2020 Montana Democratic presidential primary

2020 Montana Democratic presidential primary
	June 2, 2020
25 Democratic National Convention delegates (19 pledged with 13 district-level and 6 statewide; 6 unpledged); The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
	Election results by county Joe Biden

The 2020 Montana Democratic presidential primary took place on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, as part of the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Montana primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 25 delegates, of whom 19 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary results. Joe Biden won the primary with 74.5% of the vote and won all delegates except one, who went to Bernie Sanders.

Procedure

Montana was one of seven states that voted on June 2 in the Democratic primaries, along with Indiana, Maryland, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and the District of Columbia.[1] Four of those states had moved their elections to June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

Voting took place throughout the state from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. In the open primary, instead of using Montana's current at-large congressional district, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15% in an eastern and a western district of the state (roughly coterminous with the boundaries of the state's two former congressional districts after the 1980 redistricting) to be considered viable. The 19 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the primary results. Of these, between 6 and 7 were allocated to the eastern and western districts and another 2 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 4 at-large pledged delegates.[2] Originally planned with 16 delegates, the final number included a 20% bonus of 3 additional delegates on the 14 district and at-large delegates by the Democratic National Committee due to the June date, which belonged to Stage III on the primary timetable.[3][4]

On June 4, county caucuses would have convened to designate state convention delegates, and at the state convention on June 6, national convention delegates would have been chosen, joined by 6 unpledged PLEO delegates (4 members of the Democratic National Committee; one Senator; and the governor Steve Bullock).[2]

Pledged national convention delegates
Type	Del.
Western district	7
Eastern district	6
PLEO	2
At-large	4
Total pledged delegates	19

Candidates

The following candidates appeared on the ballot:

Joe Biden
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)

There was also a "no preference" option.

Polling

Polls with a sample size of <100 are marked in red to indicate a lack of reliability.

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Joe Biden	Steve Bullock	Pete Buttigieg	Kamala Harris	Beto O'Rourke	Bernie Sanders	Elizabeth Warren	Andrew Yang	Other	Undecided
	Apr 8, 2020	Sanders suspends his campaign
	Nov 1, 2019–March 5, 2020	O'Rourke, Bullock, Harris, Yang, Buttigieg and Warren withdraw from the race
Montana State University Billings	Oct 7–16, 2019	40 (LV)	–	15%	5%	2%	2%	5%	2%	40%	No voters	2%[lower-alpha 2]	25%

Results

2020 Montana Democratic presidential primary[5]
Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates[6]
Joe Biden	111,706	74.48	18
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)	22,033	14.69	1
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)	11,984	7.99
No Preference	4,250	2.83
Total	149,973	100%	19

Notes

Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear
Klobuchar with 2%

References

Putnam, Josh. "The 2020 Presidential Primary Calendar". Frontloading HQ. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
"Montana Democratic Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
"Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
"The Math Behind the Democratic Delegate Allocation - 2020". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
"2020 Statewide Primary Election Canvass" (PDF). Montana Secretary of State. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
"Delegate Tracker". interactives.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

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[key-5] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[6] Klobuchar with 2%

[FHQ-primarydates-1] Putnam, Josh. "The 2020 Presidential Primary Calendar". Frontloading HQ. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

[GP-2] "Montana Democratic Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

[3] "Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2022.

[4] "The Math Behind the Democratic Delegate Allocation - 2020". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2022.

[MT-SOS-results-7] "2020 Statewide Primary Election Canvass" (PDF). Montana Secretary of State. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

[MT-AP-delegates-8] "Delegate Tracker". interactives.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved June 3, 2020.