The Green Papers
Presidential Primaries 2024
Republican Delegate Binding and Voter Eligibility

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.

 
Republican Party Republican
Delegate Binding
and Voter Eligibility
Alphabetically
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State
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Delegate Binding
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Voter Eligibility
AlabamaWinner-Take-Most PrimaryOpen Primary
AlaskaProportional Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
American SamoaDelegate Selection Caucus/ConventionOpen Caucus/Convention
ArizonaWinner-Take-All PrimaryClosed Primary
ArkansasWinner-Take-Most PrimaryOpen Primary
CaliforniaWinner-Take-Most PrimaryClosed Primary
ColoradoWinner-Take-Most Primary
Delegate Selection Caucus/Convention
Modified Primary
Closed Caucus/Convention
ConnecticutWinner-Take-Most PrimaryClosed Primary
DelawareWinner-Take-All PrimaryClosed Primary
District of ColumbiaProportional PrimaryClosed Primary
FloridaWinner-Take-All PrimaryClosed Primary
GeorgiaWinner-Take-Most PrimaryModified Primary
GuamDelegate Selection Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
HawaiiProportional Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
IdahoWinner-Take-Most Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
IllinoisCombined Selection Statewide: Winner-Take-All, District: Loophole PrimaryOpen Primary
IndianaWinner-Take-All (district and statewide) PrimaryOpen Primary
IowaProportional Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
KansasProportional PrimaryClosed Primary
Closed Caucus/Convention
KentuckyProportional PrimaryClosed Primary
LouisianaWinner-Take-All PrimaryClosed Primary
MaineWinner-Take-Most PrimaryClosed Primary
MarylandWinner-Take-All (district and statewide) PrimaryClosed Primary
MassachusettsWinner-Take-Most PrimaryModified Primary
MichiganWinner-Take-Most Primary
Winner-Take-Most Caucus/Convention
Open Primary
MinnesotaWinner-Take-Most PrimaryClosed Primary
MississippiCombined Selection Statewide: Proportional, District: Winner-Take-Most PrimaryOpen Primary
MissouriWinner-Take-Most Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
MontanaProportional PrimaryOpen Primary
NebraskaWinner-Take-All PrimaryClosed Primary
NevadaProportional Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
New HampshireProportional PrimaryModified Primary
New JerseyWinner-Take-All PrimaryModified Primary
New MexicoProportional PrimaryClosed Primary
New YorkWinner-Take-Most PrimaryClosed Primary
North CarolinaCombined Selection Statewide: Proportional, District: Winner-Take-Most PrimaryModified Primary
North DakotaWinner-Take-Most Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
Northern MarianasWinner-Take-All Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
OhioWinner-Take-All PrimaryModified Primary
OklahomaWinner-Take-Most PrimaryClosed Primary
OregonProportional PrimaryClosed Primary
PennsylvaniaCombined Selection Statewide: Winner-Take-All, District: Loophole PrimaryClosed Primary
Puerto RicoWinner-Take-Most PrimaryOpen Primary
Rhode IslandWinner-Take-Most PrimaryModified Primary
South CarolinaWinner-Take-All (district and statewide) PrimaryOpen Primary
South DakotaWinner-Take-All PrimaryClosed Primary
TennesseeWinner-Take-Most PrimaryOpen Primary
TexasWinner-Take-Most PrimaryOpen Primary
UtahWinner-Take-Most Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
VermontWinner-Take-Most PrimaryOpen Primary
Virgin IslandsWinner-Take-Most Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
VirginiaWinner-Take-Most PrimaryOpen Primary
WashingtonCombined Selection Statewide: Proportional, District: Winner-Take-Most PrimaryClosed Primary
West VirginiaWinner-Take-All PrimaryModified Primary
WisconsinWinner-Take-All (district and statewide) PrimaryOpen Primary
WyomingDelegate Selection Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
 
 
Delegate Binding Tally
Winner-Take-Most Primary18
Winner-Take-All Primary9
Proportional Primary7
Winner-Take-Most Caucus/Convention6
Delegate Selection Caucus/Convention5
Proportional Caucus/Convention4
Winner-Take-All (district and statewide) Primary4
Combined Selection Statewide: Proportional, District: Winner-Take-Most Primary3
Combined Selection Statewide: Winner-Take-All, District: Loophole Primary2
Winner-Take-All Caucus/Convention1
Voter Eligibility Tally
Closed Primary20
Closed Caucus/Convention15
Open Primary14
Modified Primary9
Open Caucus/Convention1
 
 


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Delegate Allocation
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  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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