2020 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses

2020 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses

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The 2020 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses were scheduled to take place on April 4, 2020, in the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. However, the in-person caucus was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, and mail-in voting was extended to April 17, 2020.^[1]

The Wyoming caucuses are a closed caucus, with the state awarding 18 delegates, of which 14 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the caucuses. Voters cast ranked choice voting ballots, with a voter's ballot counting for a backup ranked choice if their first choice was in last place and below the 15 percent threshold for winning delegates. Joe Biden won the primary, taking 72.2% of the vote after the distribution of preferences compared to Bernie Sanders 27.8%.

Procedure[]

The Wyoming Democratic Party published its final approved delegate selection plan on October 9, 2019, outlining that April 4 would be the first determining date for its party-run 2020 caucuses, which shall be decided throughout the process by Ranked-Choice votes. Only registered Democrats (defined as all persons residing in the county and registered to vote as Democrats at least by March 20) will be able to vote in the election, and they could have either chosen to vote by: mail (originally from January 30 to March 20), at the voter station of their county on March 28, or at the caucus event itself on April 4. Voters who wished to participate in the Caucus event on April 4 and cast their vote by a specifically marked "Caucus Day Ballot", would not have been eligible to do so if they prior to the event had voted by mail or at a voter station.^[2] Instead, all voting must occur by mail, and only ballots received by April 17 will be counted.^[3]

County caucuses would have begun across the state at 11:00 a.m. on April 4. In the closed caucuses, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent statewide in order to be considered viable. The 14 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the caucus. Of the 14 pledged delegates, 8 correspond to the result of the statewide vote (coterminous with its sole congressional district) and another 2 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 3 at-large pledged delegates. However, instead of applying the 15 percent threshold within each category, the state's 14 pledged delegates will be pooled. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.^[4]

The caucuses will also designate delegates to the state convention expected in June 2020, where all pledged delegates will be chosen. The 14 pledged delegates Wyoming sends to the national convention will be joined by 4 unpledged PLEO delegates (4 members of the Democratic National Committee).^[4]

Results[]

Inactive votes in final round: 273 (1.8%)

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• The Green Papers delegate allocation summary
• Wyoming Democratic Party draft delegate selection plan Archived 2019-07-16 at the Wayback Machine