The Green Papers
2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Disclaimer:
These pages contain a combination of official, unofficial, and estimated data. The information posted here is subject to change and will be updated as official information becomes available.

The delegate selection processes herein, along with any and all dates and delegate counts associated therewith, are unofficial and based on either (1) information obtained from either Major Party, (2) Presidential Primary dates established by currently-effective State statute, or- where the foregoing information could not be obtained- (3) the state's 2020 delegate selection process and associated dates adjusted to the corresponding dates in 2024 and labeled "(presumably)" or "Circa".

Democrats

  • Democratic Bonus Delegates and penalties are preliminary.

Republicans

  • Republican penalties for violating the timing window are not included in these delegate tallies.
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm Hawaii Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Candidate filing deadline: Wednesday 24 January 2024
Party-run Primary: Saturday 6 April 20241
State Convention: Saturday 25 May - Sunday 26 May 2024
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Soft
Pledged
Soft
Unpledged
Soft
Total
Hard Total
(available)22.0 100.00%9.0 100.00%31.0 100.00%31 100.00%
Total22.0 100.00%9.0 100.00%31.0 100.00%31 100.00%

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Hawaii Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress
 
Hawaii State and Local Government

 
 

2024 Hawai'i Delegate Selection Plan from the Hawai'i Democratic Party.

28 July 2023: DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Meeting Committee Meeting found this plan in conditional compliance (with conditions).

20 January 2023: SB1005 SD2 HD1 would create a Presidential Primary in Hawai'i. The legislature adjourned in May 2023 without passing the bill.

24 January 2024: Presidential candidate filing deadline.


   

Participation in Hawai'i's delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. The State of Hawaii does not conduct registration by party. Voting in the Democratic Party of Hawaii elections, including the Delegate Selection Process, requires membership in the Democratic Party of Hawaii and proof of voter registration.

Ballots are mailed on 5 March The Party-run Primary offers same-day registration.

Saturday 6 April 2024: Hawaii Party-run Primary. Hours 7:00a-3:00p HAST (1700-0100 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary. The ballot uses ranked choice with a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice with a 15% viability threshold. If a candidate has officially ended their candidacy, the voter's next choice (recursively) is tallied. Write-ins are not permitted. Uncommitted is on the ballot.

Beginning with the candidate who received the smallest number of votes, votes cast for candidates who fall below the 15% threshold are eliminated and the voter's next choice is tallied. The process continues until all candidates have at least 15% of the vote. If no candidate receives at least 15%, the threshold will be half the percentage of the votes received by the front-runner.

Party-run Primary First Expression of Preference
Not used for delegate computation. (preliminary)
Excluded from Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Uncommitted  
Total 100.00%
 

Party-run Primary Final Expression of Preference (preliminary)
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Total  
 

22 of 31 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the preferences expressed today's Hawaii Party-run Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at either the Congressional District Level or statewide level. Here is how the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

  • 14 district delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the party-run primary results in each of Hawaii's 2 Congressional Districts.
  • 8 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based on the party-run primary results statewide.
    • 5 at-large National Convention delegates
    • 3 Pledged PLEOs

Party-run Primary

Contest
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
Del
CD1  7
CD2  7
PLEO  3
At-Large  5
Total
Delegates
  22
 

Saturday 25 May - Sunday 26 May 2024: Hawai'i Democratic State Convention convenes. National Convention District-level delegates are elected according to the Party-run Primary by the state Convention delegates on the first day. National Convention Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates are elected by the State Central Committee on the second day.

The remaining 9 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 9 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 4 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 4 Members of Congress (2 Senators and 2 Representatives).
    • 1 Governor.
    • 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 9 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

 

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

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  The Constitution of the State of Hawaii
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Hawaii State Legislature
Democratic
  Hawai'i Democratic Party
Media & others
  Akaku - Maui Community Television
  Hawai'i Free Press - Hilo
  Hawaii Reporter - Honolulu
  Hawaii Tribune Herald - Hilo
  Honolulu Civil Beat
  Honolulu Magazine
  Ka Leo O Hawai'i - University of Hawai'i at Manoa
  KGMB TV - CBS - Honolulu
  KHNL TV - NBC - Honolulu
  Maui News
  MauiTime Weekly
  Politics1.com - Hawaii
  Star Advertiser - Honolulu
  West Hawaii Today - Kailua-Kona
 


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Delegate Counts
  Democratic Pledged and Unpledged Summary   --   Republican Pledged and Unpledged Summary  
  Democratic Hard and Soft Summary   --   Republican Hard and Soft Summary  
 
Delegate Allocation
  Democratic Quick Reference   --   Republican Quick Reference  
  The Math Behind the Democratic Delegate Allocation   --   The Math Behind the Republican Delegate Allocation  
  Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses   --   Republican Timing Penalties  
 
  Democratic Delegate Pledging and Voter Eligibility   --   Republican Delegate Binding and Voter Eligibility  
 
  Primaries at a Glance  
 
  Results Status and Date Retrieved  
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  Estimating the Delegate Count  
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Documentation
  Historical Analysis of the Presidential Nominating Process  
  Historical Analysis of the apportionment of delegate votes at the National Conventions of the two major parties  
  Primary/Caucus/Convention Glossary  
  Statutory Election Information of the Several states / Presidential Primary  
  Dates of PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES re: selection and/or allocation/distribution of Delegates to Major Party National Conventions  
 
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