2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary
2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary
County results Election results by congressional district
Biden
40 – 50%
50 – 60%
60 – 70%
70 – 80%
Congressional district results
Joe Biden
The 2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election . The open primary allocated 52 pledged delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention , distributed in proportion to the results of the primary, statewide and within each congressional district . The state was also given an additional 8 unpledged delegates (superdelegates ), whose votes at the convention were not bound to the result of the primary.
Five candidates ran in this primary, including former vice president Joe Biden , senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont , former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg , senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts , and representative Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii . Nine other candidates who withdrew prior to the contest were also on the ballot. Joe Biden won by an overwhelming landslide, winning every county and congressional district in the state. He received 63% of the vote and was awarded 44 delegates. Senator Sanders came in second place, with roughly 17% of the vote and 8 delegates. No other candidate received any delegates: Bloomberg missed the threshold with 12% and Warren only got 6%. All other candidates received under 1% of the vote.[ 2]
Procedure
Alabama was part of 14 states and one territory holding primaries on March 3, 2020, also known as "Super Tuesday ,"[ 3] [ 4]
Voting took place from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m CST . In the open primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable for delegates. The 52 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these, between 3 and 8 were allocated to each of the state's 7 congressional districts and another 7 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 11 at-large delegates.[ 1] [ 5]
Should presidential candidates have been allocated more delegates based on the results of the primary than delegate candidates presented, then supplemental delegates would be elected at caucuses on March 28, 2020.[ 6] Democratic National Convention ; the meeting had been postponed from April 4, due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The delegation also included 8 unpledged PLEO delegates: 6 members of the Democratic National Committee and 2 members of Congress (senator Doug Jones and representative Terri Sewell ).[ 1]
Candidates
The following people filed for the presidential primary and were on the ballot in Alabama:[ 7]
Running
Withdrawn
There was an uncommitted option on the ballot, as well.[ 7]
Fundraising
According to the Federal Election Commission , between April 1, 2019, and November 23, 2020, Joe Biden raised $2,412,420.93 from Alabama-based contributions.[ 8] Bernie Sanders raised $306,101.54,[ 9] Michael Bloomberg raised $212.82,[ 10] Elizabeth Warren raised $129,887.99,[ 11] Tulsi Gabbard raised $19,775.81.[ 12] [ d]
Polling
Tabulation of individual polls of the 2020 Alabama Democratic Primary
Poll source
Date(s)
Sample
Marginof error
Joe
Michael
Cory
Pete
Kamala
Beto
Bernie
Elizabeth
Other
Undecided
Mar 1–2, 2020
Buttigieg and Klobuchar withdraw from the race
Swayable [ 16] Mar 1–2, 2020
949 (LV)
± 5.0%
42%
18%
–
3%
–
–
20%
10%
8%[ g]
–
Data for Progress [ 17] Feb 28 – Mar 2, 2020
237 (LV)
± 6.4%
47%
18%
–
–
–
–
22%
12%
2%[ h]
–
Jan 13, 2020
Booker withdraws from the race
Dec 3, 2019
Harris withdraws from the race
Nov 1, 2019
O'Rourke withdraws from the race
SurveyMonkey [ 18] July 2–16, 2019
257
± 7.8%
36%
–
2%
5%
13%
1%
15%
9%
10%[ i]
–
Change Research [ 19] March 20–23, 2019
1,200
± 2.8%
42%
–
9%
3%
12%
10%
13%
6%
4%[ j]
–
–
–
14%
4%
16%
17%
27%
12%
9%[ k]
–
Results
Popular vote share by county Biden—40–50%
Biden—50–60%
Biden—60–70%
Biden—70–80%
2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary[ 2]
Candidate
Votes
%
Delegates[ 20]
Joe Biden 286,065
63.28
44
Bernie Sanders
74,755
16.54
8
Michael Bloomberg
52,750
11.67
Elizabeth Warren
25,847
5.72
