2020 Florida Democratic presidential primary


The 2020 Florida Democratic presidential primary took place on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, one of three states voting on the same day in the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Florida primary is a closed primary, with the state awarding 248 delegates, of which 219 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.
At 8:00pm eastern time, the Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of the Florida primary. Biden won every county in the state, significantly extending his delegate lead.

Procedure

Florida is one of three states which held primaries on March 17, 2020, the others being Arizona and Illinois.
Voting took place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. local time. In the closed primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 219 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 219 pledged delegates, between three and seven are allocated to each of the state's 27 congressional districts and another 29 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials, in addition to 47 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.
Following the primary, post-primary congressional district caucuses will convene on Saturday, May 2, 2020, to designate national convention district delegates, and the state convention will subsequently be held on Saturday, May 30, 2020, to vote on the 47 pledged at-large and 29 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 219 pledged delegates Florida sends to the national convention will be joined by 29 unpledged PLEO delegates.

Polling

Results


CandidateVotes%Delegates
Joe Biden1,077,37561.95162
Bernie Sanders397,31122.8457
Michael Bloomberg 146,5448.430
Pete Buttigieg 39,8862.290
Elizabeth Warren 32,8751.890
Amy Klobuchar 17,2760.990
Tulsi Gabbard8,7120.500
Andrew Yang 5,2860.300
Michael Bennet 4,2440.240
Tom Steyer 2,5100.140
Marianne Williamson 1,7440.100
John Delaney 1,5830.090
Cory Booker 1,5070.090
Julián Castro 1,0360.060
Joe Sestak 6640.040
Deval Patrick 6610.040
Total1,739,214100%219

Results by county