Nevada Democratic Caucuses

The 2020 Nevada Democratic Caucus is the second caucus of the 2020 Democratic nomination race and the third contest in which the nominee is chosen. The caucuses took place throughout the state of Nevada on Saturday, February 22-nd, 2020. The Nevada caucuses are a closed caucus, with the state awarding 48 delegates, of which 36 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the caucuses. Similar to every caucus, the voting process involves first and final alignment, the results of the second alignment are then translated into County convention delegates (CCDs) which are allocated to each candidate. Based on the number of candidates who surpassed the required 15% viability threshold in each precinct caucus 23 delegates are allocated, with between 5 and 6 allocated to each of the state's four congressional districts. Of the remaining 13 pledged delegates, another 5 will be allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates) in addition to 8 at-large pledged delegates, and delegates to the national convention will be distributed proportionally based on the number of county delegates. There is also 12 unpledged delegates who will only have a chance to vote on a candidate in an event of a contested convention, meaning no person would get a majority of pledged delegates (1991 delegates).