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At the convention, delegates of the United States Democratic Party formally chose former vice president Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris of California as the party's nominees for president and vice president, respectively, in the 2020 United States presidential election .
- August 17–20, 2020
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and various locations remotely
- Bennie Thompson
- Wisconsin Center (now named Baird Center), and various remote locations
- Presidential Nomination Roll Call
- Pledged Delegate Count
- Delegate Selection and Allocation
- Pledged vs. Automatic Delegates
- Overview of Democratic Pledged and Automatic Delegates by State
- Percentage of Democratic Pledged Delegates Awarded Over Time
- Possible Delegate Penalties For Postponing Elections
- What Happens to Delegates Allocated to Candidates Who withdraw?
- See Also
The following spreadsheet contains the number of delegates each candidate received during the presidential nomination roll call at the Democratic National Convention on August 18, 2020. It was updated live during the event.
Delegate totals reflect the estimated allocation prior to candidate withdrawals or state party conventions. These estimates may differ from the delegate allocation announced at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Click here to read Ballotpedia's most recent political coverage.
Delegates are individuals chosen to represent their state at their party's national nominating convention. They are typically party activists, local political leaders, or early supporters of a particular presidential candidate. They are either selected in primaries, caucuses, or local party conventions, or included because of their positions as ele...
Pledged delegates
Pledged delegatesare elected during primaries, caucuses, or party conventions, and must express either a presidential candidate preference or an uncommitted preference as a condition of their election. Rule 13(J) of the Democratic National Committee defines a pledged delegate's responsibility: There are three distinct types of pledged delegates: 1. Pledged district delegatesare distributed and elected at the congressional or state legislative district level. 1. Pledged at-large delegatesare d...
Automatic delegates
Automatic delegates are unpledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Automatic delegates, who are often called superdelegates, are not required to pledge their support to any presidential candidate. Automatic delegates include members of the Democratic National Committee, Democratic members of Congress, Democratic governors, or distinguished party leaders, including former presidentsand vice presidents. They are free to support any presidential candidate of their choosing. Follo...
The map below compares delegate counts by state. A lighter shade of blue indicates a smaller number of delegates while a darker shade indicates a larger number. The following chart lists the election type, delegate type breakdown, and total delegates for each state and territory.
The following chart and table show the percentage of pledged delegates awarded over time following the primary or caucus of each state and territory. The percentage reflects the percentage of pledged delegates awarded by each date. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, several states have changed their presidential primary or caucus election dat...
Under Rule 12 of the Delegate Selection Rules for the 2020 Democratic National Convention, no primary or caucus could take place after June 9, 2020. The rule says, in part, the following: A memo sent to members of the party's Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) in March 2020 said there could be penalties for postponing a primary past this date. The me...
The Delegate Selection Rules for the 2020 Democratic National Convention included two provisions regarding the binding of delegates to the candidates they supported at the time of their selection. Beyond this, the Delegate Selection Rules did not directly address how a candidate's withdrawal from the race before the convention affected the delegate...
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This list tracks the presumed support (based on endorsements) for given United States presidential candidates among the 775 unpledged delegates (commonly known as superdelegates, and referred to in the 2020 election cycle as "automatic delegates") who were eligible to cast a vote at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Feb 3, 2020 · Democratic delegates. Joe Biden secured the pledged delegates needed to become the Democratic presidential nominee on June 5. The former vice president had been the presumptive nominee after...
An overview of who the superdelegates are; Political analysis of the role of superdelegates; and. A list of the 2016 superdelegates. Who are the superdelegates?
Mar 3, 2020 · CNN — The Democratic primary is not a race to win states, but to amass delegates. It’s delegates who pick the nominee at the Democratic National Convention, scheduled for July in...
