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Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election in California on November 3, 2020. Biden won the presidential ballot with 306 electoral votes to President Donald Trump's (R) 232 electoral votes.

Sen. Bernie Sanders won the Autonomous primary on March 3, 2020.[i] Trump won the Republican chief.[ii]

California has the most balloter votes of whatsoever state, and its 55 votes business relationship for more than than 10 pct of all bachelor electoral votes. In the past three elections, the Democratic candidate has received more than 60 per centum of the vote. The Republican candidate has not won the country since George H. W. Bush in 1988.[3]

This folio includes the following sections:

  • Candidates and ballot results
  • Government response to coronavirus pandemic in California
  • Democratic primary
  • Republican primary
  • Candidate filing requirements
  • Historical ballot trends
  • Presidential ballot by country

Candidates and election results

General election

Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

Total votes: 17,500,881

Principal election

Candidate

%

Votes

Pledged delegates

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Bernie Sanders

36.0

 2,080,846 225

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Joe Biden

27.9

 1,613,854 172

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Elizabeth Warren

13.ii

 762,555 11

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Michael Bloomberg

12.1

 701,803 7

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Pete Buttigieg

4.3

 249,256 0

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Amy Klobuchar

two.2

 126,961 0

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Tom Steyer

ii.0

 113,092 0

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Andrew Yang

0.eight

 43,571 0

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Tulsi Gabbard

0.6

 33,769 0

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Julián Castro

0.2

 13,892 0

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Michael Bennet

0.1

 7,377 0

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Marianne Williamson

0.1

 7,052 0

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Roque De La Fuente Three

0.1

 vi,151 0

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Cory Booker

0.1

 6,000 0

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John Delaney

0.1

 four,606 0

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Michael Ellinger

0.ane

 3,424 0

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Joe Sestak

0.i

 3,270 0

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Marking Stewart Greenstein

0.1

 iii,190 0

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Deval Patrick

0.0

 ii,022 0

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Mosemarie Boyd

0.0

 1,639 0
Other

0.0

 34 0

Source

Total votes: 5,784,364 • Total pledged delegates: 415

Source

Total votes: 2,471,580 • Total pledged delegates: 172

Source

Total votes: 11,612 • Total pledged delegates: 0

Source

Full votes: 28,535 • Total pledged delegates: 0

Source

Total votes: 56,568 • Full pledged delegates: 0

California Peace and Freedom presidential primary on March 3, 2020

Source

Total votes: 6,672 • Total pledged delegates: 0

Government response to coronavirus pandemic in California

Summary of changes to ballot dates and procedures

California modified its absentee/mail-in and in-person voting procedures for the Nov 3, 2020, general ballot every bit follows:

  • Absentee/mail-in voting: Mail-in ballots were sent to all registered voters in the full general election.
  • In-person voting: Counties were authorized to consolidate precincts and defer opening voting centers until the 3rd day before the ballot.

For a total timeline nearly ballot modifications fabricated in response to the COVID-nineteen outbreak, click here.

Frequently asked questions

See also: Ballotpedia's 2020 Election Assistance Desk-bound: Presidential election

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Additional resources

  • Documenting California's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021
  • Government responses to and political furnishings of the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 (California)
  • School responses in California to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 school year
  • Debate in California over responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020
  • Changes to ballot dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Democratic chief

See also: Democratic presidential nomination, 2020

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Bernie Sanders won the California Democratic primary election on March iii, 2020.

  • California had an estimated 494 delegates comprised of 415 pledged delegates and 79 superdelegates. Delegate allocation was proportional.

  • The Democratic master was semi-closed, meaning just registered Democrats and unaffiliated voters were able to vote in the election.


    • Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) was formally nominated as the Autonomous presidential nominee at the 2020 Autonomous National Convention on August 18, 2020.[4] The convention was originally scheduled to take place July 13-16, 2020.[five] Organizers postponed the event in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

    Prior to the national convention, private state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. In 2020, a Democratic presidential candidate needed back up from ane,991 delegates to secure the nomination.

    Republican primary

    See besides: Republican presidential nomination, 2020

    HIGHLIGHTS

  • California held its Republican primary election on March 3, 2020.

  • California had an estimated 172 delegates. Delegate allotment was a hybrid arrangement.

  • The Republican main was airtight, pregnant merely registered Republicans were able to vote in the election.


    • The Republican Party selected President Donald Trump as its presidential nominee at the 2020 Republican National Convention, which was held from August 24-27, 2020.[half dozen]

    Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to classify convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. Trump crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination—1,276 delegates—on March 17, 2020.

    George H.W. Bush-league (R) was the final incumbent to face a serious master challenge, defeating political commentator Pat Buchanan in 1992. He was besides the last president to lose his re-election campaign. Franklin Pierce (D) was the start and only elected president to lose his party's nomination in 1856.[7]

    Sixteen U.S. presidents—approximately one-tertiary—have won two consecutive elections.

    For an overview of the 2016 presidential election in California, click here.

    Candidate filing requirements

    See also: Election access requirements for presidential candidates in California

    The tables beneath particular filing requirements for presidential candidates in California in the 2020 election bike. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in California, click here.

