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2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
District Caucuses: Saturday 4 June 20161
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Clinton, Hillary Diane Rodham7  58.33%12 100.00%
Uncommitted5  41.67% 
Total12 100.00%12 100.00%

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Democratic Convention
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Republican Convention
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Virgin Islands Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress
 
Virgin Islands State and Local Government

 
 

28 March 2016: Undercurrents: V.I. Democrats Wrestle with New Rules from St. Thomas Source.


Unpledged delegate preferences as of
26 February 2016: Clinton 1.
9 April 2016: Clinton 1, Sanders 1.
17 May 2016: Clinton 2, Sanders 0.
5 June 2016: Clinton 3.
7 June 2016: Clinton 5.
8 June 2016: Clinton 3.
9 July 2016: Clinton 5.


   

Saturday 4 June 2016: Virgin Islands District Caucuses. Hours 10:00a-6:00p AST (1400-2200 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Caucus/Convention. Voter Eligibility: Closed Caucus/Convention.

District Caucuses
Source: Email from the U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic Party.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Wednesday 6 July 2016.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton1,32687.12%
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders19612.88%
Total1,522100.00%
 

Saturday 4 June 2016: 7 of 12 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Virgin Islands Territorial Convention. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

  • 7 At-Large delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders.

District Caucuses
Source: Email from the U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic Party.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Wednesday 6 July 2016.

ContestClintonSanders
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDel
Island-wide1,5221,32671,3267.0007196  
Total
Delegates
  7  7   

The 5 "Unpledged" votes are cast by:

  • This territory's Democratic Member of Congress (=a non-voting Delegate in the House of Representatives): territorial Delegate Stacey Plaskett.
  • This territory's Democratic Governor: (not a Democrat - no vote)
  • This territory's 4 Democratic National Committee members: State Chair, State Vice Chair, National Committee Man, and National Committee Woman.

Pledged delegates:
Donna Christiansen (St. Croix)
Robert Rios (St. Croix)
Ernest Morris (St. Croix)
Sonia Boyce (St. Croix, alternate)
Senator Janette Millin-Young (St. Thomas/St. John)
Pamela A. Eckstein (St. Thomas/St. John)
Edgar "Baker" Phillips (St. Thomas/St. John)
Clement "Cain" Magras (St. Thomas/St. John)

Super Delegates:
Stacey Plaskett (Delegate to Congress)
Cecil R. Benjamin (DNC Member)
Riise Richards (Chair, DNC Member)
Carol Burke (Vice Chair, DNC Member)
National Committeewoman Emmett Hansen
National Committeeman.

Page:
Clyde de Jean Charles.

 

Notes

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

1 Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

 

Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
  Election System of the Virgin Islands
  Elections System of the Virgin Islands - facebook
  VI Elections System - twitter
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Legislature of the Virgin Islands
  US Code - Virgin Islands Cornell University Law School - Legal Information Institute
  Virgin Islands Code Unannotated LexisNexis
Democratic
  U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic Party (facebook.com)
Media & others
  Politics1.com - Virgin Islands
  St. Croix Source
  St. John Source
  St. John Tradewinds
  St. Thomas Source
  The Virgin Islands Daily News
  WSTA AM - St. Thomas
  WTJX TV - Virgin Islands Public Television
 


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