% | 11% | – | 22%[cz] | – |
| University of New Hampshire[95] | Aug 2–19, 2018 | 198 | ± 7.0% | 19% | 6% | – | – | 3% | – | – | – | 30% | 17% | – | 12%[da] | 12% |
| Suffolk University[96] | Apr 26–30, 2018 | 295 | ± 5.7% | 20% | 8% | – | – | 4% | – | – | 4% | 13% | 26% | – | 4%[db] | 18% |
| 30% | 10% | – | – | 6% | – | – | 8% | 25% | – | – | 6%[dc] | 12% | ||||
| University of New Hampshire[97] | Apr 13–22, 2018 | 188 | ± 7.1% | 26% | 5% | – | – | 6% | 1% | – | – | 28% | 11% | – | 9%[dd] | 13% |
| University of New Hampshire[98] | Jan 28 – Feb 10, 2018 | 219 | ± 6.6% | 35% | 3% | – | – | 1% | 0% | – | – | 24% | 15% | – | 7%[de] | 15% |
| Nov 6, 2017 | Yang announceshis candidacy | |||||||||||||||
| University of New Hampshire[99] | Oct 3–15, 2017 | 212 | ± 6.7% | 24% | 6% | – | – | 1% | 1% | – | – | 31% | 13% | – | 14%[df] | 11% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Joe Biden | Pete Buttigieg | Bernie Sanders | Elizabeth Warren | Undecided | |
| Tel Opinion Research[83] | May 20–22, 2019 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 63% | 21% | – | – | 15% | |
| 66% | – | 22% | – | 13% | |||||
| 58% | – | – | 29% | 13% | |||||
| American Research Group[100] | Mar 21–27, 2018 | 400 | ± 5.0% | 47% | – | 45% | – | 7% | |
| 58% | – | – | 33% | 8% | |||||
The first results in New Hampshire were released shortly after midnight fromDixville Notch. Although not on the ballot,Michael Bloomberg received three write-in votes, enough to carry the town.[101][102][103]Bernie Sanders won the state by a margin of around four thousand votes overPete Buttigieg, withAmy Klobuchar placing third.[104][2] Sanders and Buttigieg each received nine pledged national convention delegates while Klobuchar received six.[105][1] Sanders had previously won the state in his prior pursuit of the Democratic nomination in2016 with some 152,000 votes (60.4% of the total) againstHillary Clinton.[106]
Voter turnout set a new record for New Hampshire primaries with 298,377 ballots being cast,[2] breaking the previous record of 287,527 set in the2008 primary.[107][108]
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| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates[105][1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Sanders | 76,384 | 25.60 | 9 |
| Pete Buttigieg | 72,454 | 24.28 | 9 |
| Amy Klobuchar | 58,714 | 19.68 | 6 |
| Elizabeth Warren | 27,429 | 9.19 | |
| Joe Biden | 24,944 | 8.36 | |
| Tom Steyer | 10,732 | 3.60 | |
| Tulsi Gabbard | 9,755 | 3.27 | |
| Andrew Yang | 8,312 | 2.79 | |
| Michael Bloomberg(write-in)[109][110] | 4,675 | 1.57 | |
| Deval Patrick | 1,271 | 0.43 | |
| Michael Bennet | 952 | 0.32 | |
| Cory Booker(withdrawn) | 157 | 0.05 | |
| Joe Sestak(withdrawn) | 152 | 0.05 | |
| Kamala Harris(withdrawn) | 129 | 0.04 | |
| Marianne Williamson(withdrawn) | 99 | 0.03 | |
| Julian Castro(withdrawn) | 83 | 0.03 | |
| John Delaney(withdrawn) | 83 | 0.03 | |
| Steve Bullock(withdrawn) | 64 | 0.02 | |
| Henry Hewes | 43 | 0.01 | |
| Ben Gleib(withdrawn) | 31 | 0.01 | |
| Other candidates / Write-in | [dg]665 | 0.22 | |
| Donald Trump(write-inRepublican)[109] | 1,217 | 0.41 | |
| Bill Weld(write-inRepublican)[109] | 17 | 0.01 | |
| Mitt Romney(write-in Republican)[109] | 10 | 0.00 | |
| Other write-in Republicans | 5 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 298,377 | 100% | 24 |
| Candidate | Belknap votes | Carroll votes | Cheshire votes | Coös votes | Grafton votes | Hillsborough votes | Merrimack votes | Rockingham votes | Strafford votes | Sullivan votes | State-wide votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Sanders | 2,670 | 2,608 | 5,973 | 1,562 | 6,606 | 21,659 | 8,636 | 15,331 | 8,919 | 2,420 | 76,384 |
| Pete Buttigieg | 2,798 | 2,815 | 4,053 | 1,094 | 5,805 | 20,539 | 8,466 | 17,929 | 6,767 | 2,188 | 72,454 |
| Amy Klobuchar | 2,323 | 2,464 | 3,616 | 937 | 4,277 | 16,702 | 7,853 | 13,736 | 5,180 | 1,626 | 58,714 |
| Elizabeth Warren | 839 | 904 | 1,816 | 395 | 3,295 | 7,266 | 3,177 | 5,928 | 2,971 | 838 | 27,429 |
| Joe Biden | 1,122 | 1,020 | 1,265 | 566 | 1,689 | 7,375 | 2,863 | 6,069 | 2,251 | 724 | 24,944 |
| Tom Steyer | 488 | 322 | 651 | 226 | 550 | 3,165 | 1,332 | 2,659 | 1,075 | 264 | 10,732 |
| Tulsi Gabbard | 444 | 403 | 587 | 206 | 561 | 3,058 | 1,163 | 2,133 | 887 | 313 | 9,755 |
| Andrew Yang | 248 | 229 | 597 | 146 | 873 | 2,386 | 905 | 1,736 | 954 | 238 | 8,312 |
| Michael Bloomberg[110](write-in) | 190 | 286 | 234 | 125 | 440 | 1,234 | 520 | 1,159 | 355 | 132 | 4,675 |
| Deval Patrick | 35 | 43 | 55 | 17 | 86 | 393 | 167 | 324 | 128 | 23 | 1,271 |
| Donald Trump(write-in) | 99 | 39 | 55 | 61 | 57 | 350 | 148 | 176 | 151 | 81 | 1,217 |
| Michael Bennet | 29 | 31 | 44 | 7 | 58 | 306 | 182 | 176 | 84 | 35 | 952 |
