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2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 3 March 20201
Municipal Caucuses: Sunday 8 March 2020 (presumably)
State Convention.: Saturday 30 May 2020
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Biden, Joseph Robinette "Joe", Jr.11  34.38%22  68.75%
Sanders, Bernard "Bernie"9  28.12%9  28.12%
(available)8  25.00%1   3.12%
Warren, Elizabeth Ann4  12.50% 
Total32 100.00%32 100.00%

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Maine Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress
 
Maine State and Local Government

 
 

21 June 2019: Maine Democrats Replace Caucus With Primary Set For Super Tuesday

Ranked-choice voting in Maine just got a lot more complicated by Bill Nemitz.

Delegate Selection Plan from The Maine Democratic Party.

2020 Schedule of Federal/State Elections from the Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions.


Returns from the Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions.

Results from WABI.


20 June 2019: Governor Janet T. Mills (Democratic) signed LD 1626, SP 523 which changes the date of the Presidential Primary. Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA c. 5, sub-c. 8 §441.1. reads: "No later than November 1st of the year prior to a presidential election year, the state committee of each party shall certify whether there is a contest among candidates for nomination as the presidential candidate. Upon receiving the certification from one or more parties, the Secretary of State shall announce the parties that will have a presidential primary election, which must be held on the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in March of the presidential election year."

6 September 2019: Governor Janet T. Mills (Democratic) will allow LD 1083, "An Act To Implement Ranked-choice Voting for Presidential Primary and General Elections in Maine" to become law without her signature. Voters rank the candidates in order of preference. Should one candidate receive a majority, that candidates "wins". If no one receives a majority, the candidate with the smallest number of votes is eliminated and his or her votes are redistributed to the voters' second-choice. The process continues until a candidate receives at least 50%. The party will be free to employ ranked-choice.


   

Participation in Maine's delegate selection process is open to all registered voters who at least 18 years old on the general election date and are enrolled in the Democratic Party. Residents who are enrolled in another party must change their affiliation at least 15 days before the primary. A resident who is unregistered or not enrolled in any party may register to vote on the day of the primary.

Tuesday 3 March 2020: Maine Primary. Hours reportedly 6:00a-8:00p EST (1100-0100 UTC). Voting places open between 6:00a Eastern Time and 10:00a Eastern Time depending on the size of the town. Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Primary
Source: Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Wednesday 25 March 2020.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.68,72933.37%
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders66,82632.45%
Elizabeth Ann Warren32,05515.57%
Michael Rubens "Mike" Bloomberg24,29411.80%
Peter Paul Montgomery "Pete" Buttigieg4,3642.12%
BLANK3,4171.66%
Amy Jean Klobuchar2,8261.37%
Tulsi Gabbard1,8150.88%
Andrew Yang6960.34%
Thomas Fahr "Tom" Steyer3130.15%
Deval Laurdine Patrick2180.11%
Marianne Williamson2010.10%
Cory Anthony Booker1830.09%
Total205,937100.00%
 

24 of 32 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders according to the results of the primary. The party will use the actual vote, rather than ranked-choice voting, to allocate its delegates. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

  • 16 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally based on the presidential preferences expressed in each of the State's 2 congressional districts.
  • In addition, 8 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based the support for the presidential contenders in the state as a whole.
    • 5 at-large National Convention delegates
    • 3 Pledged PLEOs

Primary
Source: Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Wednesday 25 March 2020.

ContestBidenSandersWarren
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDel
CD1131,559108,243943,0493.579442,7363.553322,4581.8672
CD274,37849,770725,6803.612424,0903.38839,597  
PLEO205,937167,610368,7291.230166,8261.196132,0550.5741
At-Large205,937167,610568,7292.050266,8261.993232,0550.9561
Total
Delegates
  24  11  9  4
 

Sunday 8 March 2020 (presumably): Maine Municipal Caucuses.

The Municipal Caucuses meet to choose delegates to the State Convention. Those State Convention delegates will be pledged to presidential contenders according to results of their respective caucuses, and not the results of the Presidential Primary.

 

Saturday 30 May 2020: State Convention.

National Convention delegates are elected at the state Convention according to the results of the Primary.

The remaining 8 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 8 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 4 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 2 Members of Congress (0 Senators and 2 Representatives).
    • 1 Governor.
    • 1 Distinguished Party Leader (former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell).

These 8 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

25 March 2020: The unpledged delegates are: Gov. Janet Mills, Reps Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, MDP Chair Kathleen Marra, Vice Chair Erik Gundersen, and DNC members state Rep. Diane Denk and state Sen. Troy Jackson.

 

Notes

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

1 Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

 

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Commentary: THE TIES THAT BIND-- OR DO THEY? or, Politicus Unbound
 
Delegate Allocation
  Democratic Quick Reference   --   Republican Quick Reference  
  The Math Behind the Democratic Delegate Allocation   --   The Math Behind the Republican Delegate Allocation  
  Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses  
 
  Democratic Delegate Pledging and Voter Eligibility   --   Republican Delegate Selection and Voter Eligibility  
 
  Primaries at a Glance  
 
  Results Status and Date Retrieved  
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  Estimating the Delegate Count  
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Documentation
  Historical Analysis of the Presidential Nominating Process  
  Historical Analysis of the apportionment of delegate votes at the National Conventions of the two major parties  
  Primary/Caucus/Convention Glossary  
  Statutory Election Information of the Several states / Presidential Primary  
  Dates of PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES re: selection and/or allocation/distribution of Delegates to Major Party National Conventions  
 
  Major Third Party Presidential Nomination Process  
 
  Straw Polls  
 
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