The Green Papers
Presidential Primaries 2016
Republican Delegate Selection and Voter Eligibility


 
Republican Party Republican
Delegate Selection
and Voter Eligibility
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Delegate Selection
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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-All (district and statewide) PrimaryClosed Primary
ColoradoDelegate Selection Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
ConnecticutWinner-Take-Most PrimaryClosed Primary
DelawareWinner-Take-All PrimaryClosed Primary
District of ColumbiaWinner-Take-Most Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
FloridaWinner-Take-All PrimaryClosed Primary
GeorgiaWinner-Take-Most PrimaryModified Primary
GuamDelegate Selection Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
HawaiiProportional Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
IdahoWinner-Take-Most PrimaryClosed Primary
IllinoisCombined Selection Statewide: Winner-Take-All, District: Loophole PrimaryOpen Primary
IndianaWinner-Take-All (district and statewide) PrimaryOpen Primary
IowaProportional Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
KansasProportional Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
KentuckyProportional Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
LouisianaProportional PrimaryClosed Primary
MaineWinner-Take-Most Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
MarylandWinner-Take-All (district and statewide) PrimaryClosed Primary
MassachusettsProportional PrimaryModified Primary
MichiganWinner-Take-Most PrimaryOpen Primary
MinnesotaWinner-Take-Most Caucus/ConventionOpen Caucus/Convention
MississippiCombined Selection Statewide: Proportional, District: Winner-Take-Most PrimaryOpen Primary
MissouriWinner-Take-Most PrimaryModified Primary
MontanaWinner-Take-All 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 CarolinaProportional PrimaryModified Primary
North DakotaDelegate Selection 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 IslandProportional 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/ConventionModified Caucus/Convention
VermontWinner-Take-Most PrimaryOpen Primary
Virgin IslandsDelegate Selection Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
VirginiaProportional PrimaryOpen Primary
WashingtonCombined Selection Statewide: Proportional, District: Winner-Take-Most PrimaryClosed Primary
West VirginiaDelegate Selection PrimaryModified Primary
WisconsinWinner-Take-All (district and statewide) PrimaryOpen Primary
WyomingDelegate Selection Caucus/ConventionClosed Caucus/Convention
 
 
Delegate Selection Tally
Winner-Take-Most Primary13
Proportional Primary8
Winner-Take-All Primary8
Delegate Selection Caucus/Convention6
Proportional Caucus/Convention6
Winner-Take-All (district and statewide) Primary5
Winner-Take-Most Caucus/Convention4
Combined Selection Statewide: Proportional, District: Winner-Take-Most Primary2
Combined Selection Statewide: Winner-Take-All, District: Loophole Primary2
Delegate Selection Primary1
Winner-Take-All Caucus/Convention1
Voter Eligibility Tally
Closed Primary16
Closed Caucus/Convention14
Open Primary14
Modified Primary9
Open Caucus/Convention2
Modified Caucus/Convention1
 
 


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Delegate Counts
  Democratic Pledged and Unpledged Summary   --   Republican Pledged and Unpledged Summary  
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  Democratic Hard and Floor Summary   --   Republican Hard and Floor Summary  
  Democratic Unpledged Delegate Preferences  
Commentary: THE TIES THAT BIND-- OR DO THEY? or, Politicus Unbound
 
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 Selection and Voter Eligibility  
 
  Primaries at a Glance  
 
  Results Status and Date Retrieved  
 
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  
 
  Straw Polls  
 
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