Nationwide opinion polling for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries


This is a list of nationwide public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the Democratic primaries for the 2020 United States presidential election. The persons named in the polls are declared candidates or have received media speculation about their possible candidacy.
Given the large number of candidates, the scores of certain low-polling and infrequently-polled candidates have been combined within the "other" column; their exact scores may be viewed by viewing the footnotes associated with each poll. The polls included are among Democrats or Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, and do not include Republican-leaning independents. Open-ended polls are included and marked with an asterisk, but closed-ended versions of such polls are listed where possible. If multiple versions of polls are provided, the version used for debate qualification is prioritized, then the version among likely voters, then registered voters, then adults.

Background

The Democratic National Committee has determined that candidates may qualify for the first two Democratic primary debates either by polling at 1% or higher in at least three national or early-state polls sponsored or conducted by designated organizations published after January 1, 2019, up until June 12, 2019, or by a fundraising threshold requiring at least 65,000 unique donors with at least 200 in 20 different states. Should more than 20 candidates meet either threshold, then candidates meeting both thresholds will be given highest priority for entry into the debates, followed by those with the highest polling average and those with the most donors. The pollsters and sponsors of polls designated for consideration by the DNC are the Associated Press, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, The Des Moines Register, Fox News, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Monmouth University, NBC News, The New York Times, National Public Radio, Quinnipiac University, Reuters, the University of New Hampshire, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Winthrop University. Open-ended polls do not count towards the polling threshold. Only top-line polling results count toward the threshold.
For the third and fourth primary debates, candidates were required to meet both polling and fundraising thresholds. Prior considerations were only polls between June 28 and August 28, 2019 and increased to 4 qualifying polls at 2% support, now excluding surveys sponsored by the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Reuters; the latter requirement was also increased, to 130,000 unique donors with at least 400 in 20 different states.
Other individuals who have been included in national Democratic primary polls but have either decided against running or not expressed interest in running include: Stacey Abrams, Michael Avenatti, Sherrod Brown, Hillary Clinton, Mark Cuban, Andrew Cuomo, Al Franken, Eric Garcetti, Eric Holder, Tim Kaine, Jason Kander, Joe Kennedy III, John Kerry, Mitch Landrieu, Terry McAuliffe, Chris Murphy, Gavin Newsom, Michelle Obama, Howard Schultz, Oprah Winfrey, and Mark Zuckerberg.

Polling aggregation

The following graph depicts the standing of each candidate in the poll aggregators from December 2018 to April 2020.
Active candidates
Joe Biden
Others/Undecided
Withdrawn candidates
Bernie Sanders
Tulsi Gabbard
Elizabeth Warren
Michael Bloomberg
Amy Klobuchar
Pete Buttigieg
Andrew Yang
Cory Booker
Kamala Harris
Beto O'Rourke
Events
Debates
Caucuses and primaries
COVID-19 pandemic
national emergency declaration

