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2020 Democrats Abroad presidential primary
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17 delegate votes (13 pledged, 4 unpledged)
to the Democratic National Convention
The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
 
Candidate Bernie Sanders Joe Biden Elizabeth Warren
(withdrawn)[a]
Home state Vermont Delaware Massachusetts
Delegate count 9 4 0
Popular vote 23,139 9,059 5,730
Percentage 57.9% 22.7% 14.3%
  Joe Biden   Bernie Sanders   Elizabeth Warren   Biden/Sanders Tie   Sanders/Warren Tie

The 2020 Democrats Abroad Presidential Primary took place from March 3 to 10, 2020, allowing U.S. citizens residing outside the United States and those officially affiliated with Democrats Abroad to participate in the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nomination process.[1] Spanning more than 230 voting locations worldwide, participants cast their in-person votes across various countries and continents. Alternative voting methods included e-mail and postal mail. The voting period started on Super Tuesday and concluded the Tuesday of the following week.[2] The 2020 Democrats Abroad Global Primary allocated a total of 21 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Among these, 13 were pledged delegates, committed to supporting a specific candidate based on primary results, each holding a full vote. Additionally, 8 automatic delegates, unbound to any candidate and each possessing a half vote, contributed to a cumulative total of 17 votes.

The official results were announced on 23 March 2020. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders emerged as the victor, with a strong showing with approximately 58% of the vote, resulting in the allocation of 9 delegates. Former Vice President Joe Biden garnered nearly 23% of the vote, translating in the allocation of 4 delegates. Meanwhile, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, despite formally withdrawing from the presidential race two days after Super Tuesday, earned around 14% of the vote, falling short of the mandated 15% threshold for delegate allocation.[3]

Procedure

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The Democrats Abroad party-run global primary ran from March 3 (Super Tuesday) to March 10, 2020, at hundreds of voting centers around the world.[4] Votes were also cast by fax, email, or post.

Eligibility: Voters had to meet the following criteria to vote[5]

  • Be abroad and be a U.S. citizen
  • Be a member of Democrats Abroad
  • Be 18 as of November 3, 2020
  • Not have voted, nor plan to vote, in any other 2020 state presidential primary

Voters abroad also voted by downloading a ballot and emailing or postal mailing it to Democrats Abroad from February 18, 2020. Ballots must have been received prior to 12:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on March 11, 2020. No proxy voting was permitted. It was not possible for voters to change their vote if their supported candidate had officially withdrawn from the ballot during the voting period.

Candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent in order to be allocated pledged delegates to the National Convention. The 13 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the party-run primary, also classified as a caucus, including 9 at-large regional delegates (divided between three world regions), one global PLEO delegate (party leader and elected official) and three at-large global delegates.[6] As part of Stage I on the primary timetable there were no bonus delegates for a March contest on a joint date in that year.[7]

Regional conventions were held online (originally planned as regional caucuses during the global convention in Toronto, Canada) for the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe-Middle East-Africa regions on May 16, 2020, and May 17, 2020, selecting 9 national convention delegates, with the number each region was eligible to designate dependent on the proportion of ballots within each region, 6 for Europe-Middle East-Africa, 2 for the Americas, and 1 for Asia-Pacific. Between May 16 and May 17, 2020, the global convention also met online to elect a sole pledged PLEO delegate and 3 at-large delegates for the Democratic National Convention.[8] The delegation also included 8 unpledged delegates: 8 members of the Democratic National Committee, who each had a half vote (meaning 4 unpledged delegate votes).[6]

Candidates

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Pledged national
convention delegates
Type Del.
Regional at-large[b] 9
PLEO 1
At-large 3
Total pledged delegates 13

The following people have filed and were on the Democrats Abroad ballot when voting began:[10]

Running

Withdrawn

Cory Booker and Michael Bennet originally also qualified,[11] but officially withdrew from the ballot before the primary.[12][10] Bloomberg and Warren suspended their respective presidential campaigns on March 4 and March 5, while the primary was going on, with Bloomberg also officially withdrawing from the ballot on March 7, not being eligible for the rest of the voting period.[13]

Results

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Results of the primary were announced on Monday, March 23, 2020.[1]

