2020 United States presidential election in Washington (state)


The 2020 United States presidential election in Washington is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Washington voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Washington has 12 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

Primary elections

The primaries for the major parties were on March 10, 2020.

Republican primary

, Bill Weld, Joe Walsh, and Rocky de la Fuente had declared their candidacy for the Republican Party, but only Trump met all of the state party’s criteria by the official deadline of January 21, 2020 for being included on the ballot. Thus Trump essentially ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and thus he received all of Washington's 43 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.

Democratic primary

A number of Democratic Party candidates ran or expressed interest in running. Additionally, Seattle-based billionaire Howard Schultz announced a potential bid as an independent in early 2019, but backed out in September of that year. The party's candidates included on the ballot at the deadline were Michael Bennet, former Vice President Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang.

Green primary

As a minor party, Washington State's Green Party affiliate is excluded from the publicly funded Presidential Primary in Washington State. The Green Party of Washington will facilitate its primary by a mail-in ballot to its membership after its Spring Convention on May 23.
All candidates recognized by the Green Party of the United States as of April 23 will be on the ballot, plus a write-in option:

Predictions

Polling

Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden
Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
Donald
Trump 		Joe
Biden 		OtherUndecided
Jul 19–20, 2020534 ± 5.2%28%62%6%–
May 19–20, 20201,070 ± 3%37%59%–5%
May 16–19, 2020530 ± 5.5%31%57%5%7%
Mar 31 – Apr 6, 2020583 ± 4.1%39%52%–9%
Mar 4–6, 2020992 ± 3.8%34%57%–9%
Oct 22–23, 2019900 ± 3.3%37%59%–3%
Jul 22 – Aug 1, 20191,265± 2.8%31%52%–17%

Donald Trump vs. Pete Buttigieg
Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
Donald
Trump 		Pete
Buttigieg 		Undecided
Jul 22 – Aug 1, 20191,265± 2.8%32%44%24%

with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris
Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
Donald
Trump 		Kamala
Harris 		Undecided
Jul 22 – Aug 1, 20191,265± 2.8%33%47%20%

Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders
Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
Donald
Trump 		Bernie
Sanders 		Undecided
Mar 4–6, 2020992 ± 3.8%35%56%9%
Oct 22–23, 2019900 ± 3.3%37%58%6%
Jul 22 – Aug 1, 20191,265± 2.8%32%54%14%

Donald Trump vs. Elizabeth Warren
Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
Donald
Trump 		Elizabeth
Warren 		Undecided
Mar 4–6, 2020992 ± 3.8%38%52%10%
Oct 22–23, 2019900 ± 3.3%37%60%3%
Jul 22 – Aug 1, 20191,265± 2.8%33%48%20%

with Donald Trump and Generic Democrat
Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
Donald
Trump 		Generic
Democrat		Undecided
May 21–22, 2019886± 3.3%34%59%7%