2020

April–August 2020

March 2020

February 2020

January 2020

2019

December 2019

November 2019

October 2019

September 2019

August 2019

July 2019

April–June 2019

March 2019

January–February 2019

Before 2019

October–December 2018

Before October 2018

Polls including Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama

Head-to-head polls

Favorability ratings

Net favorability

From February 2020 to April 2020

From October 2019 to January 2020

Poll sourceDate
administered
Jan 26–28, 202040%45%−30%58%12%33%38%19%8%11%47%1%
Jan 20–26, 202052%52%−5%43%33%25%35%22%4%11%36%5%
Jan 20–23, 202051%52%50%44%47%
Jan 19–21, 202050%50%−19%57%22%36%37%30%4%15%47%−1%
Jan 16–20, 202052%48%42%17%32%27%6%35%
Jan 15–19, 202051%53%−6%44%32%24%34%24%5%10%36%4%
Jan 14–15, 202043.6%44.2%47.1%18.1%31.2%15%
Jan 11–14, 202043%49%−34%53%11%21%29%15%1%3%28%−7%42%
Jan 10–13, 202045.3%47.8%43.3%12.3%26.5%9.9%
Jan 6–12, 202049%59%−6%47%23%21%34%21%6%8%32%4%32%
Jan 5–7, 202043%55%−31%60%4%26%36%19%8%10%34%−2%44%−22%
Dec 30, 2019 – Jan 5, 202052%56%−8%44%17%21%34%20%4%8%31%3%29%−6%
Dec 28–31, 201948%49%−25%55%−6%32%32%23%6%9%39%−2%40%−21%34%
Dec 23–29, 201951%56%−8%55%15%22%35%19%5%8%32%4%31%−3%17%
Dec 22–24, 201942%48%−40%59%−5%28%35%19%6%6%40%−1%48%−21%38%
Dec 20–22, 201949%55%−12%44%17%26%33%19%4%8%34%3%28%−5%19%
Dec 19–20, 201945%42.6%42.9%17.1%27.6%7.4%22.3%
Dec 13–18, 201943.2%40.5%40.1%11%29.4%4.2%16.1%
Dec 14–17, 201945%47%−21%56%−3%26%27%15%1%9%35%−3%38%−17%29%
Dec 12–15, 201942%54%47%32%
Dec 9–15, 201949%57%−1%44%14%21%30%15%4%10%27%4%31%−4%17%
Dec 9–14, 201967%56%48%14%40%
Dec 7–10, 201945%49%−19%55%−9%25%33%5%3%5%25%−9%41%−17%27%
Dec 4–9, 201956%60%54%9%32%39%
Dec 4–8, 201956%53%61%1%35%25%
Dec 2–8, 201950%57%−5%47%13%22%32%15%4%6%28%3%32%−5%18%
Dec 1–3, 201943%48%−19%53%−5%23%37%8%6%11%28%−1%43%−18%38%37%7%−2%
Nov 25 – Dec 1, 201950%54%−4%42%9%20%34%14%5%8%26%1%28%−4%17%28%
Nov 24–26, 201946%51%−17%52%−11%29%38%8%4%12%30%5%46%−14%31%37%8%1%
Nov 21–24, 201945%56%−6%44%1%18%35%11%1%6%28%2%32%−5%17%32%4%
Nov 21–22, 201955%68%57%3%38%−6%
Nov 20–21, 201944.5%44%−17%48.7%14.3%37.3%2.1%16.9%26.3%25.9%
Nov 17–19, 201950%45%−20%59%4%28%46%10%6%13%31%0%39%−15%31%37%8%1%−3%
Nov 14–18, 201947.9%42.7%−12.5%46.2%10.3%34.4%1.3%12.4%24.6%24.8%
Nov 11–17, 201952%57%0%48%5%20%34%11%4%10%24%3%31%−6%16%29%4%
Nov 12–14, 201962%67%59%15%45%
Nov 10–12, 201937%52%58%6%25%38%−2%13%−5%29%44%−21%30%41%−3%−1%
Nov 4–10, 201954%56%50%25%32%−1%3%3%13%16%36%5%−6%22%
Nov 3–5, 201942%50%−16%64%23%39%16%9%30%−3%37%−13%32%36%4%3%−2%
Oct 31 – Nov 3, 201942%48%63%46%35%
Oct 30 – Nov 3, 201957%47%70%33%33%
Oct 28 – Nov 3, 201954%56%−1%50%22%33%13%5%25%3%32%−6%16%36%3%
Oct 25–31, 201966.7%69.6%70.6%
Oct 27–29, 201949%51%−13%62%21%45%5%11%30%0%39%−17%29%37%5%−5%−5%35%
Oct 21–27, 201955%59%−2%53%18%35%12%8%26%4%31%−5%15%36%6%27%5%
Oct 21–25, 201958%53%61%43%40%
Oct 20–22, 201939%53%−8%64%24%42%12%10%27%0%43%−16%31%38%5%−3%0%33%1%
Oct 17–20, 201954%58%50%22%39%46%
Oct 16–20, 201949%56%3%54%23%36%12%5%26%5%32%−6%19%36%5%30%5%
Oct 17–18, 201966.91%55.83%9.59%61.59%25.38%33.66%14.9%27.17%36.13%20.66%40.64%29.84%
Oct 16, 201948%55%8%51%25%43%13%11%29%5%31%−5%19%35%5%29%9%
Oct 15–16, 201948.6%45.3%−6.7%54.3%15%33.5%2%14.5%25.3%8.2%28.4%17%
Oct 13–15, 201945%48%5%63%27%43%8%12%31%1%37%−11%31%39%9%1%−2%37%1%
Oct 1-15, 201955.05%58.30%44.17%4.93%14.68%13.71%17.89%28.58%17.68%
Oct 7–14, 201947.4%43.1%2.2%52.1%11.8%31%−0.8%14.2%26.3%11.6%30.7%22.6%
Oct 12–13, 201962%44%11%53%16%34%13%21%31%20%38%31%
Oct 11–13, 201960%54%70%
Oct 7–12, 201955%57%11%51%20%33%10%4%25%3%31%−2%16%36%5%28%3%
Oct 6–8, 201958%63%63%38%35%41%34%
Oct 6–8, 201940%55%0%66%23%42%7%8%33%−3%41%−17%27%36%8%1%0%29%3%
Sep 30 – Oct 6, 201953%55%11%54%20%34%8%9%23%0%33%−2%17%38%3%31%5%
Sep 28 – Oct 1, 201936%37%−1%60%25%46%9%13%32%−1%38%−21%29%32%8%1%−2%35%5%

