2020 Northern Mariana Islands presidential caucuses

Although the Northern Mariana Islands did not participate in the 2020 presidential election because it is a territory and not a state, it still participated in the U.S. presidential caucuses and primaries.
Bernie Sanders won the Democratic caucuses, held on March 14. The Republican caucuses, held on March 15, endorsed incumbent President Donald Trump.
Democratic caucuses.
The 2020 Northern Mariana Islands Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 14, 2020, in the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Northern Mariana Islands caucuses are a closed caucus. The territory awards 11 delegates, of which 6 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the caucuses. The caucus was held at the Saipan World Resort and was organized by the Northern Mariana Islands Democratic Party.
Procedure.
When the Northern Mariana Islands Democratic Party published its draft delegate selection plan in July 2019, it specified a March 14 date for the 2020 caucuses.
In the open caucuses, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent across the territory to be considered viable. The 6 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the caucuses. Of the 6 pledged delegates, all 6 are at-large pledged delegates.
The 6 pledged delegates Northern Mariana Islands sends to the national convention will be joined by 5 unpledged PLEO delegates (4 members of the Democratic National Committee and nonvoting delegate Gregorio Sablan).
Republican caucuses.
The 2020 Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucuses took place on March 15, 2020, in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. They are a closed caucus, with the territory awarding 9 delegates, of which 6 are pledged delegates directly allocated on the basis of the direct results of the caucuses. The other 3 delegates, represented by leaders of the CNMI Republican Party, are bound for the first ballot at the 2020 Republican National Convention but free to vote individually in any successive ballots The caucuses unanimously bound all 9 national delegates to incumbent President Donald Trump.