2020 United States presidential election in Nevada

The 2020 United States presidential election in Nevada is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate.[1] Nevada voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Nevada has 6 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]

Main article: 2020 United States presidential election

2020 United States presidential election in Nevada

November 3, 2020
Turnout	%
Nominee Donald Trump Joe Biden Party Republican Democratic Home state Florida Delaware Running mate Mike Pence Kamala Harris
Incumbent President Donald Trump Republican

Caucuses

Canceled Republican caucuses

Further information: 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries § Cancellation of state caucuses or primaries

On September 7, 2019, the Nevada Republican Party became one of several state GOP parties to officially cancel their respective primaries and caucuses.[3] Donald Trump's re-election campaign and GOP officials have cited the fact that Republicans canceled several state primaries when George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush sought a second term in 1992 and 2004, respectively; and Democrats scrapped some of their primaries when Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were seeking reelection in 1996 and 2012, respectively.[4][5] In August 2019, the Associated Press quoted the state party spokesman, Keith Schipper, who stated it "isn't about any kind of conspiracy theory about protecting the president ... He's going to be the nominee ... This is about protecting resources to make sure that the president wins in Nevada and that Republicans up and down the ballot win in 2020."[6]

In lieu of conducting their caucuses, the state party's governing central committee instead formally held an Alternative Presidential Preference Poll on February 22, 2020,[7] voting by acclamation to officially bind all 25 of its national pledged delegates to Trump.[8][9]

Democratic caucuses

The Nevada Democratic caucuses were held primarily on February 22, 2020, with early voting conducted from February 14 to 18.

Final alignment popular vote share by county

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•   Sanders—30–40%
•   Sanders—40–50%
•   Sanders—60–70%
•   Sanders—70–80%
•   Buttigieg—<30%
•   Buttigieg—30–40%
•   Buttigieg—40–50%

County convention delegates won by county

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•   Sanders—30–40%
•   Sanders—40–50%
•   Sanders—50–60%
•   Sanders—70–80%
•   Buttigieg—<30%
•   Buttigieg—30–40%
•   Buttigieg—40–50%
•   Steyer—<30%

Final alignment popular vote share by congressional district

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•   Sanders—30–40%
•   Sanders—40–50%

Bernie Sanders won the Nevada caucuses, with Joe Biden coming in second and Pete Buttigieg in third.[10]

2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses[11][12][10][13]

Candidate	First alignment		Final alignment[lower-alpha 1]		County convention delegates[lower-alpha 2]		Pledged national convention delegates[lower-alpha 3][15]
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Number	%
Bernie Sanders	35,652	34.0	41,075	40.5	6,788	46.8	24
Joe Biden	18,424	17.6	19,179	18.9	2,927	20.2	9
Pete Buttigieg	16,102	15.4	17,598	17.3	2,073	14.3	3
Elizabeth Warren	13,438	12.8	11,703	11.5	1,406	9.7	0
Tom Steyer	9,503	9.1	4,120	4.1	682	4.7	0
Amy Klobuchar	10,100	9.6	7,376	7.3	603	4.2	0
Tulsi Gabbard	353	0.3	32	0.0	4	0.0	0
Andrew Yang (withdrawn)	612	0.6	49	0.0	1	0.0	0
Michael Bennet (withdrawn)	140	0.1	36	0.0	0	0.0	0
Deval Patrick (withdrawn)	86	0.1	8	0.0	0	0.0	0
John Delaney (withdrawn)	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0
Uncommitted	472	0.4	367	0.4	7	0.0	0
Total	104,883	100%	101,543	100%	14,491	100%	36

Delay

Similarly to the Iowa caucus, there were some controversies surrounding the outcome of the caucus. One day after voting, with forty percent of the precincts not reported, Pete Buttigieg questioned the results citing more than "200 reports of problems merging the early votes".[16][17] Full set of results were published two days after the caucus.[18]

Reports of "confusion, calculation glitches and delays in reporting" emerged once again, bringing into question the future of caucuses,[19] with former Nevada Senator Harry Reid calling for Nevada to switch to a primary system.[20]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[21]	Likely D	July 23, 2020
Inside Elections[22]	Likely D	July 17, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[23]	Lean D	July 14, 2020
Politico[24]	Lean D	July 6, 2020
RCP[25]	Tossup	August 3, 2020
Niskanen[26]	Likely D	March 24, 2020
CNN[27]	Lean D	August 3, 2020
The Economist[28]	Likely D	August 7, 2020
CBS News[29]	Lean D	August 9, 2020
270towin[30]	Lean D	August 2, 2020
ABC News[31]	Lean D	July 31, 2020
NPR[32]	Lean D	August 3, 2020
NBC News[33]	Lean D	August 6, 2020
538[34]	Lean D	August 14, 2020