Before October 2019

Poll sourceDate
administered
Sep 23–29, 201952%56%66%41%25%42%
Sep 23–29, 201954%54%9%52%21%35%9%8%23%2%31%−3%14%35%3%30%4%
Sep 22–24, 201946%49%10%63%20%42%9%9%32%1%34%−8%26%40%6%2%0%33%4%
Sep 19–23, 201953%47%64%22%39%−1%13%31%7%34%25%
Sep 16–22, 201950%53%9%52%23%34%7%7%24%4%33%−3%8%35%4%30%3%
Sep 14–17, 201941%43%33%60%23%44%2%9%24%−5%35%−17%8%30%2%−6%−8%38%−6%−11%
Sep 14–16, 201964%53%49%14%35%17%33%14%37%33%
Sep 12–16, 201947.1%44.3%52.9%11.8%35.8%14.5%29.4%9.6%32.5%31.2%
Sep 13–15, 201954%59%11%52%21%33%8%6%22%3%30%−6%11%38%6%31%1%−4%
Sep 10–11, 201960%58%50%24%30%27%33%27%34%34%
Sep 5–11, 201945.7%44%48.5%8.1%32.2%14.8%26.7%19.8%31.4%23.9%
Sep 9–10, 201972.9%73.92%16.52%57.6%24.48%32.66%15.08%11.34%26.98%14.04%34.5%13.44%22.94%48.18%10.4%6.76%5.76%39.42%16.43%20.91%
Sep 8–10, 201939%46%0%61%19%42%8%12%33%−2%35%−15%38%42%6%0%−6%33%−3%−8%
Sep 5–8, 201949%39%64%17%41%−1%19%38%26%39%29%
Sep 2–8, 201952%57%10%49%20%36%9%10%25%5%33%−1%21%38%7%31%2%−2%
Sep 2–6, 201943%45%−4%61%15%40%−2%5%25%−11%31%−20%32%38%0%−2%−4%29%−5%−22%
Sep 2–5, 201965%70%63%41%47%
Sep 1–3, 201936%50%3%60%10%30%0%8%31%−1%34%−10%31%39%2%−3%−3%34%0%−9%
Aug 26 – Sep 1, 201952%55%11%49%20%32%9%8%22%3%31%−1%22%38%6%34%3%−3%20%
Aug 24–27, 201948%55%12%64%29%48%8%12%32%−3%41%−3%42%50%7%3%1%42%−2%−1%26%
Aug 19–25, 201956%57%13%48%20%34%11%7%23%3%31%0%23%35%7%34%6%−1%20%
Aug 19–21, 201959%55%42%28%43%
Aug 17–20, 201940%53%2%63%14%37%6%7%22%−8%36%−8%33%40%6%−5%−4%33%−1%−8%12%−3%11%
Aug 16–20, 201941%40%52%9%29%−16%12%35%−11%22%39%9%−6%19%
Aug 12–18, 201952%55%10%48%19%36%10%8%23%3%34%0%23%37%6%36%6%−2%20%0%9%
Aug 14–15, 201951%45%25%6%4%21%0%40%10%2%3%23%−3%8%
Aug 13–14, 20192%46%14%6%25%17%29%8%0%9%
Aug 11–13, 201966%75%71%61%
Aug 10–13, 201941%39%4%60%20%45%5%12%32%1%36%−8%34%42%9%3%−1%44%1%−17%20%−3%18%5%
Aug 5–11, 201957%53%12%47%20%32%11%7%21%2%29%1%21%36%7%34%6%−4%18%3%9%9%
Aug 3–6, 201939%43%4%53%20%40%4%11%23%−3%36%−9%31%30%6%−3%2%28%−1%−8%17%−2%16%6%−1%
Aug 1–4, 201955%52%12%46%20%33%8%8%19%2%26%0%24%30%5%23%1%−7%17%2%9%6%
Aug 1–4, 201959%36%<7%35%12%24%<7%7%9%<7%27%<7%20%26%<7%<7%<7%13%<7%<7%<7%<7%<7%<7%<7%