2020 Democrats Abroad presidential primary[14]
Candidate Votes % Delegates
Bernie Sanders 23,139 57.87 9
Joe Biden 9,059 22.66 4
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)[d] 5,730 14.33
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn)[e] 892 2.23
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn)[c] 616 1.54
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn)[c] 224 0.56
Tulsi Gabbard 147 0.37
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 85 0.21
Deval Patrick (withdrawn) 26 0.07
Tom Steyer (withdrawn)[c] 19 0.05
Uncommitted 48 0.12
Total 39,985 100% 13

Results by country

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Country Sanders Biden Warren Bloomberg Buttigieg Klobuchar Gabbard Yang Patrick Steyer Uncommitted Total Percent of Total
 Afghanistan 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.01%
 Albania 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.02%
 Algeria 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Angola 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.01%
 Antigua and Barbuda 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01%
 Argentina 87 14 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 107 0.27%
 Armenia 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.02%
 Australia 944 324 113 11 12 4 7 2 2 1 0 1420 3.55%
 Austria 302 105 75 8 10 2 2 2 0 0 2 508 1.27%
 Azerbaijan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01%
 Bahamas 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.02%
 Bahrain 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.01%
 Bangladesh 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.01%
 Barbados 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.01%
 Belarus 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01%
 Belgium 200 81 59 10 5 3 3 1 1 0 0 363 0.91%
 Belize 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.02%
 Benin 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.01%
 Bhutan 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01%
 Bolivia 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.02%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.03%
 Botswana 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.01%
 Brazil 58 24 11 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 99 0.25%
 Bulgaria 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.02%
 Burundi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Cambodia 15 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0.06%
 Cameroon 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.01%
 Canada 2609 1195 659 89 78 26 20 2 4 4 5 4691 11.73%
 Cape Verde 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Central African Republic 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Chad 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Chile 53 11 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 0.19%
 China 687 227 92 17 11 6 6 16 1 0 3 1066 2.67%
 Colombia 80 17 9 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 113 0.28%
 Comoros 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Congo DR 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.01%
 Costa Rica 255 225 49 8 7 6 1 0 0 0 1 552 1.38%
 Croatia 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 0.04%
 Cuba 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01%
 Cyprus 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.01%
 Czechia 309 55 56 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 3 433 1.08%
 Denmark 356 81 112 10 7 1 4 0 0 1 0 572 1.43%
 Dominica 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01%
 Dominican Republic 29 16 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 53 0.13%
 Ecuador 116 69 18 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 212 0.53%
 Egypt 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0.09%
 El Salvador 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0.01%
 Estonia 6 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0.03%
 Eswatini 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Ethiopia 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.03%
 Fiji 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.02%
 Finland 150 50 33 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 241 0.60%
 France 1706 720 419 76 73 25 6 3 1 1 4 3034 7.59%
 Gambia 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.01%
 Georgia 19 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 25 0.06%
 Germany 3249 1086 754 51 67 28 16 7 2 1 7 5268 13.18%
 Ghana 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.02%
 Great Britain 2862 1224 1177 243 125 35 10 6 7 4 9 5702 14.26%
 Greece 118 64 35 7 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 232 0.58%
 Grenada 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01%
 Guatemala 71 61 35 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 174 0.44%
 Guinea 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Guyana 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Haiti 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.03%
 Honduras 8 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0.06%
 Hungary 78 26 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 117 0.29%
 Iceland 20 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 22 0.06%
 India 128 36 13 5 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 191 0.48%
 Indonesia 48 21 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 0.22%
 Iran 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01%
 Iraq 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.01%
 Israel 236 234 89 55 12 7 3 1 0 0 1 638 1.60%
 Italy 382 185 133 27 21 5 3 2 1 0 1 760 1.90%
 Ivory Coast 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01%
 Jamaica 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.01%
 Japan 757 117 62 6 8 2 4 12 0 0 1 969 2.42%
 Jordan 39 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 46 0.12%
 Kazakhstan 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.02%
 Kenya 20 16 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 49 0.12%
 Korea Republic 367 19 39 4 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 439 1.10%
 Kuwait 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0.06%
 Kyrgyzstan 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.01%
 Laos 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.04%
 Latvia 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.02%
 Lebanon 35 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 43 0.11%
 Liberia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Lithuania 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.02%
 Luxembourg 44 24 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 0.20%
 Madagascar 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01%
 Malawi 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.03%
 Malaysia 27 15 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 50 0.13%
 Mali 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01%
 Malta 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.02%
 Marshall Islands 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Mauritius 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Mexico 634 569 187 54 31 16 6 1 1 2 3 1504 3.76%
 Micronesia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Moldova 11 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 0.05%
 Monaco 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0.01%
 Morocco 24 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0.09%
 Mozambique 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.04%
 Myanmar 17 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0.06%
   Nepal 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.02%
 Netherlands 772 217 269 32 17 6 2 1 0 0 3 1319 3.30%
 New Zealand 248 53 44 3 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 357 0.89%
 Nicaragua 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.02%
 Nigeria 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.02%
 North Macedonia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Norway 268 66 76 6 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 429 1.07%
 Oman 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.02%
 Pakistan 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0.03%
 Palau 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Panama 56 73 27 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 164 0.41%
 Papua New Guinea 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.01%
 Paraguay 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.01%
 Peru 47 8 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0.20%
 Philippines 68 31 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 111 0.28%
 Poland 48 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 59 0.15%
 Portugal 100 61 39 7 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 215 0.54%
 Qatar 27 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 32 0.08%
 Republic of Ireland 293 86 103 8 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 498 1.25%
 Romania 17 14 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0.10%
 Russia 55 17 13 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 95 0.24%
 Rwanda 19 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0.09%
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.01%
 Saint Lucia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0.01%
 Saudi Arabia 30 3 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 40 0.10%
 Senegal 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.03%
 Serbia 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.02%
 Seychelles 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.01%
 Sierra Leone 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.02%
 Singapore 127 123 38 14 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 310 0.78%
 Slovakia 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.03%
 Slovenia 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.02%
 Somalia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 South Africa 52 43 15 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 116 0.29%
 South Sudan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01%
 Spain 1013 248 183 22 18 5 1 2 2 1 1 1496 3.74%
 Sri Lanka 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.01%
 Sudan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01%
 Sweden 635 217 105 6 9 4 3 2 1 0 0 982 2.46%
  Switzerland 448 299 157 25 25 10 2 1 0 0 0 967 2.42%
 Taiwan 263 52 1 10 1 1 4 6 0 0 2 340 0.08%
 Tanzania 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0.03%
 Thailand 352 144 85 12 5 2 4 3 0 0 1 608 1.52%
 Timor Leste 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01%
 Togo 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.02%
 Tonga 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01%
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.01%
 Tunisia 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.01%
 Turkey 99 9 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 0.32%
 Uganda 15 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 0.05%
 Ukraine 14 9 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0.07%
 United Arab Emirates 419 231 87 10 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 756 1.89%
 Uruguay 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.03%
 Uzbekistan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Venezuela 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
 Vietnam 430 55 37 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 528 1.32%
 Zambia 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.02%
 Zimbabwe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00%
TOTAL 23,139 9,059 5,730 892 616 224 147 85 26 19 48 39,985
Percent 57.87% 22.66% 14.33% 2.23% 1.54% 0.56% 0.37% 0.21% 0.07% 0.05% 0.12% 100.00%

