2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary took place on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, as part of the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Nebraska primary is a semi-closed primary. The state awards 33 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 29 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.
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 Election results by county
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Procedure
While Nebraska Democrats previously used caucuses as their nominating process, the party's central committee decided on December 8, 2018 to return to a primary system after the proposal was "overwhelmingly" supported in a voice vote.[1]
Voting is expected to start and end simultaneously throughout the state, with polling places in the Central Time Zone open from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. and those in the Mountain Time Zone open between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. In the semi-closed primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 25 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 25 pledged delegates, between 5 and 9 are allocated to each of the state's 3 congressional districts and another 3 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 7 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals assume Nebraska receives bonus delegates from timing and as a result of regional clustering.[2]
County conventions will subsequently be held between Thursday, May 21, 2020 and Sunday, May 31, 2020 to elect delegates to the state convention, which will be held between Friday, June 12 and Sunday, June 14, 2020. The state convention will vote on Saturday, June 13, 2020 to designate national convention delegates, including 4 unpledged PLEO delegates (4 members of the Democratic National Committee).[2]
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden | 126,444 | 76.83% | 29 |
| Bernie Sanders (suspended) | 23,214 | 14.10% | |
| Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) | 10,401 | 6.32% | |
| Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn) | 4,523 | 2.75% | |
| Total | 164,582 | 100% | 29 |
| County | Joe Biden | Tulsi Gabbard | Bernie Sanders | Elizabeth Warren | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Adams | 1,483 | 77.60% | 65 | 3.40% | 242 | 12.66% | 121 | 6.33% |
| Antelope | 216 | 77.42% | 22 | 7.89% | 20 | 7.17% | 21 | 7.53% |
| Arthur | 9 | 90.00% | 1 | 10.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Banner | 12 | 92.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 7.69% |
| Blaine | 14 | 93.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 6.67% |
| Boone | 246 | 74.55% | 28 | 8.48% | 29 | 8.79% | 27 | 8.18% |
| Box Butte | 442 | 79.21% | 24 | 4.30% | 57 | 10.22% | 35 | 6.27% |
| Boyd | 60 | 78.95% | 3 | 3.95% | 6 | 7.89% | 7 | 9.21% |
| Brown | 57 | 69.51% | 5 | 6.10% | 14 | 17.07% | 6 | 7.32% |
| Buffalo | 1,900 | 76.74% | 91 | 3.68% | 331 | 13.37% | 154 | 6.22% |
| Burt | 477 | 82.38% | 15 | 2.59% | 52 | 8.98% | 35 | 6.04% |
| Butler | 352 | 78.22% | 20 | 4.44% | 47 | 10.44% | 31 | 6.89% |
