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2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
District Conventions: Circa April 2020 (date not set)
State Convention: Saturday 2 May 2020
Republicans
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Trump, Donald John50 100.00%50 100.00%
Total50 100.00%50 100.00%

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Circa April 2020 (date not set): District conventions convene. (The County Conventions elected delegates to the District Conventions in 2019.)

 

7 September 2019: The Executive Committee of the South Carolina Republican Party voted unanimously to cancel the Primary. SCGOP Chairman Drew McKissick: "As a general rule, when either party has an incumbent President in the White House, there's no rationale to hold a primary, just as South Carolina Republicans did not hold one in 1984 or 2004, and Democrats did not in 1996 and 2012. With no legitimate primary challenger and President Trump's record of results, the decision was made to save South Carolina taxpayers over $1.2 million and forgo an unnecessary primary. President Trump and his administration have delivered for South Carolinians, and we look forward to ensuring that Republican candidates up and down the ballot are elected in 2020."

11 December 2019: Richland County Circuit Judge Jocelyn Newman issued a ruling [Inglis v Heindel, civ 2019-cp-400-5486] in favor of the South Carolina Republican Party indicating that the party did not have to hold a primary. "The SCGOP's state executive committee acted well within its discretion according to state law and party rules, customs, and precedent."

Saturday 2 May 2020: South Carolina State Convention. Delegate Selection: Delegate Selection Caucus/Convention. Voter Eligibility: Closed Caucus/Convention. The State Convention convenes to elect the 50 National Convention Delegates.

... the State Convention shall ... elect a national committeeman and national committeewoman and to elect at-large delegates ... to the National Convention. [South Carolina Republican Party Rules - RULE 7 (b)(6)]

 

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.

 

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Delegate Counts
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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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