Notes

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  1. ^ Warren withdrew on March 5, 2020, while voting was occurring, but before the primary ended.
  2. ^ Europe-Middle East-Africa received 6 delegates, Americas 2, Asia-Pacific 1.[9]
  3. ^ a b c d e f Candidate withdrew shortly before the primary, when online voting had already begun.
  4. ^ Candidate suspended campaign during the voting period.
  5. ^ Candidate suspended campaign and subsequently officially withdrew during the voting period.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Global Presidential Primary FAQ". democratsabroad.org. Democrats Abroad. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Global Primary in Detail". Democrats Abroad. March 23, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "The 2020 Global Presidential Primary Results Are In!". Democrats Abroad. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. ^ Putnam, Josh. "The 2020 Presidential Primary Calendar". Frontloading HQ. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  5. ^ "Democrats Abroad Global Presidential Primary in Brief". Democrats Abroad. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Democrats Abroad Democratic Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. May 3, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  7. ^ "Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  8. ^ "DA Global Convention Begins this Weekend!". June 5, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  9. ^ "2020 Regional Convention Wrap Up". May 17, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Senator Michael Bennet Withdraws from Primary Ballot". Democrats Abroad. February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  11. ^ "Democrats Abroad Announces 12 Democratic Presidential Candidates Qualify for Primary Ballot". January 7, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  12. ^ "Senator Cory Booker Withdraws from Primary Ballot". January 31, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  13. ^ "Mayor Michael Bloomberg Withdraws from the Global Presidential Primary Selection Process". March 7, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  14. ^ "The 2020 Global Presidential Primary Results Are In!". Democrats Abroad News. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
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