Jul 27–30, 201947%45%2%65%22%43%5%−2%16%−2%39%−4%39%48%11%−1%5%30%−14%−5%9%−2%17%3%−2%
Jul 28–29, 201961%38%30%18%9%18%8%43%10%13%12%22%14%12%13%
Jul 27–28, 201911%49%15%10%29%22%27%14%9%8%9%
Jul 22–28, 201956%52%9%45%21%33%9%7%15%3%30%−3%23%41%5%27%4%−5%21%3%9%9%
Jul 18–28, 201951%43%31%39%
Jul 23–27, 201959%57%46%38%50%
Jul 21–23, 201947%43%2%55%30%41%9%14%14%5%42%−5%41%48%11%6%3%36%4%3%21%8%20%15%6%
Jul 15–21, 201954%51%11%45%20%33%7%9%14%5%31%−2%21%44%5%26%4%−3%22%2%8%8%
Jul 14–16, 201951%46%3%59%29%39%6%10%12%4%48%−7%39%54%6%4%0%33%9%4%22%2%18%10%4%
Jul 8–14, 201951%52%7%46%16%34%5%12%2%30%−7%24%40%4%25%2%−4%18%0%7%8%5%
Jul 1–12, 201952%55%46%18%33%31%21%43%18%1%
Jul 7–9, 201947%41%6%55%24%40%10%4%−2%35%−16%35%49%6%1%−6%28%4%1%20%−1%11%3%1%9%
Jul 1–7, 201956%57%7%50%20%35%6%12%3%30%−2%25%41%4%26%3%−3%13%9%9%5%6%
Jun 30 – Jul 2, 201947%43%10%58%31%43%13%15%7%49%−11%47%59%12%4%3%32%10%2%27%6%21%14%1%17%
Jun 28–30, 201951%49%52%37%26%34%50%
Jun 26–30, 201954.8%57.8%9.1%60.8%23.1%37.6%7.2%13.5%3%40.4%−4.8%35.4%54.1%24.2%5.1%−1.7%19.6%7.2%4%7.3%
Jun 28–29, 201951%45%26%3%−4%−4%40%4%−6%−6%16%−4%−4%−1%10%
Jun 27–28, 201912%52%18%9%32%32%29%17%7%17%
Jun 27–28, 201950%44%4%51%19%37%6%10%1%33%−1%25%41%7%20%4%−6%15%1%4%10%4%
Jun 26–27, 201963%49%32%8%17%8%42%7%6%6%24%4%−8%8%11%
Jun 25–26, 201910%42%22%12%30%19%40%14%2%11%
Jun 19–26, 201960.4%56.7%5.8%49.9%19.9%35.2%8.6%15.26.8%33.9%4.2%20%44.9%35.9%7.7%−2.1%21%9.1%7.5%9.8%
Jun 22–25, 201956%50%2%56%28%39%11%16%8%43%10%30%47%9%4%42%7%−2%27%5%15%10%4%17%
Jun 22–25, 201964%53%46%33%40%
Jun 17–23, 201960%57%6%44%22%32%6%13%4%29%4%18%37%7%32%4%−2%19%4%7%9%7%
Jun 16–18, 201948%43%4%54%25%43%12%14%5%45%3%26%47%8%5%40%5%−4%26%3%15%10%3%19%
Jun 10–16, 201962%56%6%45%20%33%10%13%6%34%6%18%40%7%34%5%0%22%3%11%9%10%
Jun 10–13, 201971%55%57%48%49%63%50%
Jun 9–11, 201947%39%−3%49%16%42%7%7%3%36%−2%24%45%4%−2%32%9%−7%24%0%13%−1%−1%9%
Jun 3–9, 201962%55%7%43%20%31%7%11%6%33%6%17%40%6%33%9%−2%21%4%10%8%9%
Jun 2–4, 201954%47%0%55%26%42%10%13%3%47%3%30%54%6%2%38%9%7%26%7%16%11%−1%21%
May 27 – Jun 2, 201961%55%4%40%19%32%4%10%4%31%3%16%38%3%33%5%0%18%4%6%5%6%
May 28–31, 201965%61%52%33%3%43%−2%−3%