    Presidential primary candidates

    Filing requirements for presidential principal candidates in California, 2020[8]
    State Party Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing deadline Source
    California Autonomous 26,500 From each congressional district, 1% of registered party members or 500, whichever is fewer N/A N/A 12/xiii/2019 Source
    California Republican 47,938 1% of registered party members N/A North/A 12/13/2019 Source

    Contained presidential candidates

    Filing requirements for contained candidates in California, 2020
    State Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing deadline Source
    California 196,964 1% of the total number of registered voters in the state N/A Due north/A viii/seven/2020 Source

    Historical election results

    2016

    Full general election

    U.South. presidential ballot, California, 2016
    Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 61.7% 8,753,788 55
    Republican Donald Trump/Mike Pence 31.6% four,483,810 0
    Libertarian Gary Johnson/Bill Weld 3.iv% 478,500 0
    Dark-green Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka two% 278,657 0
    Peace and Freedom Gloria Estela La Riva/Dennis J. Banks 0.5% 66,101 0
    - Write-in votes 0.nine% 120,739 0
    Total Votes 14,181,595 55
    Ballot results via: Federal Election Commission

    Chief election

    California Autonomous Chief, 2016
    Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
    Green check mark transparent.png Hillary Clinton 54.two% 2,580,865 269
    Bernie Sanders 44.nine% 2,135,718 206
    Roque De La Fuente 0.two% 7,757 0
    Henry Hewes 0.1% half dozen,997 0
    Keith Judd 0.1% 6,771 0
    Michael Steinberg 0.2% ten,247 0
    Willie Wilson 0.ii% xi,260 0
    Totals 4,759,615 475
    Source: The New York Times and California Secretary of State
    California Republican Primary, 2016
    Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
    Green check mark transparent.png Donald Trump 74.7% i,582,099 172
    Ted Cruz 9.5% 201,441 0
    John Kasich 11.4% 242,073 0
    Ben Carson 0.7% fourteen,938 0
    Jim Gilmore 3.vii% 77,417 0
    Totals two,117,968 172
    Source: The New York Times and California Secretary of State

    2012

    U.Southward. presidential election, California, 2012
    Party Candidate Vote % Votes Balloter votes
    Autonomous Green check mark transparent.png Barack Obama/Joe Biden Incumbent 60.2% 7,854,285 55
    Republican Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan 37.i% 4,839,956 0
    Libertarian Gary Johnson/Jim Gray 1.1% 143,221 0
    Light-green Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala 0.7% 85,638 0
    Independent American Thomas Hoefling/Robert Ornelas 0.3% 38,372 0
    Peace & Liberty Roseanne Barr/Cindy Sheehan 0.iv% 53,824 0
    Write-in Ross C. 'Rocky' Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez (write-in) 0% 992 0
    Write-in Sheila 'Sam' Tittle/Matthew A. Turner (write-in) 0% 6 0
    Write-in Stephen Durham/Christina López (write-in) 0% 54 0
    Write-in Ron Paul/Andrew Napolitano (write-in) 0.2% 21,461 0
    Write-in James Harris/Alyson Kennedy (write-in) 0% 72 0
    Write-in Virgil Goode/James Clymer (write-in) 0% 503 0
    Write-in Jerry White/Phyllis Scherrer (write-in) 0% 79 0
    Write-in Stewart Alexander/Alex Mendoza (write-in) 0% 82 0
    Total Votes 13,038,545 55
    Election results via: California Secretary of Country

    2008

    U.S. presidential election, California, 2008
    Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Barack Obama/Joe Biden 61% eight,274,473 55
    Republican John McCain/Sarah Palin 37% five,011,781 0
    Peace and Freedom Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez 0.viii% 108,381 0
    Libertarian Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root 0.v% 67,582 0
    Independent American Alan Keyes/Wiley S. Drake, Sr. 0.iii% 40,673 0
    Light-green Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente 0.3% 38,774 0
    Write-in Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (write-in) 0% 3,145 0
    Write-in James Harris/Alyson Kennedy (write-in) 0% 49 0
    Write-in Frank Moore/Susan Cake (write-in) 0% 36 0
    Write-in Ron Paul/Gail Lightfoot (write-in) 0.1% 17,006 0
    Full Votes xiii,561,900 55
    Election results via: California Secretary of Land

    Presidential statewide margins of victory of v percentage points or fewer, 1948-2016

    Meet likewise: Presidential statewide margins of victory of v percentage points or fewer, 1948-2016

    The following map shows the number of times, in presidential elections held betwixt 1948 and 2016, that the margin of victory was v percentage points or fewer in each state.

    • Wisconsin was the state with the about often narrow margins during this fourth dimension period, appearing on the listing in ten presidential elections.
    • Five states appeared eight times: Florida, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
    • The land with the narrowest margin of victory was Florida in 2000 at 537 votes or i-hundredth of a per centum signal.

