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2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Party-Run Primary: Saturday 2 May 20201
Senate District Conventions: Saturday 9 May 2020
District Conventions: Saturday 16 May 2020
State Convention: Saturday 6 June 2020
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Biden, Joseph Robinette "Joe", Jr.29  64.44%35  77.78%
Sanders, Bernard "Bernie"10  22.22%10  22.22%
(available)6  13.33% 
Total45 100.00%45 100.00%

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Republican Convention
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Kansas Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress
 
Kansas State and Local Government

 
 

19 March 2020: Due to the COVID-19 virus, Kansas Democrats have urged voters to use vote by mail for the 2 May primary.

30 March 2020: Due to the COVID-19 virus, Kansas Democratic Party decided that the 2 May party-run primary would be entirely vote by mail. There will be no in-person voting.

Party-Run Presidential Primary and Delegate Selection Plan from the Kansas Democratic Party.


   

Participation in Kansas's delegate selection process is open to voters who wish to participate as a Democrat. To participate in the Party-Run primary, voters must be qualified to vote in the next general election and registered as a Democrat. Voters and may register at the Party-Run Primary. Provisions exist for advance and absentee voting.

Page 3 of the plan states: "The Party-Run Primary will use paper ballots with ranked choice voting; (Rule 2.H.3)". Voters will rank presidential candidates (1st through 5th choice) on their ballots. If a candidate receives fewer than 15% of all first-choice votes, votes will be reallocated to the next choice. The process is repeated until only those candidates with 15% or more of the votes remain.

Saturday 2 May 2020: Kansas Party-Run Primary. Hours 10:00a-4:00p CDT (1500-2100 UTC) / 10:00a-4:00p MDT (1600-2200 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Party-Run Primary
Source: Kansas Democratic Party.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Sunday 3 May 2020.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.110,04176.85%
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders33,14223.15%
Total143,183100.00%
 

39 of 45 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of today's Party-Run Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at the congressional district level or statewide level. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

  • 26 district delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the Primary vote in each of the State's 4 congressional districts.
  • 13 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the statewide Primary vote.
    • 9 at-large National Convention delegates
    • 4 Pledged PLEOs

Party-Run Primary
Source: Kansas Democratic Party.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Sunday 3 May 2020.

ContestBidenSanders
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDel
CD121,22921,229516,4743.88044,7551.1201
CD240,25140,251730,5885.32059,6631.6802
CD350,92150,921839,9116.270611,0101.7302
CD430,78230,782623,0684.49647,7141.5042
PLEO143,183143,1834110,0413.074333,1420.9261
At-Large143,183143,1839110,0416.917733,1422.0832
Total
Delegates
  39  29  10
 

Saturday 9 May 2020: Senate District Conventions. Conventions convene between 10a and 2p in each of Kansas's 40 State Senate Districts to elect delegates to the Congressional District conventions.

 

Saturday 16 May 2020: District Conventions. District Conventions convene between 10a and 12 noon to elect 26 Democratic National Convention district-level delegates according to the results of the Party-Run Primary.

 

Saturday 6 June 2020: State Convention

The At-Large and Pledged PLEO delegates are elected by the State Party Committee according to the results of the Party-Run Primary.

The remaining 6 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 6 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 4 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 1 Member of Congress (0 Senators and 1 Representative).
    • 1 Governor.
    • 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 6 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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Delegate Counts
  Democratic Pledged and Unpledged Summary   --   Republican Pledged and Unpledged Summary  
  Democratic Hard and Soft Summary   --   Republican Hard and Soft Summary  
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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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