2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary explained

Election Name:2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary
Country:Nebraska
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2016 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses and primary
Previous Year:2016
Next Election:2024 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary
Next Year:2024
Election Date:May 12, 2020
Outgoing Members:KS
Elected Members:OR
Votes For Election:33 delegates (29 pledged, 4 unpledged)
to the Democratic National Convention
The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
Image1:File:Joe Biden February 2020 crop.jpg
Candidate1:Joe Biden
Color1:224192
Home State1:Delaware
Delegate Count1:29
Popular Vote1:126,444
Percentage1:76.8%
Candidate2:Bernie Sanders
(withdrawn)
Color2:228b22
Home State2:Vermont
Delegate Count2:0
Popular Vote2:23,214
Percentage2:14.1%
Image3:File:Elizabeth Warren by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg
Candidate3:Elizabeth Warren
(withdrawn)
Color3:b61b28
Home State3:Massachusetts
Delegate Count3:0
Popular Vote3:10,401
Percentage3:6.3%
Map Size:260px
Pledged national
convention
delegates
Type
CD17
CD29
CD34
3
At-large6
Total pledged delegates29
The 2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary took place on May 12, 2020, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Nebraska primary was a semi-closed primary and awarded 33 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 29 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary, and was the only contest on that date.

Former vice president Joe Biden as the sole remaining Democratic candidate won nearly 77% of the vote and all 29 delegates, with senator Bernie Sanders getting an overall statewide result of around 14% and very narrowly missing out on winning a delegate in the 2nd congressional district,[1] and senator Elizabeth Warren as one of only two other withdrawn candidates on the ballot receiving 6%. Nebraska was the first state in the Democratic primaries to hand all of its delegates to one candidate.

Procedure

While the Democratic Party of Nebraska previously had used caucuses as their nominating process, the party's central committee decided on December 8, 2018 to return to a primary system after the proposal had been "overwhelmingly" supported in a voice vote.[2]

Voting started and ended simultaneously throughout the state, with polling places in the Central Time Zone open from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. and those in the Mountain Time Zone open between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. In the semi-closed primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 29 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these, between 4 and 9 were allocated to each of the state's 3 congressional districts and another 3 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 6 at-large delegates. Originally planned with 25 delegates, the final number included a 20% bonus of 4 additional delegates on the 17 district and 5 at-large delegates by the Democratic National Committee due to the May date, which belonged to Stage III on the primary timetable.[3] [4]

County conventions were subsequently held between May 17 and May 31, 2020 to elect delegates to the state convention, which was held between June 13 and June 14, 2020. The state convention voted on June 13, 2020 to designate all pledged national convention delegates. The delegation also included 4 unpledged PLEO delegates: 4 members of the Democratic National Committee.[1]

Candidates

The following candidates were on the ballot in Nebraska:[5]

Michael Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer had also qualified but had withdrawn before the deadline on March 10 and were taken off the ballot.[6]

