2020 Alaska Democratic presidential primary

2020 Alaska Democratic presidential primary
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19 delegates (15 pledged, 4 unpledged); to the Democratic National Convention; The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
	Election results by state house district; Joe Biden

Pledged national convention delegates
Type	Del.
CD at-large	9
PLEO	2
At-large	4
Total pledged delegates	15

The 2020 Alaska Democratic presidential primary had been scheduled to take place on April 4, 2020, in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, but in-person voting was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and mail-in voting was extended to April 10, 2020.^[1] The Alaska primary was a closed party-run primary, with the state awarding 19 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 15 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary. Voters cast ranked-choice voting ballots, with a voter's ballot counting for four ranked backup choices if their original choice was in last place and below the 15 percent threshold for winning delegates.

Former vice president and presumptive nominee Joe Biden won the rather narrow primary, taking 55% of the vote and 8 delegates after the distribution of preferences compared to senator Bernie Sanders' 44% and one delegate less. On the count of first choices, Biden and Sanders had taken approximately 50% and 39% of the vote, while 11% were spread between six other candidates who had withdrawn from the race, including 7% for senator Elizabeth Warren. On the final count, around 1% of votes were inactive, as they did not include a choice for one of the candidates that had overcome the 15 percent hurdle.

Of the 2,133 first round votes (10.8%) not cast for Biden or Sanders, overall, 45.6% went to Biden, 46.4% to Sanders and 8% to neither (i.e., were inactive). Of those who did give a preference for Biden or Sanders, 49.5% went to Biden, 50.5% to Sanders; this slight advantage for Sanders was not enough to overcome Biden's lead for winning the state.^[2]

^ Kate Sullivan. "Rhode Island postpones primaries and Alaska Democrats cancel in-person voting due to coronavirus". CNN. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
^ "RANK-CHOICE VOTING DETAILS" (PDF). Alaska Democratic Party. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2020.

[1] Kate Sullivan. "Rhode Island postpones primaries and Alaska Democrats cancel in-person voting due to coronavirus". CNN. Retrieved April 10, 2020.

[results-2] "RANK-CHOICE VOTING DETAILS" (PDF). Alaska Democratic Party. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2020.

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