2020 Kansas Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Kansas Democratic presidential primary took place until May 2, 2020, in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, as in-person voting had been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kansas primary was a closed party-run primary, undertaken completely by mail-in voting, it was the sole contest held on that date. The state awarded 45 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 39 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.
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45 delegates (39 pledged, 6 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results by county
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| Elections in Kansas |
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| Pledged national convention delegates | |
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| Type | Del. |
| CD1 | 5 |
| CD2 | 7 |
| CD3 | 8 |
| CD4 | 6 |
| PLEO | 4 |
| At-large | 9 |
| Total pledged delegates | 39 |
Former vice president Joe Biden won nearly 75% of the vote and 29 delegates after the distribution of preferences, while withdrawn senator Bernie Sanders picked up a little more than 22% and 10 delegates. On the initial vote Biden and Sanders had taken 70% and 18%, with the rest of the vote shared between three other options, particularly 8% for senator Elizabeth Warren. On the final count 2.5% of votes were inactive, as they did not include a choice for one of the candidates that had overcome the 15 percent hurdle.