Results

2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary[7] ! Candidate! Votes! %! Delegates[8]
Joe Biden126,44476.8329
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)23,21414.10rowspan=3
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)10,4016.32
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn)4,5232.75
Total164,582100%29
Results by county!rowspan=2
CountyJoe BidenTulsi GabbardBernie SandersElizabeth Warren
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
1,483 77.60% 65 3.40% 242 12.66% 121 6.33%
216 77.42% 22 7.89% 22 7.89% 21 7.53%
9 90.00% 1 10.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
12 92.31% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 7.69%
14 93.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 6.67%
246 74.55% 28 8.48% 29 8.79% 27 8.18%
442 79.21% 24 4.30% 57 10.22% 35 6.27%
60 78.95% 3 3.95% 6 7.89% 7 9.21%
57 69.51% 5 6.10% 14 17.07% 6 7.32%
1,900 76.74% 91 3.68% 331 13.37% 154 6.22%
477 82.38% 15 2.59% 52 8.98% 35 6.04%
352 78.22% 20 4.44% 47 10.44% 31 6.89%
1,584 81.52% 77 3.96% 183 9.42% 99 5.10%
358 71.31% 46 9.16% 46 9.16% 52 10.36%
84 73.68% 8 7.02% 8 7.02% 14 12.28%
147 74.24% 10 5.05% 23 11.62% 18 9.09%
313 78.45% 14 3.51% 45 11.28% 27 6.77%
266 74.72% 19 5.34% 49 13.76% 22 6.18%
354 77.80% 28 6.15% 41 9.01% 32 7.03%
304 80.21% 22 5.80% 23 6.07% 30 7.92%
327 80.94% 27 6.68% 28 6.93% 22 5.45%
664 80.10% 29 3.50% 98 11.82% 38 4.58%
389 71.12% 20 3.66% 91 16.64% 47 8.59%
562 77.52% 26 3.59% 98 13.52% 39 5.38%
44 80.00% 1 1.82% 4 7.27% 6 10.91%
270 76.49% 26 7.37% 31 8.78% 26 7.37%
2,016 80.10% 88 3.50% 275 10.93% 138 5.48%
43,383 77.23% 1,157 2.06% 8,236 14.66% 3,401 6.05%
35 68.63% 2 3.92% 6 11.76% 8 15.69%
325 78.13% 23 5.53% 37 8.89% 31 7.45%
137 86.71% 7 4.43% 7 4.43% 7 4.43%
80 87.91% 5 5.49% 5 5.49% 2 2.20%
120 75.00% 11 6.88% 19 11.88% 10 6.25%
1,558 82.09% 73 3.85% 170 8.96% 97 5.11%
67 82.72% 4 4.94% 6 7.41% 4 4.94%
52 92.86% 0 0.00% 2 3.57% 2 3.57%
73 82.95% 2 2.27% 9 10.23% 4 4.55%
10 76.92% 1 7.69% 0 0.00% 2 15.38%
155 75.24% 20 9.71% 14 6.80% 17 8.25%
2,633 78.29% 116 3.45% 418 12.43% 196 5.83%
393 79.88% 23 4.67% 46 9.35% 30 6.10%
119 73.01% 14 8.59% 19 11.66% 11 6.75%
17 85.00% 2 10.00% 0 0.00% 1 5.00%
86 76.79% 3 2.68% 13 11.61% 10 8.93%
289 76.25% 21 5.54% 43 11.35% 26 6.86%
28 75.68% 0 0.00% 6 16.22% 3 8.11%
327 78.61% 26 6.25% 37 8.89% 26 6.25%
438 81.41% 23 4.28% 51 9.48% 26 4.83%
281 80.75% 17 4.89% 33 9.48% 17 4.89%
305 83.56% 17 4.66% 28 7.67% 15 4.11%
255 81.73% 12 3.85% 27 8.65% 18 5.77%
28 82.35% 3 8.82% 1 2.94% 2 5.88%
103 80.47% 3 2.34% 18 14.06% 4 3.13%
436 78.14% 31 5.56% 51 9.14% 40 7.17%
27,239 75.23% 757 2.09% 5,659 15.63% 2,552 7.05%
1,480 78.68% 108 5.74% 193 10.26% 100 5.32%
10 71.43% 1 7.14% 0 0.00% 3 21.43%
33 80.49% 0 0.00% 7 17.07% 1 2.44%
1,062 75.37% 66 4.68% 170 12.07% 111 7.88%
9 75.00% 0 0.00% 2 16.67% 1 8.33%
299 74.38% 24 5.97% 45 11.19% 34 8.46%
173 89.64% 3 1.55% 10 5.18% 7 3.63%
153 81.38% 8 4.26% 16 8.51% 11 5.85%
388 79.35% 17 3.48% 56 11.45% 28 5.73%
218 84.82% 10 3.89% 15 5.84% 14 5.45%
882 80.99% 36 3.31% 112 10.28% 59 5.42%
179 84.04% 8 3.76% 18 8.45% 8 3.76%
84 83.17% 7 6.93% 1 0.99% 9 8.91%
329 76.87% 23 5.37% 48 11.21% 28 6.54%
155 74.52% 12 5.77% 26 12.50% 15 7.21%
1,099 77.67% 90 6.36% 145 10.25% 81 5.72%
217 86.11% 11 4.37% 9 3.57% 15 5.95%
325 74.71% 27 6.21% 54 12.41% 29 6.67%
487 81.17% 25 4.17% 52 8.67% 36 6.00%
30 73.17% 1 2.44% 5 12.20% 5 12.20%
824 80.47% 37 3.61% 103 10.06% 60 5.86%
12,244 78.64% 367 2.36% 2,154 13.83% 805 5.17%
1,160 78.06% 80 5.38% 160 10.77% 86 5.79%
1,249 81.32% 65 4.23% 158 10.29% 64 4.17%
900 79.30% 48 4.23% 117 10.31% 70 6.17%
112 78.32% 7 4.90% 13 9.09% 11 7.69%
197 73.78% 16 5.99% 37 13.86% 17 6.37%
38 79.17% 3 6.25% 4 8.33% 3 6.25%
185 73.12% 17 6.72% 29 11.46% 22 8.70%
247 82.06% 8 2.66% 25 8.31% 21 6.98%
24 88.89% 0 0.00% 3 11.11% 0 0.00%
259 64.75% 13 3.25% 107 26.75% 21 5.25%
199 81.56% 12 4.92% 20 8.20% 13 5.33%
1,153 83.25% 41 2.96% 134 9.68% 57 4.12%
310 77.31% 13 3.24% 45 11.22% 33 8.23%
172 79.63% 9 4.17% 18 8.33% 17 7.87%
30 85.71% 2 5.71% 0 0.00% 3 8.57%
493 81.35% 23 3.80% 56 9.24% 34 5.61%

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nebraska Democratic Delegation 2020. November 24, 2021. November 21, 2022.
  2. News: Moring. Roseann. Mertes. Micah. Nebraska Democratic Party votes to discontinue caucuses and return to primary system. Omaha World-Herald. December 9, 2018. June 23, 2019.
  3. Web site: Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses. The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. March 19, 2022.
  4. Web site: The Math Behind the Democratic Delegate Allocation - 2020. The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. November 21, 2022.
  5. Web site: 2020 Elections . Nebraska Statewide Ballot Certified Candidates for Presidential Primary Finalized . April 10, 2020 . en . March 16, 2020.
  6. Web site: 2020 Elections . Presidential candidates identified for Nebraska’s primary ballot . April 10, 2020 . en . March 16, 2020.
  7. Web site: Official Report of the Nebraska Board of State Canvassers: Primary Election, May 12, 2020. Nebraska Board of State Canvassers. 8 June 2020. 14 October 2020.
  8. Web site: Delegate Tracker . interactives.ap.org . Associated Press . May 13, 2020.