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11Democratic National Convention delegates (6 pledged, 5 unpledged) The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 2.2% (registered voters)[1] 0.7pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9 originally unboundRepublican National Convention delegates The delegates were bound by party resolution | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Elections in American Samoa |
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AlthoughAmerican Samoa did not participate in the2020 presidential election because it is aU.S. territory and not astate, it still participated in theU.S. presidential primaries and caucuses.[3] Former mayorMichael Bloomberg won the Democratic caucus, held on March 3. The Republican caucus, in the form of a territorial convention held on March 18, endorsed incumbent PresidentDonald Trump.
The2020 American Samoa Democratic presidential caucus took place on March 3, 2020, alongside 14 state primaries onSuper Tuesday in theDemocratic Party primaries and caucuses for the2020 presidential election, following theSouth Carolina primary the weekend before. The American Samoa caucus was anopen caucus, with the territory awarding 11delegates towards the2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 6 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the caucus. Former mayorMichael Bloomberg won the caucus and netted four delegates (his only primary win), with representativeTulsi Gabbard coming in second, and winning her only two delegates.[4][5]
When the American Samoa Democratic Party had published its draft delegate selection plan on July 3, 2019, it specified a Super Tuesday, March 3 date for the 2020 caucus; this date was finally declared via Facebook on February 1, 2020.[6][7]
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 the2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the caucus, and were all at-large pledged delegates.[8] The Super Tuesday 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.[9]
The delegation also included 5 unpledged PLEO delegates: 4 members of theDemocratic National Committee and the governorLemanu Peleti Mauga.[8]
The following people were on the ballot in American Samoa.[7]
Pete Buttigieg,Amy Klobuchar,Deval Patrick,Tom Steyer andAndrew Yang had withdrawn shortly before the caucus but remained on the ballot.Kamala Harris had withdrawn early so that she was not put on the ballot.[7] However, none of the withdrawn candidates or the existing uncommitted option received any votes.
According toThe Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg's campaign made a relatively significant investment in the caucus: Bloomberg's campaign opened a campaign headquarters in the territory and hired seven staffers in America Samoa. His campaign put up campaign signs that readMike Bloomberg mo Amerika Samoa 2020 (English translation: "Mike Bloomberg for American Samoa 2020") and invested heavily indigital advertising onFacebook.[10]
Samoan chief Fa’alagiga Nina Tua’au-Glaude, a2008 Barack Obama delegate, endorsed Bloomberg a day before the contest, citing his policies on climate change in particular as a reason for his endorsement.[11] Bloomberg's victory over Gabbard, who was born in the territory, was regarded as anupset victory, and was credited to Gabbard's late start in campaigning on the island.[10]
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
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| Michael Bloomberg | 175 | 49.86 | 4 |
| Tulsi Gabbard | 103 | 29.34 | 2 |
| Bernie Sanders | 37 | 10.54 | |
| Joe Biden | 31 | 8.83 | |
| Elizabeth Warren | 5 | 1.42 | |
| Uncommitted | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 351 | 100% | 6 |
The2020 American Samoa Republican presidential caucus took place as a territorial convention on March 18, 2020, in theRepublican Party primaries and caucuses for the2020 presidential election.[6] The 9delegates to the2020 Republican National Convention were unbound, unless instructed otherwise by a resolution passed by the convention. The territory's party officially endorsed incumbent PresidentDonald Trump at its convention, and thus all 9 delegates were expected to vote for him at the national convention.[14]
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