2020 Indiana Democratic presidential primary

2020 Indiana Democratic presidential primary
	June 2, 2020
89 Democratic National Convention delegates (82 pledged with 55 on district-level and 27 statewide; 7 unpledged); The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
	Election results by county Joe Biden

The 2020 Indiana Democratic presidential primary was to take place on May 5, 2020, but had been postponed to June 2 due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1] It was an open primary, with the state awarding 89 delegates, of whom 82 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary results. Joe Biden won the primary with 76.5% of the vote and all except two delegates, which went to Bernie Sanders who received 13.6%.[2]

Procedure

Indiana was to be the only state voting on May 5 in the Democratic primaries,[3] but was rescheduled by Governor Eric Holcomb and the Secretary of State after an agreement with the chairs of the Democratic and the Republican party to vote with several other states on June 2 due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

Voting took place throughout the state from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. local time. Candidates had to meet a threshold of 15% at the congressional district or statewide level to be considered viable. The 82 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the primary results. Of these, between 5 and 8 were allocated to each of the state's 9 congressional districts and another 9 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 18 at-large pledged delegates.[4] Originally planned with 70 delegates, the final number included an approximate 20% bonus of 12 additional delegates by the Democratic National Committee due to the original May date, which belonged to Stage III on the primary timetable.[5]

The state convention was to be held between June 13 and June 17, to designate the district-level national convention delegates, who would then vote on the 18 pledged at-large and 9 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. Instead the district delegates were voted online during the same time period. The 82 pledged delegates Indiana sent to the national convention were joined by 7 unpledged PLEO delegates (5 members of the Democratic National Committee and 2 members of Congress, both of whom were U.S. representatives).[4]

Pledged national convention delegates
Type	Del.
CD1	8
CD2	5
CD3	5
CD4	5
CD5	8
CD6	5
CD7	8
CD8	5
CD9	6
PLEO	9
At-large	18
Total pledged delegates	82

Candidates

The following individuals appeared on the ballot:[6]

Running

Joe Biden

Withdrawn

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Biden	Pete Buttigieg	Kamala Harris	Beto O'Rourke	Bernie Sanders	Elizabeth Warren	Other	Undecided
	Apr 8, 2020	Sanders suspends his campaign
	Nov 1, 2019–March 5, 2020	O'Rourke, Harris, Buttigieg and Warren withdraw from the race
We Ask America	Apr 29–May 5, 2019	280	± 5.9%	33%	20%	3%	2%	23%	2%	1%[lower-alpha 1]	15%

Results

2020 Indiana Democratic presidential primary[7]
Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates[2]
Joe Biden	380,836	76.48	80
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)	67,688	13.59	2
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn)	17,957	3.61
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)	14,344	2.88
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn)	4,783	0.96
Andrew Yang (withdrawn)	4,426	0.89
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn)	3,860	0.78
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn)	2,657	0.53
Tom Steyer (withdrawn)	1,376	0.28
Total	497,927	100%	82

Notes

Additional candidates

Booker with 1%; Klobuchar with <1%; others with <1%

References

Sikich, Chris (March 20, 2020). "Governor is moving Indiana primary election to June 2". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
"June 2 contests – Live primary and caucus results, Indiana". July 16, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
Putnam, Josh. "The 2020 Presidential Primary Calendar". Frontloading HQ. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
"Indiana Democratic Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. May 3, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
"Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
"Candidate List – Abbreviated" (PDF). in.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
"Past Election Results". Indiana Secretary of State. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

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[7] Booker with 1%; Klobuchar with <1%; others with <1%

[IN-corona-delay-1] Sikich, Chris (March 20, 2020). "Governor is moving Indiana primary election to June 2". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved March 20, 2020.

[results-and-delegates-2] "June 2 contests – Live primary and caucus results, Indiana". July 16, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2022.

[FHQ-primarydates-3] Putnam, Josh. "The 2020 Presidential Primary Calendar". Frontloading HQ. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

[GP-4] "Indiana Democratic Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. May 3, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

[5] "Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2022.

[6] "Candidate List – Abbreviated" (PDF). in.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2020.

[8] "Past Election Results". Indiana Secretary of State. Retrieved 2 November 2020.