2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary

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2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary
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46 delegates (34 pledged, 12 unpledged)
to the Democratic National Convention
The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
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Candidate Joe Biden Bernie Sanders
(withdrawn)		 Elizabeth Warren
(withdrawn)
Home state Delaware Vermont Massachusetts
Delegate count3040
Popular vote181,70037,43514,552
Percentage73.3%15.1%5.9%
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Election results by county
  Joe Biden

The 2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary took place on June 2, 2020, as one of eight delayed and regular primaries on the same day in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The New Mexico primary was a closed primary, with the state awarding 46 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of whom 34 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary results.

Contents

Former vice president and presumptive nominee Joe Biden won the primary with roughly 73% of the vote and won 30 delegates, helping him cross the necessary majority of 1,991 delegates and officially win the Democratic nomination three days later during the vote count, [1] while senator Bernie Sanders, who had suspended his campaign two months earlier, narrowly passed the threshold of 15% and received 4 delegates and senator Elizabeth Warren, also withdrawn, received most of the remaining votes with around 6%.

Procedure

New Mexico was one of seven states and the District of Columbia that voted on June 2, 2020, in the Democratic primaries, along with Indiana, Maryland, Montana, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Dakota. [2] Four of these states had moved their elections to June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

Voting took place throughout the state from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. In the closed primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15% at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 34 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the primary results. Of these, between 5 and 9 were allocated to each of the state's 3 congressional districts and another 4 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 7 at-large delegates. [3] Originally planned with 29 delegates, the final number included a 20% bonus of 5 additional delegates on the 19 district and 6 at-large delegates by the Democratic National Committee due to the June date, which belonged to Stage III on the primary timetable. [4] [5]

State delegates first voted on district-level delegates for the national convention at district conventions on June 13, and then voted on the 7 at-large and 4 pledged PLEO delegates at the state post-primary convention between June 19 and June 20. The delegation also included 12 unpledged PLEO delegates: 5 members of the Democratic National Committee, 5 members of Congress (both senators and all 3 representatives), the governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, and former DNC chair Fred R. Harris. [3]

Pledged national
convention delegates
TypeDel.
CD1 9
CD2 5
CD3 9
PLEO4
At-large7
Total pledged delegates34

Candidates

The following candidates appeared on the ballot:

Running

Withdrawn

There was also an option for uncommitted delegates.

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Joe
Biden		Michael
Bloomberg		Cory
Booker		Pete
Buttigieg		Tulsi
Gabbard		Amy
Klobuchar		Bernie
Sanders		Elizabeth
Warren		Andrew
Yang		OtherUndecided
Apr 8, 2020Sanders suspends his campaign
Mar 1–19, 2020Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Bloomberg, Warren, and Gabbard withdraw from the race
Jan 13–Feb 11, 2020Booker and Yang withdraw from the race
Emerson Polling Jan 3–6, 2020447 (RV)± 4.6%27%3%2%7%2%2%28%8%10%11% [lower-alpha 2] -

Results

2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary [6]
CandidateVotes %Delegates [7]
Joe Biden 181,70073.3030
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)37,43515.104
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)14,5525.87
Andrew Yang (withdrawn)4,0261.62
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn)2,7351.10
Deval Patrick (withdrawn)9710.39
Uncommitted Delegate6,4612.61
Total247,880100%34

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Steyer with 1%; Bennet, Delaney, Patrick, and Williamson with 0%; someone else with 10%

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  2. ↑ Putnam, Josh. "The 2020 Presidential Primary Calendar". Frontloading HQ. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "New Mexico Democratic Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. May 3, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  5. ↑ "The Math Behind the Democratic Delegate Allocation - 2020". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
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