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Presidential Nominating Process
Global Party Run Primary: Tuesday 3 March - Tuesday 10 March 20201
Regional Conventions: Tuesday 14 April - Saturday 16 May 2020
Global Convention: Saturday 16 May - Sunday 17 May 2020
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Sanders, Bernard "Bernie"9  52.94%10  58.82%
Biden, Joseph Robinette "Joe", Jr.4  23.53%7  41.18%
(available)4  23.53% 
Total17 100.00%17 100.00%

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Republican Convention
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Delegate Selection Plan from Democrats Abroad.

23 March 2020: Voters in 180 countries parties.


   

Participation in Democrats Abroad's delegate selection process is open to all U.S. nationals who will be 18 years of age or older on 3 November 2020 and who wish to participate as Democrats. Voters must declare that are living abroad, are a member of Democrats Abroad, and have not participated and will not participate in the any other delegate selection process for the 2020 presidential election.

Tuesday 3 March - Tuesday 10 March 2020: Democrats Abroad Global Party Run Primary. Delegate Pledging: Proportional Caucus/Convention. Voter Eligibility: Open Caucus/Convention. Participants may vote by fax, email, in person, or postal mail (deadline for voter Ballot Request is 18 February, deadline to receive ballots is 11 March 2020 12a PDT, proxy voting is not permitted). Each voter casts a vote for 1 Presidential candidate (deadline for Statement of Candidacy is 6 January) or uncommitted. Write-ins are not permitted.

Global Party Run Primary
Source: The 2020 Global Presidential Primary Results.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Monday 23 March 2020.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders23,13957.87%
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.9,05922.66%
Elizabeth Ann Warren5,73014.33%
Michael Rubens "Mike" Bloomberg8922.23%
Peter Paul Montgomery "Pete" Buttigieg6161.54%
Amy Jean Klobuchar2240.56%
Tulsi Gabbard1460.37%
Andrew Yang850.21%
Uncommitted480.12%
Deval Laurdine Patrick260.07%
Thomas Fahr "Tom" Steyer190.05%
Total39,984100.00%

If a candidate formally withdraws before the 15 May global and regional meetings, any delegates they have been allocated will be assigned to other candidates who met the 15% threshold. Michael Bloomberg, Pete Buttigeig, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, Andrew Yang have all suspended their campaigns.

 

13 of the 17 delegate votes to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Democrats Abroad Global Party Run Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates. Here is how the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

  • 13 (12 At-large + 1 Pledged PLEO) delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the global primary vote as a whole.

Global Party Run Primary
Source: The 2020 Global Presidential Primary Results.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Monday 23 March 2020.

ContestSandersBiden
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDel
At-Large+PLEO39,98432,1981323,1399.34299,0593.6584
Total
Delegates
  13  9  4
 

Tuesday 14 April - Saturday 16 May 2020: Regional Conventions. Democrats Abroad will hold a Regional Conventions in Toronto, Canada. 9 At-Large National Convention delegates are elected according to the results of the Global Primary. Each Regional Caucus is entitled to elect at least 1 National Convention delegate. The number of delegates elected in each region is proportional to the percentage of votes cast in that region.

  • Americas Region.
  • Asia - Pacific Region.
  • Europe - Middle East - Africa Region.
 

Saturday 16 May - Sunday 17 May 2020: The Global Convention meets in Toronto, Canada to elect 1 Pledged PLEO, and 3 At-large National Convention delegates according to the results of the Global Primary.

DEMOCRATS ABROAD is allocated 17 delegate votes at the Democratic National Convention but will be sending 21 persons who will be acknowledged as "delegates" on the floor of the Convention.

  • The 8 Democratic National Committee members (the Global Chair and Vice Chair of Democrats Abroad and 6 elected DNC members) cast the 4 Unpledged PLEO delegate votes on the floor of the Convention (each such "Unpledged PLEO delegate" casting ½ vote).
DateDelegates SelectedEach delegate hasTotal Pledged
Delegate Votes
Total Unpledged
Delegate Votes
Regional Conventions9 regional1 delegate vote9 
Global Convention3 at-large1 delegate vote3 
Global Convention1 pledged PLEO1 delegate vote1 
Automatic8 unpledged PLEO½ delegate vote 4
Totals21 174
 
 

If a presidential candidate has officially notified the Global Chair in writing the she/he is no longer a candidate at the time of the Global Convention, then her/his allocation of Delegates will be proportionately divided among up over presidential preferences entitled to an allocation.


The Democrats Abroad delegation is made up of the following members:

Delegation Chair: Julia Bryan
Credentials: Claire Lops, Germany
Platform: Travis Mooney-Evans, United Kingdom
Rules: Joe Smallhoover, France

At-large Delegates - Americas: Tim Ellis, Canada (Sanders); Miguel Madrigal, Costa Rica (Biden)
At-large Delegates - Asia Pacific: John Baumlin, Japan (Sanders)
At-large Delegates - EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa): Diego Rivas, Germany (Sanders); Anne Dlugosz, France (Sanders); Farid Ben Amor, Switzerland (Sanders); Juan D. Cerda, Austria (Biden); Onélica Andrade, Belgium (Biden); Marisa Grimes, Rwanda (Biden)
At-large Delegates - Global: Anya Leonhard, Germany (Sanders); Helen Li, China (Sanders), Ty Cofield, Poland (Sanders)
PLEO (Party Leader/Elected Official) Delegate: Lissette Wright, Canada (Sanders)
DNC Members/"super delegates": Julia Bryan, Czech Republic; Alex Montgomery, Hong Kong; Adrianne George, Sweden; Connie Borde, France; John Eastwood, Taiwan; Kenneth Sherman, Canada; Martha McDevitt-Pugh, Netherlands; Orlando E. Vidal, United Arab Emerates
Alternate delegates: David Wenk, United Kingdom (Sanders); Maria Allgaier, United Kingdom (Biden)
Page: Samantha Wong, China

 

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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