    Historical election trends

    See as well: Presidential voting history by state

    California presidential ballot results (1900-2020)

    • fifteen Democratic wins
    • fifteen Republican wins
    • i other win
    Yr 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
    Winning Party R R R P [9] D R R R D D D D D R R R D R R R R R R D D D D D D D D
    See besides: Presidential election accurateness

    Below is an assay of California's voting record in presidential elections. The state's accuracy is based on the number of times a country has voted for a winning presidential candidate. The majority of statistical data is from the U.Southward. National Athenaeum and Records Administration and was compiled, here, by Ballotpedia, unless otherwise noted.

    Presidential election voting record in California, 1900-2016

    Between 1900 and 2016:

    • California participated in 30 presidential elections.
    • California voted for the winning presidential candidate 80 percent of the fourth dimension. The average accuracy of voting for winning presidential candidates for all 50 states in this time frame was 72.31 percent.[10]
    • California voted Autonomous 43.33 percentage of the fourth dimension and Republican 53.33 percent of the time.

    Presidential election voting record in California, 2000-2016

    • Accuracy: 40 percentage[11]
    • 2000 state winner: Al Gore (D)
    • 2004 state winner: John Kerry (D)
    • 2008 land winner: Barack Obama (D)*
    • 2012 state winner: Barack Obama (D)*
    • 2016 country winner: Hillary Clinton (D)

    *An asterisk indicates that that candidate also won the national electoral vote in that election.

    State contour

    See also: California and California elections, 2019

    USA California location map.svg

    Partisan data

    The data in this section was current as of May 7, 2019

    Presidential voting pattern

    • California voted for the Democratic candidate in all vi presidential elections betwixt 2000 and 2020.

    Congressional delegation

    • Post-obit the 2018 elections, both U.S. Senators from California were Democrats.
    • California had 46 Autonomous and seven Republican U.South. Representatives.

    Land executives

    • Democrats held eleven and Republicans held one of California's 22 state executive offices. Elections for the other offices are nonpartisan.
    • California'southward governor was Democrat Gavin Newsom.

    State legislature

    • Democrats controlled the California Land Senate with a 28-10 majority, while ii seats were vacant.
    • Democrats controlled the California Land Associates with a 61-xix majority.

    California Party Control: 1992-2022
    Seventeen years of Autonomous trifectas  •No Republican trifectas
    Scroll left and right on the table below to view more than years.

    Twelvemonth 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 x xi 12 13 fourteen 15 xvi 17 xviii 19 20 21 22
    Governor R R R R R R R D D D D D R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D
    Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
    Assembly D D D S R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
    Demographic data for California
    California U.Due south.
    Total population: 38,993,940 316,515,021
    State area (sq mi): 155,779 3,531,905
    Race and ethnicity**
    White: 61.8% 73.vi%
    Black/African American: v.9% 12.6%
    Asian: xiii.vii% 5.1%
    Native American: 0.7% 0.8%
    Pacific Islander: 0.four% 0.ii%
    Two or more: 4.5% 3%
    Hispanic/Latino: 38.4% 17.ane%
    Instruction
    Loftier schoolhouse graduation rate: 81.8% 86.seven%
    College graduation rate: 31.iv% 29.viii%
    Income
    Median household income: $61,818 $53,889
    Persons below poverty level: xviii.two% 11.3%
    Source: U.S. Census Agency, "American Customs Survey" (five-year estimates 2010-2015)
    Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in California.
    **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percentage considering respondents may study more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may exist selected in conjunction with whatever race. Read more almost race and ethnicity in the census hither.

    Presidential election by country

    See also: Presidential election past state, 2020

    Click on a state beneath to navigate to data about the presidential election in that jurisdiction.

    https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election_in_STATE,_2020

    See also

    • Presidential candidates, 2020
    • Autonomous presidential nomination, 2020
    • Republican presidential nomination, 2020
    • Presidential election by land, 2020

    Footnotes

    1. ↑ The Sacramento Bee, "Bernie Sanders declared winner in California, the nigh delegate-rich state in the nation," March 3, 2020
    2. ↑ USA Today, "California Republican Primary Results," accessed March 3, 2020
    3. ↑ 270 to Win, "California," accessed June 17, 2019
    4. ↑ Milwaukee Periodical Sentinel, "2020 DNC in Milwaukee pushed dorsum to week of Baronial 17 in response to coronavirus pandemic," April ii, 2020
    5. ↑ The New York Times, "Milwaukee Picked as Site of 2020 Autonomous National Convention," March xi, 2019
    6. ↑ Charlotte Observer, "Hither's when the 2020 Republican National Convention will exist in Charlotte," Oct 1, 2018
    7. ↑ NPR, "When Has A President Been Denied His Political party'south Nomination?" July 22, 2009
    8. ↑ Note: A petition was only required if a candidate was not placed on the ballot by the secretary of state.
    9. ↑ Progressive Party
    10. ↑ This average includes states similar Arizona, New United mexican states, and Oklahoma, which did non participate in all xxx presidential elections betwixt 1900 and 2016. It does non include Washington, D.C., which cast votes for president for the kickoff time in 1964, or Alaska and Hawaii, which bandage votes for president for the first time in 1960.
    11. ↑ This number refers to the number of times that the state voted for the winning presidential candidate between 2000 and 2016.

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