2020 Democrats Abroad presidential primary explained

Election Name:	2020 Democrats Abroad presidential primary
Flag Image:	Democrats Abroad stacked logo (2014).svg
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2016 Democrats Abroad presidential primary
Previous Year:	2016
Next Election:	2024 Democrats Abroad presidential primary
Next Year:	2024
Election Date:	March 3–10, 2020
Outgoing Members:	VA
Elected Members:	ID
Votes For Election:	17 delegate votes (13 pledged, 4 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
Image1:	File:Bernie Sanders March 2020 (cropped).jpg
Candidate1:	Bernie Sanders
Color1:	228b22
Home State1:	Vermont
Delegate Count1:	9
Popular Vote1:	23,139
Percentage1:	57.9%
Candidate2:	Joe Biden
Color2:	224192
Home State2:	Delaware
Delegate Count2:	4
Popular Vote2:	9,059
Percentage2:	22.7%
Image3:	File:Elizabeth Warren by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg
Candidate3:	Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)
Color3:	b61b28
Home State3:	Massachusetts
Delegate Count3:	0
Popular Vote3:	5,730
Percentage3:	14.3%
Map Size:	350px

The 2020 Democrats Abroad Presidential Primary took place from March 3 to 10, 2020, allowing U.S. citizens residing outside the United States and those officially affiliated with Democrats Abroad to participate in the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nomination process. Spanning more than 230 voting locations worldwide, participants cast their in-person votes across various countries and continents. Alternative voting methods included e-mail and postal mail. The voting period started on Super Tuesday and concluded the Tuesday of the following week.^[1] The 2020 Democrats Abroad Global Primary allocated a total of 21 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Among these, 13 were pledged delegates, committed to supporting a specific candidate based on primary results, each holding a full vote. Additionally, 8 automatic delegates, unbound to any candidate and each possessing a half vote, contributed to a cumulative total of 17 votes.

The official results were announced on 23 March 2020. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders emerged as the victor, with a strong showing with approximately 58% of the vote, resulting in the allocation of 9 delegates. Former Vice President Joe Biden garnered nearly 23% of the vote, translating in the allocation of 4 delegates. Meanwhile, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, despite formally withdrawing from the presidential race two days after Super Tuesday, earned around 14% of the vote, falling short of the mandated 15% threshold for delegate allocation.^[2]

Procedure

The Democrats Abroad party-run global primary ran from March 3 (Super Tuesday) to March 10, 2020, at hundreds of voting centers around the world.^[3] Votes were also cast by fax, email, or post.

Eligibility: Voters had to meet the following criteria to vote^[4]

Be abroad and be a U.S. citizen
Be a member of Democrats Abroad
Be 18 as of November 3, 2020
Not have voted, nor plan to vote, in any other 2020 state presidential primary

Voters abroad also voted by downloading a ballot and emailing or postal mailing it to Democrats Abroad from February 18, 2020. Ballots must have been received prior to 12:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on March 11, 2020. No proxy voting was permitted. It was not possible for voters to change their vote if their supported candidate had officially withdrawn from the ballot during the voting period.

Candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent in order to be allocated pledged delegates to the National Convention. The 13 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the party-run primary, also classified as a caucus, including 9 at-large regional delegates (divided between three world regions), one global PLEO delegate (party leader and elected official) and three at-large global delegates.^[5] As part of Stage I on the primary timetable there were no bonus delegates for a March contest on a joint date in that year.^[6]

Regional conventions were held online (originally planned as regional caucuses during the global convention in Toronto, Canada) for the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe-Middle East-Africa regions on May 16, 2020, and May 17, 2020, selecting 9 national convention delegates, with the number each region was eligible to designate dependent on the proportion of ballots within each region, 6 for Europe-Middle East-Africa, 2 for the Americas, and 1 for Asia-Pacific. Between May 16 and May 17, 2020, the global convention also met online to elect a sole pledged PLEO delegate and 3 at-large delegates for the Democratic National Convention.^[7] The delegation also included 8 unpledged delegates: 8 members of the Democratic National Committee, who each had a half vote (meaning 4 unpledged delegate votes).^[5]

