2020 United States presidential election in Kentucky

The 2020 United States presidential election in Kentucky 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] Kentucky voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Kentucky has 8 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]

2020 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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

President before election

Donald Trump
Republican

Elected President

TBA

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state's primary elections were postponed until June 23, 2020. By that time, incumbent President Donald Trump of the Republican Party and former Vice President Joe Biden of the Democratic Party had already clinched enough delegates to become the presumptive nominees of their respective parties.

Primary elections

The primary elections were originally scheduled for May 19, 2020. On March 16, they were moved to June 23 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Republican primary

Incumbent President Donald Trump ran unopposed in the Republican primary. The state has 46 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.[4]

Democratic primary

2020 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary
Candidate Votes % Delegates[5]
Joe Biden 34,751 57.1% 27
Uncommitted 11,755 19.3%
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn) 7,054 11.6%
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) 1,609 2.6%
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) 1,273 2.1%
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 1,132 1.9%
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) 975 1.6%
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn) 973 1.6%
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) 580 1.0%
Tom Steyer (withdrawn) 536 0.9%
Deval Patrick (withdrawn) 221 0.4%
Total 100.00% 54

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[6] Safe R June 19, 2020
Inside Elections[7] Safe R April 3, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8] Safe R June 25, 2020
Politico[9] Safe R April 19, 2020
RCP[10] Safe R June 22, 2020
Niskanen[11] Safe R March 24, 2020
CNN[12] Safe R June 25, 2020
JHK Forecasts[13] Safe R June 27, 2020

Polling

Aggregate polls

Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden
Source of poll aggregation Dates administered Dates updated Joe Biden Donald Trump Other/Undecided [lower-alpha 1] Margin
270 to Win June 13, 2020 – June 15, 2020 June 18, 2020 37.0% 57.0% 6% Trump + 20.0
FiveThirtyEight Until June 15, 2020 June 24, 2020 38.9% 55.9% 5.2% Trump + 17.0

Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Joe
Biden (D)
Other Undecided
Civiqs/Data for Progress Jun 13-15, 2020 898 (RV) ± 3.8% 57% 37% 5%[lower-alpha 3] 1%
RMG Research/U.S. Term Limits[lower-alpha 4] May 21-24, 2020 500 (RV) ± 4.5% 53% 36% 6%[lower-alpha 5] 5%
Public Policy Polling May 14-15, 2020 1,104 (V) 55% 39% 5%[lower-alpha 6] 2%
Fabrizio Ward/AARP Jul 29–31, 2019 600 ± 4.0% 53% 41% 4%
Gravis Marketing Jun 11–12, 2019 741 ± 3.6% 57% 37% 6%
Former candidates

Donald Trump vs. Pete Buttigieg

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Pete
Buttigieg (D)
Undecided
Gravis Marketing Jun 11–12, 2019 741 ± 3.6% 60% 28% 12%

Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Bernie
Sanders (D)
Undecided
Gravis Marketing Jun 11–12, 2019 741 ± 3.6% 57% 35% 8%

Donald Trump vs. Elizabeth Warren

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Donald
Trump (R)
Elizabeth
Warren (D)
Undecided
Gravis Marketing Jun 11–12, 2019 741 ± 3.6% 60% 28% 12%
Zogby Analytics Aug 17–23, 2017 402 ± 4.9% 47% 41% 13%

See also

Notes

  1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. "someone else" with 5%
  4. U.S. Term Limits is a PAC supporting candidates who support term limits in Congress.
  5. "Some other candidate" with 6%
  6. "Someone else" with 5%

References

  1. Kelly, Ben (August 13, 2018). "US elections key dates: When are the 2018 midterms and the 2020 presidential campaign?". The Independent. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  2. "Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  3. "Kentucky secretary of state says primary postponed". CNN. March 16, 2020.
  4. "Kentucky Republican Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  5. "Delegate Tracker". interactives.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  6. "2020 POTUS Race ratings" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  7. "POTUS Ratings | Inside Elections". insideelections.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  8. "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2020 President". crystalball.centerforpolitics.org. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  9. "2020 Election Forecast". Politico. November 19, 2019.
  10. "Battle for White House". RCP. April 19, 2019.
  11. 2020 Bitecofer Model Electoral College Predictions, Niskanen Center, March 24, 2020, retrieved: April 19, 2020
  12. David Chalian; Terence Burlij. "Road to 270: CNN's debut Electoral College map for 2020". CNN. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  13. "JHK Forecasts » 2020 President". JHK Forecasts. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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