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Presidential election in the Northern Mariana Islands, 2020

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Northern Mariana Islands
2020 presidential election

Democratic caucus: March 14, 2020
Democratic winner: Bernie Sanders

Republican caucus: March 15, 2020
Republican winner: Donald Trump

Presidential election by state, 2020

The Northern Mariana Islands does not cast electoral votes for president of the United States. It does, however, hold primary nominating events.

Sen. Bernie Sanders won the Democratic caucus on March 14, 2020. The Republican Party of the Northern Marianas backed Donald Trump at its territorial convention on March 15, 2020.[1]

In the Democratic caucus, candidates had to receive at least15% of the vote in order to qualify for the proportional allocation of delegates.[2] The Republican territorial convention first votes for presidential preference and then to select delegates. All delegates are bound to the convention's presidential preference.[3]

Candidates and election results

Northern Mariana Islands Democratic presidential caucus on March 14, 2020
 
Candidate
%
Votes
Pledged delegates
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Bernie Sanders
 
20.6
 
84 4
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Joe Biden
 
11.8
 
48 2
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Tulsi Gabbard
 
0.0
 
0 0
  Other
 
67.6
 
275 0

 Source

Total votes: 407 • Total pledged delegates: 6


Democratic caucus

See also: Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
HIGHLIGHTS
  • The Northern Mariana Islands held its Democratic caucus on March 14, 2020.
  • The Northern Mariana Islands had 11 delegates comprised of 6 pledged delegates and 5 superdelegates. Delegate allocation was proportional.
  • The Democratic caucus was closed, meaning only registered Democrats were able to participate in the caucus.


    • Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) was formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee at the 2020 Democratic National Convention on August 18, 2020.[4] The convention was originally scheduled to take place July 13-16, 2020.[5] 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.[6] Biden crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination on June 5, 2020.[7]

    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.[8]

    Republican caucus

    See also: Republican presidential nomination, 2020
    HIGHLIGHTS
  • The Northern Mariana Islands held its Republican caucus on March 15, 2020.
  • The Northern Mariana Islands had 9 delegates comprised of 6 pledged delegates and 3 superdelegates. Delegate allocation is winner takes all.
  • The Republican territorial caucus was closed, meaning only registered Republicans were able to participate.


    • 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.[9]

    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.[10]

    Sixteen U.S. presidents—approximately one-third—have won two consecutive elections.


    For an overview of the 2016 presidential election in the Northern Mariana Islands, click here.



    See also

    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Marianas Variety, "NMI Republicans reiterate support for Trump," March 15, 2020
    2. ↑ The Green Papers, "Northern Marianas Democrat," accessed January 30, 2020
    3. ↑ The Green Papers, "Northern Marianas Republican," accessed January 30, 2020
    4. ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "2020 DNC in Milwaukee pushed back to week of August 17 in response to coronavirus pandemic," April 2, 2020
    5. ↑ The New York Times, "Milwaukee Picked as Site of 2020 Democratic National Convention," March 11, 2019
    6. ↑ Talking Points Memo, "Bernie Sanders Ends 2020 Bid, Making Biden Presumptive Dem Nominee," April 8, 2020
    7. ↑ AP, "Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination," June 5, 2020
    8. ↑ 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
    9. ↑ Charlotte Observer, "Here’s when the 2020 Republican National Convention will be in Charlotte," October 1, 2018
    10. ↑ NPR, "When Has A President Been Denied His Party's Nomination?" July 22, 2009
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