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2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
District Level Pre-primary Caucuses: Saturday 25 January 2020 (presumably)
Primary: Tuesday 11 February 2020 (presumably)1
Caucus / National Convention Delegation Meeting: Saturday 25 April 2020 (presumably)
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Biden, Joseph Robinette "Joe", Jr. 24  72.73%
Sanders, Bernard "Bernie"9  27.27%9  27.27%
Buttigieg, Peter Paul Montgomery "Pete"9  27.27% 
Klobuchar, Amy Jean6  18.18% 
(available)9  27.27% 
Total33 100.00%33 100.00%

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2020 Delegate Selection Plan from the New Hampshire Democratic Party.


2 October 2019: The New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner set the Presidential Primary filing deadline for 15 November 2019. The Primary is for the Republican and Democratic Parties only.

25 November 2019: The New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner set the date of the Presidential Primary to 11 February 2020.

Presidential Primary filings from the New Hampshire Secretary of State.

2020 Presidential Primary Political Calendar from the New Hampshire Elections Division.


2020 Presidential Primary Election Results from the New Hampshire Elections Division.


   

Saturday 25 January 2020 (presumably): District Level Pre-primary Caucuses. National Convention District-level delegates are slated by Presidential Preference.

 

Participation in New Hampshire's delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. Only Democrats and undeclared (independents) can request a Democratic ballot in the Presidential Preference Primary

Tuesday 11 February 2020 (presumably): New Hampshire Primary. Hours reportedly 6:00a-8:00p EST (1100-0100 UTC). Polls must open by 11 AM however most open between 7 AM and 8 AM. NEW HAMPSHIRE permits its 13 cities to keep their polls open until 8 PM EDT by local option- however, as there ARE only 13 cities among New Hampshire's 234 County subdivisions [the 221 "non-cities", of course, being the proverbial New England Town(ship)], the fact is that the vast majority of NH's polls have closed by 7 PM EDT and the networks have no problem considering this hour as the earliest hour of potential projection. Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Modified Primary.

Primary
Source: New Hampshire Elections Division.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Sunday 29 March 2020.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders76,38425.60%
Peter Paul Montgomery "Pete" Buttigieg72,45424.28%
Amy Jean Klobuchar58,71419.68%
Elizabeth Ann Warren27,4299.19%
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.24,9448.36%
Thomas Fahr "Tom" Steyer10,7323.60%
Tulsi Gabbard9,7553.27%
Andrew Yang8,3122.79%
Michael Rubens "Mike" Bloomberg (write-in)4,6751.57%
Deval Laurdine Patrick1,2710.43%
Donald John Trump (write-in)1,2170.41%
Michael Farrand Bennet9520.32%
Cory Anthony Booker1570.05%
Scatter (write-in)1570.05%
Joseph A. "Joe" Sestak, Jr.1520.05%
Kamala D. Harris1290.04%
Marianne Williamson990.03%
Steve Burke860.03%
Julián Castro830.03%
John Kevin Delaney830.03%
Tom Koos720.02%
Steve Bullock640.02%
David John Thistle530.02%
Lorenz Kraus520.02%
Robert Carr "Robby" Wells, Jr.450.02%
Henry Hewes430.01%
Sam Sloan340.01%
Mosemarie Dora "Mosie" Boyd320.01%
Ben "Gleib" Gleiberman310.01%
Mark Stewart Greenstein310.01%
Thomas James Torgesen300.01%
Rita Anna-Maria Krichevsky230.01%
Michael A. Ellinger190.01%
William Floyd "Bill" Weld (write-in)170.01%
Jason Evritte Dunlap120.00%
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, III110.00%
Romney (write-in)100.00%
Raymond Michael Moroz80.00%
Richard "Rick" Kraft (write-in)20.00%
Matthew John "Matt" Matern (write-in)20.00%
Eric Merrill (write-in)10.00%
Total298,377100.00%
 

24 of 33 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's New Hampshire Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged 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 pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 2 congressional districts.
  • In addition, 8 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
    • 5 at-large National Convention delegates
    • 3 Pledged PLEOs

Primary
Source: New Hampshire Elections Division.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Sunday 29 March 2020.

ContestSandersButtigiegKlobuchar
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDel
CD1147,626102,639837,2572.904335,9402.801329,4422.2952
CD2150,751104,913839,1272.984336,5142.784329,2722.2322
PLEO298,377207,552376,3841.104172,4541.047158,7140.8491
At-Large298,377207,552576,3841.840272,4541.745258,7141.4141
Total
Delegates
  24  9  9  6

19 March 2020: Per the New Hampshire Democratic Party-- Senator Klobuchar and Mayor Buttigieg, have only suspended their campaigns, not officially withdraw, and will retain their At-Large and Pledged PLEO delegates.

 

Date of Presidential Primary [RSA 653:9]:

  • The presidential primary election shall be held on the second Tuesday in March or on a date selected by the secretary of state which is 7 days or more immediately preceding the date on which any other state shall hold a similar election, whichever is earlier, of each year when a president of the United States is to be elected or the year previous.
 

Saturday 25 April 2020 (presumably): Caucus / National Convention Delegation Meeting in Concord.

National Convention Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates are elected by a committee consisting of a quorum of district-level delegates.

The remaining 9 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 9 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 5 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 4 Members of Congress (2 Senators and 2 Representatives).
    • 0 Governors.
    • 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 9 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

 

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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  Primary/Caucus/Convention Glossary  
  Statutory Election Information of the Several states / Presidential Primary  
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