May 20–26, 201962%57%5%36%19%29%4%10%5%32%3%15%40%4%35%1%0%22%2%9%7%8%
May 20–21, 201972%53%38%33%43%
May 18–21, 201948%50%7%67%20%14%2%38%1%25%56%0%40%0%−7%18%1%12%5%13%
May 16–20, 201957%44%7%46%22%24%11%−1%1%28%0%18%49%0%−6%21%0%−9%11%2%9%11%−5%11%
May 16–20, 201965%50%−2%45%20%34%7%3%5%36%3%19%46%2%0%21%2%−22%14%−3%12%6%8%
May 13–19, 201962%58%5%41%18%31%5%9%5%33%3%15%37%4%36%4%1%18%2%7%7%7%
May 6–12, 201963%57%6%36%16%31%5%10%5%31%17%38%1%31%0%6%19%1%8%7%8%
Apr 29 – May 5, 201961%55%6%40%19%29%7%4%31%15%38%3%31%2%18%1%7%7%
Apr 17–30, 201960%57%40%30%31%42%26%
Apr 25–28, 201969%26%3%14%−5%3%
Apr 22–28, 201962%58%5%39%16%27%8%5%32%16%37%2%33%2%18%2%8%8%
Apr 15–21, 201961%59%5%36%15%29%10%5%32%16%37%3%36%3%18%10%7%
Apr 12–15, 201956%45%7%52%22%52%6%8%2%43%2%31%51%0%49%2%15%9%5%14%
April 17–19, 201954%62%24%27%32%
Apr 11–15, 201956%44%32%14%29%24%40%31%
Apr 8–14, 201960%58%5%35%16%23%10%4%31%16%36%4%35%1%16%8%9%
Apr 1–7, 201960%57%6%35%19%20%5%3%33%14%34%3%35%0%19%6%7%
Mar 25–31, 201967%63%5%37%18%14%4%31%15%36%3%32%20%8%8%
Mar 18–24, 201968%60%5%34%15%11%3%33%14%36%2%33%18%7%7%
Mar 14–17, 201960%13%33%36%8%5%
Mar 11–17, 201965%60%5%38%15%8%3%28%17%35%3%34%18%7%6%
Mar 8–10, 201971%53%62%49%57%
Mar 4–10, 201968%60%5%36%15%6%3%30%13%40%2%36%18%5%4%
Mar 1–4, 201963%53%30%1%13%6%31%4%42%0%26%−6%7%
Feb 25 – Mar 3, 201968%60%5%35%10%15%6%3%31%13%41%2%35%18%5%4%
Feb 12–28, 201971%35%21%33%42%22%
Feb 18–24, 201964%60%4%37%10%18%5%4%28%15%35%2%33%17%2%5%
Feb 11–17, 201967%61%3%39%13%22%5%2%34%15%40%3%32%21%2%4%
Feb 4–10, 201969%57%2%34%12%15%4%3%31%13%41%1%31%18%5%5%
Feb 1–2, 201974%61%43%18%38%43%37%
Jan 30 – Feb 2, 20192%41%4%16%43%15%
Jan 25–27, 201969%55%45%12%3%26%41%26%
Jan 25–27, 201971%49%12%40%10%15%2%0%9%33%15%33%32%16%3%4%
Jan 18–22, 201966%58%46%15%30%38%33%22%
Jan 15–16, 20193%12%9%
Jan 11–14, 201968%57%39%15%30%35%29%
Jan 10–13, 201964%29%36%0%13%30%13%26%29%8%
Jan 4–6, 201971%59%33%8%26%27%30%
Jan 3–4, 201964%52%48%7%21%20%45%22%37%38%25%
Dec 14–17, 201880%65%20%61%20%28%4%50%27%53%63%14%
Dec 12–17, 201877%61%48%17%41%37%41%21%
Dec 6–9, 201866%64%38%30%31%34%
Nov 7–9, 201832%
Jul 21–26, 201853%57%34%
Jan 10–11, 201872%57%53%
Dec 3–6, 201667%67%46%19%0%9%