Nebraska Democratic Delegation 2020

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2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Nebraska Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 12 May 2020¹
County Conventions: Sunday 17 May - Sunday 31 May 2020
State Convention: Saturday 13 June - Sunday 14 June 2020

Candidate	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Hard Total	Floor
Biden, Joseph Robinette "Joe", Jr.	`29 87.88%`	`33 100.00%`
(available)	`4 12.12%`
Total	`33 100.00%`	`33 100.00%`

Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Modified Primary.

33 total delegate votes - 20 district / 6 at large; 3 Pledged PLEOs; 4 Unpledged PLEOs

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Nebraska Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress

Nebraska State and Local Government

22 June 2018: The Nebraska Democratic Party's platform committee unanimously voted to proposed to the state convention that in 2020 the state use the state run primary rather than the caucuses to allocate its national convention delegates.

8 December 2018: The State Central Committee decided to use the state run primary to allocate its national convention delegates in 2020.

Delegate Selection Plan from the Nebraska Democratic Party.

Returns from an official source.
Results from a media source.

Participation in Nebraska's delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. Nebraska has voter registration by party and provides that a political party may allow registered voters who are not affiliated with a political party to vote in their primary election. Nebraska Democratic Party has adopted this rule.

Tuesday 12 May 2020: Nebraska Primary. Hours 8:00a-8:00p CDT / 7:00a-7:00p MDT (1300-0100 UTC). The polls open and close at the same GMT/UTC time, that is, polls open and close at a particular local time in the advanced time zone and open and close one hour earlier local time in the lagging time zone. Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Modified Primary..

Primary
Source: Nebraska Secretary of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Sunday 5 July 2020.
Included in Nationwide vote.

Candidate	Pop Vote	%
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.	126,444	76.83%
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders	23,214	14.10%
Elizabeth Ann Warren	10,401	6.32%
Tulsi Gabbard	4,523	2.75%
Total	164,582	100.00%

29 of 33 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

20 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the preferences expressed Primary in each of the State's 3 congressional districts.
9 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based the support for the presidential contenders in the Primary as a whole.

6 at-large National Convention delegates
3 Pledged PLEOs

We could not get same results in CD 2 as the party. If 70 votes for Sanders when to Biden in CD 2 the delegate numbers Biden agree.
Addition source: Sarpy County Elections - Sarpy is split between CD 1 and 2.
Dixon County is split between CD 1 and CD 3 and is estimated.

Primary
Source: Nebraska Secretary of State.
100% Reporting. Estimate.

Contest				Biden			Sanders
	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del
CD1	61,190	46,692	7	46,692	7.000	7	8,835
CD2	72,241	55,452	9	55,452	9.000	9	10,836
CD3	31,145	24,501	4	24,501	4.000	4	3,339
PLEO	164,576	126,645	3	126,645	3.000	3	23,010
At-Large	164,576	126,645	6	126,645	6.000	6	23,010
Total Delegates			29			29

Sunday 17 May - Sunday 31 May 2020: First Stage: County Conventions. County Convention delegates choose the county's delegates to the Nebraska State Democratic Convention.

Saturday 13 June - Sunday 14 June 2020: Second Stage: The State Democratic Convention convenes in Omaha. National Convention Delegates are elected on 13 June according to the results of the Primary.

The remaining 4 National Convention delegates consist of

4 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

4 Democratic National Committee members.
0 Members of Congress (0 Senators and 0 Representatives).
0 Governors.
0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 4 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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