Candidates

Pledged national convention delegates
Type
Regional at-large	9
	1
At-large	3
Total pledged delegates	13

The following people have filed and were on the Democrats Abroad ballot when voting began:^[8]

Running

Joe Biden
Michael Bloomberg
Tulsi Gabbard
Bernie Sanders
Elizabeth Warren

Withdrawn

Cory Booker and Michael Bennet originally also qualified,^[9] but officially withdrew from the ballot before the primary.^[10] ^[8] Bloomberg and Warren suspended their respective presidential campaigns on March 4 and March 5, while the primary was going on, with Bloomberg also officially withdrawing from the ballot on March 7, not being eligible for the rest of the voting period.^[11]

Results

Results of the primary were announced on Monday, March 23, 2020.^[12]

2020 Democrats Abroad presidential primary^[13] ! Candidate! Votes! %! Delegates
data-sort-value="Sanders, Bernie"	Bernie Sanders	23,139	57.87	9
data-sort-value="Biden, Joe"	Joe Biden	9,059	22.66	4
data-sort-value="Warren, Elizabeth"		5,730	14.33	rowspan=9
data-sort-value="Bloomberg, Michael"		892	2.23
data-sort-value="Buttigieg, Pete"		616	1.54
data-sort-value="Klobuchar, Amy"		224	0.56
data-sort-value="Gabbard, Tulsi"	Tulsi Gabbard	146	0.37
data-sort-value="Yang, Andrew"		85	0.21
data-sort-value="Patrick, Deval"		26	0.07
data-sort-value="Steyer, Tom"		19	0.05
data-sort-value="ZZ"	Uncommitted	48	0.12
Total	39,984	100%	13

