Unlike other States like, Nevada and South Carolina, Iowa Republicans have long maintained that they will, in fact, Hold a Presidential Preference Vote during their 2020 Caucuses February 2020 and Not Cancel the Contest.
But that does leave at least somewhat Unanswered just what the Party may do with its Delegate Selection Process in 2020.
There is Little for Iowa Republicans to do. In 2016, the Party felt Compelled to follow the Letter of the Law, or Rule, from Republican National Committee (RNC) with respect to Delegate Allocation in an effort to Protect the Hawkeye State's First-in-the-Nation Position.
The Republican Party of Iowa (RPI) Adopted in 2015 a Straight Proportional Plan with No Qualifying Threshold, other than the Percentage of the Vote necessary to Round Up to One Delegate. And that Plan has Carried over to the 2020 Cycle.
The Language of Article VIII of the Rules of the RPI remains the exact same for 2020 as it was in 2016. And that means that Delegates will be Allocated Proportionally to the Candidates who make the Caucus List based on the Statewide Results of the Caucuses. There again is No Official Qualifying Threshold.
However, the Key Carry-Over Component from 2016 is one related to the Conduct of Iowa Delegates at the National Convention.
Should only One Candidate reach the Requirements of Rule 40(b) of the RNC Rules to be Placed in Nomination at the Convention, then the Entire Iowa Delegation is to Vote for that Candidate.
That is Part of the Reason why Iowa Delegates ended up Casting their Votes for Trump at the 2016 Republican National Convention despite Ted Cruz having Carried the Caucuses.
That, too, carries over to 2020. The Big Difference this Cycle is that the Dynamics of the Caucuses are far Different with a much Smaller Field of Candidates, One of whom, the President, has only Token Opposition: Former Rep. Mark Sanford (SC-1st. District); Former Rep. Joe Walsh (IL-8th District); and Former Gov. Bill Weld (MA).
ARTICLE VIII-BINDING OF NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES
I. The Iowa delegation to the Republican National Convention shall be bound on the first ballot to vote proportionally in accordance with the outcome of the Iowa Caucuses. The proportional delegate allocation shall be rounded to the nearest whole delegate. ln the event that a delegate is unallocated due to mathematical rounding, the unallocated delegate vote shall be cast in favor of the candidate closest to the rounding threshold. In the event that delegates are over-allocated due to mathematical rounding, the over-allocated delegate shall be removed from a candidate based on the rounding threshold. Delegates shall be bound to the candidates in direct proportion to the candidates' respective vote shares in the Iowa Caucuses regardless of whether any such candidate has withdrawn from the race or otherwise docs not have his or her name placed in nomination at the Republican National Convention.
2. Notwithstanding paragraph I of this article, if only one candidate's name is placed in nomination at the Republican National Convention, all delegates shall be bound to vote for such candidate on the first ballot provided that the candidate received votes in the Iowa Caucuses.
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