According to entry polls at the 2020 Democratic Party Iowa caucuses, Pete Buttigieg was the most popular candidate among voters with a college degree, with 24 percent of those holding a bachelor's degree intending to vote for him. Joe Biden was the most popular among those who never attended college with 25 percent.
The Iowa caucuses were held on February 3, 2020, and are the first contest in the primaries for the Democratic Party to choose their candidate for the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Entry polls of the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucus in the United States on February 3, 2020, share of votes by education level
Education level (share of total votes in brackets)
Selected randomly from Iowa caucusgoers as they entered precincts
Method of interview
Questionnaire
Supplementary notes
The National Election Pool is a consortium of ABC News, Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and NBC News.
Percentage points may not total 100 percent as the sample size for some groups may be too small for estimates within those groups to be projectable with confidence.
The graph shows only candidates that could collect at least one percent of votes in at least one group.
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CNN. (February 3, 2020). Entry polls of the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucus in the United States on February 3, 2020, share of votes by education level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093959/iowa-democratic-caucus-2020-entry-polls-votes-by-education-level/
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CNN. (2020). Entry polls of the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucus in the United States on February 3, 2020, share of votes by education level. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093959/iowa-democratic-caucus-2020-entry-polls-votes-by-education-level/
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