Results by country

Country	Sanders	Biden	Warren	Bloomberg	Buttigieg	Klobuchar	Gabbard	Yang	Patrick	Steyer	Uncommitted	Total	Percent of Total
Afghanistan	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.01%
Albania		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.02%
Algeria	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
Angola		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.01%
Antigua and Barbuda		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.01%
Argentina		87	14	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	107	0.27%
Armenia		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.02%
Australia		944	324	113	11	12	4	7	2	2	1	0	1420	3.55%
Austria		302	105	75	8	10	2	2	2	0	0	2	508	1.27%
Azerbaijan		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.01%
Bahamas		3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.02%
Bahrain		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.01%
Bangladesh	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.01%
Barbados		2		2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.01%
Belarus		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.01%
Belgium		200	81	59	10	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	363	0.91%
Belize		5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.02%
Benin		2		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.01%
Bhutan	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.01%
		4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.02%
Bosnia and Herzegovina		9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.03%
Botswana	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.01%
Brazil		58	24	11	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	99	0.25%
Bulgaria		5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.02%
Burundi		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
Cambodia		15	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0.06%
Cameroon		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.01%
Canada		2609	1195	659	89	78	26	20	2	4	4	5	4691	11.73%
Cape Verde	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
Central African Republic		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
Chad	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
Chile		53	11	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	0.19%
China		687	227	92	17	11	6	6	16	1	0	3	1066	2.67%
Colombia		80	17	9	1	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	113	0.28%
Comoros	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.01%
Costa Rica		255	225	49	8	7	6	1	0	0	0	1	552	1.38%
Croatia		10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	14	0.04%
Cuba		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.01%
Cyprus		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.01%
		309	55	56	4	2	1	3	0	0	0	3	433	1.08%
Denmark		356	81	112	10	7	1	4	0	0	1	0	572	1.43%
Dominica		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.01%
Dominican Republic		29	16	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	53	0.13%
Ecuador		116	69	18	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	212	0.53%
Egypt		30	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	0.09%
El Salvador		2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.01%
Estonia		6	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	0.03%
	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
Ethiopia		6	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.03%
Fiji		4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.02%
Finland		150	50	33	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	241	0.60%
France		1706	720	419	76	73	25	6	3	1	1	4	3034	7.59%
Gambia		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.01%
Georgia		19	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	25	0.06%
Germany		3249	1086	754	51	67	28	16	7	2	1	7	5268	13.18%
Ghana	2		6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.02%
		2862	1224	1177	243	125	35	10	6	7	4	9	5702	14.26%
Greece		118	64	35	7	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	232	0.58%
Grenada		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.01%
Guatemala		71	61	35	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	174	0.44%
Guinea		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
Guyana		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
Haiti		6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.03%
Honduras		8		8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.06%
Hungary		78	26	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	117	0.29%
Iceland		20	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	22	0.06%
India		128	36	13	5	1	0	6	2	0	0	0	191	0.48%
Indonesia		48	21	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	86	0.22%
		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.01%
Iraq		3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.01%
Israel		236	234	89	55	12	7	3	1	0	0	1	638	1.60%
Italy		382	185	133	27	21	5	3	2	1	0	1	760	1.90%
		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.01%
Jamaica	1		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.01%
Japan		757	117	62	6	8	2	4	12	0	0	1	969	2.42%
Jordan		39	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	46	0.12%
Kazakhstan		6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.02%
Kenya		20	16	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	49	0.12%
		367	19	39	4	4	0	2	3	1	0	0	439	1.10%
Kuwait		19	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0.06%
Kyrgyzstan		3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.01%
		10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.04%
Latvia		5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.02%
Lebanon		35	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	43	0.11%
Liberia	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
Lithuania		4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.02%
Luxembourg		44	24	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	81	0.20%
Madagascar		1	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.01%
Malawi	4		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.03%
Malaysia		27	15	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	50	0.13%
Mali		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.01%
Malta		6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.02%
Marshall Islands		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
Mauritius	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
Mexico		634	569	187	54	31	16	6	1	1	2	3	1504	3.76%
	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
		11	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	0.05%
Monaco	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.01%
Morocco		24	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	0.09%
Mozambique		11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.04%
Myanmar		17	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0.06%
Nepal		5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.02%
Netherlands		772	217	269	32	17	6	2	1	0	0	3	1319	3.30%
New Zealand		248	53	44	3	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	357	0.89%
Nicaragua		5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.02%
Nigeria		4	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.02%
		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
Norway		268	66	76	6	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	429	1.07%
Oman		6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.02%
Pakistan		7	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	0.03%
Palau		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
Panama	56		73	27	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	164	0.41%
Papua New Guinea	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.01%
Paraguay		3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.01%
Peru		47	8	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	80	0.20%
Philippines		68	31	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	111	0.28%
Poland		48	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	59	0.15%
Portugal		100	61	39	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	215	0.54%
Qatar		27	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	32	0.08%
		293	86	103	8	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	498	1.25%
Romania		17	14	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	0.10%
		55	17	13	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	95	0.24%
		19	4	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	0.09%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.01%
Saint Lucia		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	1		2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0.01%
		30	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	40	0.10%
		10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.03%
		4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.02%
		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.01%
		6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.02%
		127	123	38	14	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	310	0.78%
		7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.03%
		6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.02%
		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
		52	43	15	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	116	0.29%
		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.01%
		1013	248	183	22	18	5	1	2	2	1	1	1496	3.74%
		3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.01%
		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.01%
		635	217	105	6	9	4	3	2	1	0	0	982	2.46%
		448	299	157	25	25	10	2	1	0	0	0	967	2.42%
		6	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	0.03%
		352	144	85	12	5	2	4	3	0	0	1	608	1.52%
		1	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.01%
		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.02%
		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.01%
	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.01%
		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.01%
		99	9	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	126	0.32%
		15	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	0.05%
		14	9	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0.07%
		419	231	87	10	4	1	1	3	0	0	0	756	1.89%
		5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.03%
		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
		430	55	37	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	528	1.32%
		4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.02%
		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
TOTAL	23,139	9,059	5,730	892	616	224	146	85	26	19	48	39,984
Percent	57.87%	22.66%	14.33%	2.23%	1.54%	0.56%	0.37%	0.21%	0.07%	0.05%	0.12%	100.00%