Polling

Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 4]	Margin of error	Donald Trump (R)	Joe Biden (D)	Other	Undecided
ALG Research/The Nevada Independent (D)[upper-alpha 1]	Apr 27–30, 2020	763 (LV)	± 3.6%	45%	49%	–	–
AtlasIntel	Feb 19–21, 2020	1,100 (RV)	± 3.0%	41%	44%	15%	–
Fox News	Jan 5–8, 2020	1,505 (RV)	± 2.5%	39%	47%	9%[lower-alpha 5]	4%
Fox News	Nov 10–13, 2019	1,506 (RV)	± 2.5%	40%	47%	9%[lower-alpha 6]	4%
Emerson College	Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2019	1,089	± 2.9%	51%	49%	–	–
Gravis Marketing	Aug 14–16, 2019	926	± 3.2%	43%	49%	–	8%
Emerson College	Mar 28–30, 2019	719	± 3.6%	48%	52%	–	–

Former candidates

Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Bernie Sanders (D) Other Undecided AtlasIntel Feb 19–21, 2020 1,100 (RV) ± 3.0% 41% 52% 7% – Fox News Jan 5–8, 2020 1,505 (RV) ± 2.5% 41% 46% 8%[lower-alpha 7] 4% Fox News November 10–13, 2019 1,506 (RV) ± 2.5% 40% 47% 9%[lower-alpha 8] 4% Emerson College Oct 31–Nov 2, 2019 1,089 ± 2.9% 50% 50% – – Gravis Marketing Aug 14–16, 2019 926 ± 3.2% 44% 47% – 8% Emerson College Mar 28–30, 2019 719 ± 3.6% 51% 49% – – Donald Trump vs. Elizabeth Warren Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Elizabeth Warren (D) Other Undecided AtlasIntel Feb 19-21, 2020 1,100 (RV) ± 3.0% 41% 48% 12% - Fox News Jan 5-8, 2020 1,505 (RV) ± 2.5% 42% 43% 10%[lower-alpha 9] 5% Fox News November 10–13, 2019 1,506 (RV) ± 2.5% 41% 44% 10%[lower-alpha 10] 5% Emerson College Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2019 1,089 ± 2.9% 51% 49% – – Gravis Marketing Aug 14–16, 2019 926 ± 3.2% 47% 46% – 7% Emerson College Mar 28–30, 2019 719 ± 3.6% 54% 46% – – Donald Trump vs. Pete Buttigieg Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Pete Buttigieg (D) Other Undecided AtlasIntel Feb 19-21, 2020 1,100 (RV) ± 3.0% 38% 49% 14% - Fox News Jan 5-8, 2020 1,505 (RV) ± 2.5% 40% 41% 12%[lower-alpha 11] 7% Fox News November 10–13, 2019 1,506 (RV) ± 2.5% 41% 41% 9%[lower-alpha 12] 6% Gravis Marketing Aug 14–16, 2019 926 ± 3.2% 46% 42% – 12% Emerson College Mar 28–30, 2019 719 ± 3.6% 52% 48% – – Donald Trump vs. Cory Booker Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Cory Booker (D) Undecided Gravis Marketing Aug 14–16, 2019 926 ± 3.2% 46% 44% 10% Donald Trump vs. Marianne Williamson Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Marianne Williamson (D) Undecided Gravis Marketing Aug 14–16, 2019 926 ± 3.2% 48% 40% 12% Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Kamala Harris (D) Undecided Gravis Marketing Aug 14–16, 2019 926 ± 3.2% 45% 45% 11% Emerson College Mar 28–30, 2019 719 ± 3.6% 51% 49% –

Hypothetical polling
Donald Trump vs Generic Democrat vs Howard Schultz Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 4] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Generic Democrat Howard Schultz (I) Undecided DFM Research Jan 28–31, 2019 500 ± 4.4% 38% 45% 6% 11%

See also

• 2020 United States presidential election
• 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2020 United States elections

Notes

1. Vote count after votes for candidates who did not get at least 15% of the vote in that precinct are reallocated to the voter's second choice.
2. County convention delegates (CCDs) are used to calculate how many pledged national convention delegates each candidate win statewide and in the state's four congressional districts.
3. The number of pledged national convention delegates is determined by the number of CCDs won, however, a candidate must get at least 15% of the total vote to get any delegates. However, if a candidate wins a congressional district, they get a delegate even if they didn’t reach 15% of the vote. Each precinct has a certain number of CCDs and allocates them based on how many caucus goers there are for each candidate at that precinct.[14]
   
4. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
5. Other with 5%; wouldn't vote with 4%
6. Other with 5%; wouldn't vote with 4%
7. Other with 5%; wouldn't vote with 3%
8. Other with 6%; wouldn't vote with 3%
9. Other with 6%; wouldn't vote with 4%
10. Other with 6%; wouldn't vote with 4%
11. Other with 8%; wouldn't vote with 4%
12. Other with 5%; wouldn't vote with 4%

Partisan clients

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