California — 2020 Democratic presidential primary
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Who led each county
California's 2020 Democratic primary — 58 counties reporting. Each county links to its place page.
2020Democratic primary leaderSandersBidencolor = leader · depth = size of the lead
Counties with reported returns are filled by the candidate who led them; the surrounding faint geography is context, not coverage. This is the nominating contest — the November result is on the general-election page.
Statewide result
California 2020 Democratic presidential primary — 5,784,364 votes, county returns aggregated statewide.
- Sanders✓2,080,84636.0%
- Biden1,613,85427.9%
- Warren762,55513.2%
- Bloomberg701,80312.1%
- Buttigieg249,2564.3%
- Klobuchar126,9612.2%
- Steyer113,0922.0%
- All others58,6571.0%
- Yang43,5710.8%
- Gabbard33,7690.6%
County-by-county leaders — 58 counties
| County | Led by | Margin | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County | Sanders | +11.0 | 1,476,204 |
| San Diego County | Sanders | +7.9 | 497,390 |
| Orange County | Sanders | +8.9 | 383,707 |
| Alameda County | Sanders | +12.6 | 370,210 |
| Santa Clara County | Sanders | +6.3 | 327,099 |
| San Francisco County | Sanders | +10.4 | 259,510 |
| Sacramento County | Sanders | +3.8 | 234,629 |
| Riverside County | Sanders | +6.0 | 233,493 |
| Contra Costa County | Biden | +1.7 | 226,728 |
| San Bernardino County | Sanders | +8.0 | 190,433 |
| San Mateo County | Sanders | +1.4 | 165,825 |
| Ventura County | Sanders | +3.4 | 132,260 |
| Sonoma County | Sanders | +8.4 | 130,237 |
| Fresno County | Sanders | +8.2 | 89,482 |
| Marin County | Biden | +5.8 | 89,296 |
| Santa Cruz County | Sanders | +17.8 | 79,701 |
| Santa Barbara County | Sanders | +10.8 | 79,330 |
| San Joaquin County | Sanders | +2.0 | 75,634 |
| Solano County | Biden | +4.5 | 68,763 |
| Kern County | Sanders | +10.8 | 59,381 |
| Monterey County | Sanders | +9.0 | 59,192 |
| Placer County | Biden | +6.5 | 59,004 |
| San Luis Obispo County | Sanders | +5.0 | 54,575 |
| Stanislaus County | Sanders | +8.5 | 51,276 |
| Yolo County | Sanders | +12.9 | 44,210 |
| Humboldt County | Sanders | +35.5 | 30,830 |
| Butte County | Sanders | +19.6 | 29,798 |
| El Dorado County | Biden | +2.9 | 29,680 |
| Napa County | Sanders | +4.6 | 29,054 |
| Tulare County | Sanders | +11.6 | 26,900 |
| Nevada County | Sanders | +13.4 | 24,018 |
| Merced County | Sanders | +15.4 | 21,898 |
| Mendocino County | Sanders | +26.9 | 18,754 |
| Shasta County | Sanders | +0.1 | 17,630 |
| Imperial County | Sanders | +14.4 | 13,085 |
| Madera County | Sanders | +9.4 | 11,177 |
| San Benito County | Sanders | +9.7 | 9,567 |
| Lake County | Sanders | +10.9 | 9,094 |
| Sutter County | Sanders | +12.7 | 8,681 |
| Tuolumne County | Sanders | +3.1 | 8,002 |
| Kings County | Sanders | +5.0 | 7,042 |
| Calaveras County | Biden | +0.1 | 6,452 |
| Siskiyou County | Sanders | +10.5 | 6,082 |
| Yuba County | Sanders | +8.2 | 5,790 |
| Amador County | Biden | +7.8 | 5,661 |
| Tehama County | Sanders | +2.4 | 5,027 |
| Plumas County | Sanders | +6.6 | 2,977 |
| Inyo County | Sanders | +12.1 | 2,953 |
| Del Norte County | Sanders | +12.7 | 2,925 |
| Mariposa County | Sanders | +7.9 | 2,604 |
| Mono County | Sanders | +6.6 | 2,303 |
| Glenn County | Sanders | +5.8 | 2,069 |
| Trinity County | Sanders | +16.2 | 1,999 |
| Lassen County | Biden | +3.1 | 1,632 |
| Colusa County | Sanders | +12.4 | 1,615 |
| Modoc County | Sanders | +5.5 | 705 |
| Sierra County | Sanders | +6.0 | 485 |
| Alpine County | Sanders | +5.9 | 306 |
Source. Official statewide canvasses — 2020 Democratic presidential primary returns · county returns aggregated statewide. Coverage is the nominating contest as reported by the state; margins are the leader’s edge over the runner-up. Real returns — nothing estimated.