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 Virginia Republican
Presidential Nominating Process
Political parties certify participation in primary: Monday 3 July - Wednesday 6 December 2023
Candidate filing: Monday 3 July - Thursday 14 December 2023
Primary: Tuesday 5 March 2024 (presumably)
Republicans
CandidateDelegate Votes
Soft
Pledged
Soft
Unpledged
Soft
Total
Hard Total
(available)45 100.00%3 100.00%48 100.00%48 100.00%
Total45 100.00%3 100.00%48 100.00%48 100.00%

States Chronologically   States Alphabetically
 
Democratic Convention
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Republican Convention
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Virginia Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress
 
Virginia State and Local Government

 
 

If only one candidates meets the filing requirements, that candidate is declared the winner and the primary will not be held.


Schedule of Elections from the Virginia Department of Elections.

Presidential Primary Election from the Virginia Department of Elections.

13 September 2023: Perry-Bey v Trump, 1:23cv-1165 lawsuit to keep former President Donald Trump off the Virginia Republican Presidential Primary ballot.


   

Virginia does not register voters by party. Voters will publicly declare their Party preference and that preference will be publicly recorded.

Tuesday 5 March 2024 (presumably): Virginia Primary. Hours 6:00a-7:00p EST (1100-0000 UTC). Delegate Binding: Winner-Take-Most Primary. Voter Eligibility: Open Primary.

Primary (preliminary)
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Total  
 

45 of 48 of Virginia's delegates to the Republican National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders in today's Virginia Presidential Primary.

33 district delegates, 3 from each of the 11 congressional districts, are to be allocated to the presidential contenders based on the primary results in each congressional district [Amendment to Allocation and Binding. Section 1].

  • If one candidate receives more than 50% of the vote or only 1 candidate receives 15% or more of the vote in a congressional district, that candidate receives all 3 delegates.
  • Otherwise, if 2 or more candidates receive more than 15% of the vote, the highest vote getter receives 2 delegates and the next highest vote getter receives 1 delegate.
  • Otherwise, the top 3 vote getters each receive 1 delegate.

12 (10 at-large, 2 bonus) delegates are bound to presidential contenders based on the primary results statewide [Amendment to Allocation and Binding. Section 2].

  • If one candidate receives more than 50% of the vote or only 1 candidate receives 15% or more of the vote statewide, that candidate receives all 12 delegates.
  • Otherwise, if 2 or more candidates receive more than 15% of the vote, the delegates are distributed proportionally to those candidates receiving more than 15% of the statewide vote. (Here, the "total qualified vote" is the total number of votes cast to those candidates receiving more than 15% of the statewide vote.)
    • For each candidate, multiply [12 National Convention Delegates] by the number of votes received by that candidate, divide by [total qualified vote], and round to the nearest whole number.
    • If too few delegates are allocated due to rounding, the candidate closest to the rounding threshold receives an additional delegate.
    • If too many delegates are allocated due to rounding, the candidate furthest from the rounding threshold loses a delegate.
  • The rules do not mention what happens should no candidate receive 15% or more of the vote.

The 3 RNC delegates, the Party Chair, the RNC Committeeman, and RNC Committeewoman, are not bound to any candidate [Amendment to Allocation and Binding. Section 3].

Primary

Contest
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
Del
CD1  3
CD2  3
CD3  3
CD4  3
CD5  3
CD6  3
CD7  3
CD8  3
CD9  3
CD10  3
CD11  3
Statewide  12
Total
Delegates
  45

Congressional and At-Large National Convention delegates to are bound for the first ballot at the Republican National Convention. Delegates are chosen off of lists submitted by the campaigns.

 

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.

 

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  Virginia Law / Code / Constitution / Administrative / Regulations / Acts / Charters
Election Authority
  Virginia Department of Elections
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Code of Virginia
Republican
  Republican Party of Virginia
Media & others
  Blue Virginia - Arlington
  Bristol Herald Courier
  Culpeper Star-Exponent
  Daily Press: Hampton Roads Daily Press
  Danville Register & Bee - Dan River Region
  Martinsville Bulletin - Martinsville / Henry County
  News & Advance - Lynchburg
  Politics1.com - Virginia
  Richlands News-Press - Richlands / Clinch Valley
  Richmond Times-Dispatch
  Southside Sentinel - Urbanna
  The Daily Progress - Charlottesville
  The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg
  The News Virginian - Waynesboro
  The Roanoke Times
  The Virginia Public Access Project
  The Virginian Pilot - Norfolk
  The Winchester Star
  Times Community Media (Loudoun Times-Mirror, Fauquier Times-Democrat, Culpeper Times, Gainesville Times)
  WWBT - NBC - Richmond
 


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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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