| Cass | 1,584 | 81.52% | 77 | 3.96% | 183 | 9.42% | 99 | 5.10% |
| Cedar | 358 | 71.31% | 46 | 9.16% | 46 | 9.16% | 52 | 10.36% |
| Chase | 84 | 73.68% | 8 | 7.02% | 8 | 7.02% | 14 | 12.28% |
| Cherry | 147 | 74.24% | 10 | 5.05% | 23 | 11.62% | 18 | 9.09% |
| Cheyenne | 313 | 78.45% | 14 | 3.51% | 45 | 11.28% | 27 | 6.77% |
| Clay | 266 | 74.72% | 19 | 5.34% | 49 | 13.76% | 22 | 6.18% |
| Colfax | 354 | 77.80% | 28 | 6.15% | 41 | 9.01% | 32 | 7.03% |
| Cuming | 304 | 80.21% | 22 | 5.80% | 23 | 6.07% | 30 | 7.92% |
| Custer | 327 | 80.94% | 27 | 6.68% | 28 | 6.93% | 22 | 5.45% |
| Dakota | 664 | 80.10% | 29 | 3.50% | 98 | 11.82% | 38 | 4.58% |
| Dawes | 389 | 71.12% | 20 | 3.66% | 91 | 16.64% | 47 | 8.59% |
| Dawson | 562 | 77.52% | 26 | 3.59% | 98 | 13.52% | 39 | 5.38% |
| Deuel | 44 | 80.00% | 1 | 1.82% | 4 | 7.27% | 6 | 10.91% |
| Dixon | 270 | 76.49% | 26 | 7.37% | 31 | 8.78% | 26 | 7.37% |
| Dodge | 2,016 | 80.10% | 88 | 3.50% | 275 | 10.93% | 138 | 5.48% |
| Douglas | 43,383 | 77.23% | 1,157 | 2.06% | 8,236 | 14.66% | 3,401 | 6.05% |
| Dundy | 35 | 68.63% | 2 | 3.92% | 6 | 11.76% | 8 | 15.69% |
| Fillmore | 325 | 78.13% | 23 | 5.53% | 37 | 8.89% | 31 | 7.45% |
| Franklin | 137 | 86.71% | 7 | 4.43% | 7 | 4.43% | 7 | 4.43% |
| Frontier | 80 | 87.91% | 5 | 5.49% | 4 | 4.40% | 2 | 2.20% |
| Furnas | 120 | 75.00% | 11 | 6.88% | 19 | 11.88% | 10 | 6.25% |
| Gage | 1,558 | 82.09% | 73 | 3.85% | 170 | 8.96% | 97 | 5.11% |
| Garden | 67 | 82.72% | 4 | 4.94% | 6 | 7.41% | 4 | 4.94% |
| Garfield | 52 | 92.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 3.57% | 2 | 3.57% |
| Gosper | 73 | 82.95% | 2 | 2.27% | 9 | 10.23% | 4 | 4.55% |
| Grant | 10 | 76.92% | 1 | 7.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 15.38% |
| Greeley | 155 | 75.24% | 20 | 9.71% | 14 | 6.80% | 17 | 8.25% |
| Hall | 2,633 | 78.29% | 116 | 3.45% | 418 | 12.43% | 196 | 5.83% |
| Hamilton | 393 | 79.88% | 23 | 4.67% | 46 | 9.35% | 30 | 6.10% |
| Harlan | 119 | 73.01% | 14 | 8.59% | 19 | 11.66% | 11 | 6.75% |
| Hayes | 17 | 85.00% | 2 | 10.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 5.00% |
| Hitchcock | 86 | 76.79% | 3 | 2.68% | 13 | 11.61% | 10 | 8.93% |
| Holt | 289 | 76.25% | 21 | 5.54% | 43 | 11.35% | 26 | 6.86% |
| Hooker | 28 | 75.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 6 | 16.22% | 3 | 8.11% |
| Howard | 327 | 78.61% | 26 | 6.25% | 37 | 8.89% | 26 | 6.25% |
| Jefferson | 438 | 81.41% | 23 | 4.28% | 51 | 9.48% | 26 | 4.83% |
| Johnson | 281 | 80.75% | 17 | 4.89% | 33 | 9.48% | 17 | 4.89% |
| Kearney | 305 | 83.56% | 17 | 4.66% | 28 | 7.67% | 15 | 4.11% |
| Keith | 255 | 81.73% | 12 | 3.85% | 27 | 8.65% | 18 | 5.77% |
| Keya Paha | 28 | 82.35% | 3 | 8.82% | 1 | 2.94% | 2 | 5.88% |
| Kimball | 103 | 80.47% | 3 | 2.34% | 18 | 14.06% | 4 | 3.13% |
| Knox | 436 | 78.14% | 31 | 5.56% | 51 | 9.14% | 40 | 7.17% |
| Lancaster | 27,239 | 75.23% | 757 | 2.09% | 5,659 | 15.63% | 2,552 | 7.05% |
| Lincoln | 1,480 | 78.68% | 108 | 5.74% | 193 | 10.26% | 100 | 5.32% |
| Logan | 10 | 71.43% | 1 | 7.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 21.43% |
