2020 Georgia Democratic presidential primary


The 2020 Georgia Democratic presidential primary was held on June 9, 2020. It is one of a series of primaries to select the Democratic nominee for the 2020 presidential election. It was originally planned for March 24, 2020, before being delayed to May 19, 2020. On April 9, it was announced that the primary was rescheduled to June 9. The election will coincide with primaries for Georgia's Class 2 Senate seat and Georgia's U.S. House of Representatives seats. The Georgia primary is an open primary which will award 120 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 105 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.
The Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of the Georgia Democratic presidential primary. This primary, totaling from the March 24 and June 9 primaries, resulted in the highest Democratic presidential primary turnout ever.

Procedure

was previously scheduled to be the only state voting on March 24, 2020, in the Democratic primaries, after secretary of state Brad Raffensperger announced the date of the primary on June 19, 2019. The move marked a departure from past years, shifting away from a contest on Super Tuesday ; although its later date may diminish its influence, the Georgia primary's separation from other states on the primary calendar may also place it in a more influential position should the primary still be competitive by then.
Voting is expected to take place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. In the open primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 105 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 105 pledged delegates, between 3 and 7 are allocated to each of the state's 14 congressional districts and another 14 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials, in addition to 23 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.
District-level delegates will be elected on May 23 and will then select the 14 pledged PLEO delegates on June 20. The state committee meeting will subsequently be held in Atlanta on Saturday, May 16, 2020, to vote on the 23 pledged at-large delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 105 pledged delegates Georgia sends to the national convention will be joined by 15 unpledged PLEO delegates.

Polling

Results

More than 200,000 votes were also cast by mail in the March 24 presidential preference primary before it was cancelled amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. These votes were not included in the official primary result, however they were separately counted. Voters who participated in the March 24 primary were able to vote again in the June 9 primary for all other offices.