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List of automatic delegates at the 2020 Democratic National Convention

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This list tracks the presumed support (based on endorsements) for given United States presidential candidates among the 775 unpledged delegates (commonly known as superdelegates, and referred to in the 2020 election cycle as "automatic delegates"[1]) who were eligible to cast a vote at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The convention was postponed to August 17–20, 2020, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the United States.[2] The 8 unpledged delegates from Democrats Abroad carried half-votes at the convention, yielding a forecast total of 771 votes.[3] Unpledged delegates represented about 16% of the overall convention votes (4,754 delegates, 4,750 votes), though reforms severely restricted their ability to vote on a first ballot,[4] and came from several categories of prominent Democratic Party members:[note 1]

Automatic delegates are "unpledged" in the sense that they themselves decide which candidate to support. (In other words, they are not allocated according to voter preferences as the majority of delegates are.) Pledged delegates can change their vote if no candidate is elected on the first ballot and can even vote for a different candidate on the first ballot if they are "released" by the candidate they are pledged to. Automatic delegates, on the other hand, can change their vote purely of their own volition. With the exception of the eight DNC members from the Democrats Abroad, who each receive a half-vote, all automatic delegates are entitled to one vote (including when a sitting official or distinguished party leader is also a DNC member). Throughout this list, those who qualify under multiple categories are considered as DPLs first, then as sitting officials, and then as DNC members (for example, a sitting senator who is also a DNC member is listed as a senator).

The list below is based on the most recent information on how unpledged delegates have endorsed candidates in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Data is sourced from FiveThirtyEight's endorsement tracker[5] where more recent data is not available.

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* = candidates who withdrew or suspended their campaigns

Note: Democrats Abroad automatic delegates are assigned half-votes; each of them accounts for 1⁄2 rather than 1 in the table above.

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    At least nine delegates and as many as 14 delegates are in at least two of these categories.
  2. [N 2]
    Previously endorsed Kamala Harris.
  3. [N 3]
    Previously endorsed Elizabeth Warren.
  4. [N 4]
    Previously endorsed Amy Klobuchar.
  5. [N 5]
    Previously endorsed Bernie Sanders.
  6. [N 6]
    Previously a candidate.
  7. [N 7]
    Previously endorsed Michael Bennet.
  8. [N 8]
    Previously endorsed Steve Bullock.
  9. [N 9]
    Previously endorsed Julián Castro.
  10. [N 10]
    Previously endorsed Beto O'Rourke.
  11. [N 11]
    Previously endorsed Pete Buttigieg.
  12. [N 12]
    Previously endorsed John Hickenlooper, then Michael Bennet.
  13. [N 13]
    Previously endorsed Cory Booker.
  14. [N 14]
    Previously endorsed Beto O'Rourke, then Julián Castro after O'Rourke withdrew from the race.
  15. [N 15]
    Elected to the DNC on March 21, 2020, subsequent to her endorsement of Sanders.[162]
  16. [N 16]
    Is also a senator.
  17. [N 17]
    Is also a representative.
  18. [N 18]
    Previously endorsed Cory Booker, then Pete Buttigieg after Booker withdrew from the race.
  19. [N 19]
    Previously endorsed Michael Bloomberg.
  20. [N 20]
    Previously endorsed Beto O'Rourke, then Pete Buttigieg after O'Rourke withdrew from the race.
  21. [N 21]
    Previously endorsed John Delaney.
  22. [N 22]
    Previously endorsed Eric Swalwell, then Kamala Harris after Swalwell withdrew from the race.
  23. [N 23]
    Previously endorsed Beto O'Rourke, then Michael Bloomberg after O'Rourke withdrew from the race.
  24. [N 24]
    Mayor of DC included as an automatic delegate along with governors.
  25. [N 25]
    Previously endorsed Kamala Harris, then Michael Bloomberg after Harris withdrew from the race.
  26. [N 26]
    Previously endorsed Cory Booker, then Michael Bloomberg after Booker withdrew from the race.
  27. [N 27]
    Previously endorsed John Delaney, then Michael Bloomberg after Delaney withdrew from the race.
  28. [N 28]
    Previously endorsed Michael Bloomberg, and subsequently Joe Biden a week before the latter launched his campaign and then, subsequently, Michael Bloomberg once again.
  29. [N 29]
    Shadow senator for DC.
  30. [N 30]
    DNC members have a half vote each at the convention. (Democrats Abroad)
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