2020 Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary explained

Election Name:2020 Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2016 Pennsylvania Republican primary
Previous Year:2016
Next Election:2024 Pennsylvania Republican primary
Next Year:2024
Election Date:June 2, 2020
Outgoing Members:NM
Elected Members:RI
Votes For Election:34 Republican National Convention delegates
Candidate1:Donald Trump
Country:Pennsylvania
Image1:Donald Trump official portrait (cropped).jpg
Color1:283681
Home State1:Florida[1]
Popular Vote1:1,053,616
Percentage1:92.1%
Delegate Count1:34
Type:presidential
Candidate2:Bill Weld
(withdrawn)
Home State2:Massachusetts
Delegate Count2:0
Popular Vote2:69,427
Percentage2:6.1%
Colour2:00A9E0

The 2020 Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary took place on June 2, 2020, as one of 7 contests scheduled for that day in the Republican Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election.

Even though the Republican National Committee mailed Pennsylvania voters encouraging mail-in voting, describing it as a "convenient and secureā€ option, most Republicans expressed opposition to the prospect. Earlier, the Republican-controlled House blocked a proposal to mail every Pennsylvanian a mail-in ballot application. This was in response to President Trump's skepticism of the practice, expressing concern mail-in voting may result in voter fraud that would potentially benefit the Democratic Party.[2]

Results

2020 Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary[3] ! style="text-align:left;"
CandidateVotes%Delegates[4]
Donald Trump1,053,61692.1%34
Bill Weld69,4276.1%0
Rocky De La Fuente20,4561.8%0
Total1,143,499100%34

Trump was declared the winner in the Republican primary, and received all of the state's 34 pledged delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention (the state also has 54 unpledged delegates).[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Trump, a symbol of New York, is officially a Floridian now. Politico. October 31, 2019. February 3, 2020. Matthew Choi.
  2. News: Do Republicans oppose vote by mail? In Pennsylvania, it's not that simple.. The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 13, 2020. April 14, 2020. April 14, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200414004056/https://www.inquirer.com/news/mail-in-election-voting-rights-pennsylvania-primary-2020-election-trump-20200413.html. live.
  3. News: Pennsylvania Presidential Republican Primary Election Results . The New York Times . June 2, 2020 . June 3, 2020 . June 2, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200602213447/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/02/us/elections/results-pennsylvania-president-republican-primary-election.html . live .
  4. Web site: Pennsylvania Republican Delegation 2020. The Green Papers. June 3, 2020. June 3, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603210301/https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/PA-R. live.