Although the Northern Mariana Islands did not participate in the

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because it is a

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and not a state, it still participated in the U.S. presidential primaries and caucuses. Senator

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won the Democratic caucus, held on March 14, which would be his last win in the 2020 primary season. The Republican caucus, held on March 15 during the party's commonwealth convention, unanimously voted for incumbent President Donald Trump.

Democratic caucus

The 2020 Northern Mariana Islands Democratic presidential caucus took place on March 14, 2020, a Saturday, in the Democratic Party primaries for the

and was the only contest to vote on that day, inbetween the two Tuesdays which followed Super Tuesday. The Northern Marianas caucus was a closed caucus and awarded 11 delegates towards the

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, of which 6 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the caucus. The caucus was held at the Saipan World Resort and was organized by the Northern Mariana Islands Democratic Party.

Procedure

When the

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had published its draft delegate selection plan in July 2019, it specified a March 14 date for the 2020 caucus. In the open caucus, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent across the territory to be considered viable. The 6 pledged delegates to the

were allocated proportionally as at-large delegates on the basis of the results of the caucus. The March caucus as part of Stage I on the primary timetable received no bonus delegates, in order to disperse the primaries and caucuses between more different date clusters and keep too many states from hoarding on the first shared date or on a March date in general. The delegation also included 5 unpledged PLEO delegates: 4 members of the

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and one member of Congress, House of Representatives nonvoting delegate

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Candidates

Several, if not all major candidates participating in the Democratic primaries had been planned for the caucus ballot in Northern Mariana, but with candidates successively withdrawing nationally, the official field for the caucus had been reduced to Joe Biden and

by March 5 (ignoring the continued candidacy of representative Tulsi Gabbard, which played no role in national polls), with no write-in votes being allowed and an uncommitted option as the sole alternative.

Results

Republican caucus

The 2020 Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucus took place as a commonwealth party convention on March 15, 2020, in the Republican Party presidential primaries and caucuses for the

. It was a closed caucus, with the territory awarding 9 delegates, all bound to the winner of the presidential preference vote. Afterwards 6 delegates were individually elected, while the other 3 automatic delegates participated at the

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as leaders of the CNMI Republican Party. The caucus unanimously voted to bind the 9 national delegates to incumbent President Donald Trump.

References

External links

The Green Papers Democratic Party delegate allocation summaryThe Green Papers Republican Party delegate allocation summary
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