| Joe Sestak(withdrawn) | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 41 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 152 |
| Write-ins[dh] | 9 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 28 | 63 | 15 | 8 | 189 |
| Cory Booker(withdrawn) | 8 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 18 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 157 |
| Kamala Harris(withdrawn) | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 47 | 9 | 28 | 11 | — | 129 |
| Marianne Williamson(withdrawn) | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 99 |
| Steve Burke | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 86 |
| Julian Castro(withdrawn) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 83 |
| John Delaney(withdrawn) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 83 |
| Tom Koos | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 72 |
| Steve Bullock(withdrawn) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 64 |
| Michael A. Ellinger | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | 5 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| David John Thistle | — | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 53 |
| Lorenz Kraus | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 41 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 52 |
| Robby Wells | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 45 |
| Henry Hewes | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 43 |
| Sam Sloan | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 34 |
| Mosie Boyd | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | 13 | 2 | — | 32 |
| Mark Stewart Greenstein | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 12 | 2 | 6 | 6 | — | 31 |
| Ben Gleib(withdrawn) | 1 | — | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 31 |
| Thomas James Torgesen | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
| Rita Krichevsky | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 13 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| Jason Evritte Dunlap | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 12 |
| Roque De La Fuente III | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Raymond Michael Moroz | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 2 | — | — | 8 |
| Total | 11,342 | 11,218 | 19,048 | 5,405 | 24,394 | 84,901 | 35,594 | 67,708 | 29,851 | 8,925 | 298,377 |
Bernie Sanders narrowly won the New Hampshire primary with 25.6% of the vote, the lowest vote share a winner of this primary has ever received,[111] with Pete Buttigieg finishing in second.[2] By contrast, Amy Klobuchar finished in an unexpectedly strong third place. Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden finished in fourth and fifth place, respectively, both of which were considered disappointing finishes.[112] Geographically, Sanders won the largest cities in New Hampshire, includingManchester,Nashua, andConcord. Buttigieg kept the race close by performing strongly in the southeastern part of the state,[112] including in the suburbs ofBoston and in the nearby, more ruralLakes Region.[113]
Exit polls showed that Sanders benefited from his strong performance among young voters as he won about half of the under-30 vote, with this group making up about 14% of the electorate. Among those under the age of 45, he won 42% of the vote; this larger group made up about a third of the electorate. Buttigieg received only 21% of the vote among those under the age of 45 but outperformed Sanders 26–17 among voters 45 and older. Both Sanders and Buttigieg lost the 45-and-older vote to Klobuchar, who received 27% of the vote in this group. Similarly, Klobuchar convincingly won among voters aged 65 and older, receiving 32% of their votes, as compared to only 14% for Sanders and 12% for Biden. Ideologically, about 60% of voters identified as either "very liberal" or "somewhat liberal", and Sanders won this group with about 33% of the vote. By contrast, among the remaining 40% of voters who identified as "moderate" or "conservative", Buttigieg and Klobuchar approximately tied with 27 and 26% of the vote, respectively.[114]
Following poor showings in the New Hampshire primary, SenatorMichael Bennet ofColorado,[115] entrepreneurAndrew Yang[116] and formerMassachusetts governorDeval Patrick[117] withdrew from the race. With the end of these campaigns, the Democratic field numbered fewer than ten candidates for the first time since early 2019.
Bernie Sanders has won the New Hampshire Democratic primary by a margin of about 4,000 votes, or less than 2 percentage points, over Pete Buttigieg, according to an NBC News projection.
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