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) [ a] 2,250
0.50
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) [ c] 1,416
0.31
Tom Steyer (withdrawn) [ c] 1,048
0.23
Tulsi Gabbard
1,038
0.23
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) [ c] 907
0.20
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) [ a] 875
0.19
Cory Booker (withdrawn) [ b] 740
0.16
John Delaney (withdrawn) [ b] 294
0.07
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) [ b] 224
0.05
Julian Castro (withdrawn)
184
0.04
Uncommitted
3,700
0.82
Total
452,093
100%
52
Results by county
2020 Alabama Democratic primary
(results by county)[ 2]
County
Biden
Sanders
Bloomberg
Warren
Others
Uncommitted
Total votes
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
Autauga
2,239
63.03
604
17.00
427
12.02
193
5.43
68
1.91
21
0.59
3,552
Baldwin
7,321
58.24
2,475
19.69
1,516
12.06
892
7.10
282
2.24
84
0.67
12,570
Barbour
1,899
74.97
202
7.97
287
11.33
57
2.25
71
2.80
17
0.67
2,533
Bibb
559
56.18
138
13.87
243
24.42
34
3.42
15
1.51
6
0.60
995
Blount
654
50.86
336
26.13
147
11.43
91
7.08
35
2.72
23
1.79
1,286
Bullock
1,569
70.20
149
6.67
356
15.93
44
1.97
85
3.80
32
1.43
2,235
Butler
1,451
65.92
171
7.77
507
23.03
28
1.27
32
1.45
12
0.55
2,201
Calhoun
4,855
61.42
1,506
19.05
881
11.14
457
5.78
163
2.06
43
0.54
7,905
Chambers
1,835
65.19
285
10.12
569
20.21
61
2.17
53
1.88
12
0.43
2,815
Cherokee
455
53.85
163
19.29
147
17.40
42
4.97
24
2.84
14
1.66
845
Chilton
856
62.25
231
16.80
168
12.22
63
4.58
40
2.91
17
1.24
1,375
Choctaw
1,351
59.33
216
9.49
440
19.32
30
1.32
104
4.57
136
5.97
2,277
Clarke
1,968
59.93
258
7.86
932
28.38
43
1.31
63
1.92
20
0.61
3,284
Clay
486
67.03
74
10.21
94
12.97
27
3.72
30
4.14
14
1.93
725
Cleburne
219
60.16
60
16.48
43
11.81
25
6.87
11
3.02
6
1.65
364
Coffee
1,597
63.80
433
17.30
276
11.03
118
4.71
55
2.20
24
0.96
2,503
Colbert
2,996
63.58
783
16.62
603
12.80
181
3.84
98
2.08
51
1.08
4,712
Conecuh
1,214
48.85
254
10.22
704
28.33
52
2.09
149
6.00
112
4.51
2,485
Coosa
574
65.98
99
11.38
156
17.93
21
2.41
14
1.61
6
0.69
870
Covington
856
66.36
184
14.26
166
12.87
45
3.49
30
2.33
9
0.70
1,290
Crenshaw
554
62.81
70
7.94
221
25.06
17
1.93
14
1.59
6
0.68
882
Cullman
1,262
49.86
633
25.01
317
12.52
173
6.84
82
3.24
64
2.53
2,531
Dale
1,656
68.57
401
16.60
203
8.41
86
3.56
50
2.07
19
0.79
2,415
Dallas
6,236
66.90
897
9.62
1,070
11.48
237
2.54
371
3.98
510
5.47
9,321
DeKalb
1,193
53.62
571
25.66
267
12.00
114
5.12
54
2.43
26
1.17
2,225
Elmore
3,089
64.77
737
15.45
591
12.39
259
5.43
66
1.38
27
0.57
4,769
Escambia
1,462
68.74
218
10.25
341
16.03
48
2.26
43
2.02
15
0.71
2,127
Etowah
3,749
62.14
1,048
17.37
808
13.39
258
4.28
114
1.89
56
0.93
6,033
Fayette
401
51.15
98
12.50
217
27.68
39
4.97
24
3.06
5
0.64
784
Franklin
633
57.49
222
20.16
155
14.08
38
3.45
31
2.82
22
2.00
1,101
Geneva
511
62.62
107
13.11
138
16.91
32
3.92
21
2.57
7
0.86
816
Greene
1,782
72.38
191
7.76
406
16.49
21
0.85
53
2.15
9
0.37
2,462
Hale
1,327
51.67
175
6.81
950
36.99
44
1.71
54
2.10
18
0.70
2,568
Henry
1,020
74.83
167
12.25
108
7.92
22
1.61
37
2.71
9
0.66
1,363
Houston
3,912
69.23
928
16.42
432
7.64
238
4.21
104
1.84
37
0.65
5,651
Jackson
1,039
55.56
403
21.55
267
14.28
89
4.76
49
2.62
23
1.23
1,870
Jefferson
67,575
66.44
16,149
15.88
8,729
8.58
7,311
7.19
1,529
1.50
411
0.40
101,704
Lamar
324
61.48
55
10.44
117
22.20
11
2.09
16
3.04
4
0.76
527
Lauderdale
3,568
54.83
1,547
23.77
740
11.37
470
7.22
136
2.09
46
0.71
6,507
Lawrence
1,355
65.59
256
12.39
343
16.60
68
3.29
33
1.60
11
0.53
2,066
Lee
7,369
58.81
2,609
20.82
1,070
8.54
1,218
9.72
222
1.77
43
0.34
12,531
Limestone
4,127
60.89
1,411
20.82
701
10.34
400
5.90
103
1.52
36
0.53
6,778
Lowndes
2,406
69.74%
386
11.19
433
12.55
54
1.57
120
3.48
51
1.48
3,450
Macon
3,067
67.45
481
10.58
654
14.38
166
3.65
121
2.66
58
1.28
4,547
Madison
25,916
57.54
10,487
23.28
4,113
9.13
3,622
8.04
720
1.60
181
0.40
45,039
Marengo
2,120
62.12
241
7.06
882
25.84
52
1.52
90
2.64
28
0.82
3,413
Marion
398
56.86
134
19.14
104
14.86
35
5.00
12
1.71
17
2.43
700
Marshall
1,581
52.52
777
25.81
364
12.09
190
6.31
82
2.72
16
0.53
3,010
Mobile
26,923
66.73
6,612
16.39
4,277
10.60
1,585
3.93
744
1.84
207
0.51
40,348
Monroe
1,716
69.87
205
8.35
405
16.49
38
1.55
70
2.85
22
0.90
2,456