| Loup | 33 | 80.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 7 | 17.07% | 1 | 2.44% |
| Madison | 1,062 | 75.37% | 66 | 4.68% | 170 | 12.07% | 111 | 7.88% |
| McPherson | 9 | 75.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 16.67% | 1 | 8.33% |
| Merrick | 299 | 74.38% | 24 | 5.97% | 45 | 11.19% | 34 | 8.46% |
| Morrill | 173 | 89.64% | 3 | 1.55% | 10 | 5.18% | 7 | 3.63% |
| Nance | 153 | 81.38% | 8 | 4.26% | 16 | 8.51% | 11 | 5.85% |
| Nemaha | 388 | 79.35% | 17 | 3.48% | 56 | 11.45% | 28 | 5.73% |
| Nuckolls | 218 | 84.82% | 10 | 3.89% | 15 | 5.84% | 14 | 5.45% |
| Otoe | 882 | 80.99% | 36 | 3.31% | 112 | 10.28% | 59 | 5.42% |
| Pawnee | 179 | 84.04% | 8 | 3.76% | 18 | 8.45% | 8 | 3.76% |
| Perkins | 84 | 83.17% | 7 | 6.93% | 1 | 0.99% | 9 | 8.91% |
| Phelps | 329 | 76.87% | 23 | 5.37% | 48 | 11.21% | 28 | 6.54% |
| Pierce | 155 | 74.52% | 12 | 5.77% | 26 | 12.50% | 15 | 7.21% |
| Platte | 1,099 | 77.67% | 90 | 6.36% | 145 | 10.25% | 81 | 5.72% |
| Polk | 217 | 86.11% | 11 | 4.37% | 9 | 3.57% | 15 | 5.95% |
| Red Willow | 325 | 74.71% | 27 | 6.21% | 54 | 12.41% | 29 | 6.67% |
| Richardson | 487 | 81.17% | 25 | 4.17% | 52 | 8.67% | 36 | 6.00% |
| Rock | 30 | 73.17% | 1 | 2.44% | 5 | 12.20% | 5 | 12.20% |
| Saline | 824 | 80.47% | 37 | 3.61% | 103 | 10.06% | 60 | 5.86% |
| Sarpy | 12,244 | 78.64% | 367 | 2.36% | 2,154 | 13.83% | 805 | 5.17% |
| Saunders | 1,160 | 78.06% | 80 | 5.38% | 160 | 10.77% | 86 | 5.79% |
| Scotts Bluff | 1,249 | 81.32% | 65 | 4.23% | 158 | 10.29% | 64 | 4.17% |
| Seward | 900 | 79.30% | 48 | 4.23% | 117 | 10.31% | 70 | 6.17% |
| Sheridan | 112 | 78.32% | 7 | 4.90% | 13 | 9.09% | 11 | 7.69% |
| Sherman | 197 | 73.78% | 16 | 5.99% | 37 | 13.86% | 17 | 6.37% |
| Sioux | 38 | 79.17% | 3 | 6.25% | 4 | 8.33% | 3 | 6.25% |
| Stanton | 185 | 73.12% | 17 | 6.72% | 29 | 11.46% | 22 | 8.70% |
| Thayer | 247 | 82.06% | 8 | 2.66% | 25 | 8.31% | 21 | 6.98% |
| Thomas | 24 | 88.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 11.11% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Thurston | 259 | 64.75% | 13 | 3.25% | 107 | 26.75% | 21 | 5.25% |
| Valley | 199 | 81.56% | 12 | 4.92% | 20 | 8.20% | 13 | 5.33% |
| Washington | 1,153 | 83.25% | 41 | 2.96% | 134 | 9.68% | 57 | 4.12% |
| Wayne | 310 | 77.31% | 13 | 3.24% | 45 | 11.22% | 33 | 8.23% |
| Webster | 172 | 79.63% | 9 | 4.17% | 18 | 8.33% | 17 | 7.87% |
| Wheeler | 30 | 85.71% | 2 | 5.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 8.57% |
| York | 493 | 81.35% | 23 | 3.80% | 56 | 9.24% | 34 | 5.61% |
References
- Moring, Roseann; Mertes, Micah (December 9, 2018). "Nebraska Democratic Party votes to discontinue caucuses and return to primary system". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- "Nebraska Democratic Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. May 3, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- "Official Report of the Nebraska Board of State Canvassers: Primary Election, May 12, 2020" (PDF). Nebraska Board of State Canvassers. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- "Delegate Tracker". interactives.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved May 13, 2020.