Live results: 2020 Michigan Democratic presidential primary

Joe Biden (D) has won; 100 percent of precincts are reporting.

Last Updated: Mar 27, 2020 at 11:11 a.m. EDT

Former vice president Joe Biden has won the Michigan primary, extending his delegate lead with the biggest prize of the night. After Super Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) worked to regain momentum by campaigning heavily in the state, which awards 125 delegates. He hoped to show he was stronger than Biden in a state that was key to President Trump's victory. But Biden decisively won working-class and affluent voters, whites and African Americans, moderates and conservatives, and women.

The state has same-day registration and no-excuses absentee voting, and turnout was high. More than 700,000 ballots had been returned as of March 9, and nearly 29,000 voters asked to have their ballots voided so they could vote for a remaining candidate, according to the secretary of state’s office. All polls closed by 9 p.m. Eastern time.

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had endorsed former vice president Joe Biden.

Additional delegates will be allocated as vote totals are finalized.

Flint

Grand Rapids

Lansing

Sault Ste. Marie

Detroit

LEAD/WON

Biden

Candidate	Votes	Pct.		Del.
Joe BidenBiden	837,980	52.9	%	73
Bernie SandersSanders	576,364	36.4		52
Michael BloombergBloomberg	73,110	4.6		0
Elizabeth WarrenWarren	26,023	1.6		0
Pete ButtigiegButtigieg	22,367	1.4		0
Amy KlobucharKlobuchar	10,953	0.7		0
Tulsi GabbardGabbard	9,457	0.6		0
Andrew YangYang	2,379	0.2		0
Tom SteyerSteyer	1,730	0.1		0
Michael BennetBennet	1,531	0.1		0
Cory BookerBooker	889	0.1		0
Marianne WilliamsonWilliamson	728	0.0		0
John DelaneyDelaney	465	0.0		0
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Total votes from 100% of precincts	1,584,397

Where Candidates Did Well

Here’s where the top candidates racked up their vote totals across the state.

Biden

Flint

Grand Rapids

Lansing

Sault Ste. Marie

Detroit

Sanders

Flint

Grand Rapids

Lansing

Sault Ste. Marie

Detroit

County Results

Wayne County is Michigan’s most populous with almost 2 million people. Home to Detroit, Wayne saw some of the biggest drop-offs in voter turnout for the Democratic Party between 2012 and 2016. Northwest of Detroit is Oakland County, the state’s second-most-populous with a large auto engineering sector and auto-based economy. Macomb, northeast of Detroit, is Michigan’s third-most-populous county.

