South Carolina Democratic Delegation 2024

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.

Democrats

The Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee's 2 December 2022 recommendations for the "pre-window" dates have been used. Iowa is arbitrarily assigned a date of March 2024 for the time being.
Delegate counts reflect the DNC's 2024 Delegate Allocation document of 8 August 2022.
Democratic pledged delegate counts are determined by the jurisdiction's Presidential vote in 2012, 2016, and 2020; along with the jurisdiction's number of electors in 2024.
Democratic unpledged delegate counts are determined by the number of DNC Members, Democratic Governors, Democratic U.S. House members, and Democratic U.S. Senators serving at the time of the convention. The count for DNC Members, Distinguished Party Leaders is from the 2020 Convention. The tallies of Governors, Democratic U.S. House members, and Democratic U.S. Senators are the current officeholders.
Democratic Bonus Delegates and penalties are preliminary.

Republicans

Republican delegate counts are based on the number of Republicans elected to the State Legislatures, Governors chairs, U.S. House seats, and U.S. Senators seats through 31 December 2023. Republican unpledged delegate counts are determined by state (or equivalent) party rules. We have assumed that the policies of 2020 will apply in 2024.
The Republican district delegate count is based on the number of U.S. House members each state will elect in 2024.
Republican penalties for violating the timing window are not included in these delegate tallies.

South Carolina Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Saturday 3 February 2024 (presumably)¹
County Democratic Conventions: Saturday 9 March - Tuesday 26 March 2024 (presumably)
Precinct Reorganization Meeting: Saturday 9 March 2024 (presumably)
State Convention: Saturday 1 June 2024 (presumably)

Candidate	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Soft Pledged	Soft Unpledged	Soft Total	Hard Total
(available)	`55.0 100.00%`	`9.0 100.00%`	`64.0 100.00%`	`64 100.00%`
Total	`55.0 100.00%`	`9.0 100.00%`	`64.0 100.00%`	`64 100.00%`

Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Open Primary.

64 total delegate votes - 36 district / 12 at large; 7 Pledged PLEOs; 9 Unpledged PLEOs

States Chronologically States Alphabetically

Democratic Convention
AK AL AR AS AZ CA CO CT DA DC DE FL GA GU HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MP MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA PR RI SC SD TN TX UN UT VA VI VT WA WI WV WY

Republican Convention
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South Carolina Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress

South Carolina State and Local Government

2 December 2022: The Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee recommended a "pre-window" start date of Saturday 3 February 2024.

Participation is open to all registered voter who wish to participate as Democrats and have not participated in the 2020 Presidential nominating process of any other political party. (Those who have already voted in the South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary are ineligible to vote in the Democratic Primary. Voters in South Carolina may choose which Presidential Primary to vote in, but cannot vote in both.)

Saturday 3 February 2024 (presumably): South Carolina Primary. Hours reportedly 7:00a-7:00p EST (1200-0000 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Open Primary.

Primary (preliminary)
Included in Nationwide vote.

Candidate	Pop Vote	%
Total

55 of 64 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's South Carolina Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

36 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 7 congressional districts.
In addition, 19 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
- 12 at-large National Convention delegates
- 7 Pledged PLEOs

Primary (preliminary)

Contest
	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del
CD1			7
CD2			4
CD3			3
CD4			4
CD5			5
CD6			8
CD7			5
PLEO			7
At-Large			12
Total Delegates			55

Saturday 9 March - Tuesday 26 March 2024 (presumably): County Democratic Conventions. The County Conventions elect delegates to the State Democratic Convention.

Saturday 9 March 2024 (presumably): Precinct Reorganization Meetings elect delegates to County Democratic Conventions. Hours reportedly begin at 10:00a EST (1500 UTC).

Saturday 1 June 2024 (presumably): State Convention in Columbia.

National Convention delegates are elected according to the results of the primary.

The remaining 9 National Convention delegates consist of

9 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

8 Democratic National Committee members.
1 Member of Congress (0 Senators and 1 Representative).
0 Governors.
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
	• South Carolina Constitution
Election Authority
	• South Carolina State Election Commission
Democratic
	• South Carolina Democratic Party
	• South Carolina House Democratic Caucus
	• South Carolina Senate Democratic Caucus
Media & others
	• FITSNews - Sic Willie
	• Greenville Magazine
	• Lexington County Chronicle
	• Politics1.com - South Carolina
	• South Carolina Citizens for Life (SCCL is a non-partisan, non-sectarian pro-life organization and is the state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee)
	• Spartanburg Herald-Journal
	• Statehouse Report - Charleston
	• The Greenville News
	• The Item - Sumter
	• The Lancaster News
	• The News & Reporter - Chester County
	• The Post and Courier - Charleston
	• The Times and Democrat - Orangeburg
	• The Union Daily Times
	• WCIV TV - ABC - Mount Pleasant
	• WCSC TV - CBS - Charleston
	• WIS TV - NBC - Columbia
	• WLTX TV - CBS - Columbia