2020 Vermont Democratic presidential primary


The 2020 Vermont Democratic presidential primary took place in Vermont, United States, on March 3, 2020, as one of 14 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Vermont primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 23 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 16 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.
The Associated Press declared Bernie Sanders the winner of the Vermont primary. Whilst Sanders had won over 85% of the vote four years previously, his underperformance in his home state in 2020 allowed former Vice President Joe Biden to garner 5 delegates alongside his second place finish, adding to the narrative of Biden's surge in the primaries.
Sanders had served as the junior Senator from Vermont since 2007.

Procedure

Vermont was one of 14 states holding primaries on Super Tuesday.
Early voting began on January 18, 2020, and took six days a week between then and election day.
Regular voting took place throughout the state from 5:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. in much of the state, with some precincts closing as late as 10:00 p.m. In the open primary, candidates needed to meet a threshold of 15 percent in order to be considered viable. The 16 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 16 pledged delegates, 11 were allocated on the basis of the statewide result and another 2 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials, in addition to 3 at-large pledged delegates.
After town caucuses on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 to designate delegates for the state convention, the state convention will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2020 to nominate national convention district delegates, who in turn elect the 3 pledged at-large and 2 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention at the national convention delegate meeting on June 13, 2020. The 16 pledged delegates Vermont sends to the national convention will be joined by 7 unpledged PLEO delegates who are also selected at the national convention delegate meeting.

Candidates

The following people have filed and qualified to be on the ballot in Vermont.
Running
Withdrawn

Results


CandidateVotes%Delegates
Bernie Sanders79,92150.5711
Joe Biden34,66921.945
Elizabeth Warren19,78512.520
Michael Bloomberg14,8289.380
Pete Buttigieg 3,7092.350
Amy Klobuchar 1,9911.260
Tulsi Gabbard1,3030.820
Andrew Yang 5910.370
Tom Steyer 2020.130
Deval Patrick 1370.090
Marianne Williamson 1350.090
Mark Stewart1100.070
Julian Castro 520.030
Write-ins2190.140
Overvotes570.040
Blank votes3230.200
Total158,032100%16

†Candidate withdrew after no-excuse, in-person absentee voting started.

Results by county