Counties	Biden	Sanders	Bloomberg	Warren	Buttigieg	Klobuchar	Steyer	Booker	Gabbard	Yang	Bennet	Delaney	Williamson
Alcona	742	307	61	16	6	4	3	1	12	0	1	3	1
Alger	769	451	29	21	12	10	1	0	18	1	2	1	0
Allegan	7,572	4,839	520	195	259	111	19	4	109	13	9	6	5
Alpena	2,370	1,185	214	81	65	59	7	2	27	2	6	2	3
Antrim	1,871	1,219	173	70	51	27	4	0	15	8	3	1	2
Arenac	1,017	468	26	15	8	10	2	0	11	1	1	0	1
Baraga	441	280	12	10	9	12	1	0	11	2	2	0	0
Barry	3,417	2,324	351	98	84	57	13	6	50	8	6	1	2
Bay	7,993	5,046	1,013	218	347	140	34	7	106	21	22	5	3
Benzie	1,716	1,218	176	89	63	46	3	2	31	3	3	2	3
Berrien	11,149	5,704	483	237	913	131	17	11	124	19	9	7	13
Branch	1,706	981	140	60	57	19	2	0	23	3	3	2	2
Calhoun	7,546	4,942	618	245	233	88	18	7	74	18	19	3	3
Cass	2,907	1,264	77	39	175	29	8	20	18	2	11	1	0
Charlevoix	2,120	1,344	211	70	70	59	6	2	20	6	2	1	0
Cheboygan	1,538	803	158	55	48	22	5	0	17	1	3	1	0
Chippewa	1,817	1,326	138	69	57	31	7	1	35	6	0	2	0
Clare	1,568	951	161	37	41	31	4	13	22	2	1	0	3
Clinton	6,719	3,956	585	202	171	99	11	3	76	12	10	4	5
Crawford	891	494	79	23	36	20	1	0	15	1	3	2	1
Delta	2,317	1,302	156	58	90	39	7	3	33	8	5	1	3
Dickinson	1,518	871	93	30	47	28	5	1	28	1	2	0	0
Eaton	9,244	6,088	1,206	363	325	200	31	11	113	36	13	4	6
Emmet	2,943	2,099	247	122	111	64	3	1	41	9	10	0	6
Genesee	37,558	20,788	2,584	690	633	372	82	27	320	69	67	26	24
Gladwin	1,491	659	170	35	36	21	3	2	16	11	2	1	1
Gogebic	1,256	626	71	22	11	25	2	1	12	3	2	0	0
Grand Traverse	8,485	6,814	926	387	397	220	21	4	117	24	7	4	9
Gratiot	2,091	1,250	91	53	45	26	5	1	17	7	3	0	1
Hillsdale	1,775	1,082	155	45	50	30	6	0	30	2	3	1	2
Houghton	2,171	2,005	76	89	39	49	1	1	37	8	3	0	1
Huron	1,765	869	128	33	41	16	7	3	24	8	2	2	1
Ingham	26,376	24,702	2,870	1,710	985	490	71	27	352	104	52	12	27
Ionia	2,928	2,143	216	70	69	42	3	1	41	7	4	2	5
Iosco	1,731	756	194	42	66	36	9	2	21	4	3	0	1
Iron	876	459	47	25	25	18	4	2	15	1	1	0	0
Isabella	3,667	3,421	193	117	79	31	12	2	53	12	7	1	4
Jackson	8,503	5,864	761	225	203	92	15	10	111	18	13	4	3
Kalamazoo	22,823	20,793	1,633	893	736	341	37	14	303	61	22	6	23
Kalkaska	942	637	96	36	19	12	6	1	19	4	1	0	0
Kent	47,504	46,231	3,640	1,757	1,706	770	103	43	675	166	77	31	36
Keweenaw	232	153	13	4	17	12	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Lake	759	332	37	11	18	14	3	0	9	0	0	0	1
Lapeer	4,908	3,163	537	120	134	75	21	3	63	12	10	5	7
Leelanau	3,077	1,888	244	134	101	80	7	3	31	9	0	1	2
Lenawee	5,741	3,846	455	164	127	71	11	4	74	10	13	4	1
Livingston	14,347	9,682	1,427	540	512	271	36	7	215	40	13	8	15
Luce	281	161	23	8	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Mackinac	807	479	70	32	25	24	1	0	11	2	3	0	1
Macomb	66,068	44,171	9,530	2,038	2,420	1,138	190	57	984	233	140	46	73
Manistee	1,929	1,188	190	78	86	47	3	1	33	5	3	1	0
Marquette	5,973	5,017	264	157	184	109	10	8	69	15	5	4	0
Mason	2,269	1,304	149	78	57	56	4	1	21	3	3	1	2
Mecosta	2,014	1,536	164	75	83	41	10	1	35	5	8	0	2
Menominee	1,319	620	86	26	20	26	2	1	14	3	6	1	0
Midland	6,302	3,932	350	168	132	85	6	2	93	14	6	5	5
Missaukee	638	345	69	15	18	6	1	1	6	0	3	0	0
Monroe	9,535	5,777	895	203	241	141	20	10	104	28	20	7	17
Montcalm	3,000	2,065	309	69	118	56	6	1	46	8	6	2	3
Montmorency	584	243	54	16	16	7	5	1	16	2	2	0	0
Muskegon	13,021	8,567	1,176	338	378	212	24	13	148	24	34	12	19
Newaygo	2,410	1,507	185	62	51	36	5	4	34	7	2	0	3
Oakland	145,408	86,666	12,471	4,336	3,505	1,631	235	118	1,524	447	212	36	105
Oceana	1,549	855	134	44	34	25	7	1	24	7	2	1	1
Ogemaw	1,183	622	136	29	33	21	2	1	9	6	3	4	1
Ontonagon	479	271	33	16	14	12	1	2	5	0	0	0	1
Osceola	968	571	92	16	14	13	1	1	16	3	2	1	2
Oscoda	446	203	44	7	16	8	1	0	6	0	0	0	0
Otsego	1,430	977	141	51	60	27	6	1	17	10	2	2	1
Ottawa	17,856	13,672	1,222	578	554	310	45	11	263	70	34	12	11
Presque Isle	1,106	423	75	28	27	17	3	1	17	1	4	0	0
Roscommon	1,650	812	227	47	77	37	11	1	21	4	8	1	2
Saginaw	16,709	8,506	1,020	279	242	136	32	23	163	26	40	9	13
Sanilac	1,851	1,014	154	54	42	20	8	1	29	3	5	0	1
Schoolcraft	573	279	18	9	13	4	0	1	9	2	2	1	1
Shiawassee	4,810	3,072	405	115	129	62	18	1	50	14	8	4	2
St. Clair	9,560	6,628	1,288	304	332	146	26	29	116	39	21	6	22
St. Joseph	2,534	1,713	193	55	132	31	9	3	42	16	6	1	2
Tuscola	2,781	1,546	218	62	59	37	15	3	40	6	7	4	3
Van Buren	4,862	3,197	327	130	139	57	7	3	70	8	14	2	2
Washtenaw	48,780	46,073	2,218	2,576	893	569	41	30	477	178	52	12	25
Wayne	172,590	113,417	15,572	4,257	2,846	1,332	293	303	1,323	424	410	131	182
Wexford	1,808	1,310	117	42	41	22	5	1	26	3	7	2	0

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Preliminary exit poll results

See the strengths and weaknesses of Democratic candidates according to statewide exit polls. Edison Media Research surveys voters as they exit randomly selected voting sites on primary day, March 10, and interviews early voters by phone. Results are preliminary and will be updated as additional interviews are completed and votes are tallied. For typical characteristics, exit poll results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus four percentage points.

>See full Michigan exit poll results: Which groups support Biden or Sanders more

Sex

Men

46% OF VOTERS

Biden

Sanders

Women

54%

Race

White

72% OF VOTERS

Biden

Sanders

Black

18%

Hispanic/Latino

Asian

Not enough respondents to break down details.

Other

Not enough respondents to break down details.

Age

18-29

16% OF VOTERS

Biden

Sanders

30-44

22%

45-64

42%

65+

20%

Ideology

Very liberal

21% OF VOTERS

Biden

Sanders

Somewhat liberal

40%

Moderate or conservative

39%

Most important issue in vote

Health care

41% OF VOTERS

Biden

Sanders

Climate change

18%

Race relations

10%

Income inequality

22%

Rather nominate a candidate who...

Can beat Donald Trump

58% OF VOTERS

Biden

Sanders

Agrees with you on major issues

37%

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By Jason Bernert, Lenny Bronner, Madison Dong, Simon Glenn-Gregg, Jason Holt, Isabelle Lavandero, Erik Reyna, Ashlyn Still and Susan Tyler

Additional contributions from Ann Gerhart and Emily Davies

Sources: Edison Research