The Green Papers 2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions |
Disclaimer: 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
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Iowa Republican Presidential Nominating Process Precinct Caucuses: Circa January 2024 (date not set) County Conventions: Circa March 2024 (date not set) District Statutory Caucus: Circa April 2024 (date not set) State Convention: Circa June 2024 (date not set) |
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Delegate Binding: Proportional Caucus/Convention. Voter Eligibility: Closed Caucus/Convention. 40 total delegates - 10 base at-large / 12 re: 4 congressional districts / 3 party / 15 bonus |
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17 May 2023: Des Moines Register. "... we're heading for a mid-January caucus but it's still very unsettled ... " - Republican Party of Iowa Chair Jeff Kaufmann. Iowa GOP Bylaws from the Republican Party of Iowa. |
Only registered Republicans in the state of Iowa can participate in the Republican caucus. Individuals may register to vote as a Republican at the caucus. Circa January 2024 (date not set): Iowa Precinct Caucuses. Delegate Binding: Proportional Caucus/Convention. Voter Eligibility: Closed Caucus/Convention.
Republican Party Precinct Caucuses meet in each precinct at 7:00 pm CST. Each Precinct Caucuses chooses the precinct's delegates to the County Convention and conducts a Presidential Poll by secret ballot. Delegates are proportionally allocated to Presidential contenders based on the statewide vote. Each candidate receives (candidate's statewide vote) × 40 ÷ (total statewide vote) delegates. Round fractions to the nearest whole number. If there are too few delegates allocated, the candidate nearest the rounding threshold receives the additional delegate. If too many delegates are allocated, the candidate furthest the threshold looses a delegate. [Bylaws Article VIII.1]
Iowa's National Convention delegates are bound for the 1st ballot unless only 1 candidate is nominated at the Republican National Convention. In that case, Iowa's delegates are bound to vote for that candidate on the first ballot providing that candidate received votes in the Precinct Caucuses. [Bylaws Article VIII.2] |
Circa March 2024 (date not set): Republican Party County Conventions convene in each county to choose delegates to the Congressional District Conventions and the State Convention. |
Circa April 2024 (date not set): Republican Party District Conventions convene in each congressional district to choose the state's district delegates to the Republican National Convention according to the results of the Precinct Caucuses. Each of Iowa's 4 congressional districts is assigned 3 National Convention delegates. |
Circa June 2024 (date not set): The Iowa State Republican Convention officially convenes. 25 of 40 National Convention delegates are selected according to the results of the Precinct Caucuses.
In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Iowa's Republican Party, will attend the convention as pledged delegates by virtue of their position. |
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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. |
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