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Overall, the 2020 primary field had 29 major candidates, [9] breaking the record for the largest field under the modern presidential primary system previously set during the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries with 17 major candidates. [10] Entering the Iowa caucuses on February 3, 2020, the field had decreased to 11 major candidates.
By April 2019, more than 20 major candidates were recognized by national and state polls, causing the field of 2020 major Democratic presidential candidates to exceed the field of major candidates in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries as the largest presidential candidate field for any single U.S. political party in a single ...
Some presidential primary elections were severely disrupted by COVID-19-related issues, including long lines at polling places, greatly increased requests for absentee ballots, and technology issues. [108] Due to a shortage of election workers able or willing to work during the pandemic, the number of polling places was often greatly reduced.
Presidential primaries and caucuses were organized by the Democratic Party to select the 3,979 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention held on August 17–20 to determine the party's nominee for president in the 2020 United States presidential election. The elections took place in all 50 U.S. states, the District of ...
Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, served as the 67th United States Secretary of State (2009–2013), United States Senator from New York (2001–2009), and First Lady of the United States (1993–2001). She was also a candidate in the 2008 and 2016 Democratic presidential primaries.
2020 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary [33] Candidate Popular vote Delegates Count Percentage Donald Trump (incumbent) 239,115 86.32 41 Bill Weld: 25,425 9.18 0 Joe Walsh (withdrawn) 3,008 1.09 0 Rocky De La Fuente: 675 0.24 0 No Preference 4,385 1.58 0 Blank ballots 2,242 0.81 0 All Others 2,152 0.78 0 Total 277,002 100% 41
Filing to appear on South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary ballot closed Tuesday, and one notable name will be left out of the First in the South GOP contest.
Following several recounts and a recanvass, Buttigieg retained his lead in state delegate equivalents, and the Iowa Democratic Party declared him the official winner, making him the first openly gay candidate of a major political party to win a presidential primary. Sanders won a plurality of first-alignment and final-alignment votes. [143]