The Green Papers
2024 Presidential Primaries at a Glance

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.

 

This "at a glance" look at the Presidential Primaries simply lists the winner (and, in many cases, the candidate who came in second) in each Primary in chronological order. It seems a quick method of discerning the progress of the eventual presidential nominee of the given Major Party (along with that of any significant challengers to that nominee) as the Primaries have progressed through time.

In fact, [presidential] primaries have been much more likely to sow division than unity, and most likely to leave things as they are [re: a potential consensus nominee identified prior to the earliest presidential primaries and caucuses]--
William R. Keech and Donald R. Matthews: The Party's Choice: Studies in Presidential Selection (Brookings Institution, 1977)

 
2024 Presidential Primaries at a Glance
Date State Democrat
Democrat
Republican
Republican
 Link  Type Winner % Second %  Link  Type Winner % Second %
Saturday 3 February 2024 South Carolina SC-DP                      
Tuesday 6 February 2024 Nevada NV-D                      
New Hampshire NH-DP                      
Tuesday 13 February 2024 Georgia GA-DP                      
New Hampshire             NH-RP          
Tuesday 27 February 2024 Michigan MI-D           MI-RP          
Tuesday 5 March - Tuesday 12 March 2024 Democrats Abroad DA-D PR                    
Tuesday 5 March 2024 Alabama AL-D           AL-R          
Arkansas AR-D           AR-RP          
California CA-D           CA-R          
Colorado CO-DP           CO-RP          
Maine ME-DP           ME-RP          
Massachusetts MA-DP           MA-RP          
Minnesota MN-DP           MN-RP          
North Carolina NC-D           NC-R          
Oklahoma OK-D           OK-RP          
Tennessee TN-DP           TN-RP          
Texas TX-D           TX-R          
Utah UT-DP           UT-RP          
Vermont VT-DP           VT-RP          
Virginia VA-D                      
Sunday 10 March 2024 Puerto Rico             PR-RP          
Tuesday 12 March 2024 Idaho ID-DP           ID-RP          
Mississippi MS-DP           MS-RP          
Missouri MO-DP           MO-RP          
Washington WA-D           WA-R          
Tuesday 19 March 2024 Arizona AZ-D           AZ-R          
Florida FL-D           FL-R          
Illinois IL-DP           IL-RP          
Ohio OH-D           OH-R          
Saturday 23 March 2024 Louisiana LA-D           LA-R          
Tuesday 26 March 2024 Georgia             GA-RP          
Sunday 31 March 2024 Puerto Rico PR-DP                      
Tuesday 2 April 2024 Wisconsin WI-DP           WI-RP          
Saturday 6 April 2024 Alaska AK-DP PR                    
Hawaii HI-DP PR                    
Wyoming WY-DP PR                    
Tuesday 23 April 2024 Delaware DE-DP           DE-RP          
Maryland MD-D           MD-R          
Pennsylvania PA-DP           PA-RP          
Rhode Island RI-DP           RI-RP          
Tuesday 30 April 2024 Connecticut CT-DP           CT-RP          
New York NY-DP           NY-RP          
Saturday 4 May 2024 Guam GU-DP PR                    
Kansas KS-DP PR                    
Tuesday 7 May 2024 Indiana IN-DP           IN-RP          
West Virginia WV-DP           WV-RP          
Tuesday 14 May 2024 Nebraska NE-D           NE-R          
Tuesday 21 May 2024 Kentucky KY-DP           KY-RP          
Oregon OR-D           OR-RP          
Tuesday 4 June 2024 District of Columbia DC-DP           DC-RP          
Montana MT-DP           MT-RP          
New Jersey NJ-DP           NJ-RP          
New Mexico NM-DP           NM-RP          
South Dakota SD-DP           SD-RP          
 
 

Link

  • state-party. P indicates a presumed date.

Type

  • PR indicates a Party-run Primary.

%

  • If a presidential contender wins 75.5% or more of the primary vote, the second place finisher is not listed.
  • U means that this presidential contender- or his/her delegate slate [depending on the type of Primary]- ran in the Primary unopposed (that is, with no other presidential contenders appearing on the ballot but him/her). Please note that write-ins do NOT count as such "other presidential contenders on the ballot" but the appearance of "Uncommitted" (or equivalent, such as "None of the Above") on a ballot DOES.
  • L indicates a landslide majority [60.5 to 75.4% of the primary vote] for the winner.
  • D indicates a decisive majority [52.5 to 60.4% of the primary vote] for the winner.
  • N indicates a narrow majority [50.0(+1 vote) to 52.4% of the primary vote] for the winner.
  • Where a winning presidential contender has failed to gain at least a majority of the primary vote, the winner of the primary and the contender who came in second are both listed with their respective percentages of the primary vote rounded up or down to the nearest whole integer.
  • P indicates Primary cancelled / nomination by default because nominee was the only presidential contender to have filed for this Party's Primary for this office. P also applies to nominees-to-be by apparent Party consensus (i.e. no opposition at an ensuing Convention).
 


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Delegate Counts
  Democratic Pledged and Unpledged Summary   --   Republican Pledged and Unpledged Summary  
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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 Retreived  
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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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