Presidential election in Guam, 2020
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2020 presidential election  |
Democratic caucus: June 6, 2020 |
Republican caucus: March 14, 2020 |
Non-binding straw poll: November 3, 2020 |
Guam does not cast electoral votes for president of the United States. It does, however, hold primary nominating events.
After postponing its May 2 Democratic caucus indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Guam Democratic Party announced on June 4 that the caucus would be held on June 6, 2020.[1][2] Former Vice President Joe Biden won the Democratic caucus.[3]
The Republican Party of Guam unanimously adopted a resolution at its convention on March 14, 2020, to endorse President Donald Trump. He was awarded all nine of the territory's delegates.[4]
In the Democratic caucus, candidates had to receive at least15% of the vote in order to qualify for the proportional allocation of delegates.[5] Following the Republican territorial convention, all delegates are unbound.[6]
In 1980, Guam began holding a non-binding straw poll for president on the day of the general election. The winner of every Guam straw poll between 1980 and 2012 went on to win the presidency.[7] Hillary Clinton won in 2016.
Election results
Guam Democratic presidential caucus on June 6, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
|
 | Joe Biden |
69.6
|
270 | 5 |
 | Bernie Sanders |
30.4
|
118 | 2 |
 |
Total votes: 388 • Total pledged delegates: 7 |
Democratic caucus
- See also: Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) was formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee at the 2020 Democratic National Convention on August 18, 2020.[8] The convention was originally scheduled to take place July 13-16, 2020.[9] Organizers postponed the event in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. In 2020, a Democratic presidential candidate needed support from 1,991 delegates to secure the nomination.
With the plurality of pledged delegates, Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on April 8, 2020, after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his presidential campaign.[10] Biden crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination on June 5, 2020.[11]
Biden announced U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D) as his running mate on August 11, 2020. Harris is the first Black woman to appear on a major party's ticket in the United States.[12]
Republican territorial convention
- See also: Republican presidential nomination, 2020
The Republican Party selected President Donald Trump as its presidential nominee at the 2020 Republican National Convention, which was held from August 24-27, 2020.[13]
Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. Trump crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination—1,276 delegates—on March 17, 2020.
George H.W. Bush (R) was the last incumbent to face a serious primary challenge, defeating political commentator Pat Buchanan in 1992. He was also the last president to lose his re-election campaign. Franklin Pierce (D) was the first and only elected president to lose his party's nomination in 1856.[14]
Sixteen U.S. presidents—approximately one-third—have won two consecutive elections.
Straw poll
Guam does not carry any electoral college votes and therefore cannot vote in the general presidential election. However, Guam does hold a non-binding straw poll on the same day as the general election. Joe Biden (D) won Guam's straw poll in 2020.
Hillary Clinton won the territory's straw poll vote for president on November 8, 2016, with 72 percent of the vote. Donald Trump received 24 percent of the vote. In total, 32,071 ballots were cast.[15]
Past winners
- 2016: Hillary Clinton (D)
- 2012: Barack Obama (D)
- 2008: Barack Obama (D)
- 2004: George W. Bush (R)
- 2000: George W. Bush (R)
- 1996: Bill Clinton (D)
- 1992: Bill Clinton (D)
- 1988: George H.W. Bush (R)
- 1984: Ronald Reagan (R)
- 1980: Ronald Reagan (R)[7]
See also
- Presidential candidates, 2020
- Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
- Republican presidential nomination, 2020
- Presidential election by state, 2020
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Twitter, "Josh Putnam on May 2, 2020," accessed May 2, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Facebook, "Democratic Party of Guam on June 5, 2020," accessed June 5, 2020 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "rescheduled" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Facebook, "Democratic Party of Guam on June 6, 2020," accessed June 6, 2020
- ↑ Pacific Island Times, "Guam GOP endorses Trump-Pence," March 14, 2020
- ↑ The Green Papers, "Guam Democrat," accessed January 30, 2020
- ↑ The Green Papers, "Guam Republican," accessed January 30, 2020
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Guam Election Commission, "2012 Election Comparative Analysis," July 5, 2013
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "2020 DNC in Milwaukee pushed back to week of August 17 in response to coronavirus pandemic," April 2, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "Milwaukee Picked as Site of 2020 Democratic National Convention," March 11, 2019
- ↑ Talking Points Memo, "Bernie Sanders Ends 2020 Bid, Making Biden Presumptive Dem Nominee," April 8, 2020
- ↑ AP, "Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination," June 5, 2020
- ↑ CNBC, "Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris to be his vice presidential running mate, making her the first black woman on a major ticket," August 11, 2020
- ↑ Charlotte Observer, "Here’s when the 2020 Republican National Convention will be in Charlotte," October 1, 2018
- ↑ NPR, "When Has A President Been Denied His Party's Nomination?" July 22, 2009
- ↑ USA Today, "Guam, which has historically predicted election winner, picks Clinton," November 8, 2016