Montgomery
23,465
67.94
4,502
13.04
4,178
12.10
1,484
4.30
629
1.82
278
0.80
34,536
Morgan
3,954
59.56
1,250
18.83
917
13.81
339
5.11
133
2.00
46
0.69
6,639
Perry
2,094
74.97
178
6.37
296
10.60
69
2.47
92
3.29
64
2.29
2,793
Pickens
1,142
52.77
196
9.06
752
34.75
29
1.34
41
1.89
4
0.18
2,164
Pike
1,786
68.32
433
16.56
219
8.38
105
4.02
57
2.18
14
0.54
2,614
Randolph
522
49.86
122
11.65
326
31.14
28
2.67
37
3.53
12
1.15
1,047
Russell
3,221
69.75
566
12.26
634
13.73
111
2.40
64
1.39
22
0.48
4,618
Shelby
9,543
56.87
3,795
22.62
1,415
8.43
1,672
9.96
283
1.69
71
0.42
16,779
St. Clair
2,268
57.40
835
21.13
457
11.57
283
7.16
83
2.10
25
0.63
3,951
Sumter
2,012
61.19
289
8.79
706
21.47
57
1.73
120
3.65
104
3.16%
3,288
Talladega
4,617
69.12
803
12.02
917
13.73
197
2.95
127
1.90
19
0.28%
6,680
Tallapoosa
1,762
65.70
302
11.26
438
16.33
83
3.09
84
3.13
13
0.48
2,682
Tuscaloosa
11,825
60.26
3,552
18.10
2,175
11.08
1,684
8.58
303
1.54
84
0.43
19,623
Walker
1,390
57.44
538
22.23
260
10.74
136
5.62
66
2.73
30
1.24
2,420
Washington
1,109
60.17
156
8.46
246
13.35
37
2.01
98
5.32
197
10.69
1,843
Wilcox
1,864
60.28
284
9.18
654
21.15
62
2.01
159
5.14
69
2.23%
3,092
Winston
266
52.36
117
23.03
75
14.76
32
6.30
13
2.56
5
0.98
508
Total
286,065
63.28
74,755
16.54
52,750
11.67
25,847
5.72
8,976
1.99
3,700
0.82
452,093
Analysis
Joe Biden 's victory in Alabama was near-guaranteed. Four years earlier , Hillary Clinton carried the state with 77.84% against Bernie Sanders and won every county and congressional district, a feat repeated by Biden.[ 21] FiveThirtyEight , which made state-by-state predictions prior to the primaries, gave Biden a 92% chance at winning Alabama, a landslide over Sanders' 5% chance.[ 22] [ 23] 270toWin had Biden ahead as well with 44.5% of support, 23.5 percentage points ahead of Bernie Sanders at 21%.[ 24]
The week before, Biden swept the South Carolina primary by a 28.88% margin over Sanders, reviving Biden's candidacy after crushing losses in Iowa , New Hampshire , and Nevada .[ 25] South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg , Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota , representative Beto O'Rourke from Texas's 16th district , and Senator Kamala Harris from California coalesced behind and endorsed Biden while the progressive wing, consisting of Senators Sanders and Warren, remained fractured.[ 26] [ 27] [ 28] [ 29] [ 30]
Biden's best performance, regionally, was in the Black Belt , a historically Democratic region due to high proportions of African Americans.
On the same day, Biden carried all of the other southern Super Tuesday states of Arkansas , North Carolina , Oklahoma , Tennessee , Texas , and Virginia , and his upset victories in Maine , Massachusetts , and Minnesota catapulted him to frontrunner status.[ 31] the general election , but retained his resounding victories among Black voters in the Black Belt.
Exit polls
Notes
^ a b c d Candidate withdrew after the New Hampshire primary when absentee voting had already begun.
^ a b c d e f Candidate withdrew during the first days of the absentee voting period.
^ a b c d e f Candidate withdrew shortly before the primary when absentee voting had already begun.
^ Tulsi Gabbard 's financial data for her 2020 presidential campaign is filed under the Tulsi Aloha PAC .^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined
^ FiveThirtyEight aggregates polls with a trendline regression of polls rather than a strict average of recent polls.
^ Steyer with 2%; Klobuchar with 1%; Gabbard with 0%; "Other" with 5%
^ Gabbard with 2%
^ Sestak with 3%; Bennet with 2%; de Blasio, Bullock, Delaney, Williamson, and Yang with 1%; Castro, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Klobuchar, Messam, Moulton, and Ryan with 0%
^ Castro, Klobuchar, Moulton, and Yang with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Cuomo, de Blasio, Delaney, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Messam, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%
^ Klobuchar with 2%; Castro, Delaney, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Inslee, and Yang with 1%; Messam and Williamson with 0%
See also
References
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