2028 Democratic Presidential Nomination
1,976 Pledged Delegates Needed to Win on 1st Ballot
The Democratic Party will nominate a 2028 presidential candidate at its convention in August, 2028.
Estimated Delegates Earned
Delegate counts will be available beginning with the South Carolina Primary in February, 2028. There are 3,949 pledged delegates; it will take 50% + 1 of these (1,976 or more) to win the Democratic nomination on the first ballot. An additional 749 automatic delegates (more commonly called superdelegates) will not participate on the first ballot (unless the nomination is uncontested). This approach was first used in 2020.
Visit the Democratic Delegate Tracker for a breakdown of delegates earned by candidate and state.
The map below shows the estimated total number of delegates each state or territory will send to the Democratic convention. Select a state on the map for more details about its primary or caucus. Each linked page will also include any available polling, along with results information as the event takes place.
| Early | Super Tuesday March 7 | Other March | April | May | June |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Democratic contests allocate pledged delegates proportionately to candidates receiving at least 15% of the popular vote. In most locations, some delegates are awarded on the statewide vote, while others are jurisdictional (usually by congressional district).
The 15% threshold is calculated separately at each division. That means, for example, a candidate getting less than 15% statewide but more than 15% in a congressional district may still win one or more delegates. Special thanks to The Greenpapers and FHQ for making it a lot easier to aggregate the data. Visit those sites for the finer details of the state-by-state allocation rules.
National Polls
The results of national polling for a preferred Democratic nominee is shown below. While these national polls are directionally interesting, the nominee will ultimately be chosen based on delegates earned during state-by-state primary and caucus votes.
| Source | Date | Sample | Harris | Buttigieg | Newsom | Ocasio-Cortez | Walz | Cuban | Shapiro | Crockett | Whitmer | Booker | Pritzker | Beshear | Fetterman | Warnock | Moore | Murphy | Polis | Stewart | Gallego | Smith | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll Averages† | 33.3% | 10.5% | 8.0% | 6.3% | 5.5% | 5.0% | 4.3% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.3% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | - | |||
| Echelon Insights | 3/14/2025 | 457 LV | 33% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 17% | |
| SurveyUSA | 2/21/2025 | 835 RV ±4.1% | 37% | 11% | 9% | 7% | - | 7% | 6% | - | 4% | - | - | 3% | - | - | 2% | 1% | - | - | - | - | 13% | |
| Echelon Insights | 2/13/2025 | 447 LV | 36% | 10% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | - | 1% | - | 1% | 0% | 11% | |
| J.L. Partners | 2/06/2025 | 500 RV | 30% | - | 8% | 5% | 6% | - | 5% | - | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | - | - | - | - | - | 30% | |
† The average includes all polls within seven days of the date of the most recent poll, limited to one poll from any source. If there are fewer than five, the window is expanded to 30 days or five polls, whichever comes first. In the latter scenario, if there are multiple qualifying polls on the same calendar date as the oldest poll used, those will also be included.
