2020 Kansas Democratic primary
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The 2020 Kansas Democratic primary will take place on Saturday, May 2, 2020, and is the sole contest scheduled on that date in the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Kansas primary is a closed party-run primary, with the state awarding 47 delegates, of which 41 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.[1]
Procedure
Kansas is the sole state in the Democratic primaries with in-person voting on May 2,[2] although mail-in voting will take place between March 30 and April 24.[3] For the first time since 1992,[4] Kansas Democrats will not use a caucus to apportion delegates. Instead, the Kansas Democratic Party will use a party-run primary with ranked-choice voting.[5] Kansans will be able to utilize same-day voter registration for in-person voting and vote using a ranked-choice ballot for both mail-in and in-person voting.
On March 30, registered Democrats will receive mail-in ballots to vote in the election. Individuals registering to vote in Kansas as Democrats after March 9 can request ballots via the Kansas Democratic Party's website or by contacting the state party's Topeka headquarters until 5:00 p.m. on April 17. The postmark deadline to return completed mail-in ballots is April 24.
In-person voting is expected to take place throughout the state on May 2 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. using paper ballots. Election results will be released following in-person voting.
In the closed party-run primary, voters will rank their top five candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. If some candidates do not receive a minimum 15% of all first-choice votes, the candidate with the fewest first-choices is eliminated. Voters who chose this candidate as their top choice will have their votes given to their next choice. If after redistribution there are still candidates with fewer than 15% of the vote, the process repeats, round by round, until all candidates remaining have reached at least 15% of the vote. Candidates will earn their proportional share of delegates, based on the percentage that each candidate received in the final round of the total tally.
The 41 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 41 pledged delegates, between four and seven are allocated to each of the state's four congressional districts and another four are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to seven at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.[6]
Because the primary will complete after May 1,[7] the Democratic National Committee awarded Kansas a 20 percent bonus in delegates for a total of 47 delegates instead of the original 39. The Kansas Democratic Party announced on December 9, 2019, that the Democratic National Committee had declared Kansas' Delegate Selection Plan to be in full compliance.[8]
Senate district conventions will meet on Saturday, May 9, to nominate delegates for subsequent congressional district conventions on Saturday, May 16, where the district-level national convention delegates will be designated. The state convention will subsequently be held on Saturday, June 6, to vote on the seven pledged at-large and four PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 41 pledged delegates Kansas sends to the national convention will be joined by six unpledged PLEO delegates (four members of the Democratic National Committee; a sole U.S. representative in Sharice Davids; and the governor, Laura Kelly).[6]
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[lower-alpha 1] |
Margin of error |
Joe Biden |
Tulsi Gabbard |
Bernie Sanders |
Other | Undecided |
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| Public Policy Polling | Mar 10–11, 2020 | 550 (LV) | – | 59% | 3% | 35% | – | 4% |
Notes
- ↑ Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear
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