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.
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Candidate filing deadline: Wednesday 20 December 2023
Candidate filing deadline - Write-in: Monday 8 January 2024
District Delegates Slated: Tuesday 9 January 2024
Primary: Tuesday 19 March 20241
Post Primary Caucus: Sunday 14 April 2024
State Executive Committee: Saturday 11 May 2024
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Soft
Pledged
Soft
Unpledged
Soft
Total
Hard Total
(available)127.0 100.00%16.0 100.00%143.0 100.00%143 100.00%
Total127.0 100.00%16.0 100.00%143.0 100.00%143 100.00%

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Ohio Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress
 
Ohio State and Local Government

 
 

2024 Delegate Selection Plan from the Ohio Democratic Party.

16 June 2023: DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Meeting deferred action on this plan to a later date.

28 July 2023: DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Meeting Committee Meeting found this plan in conditional compliance.

14 September 2023: DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee found this plan to be in full compliance.

SB 55 would change the Presidential primary date to May.


   

Tuesday 9 January 2024: District Delegates Slated. Hours begin at 7:00p EST (0000 UTC). District-level delegates are slated to each Presidential Preference in pre-primary caucuses held in each Congressional District.

 

This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary. These coinciding primaries tend to have an impact upon voter turnout.

Tuesday 19 March 2024: Ohio Primary. Hours 6:30a-7:30p EDT (1030-2330 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Modified Primary.

Primary (preliminary)
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Total  
 

127 of 143 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Ohio Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level. Uncommitted does not appear on the Presidential Primary ballot. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

  • 83 district delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 16 congressional districts.
  • In addition, 44 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
    • 27 at-large National Convention delegates
    • 17 Pledged PLEOs

Primary

Contest
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
Del
CD1  7
CD2  3
CD3  9
CD4  4
CD5  4
CD6  4
CD7  6
CD8  5
CD9  6
CD10  6
CD11  9
CD12  4
CD13  6
CD14  5
CD15  5
PLEO  17
At-Large  27
Total
Delegates
  127
 

Sunday 14 April 2024: Post Primary Caucus. Delegates are elected according to the results of the primary. There is one caucus location per congressional district.

If a presidential candidate has qualified to receive delegates but has failed to slate a sufficient number of delegates, then additional delegates for that candidate will be selected during the post-primary caucus.

 

Saturday 11 May 2024: State Executive Committee

National Convention Pledged PLEO and At-Large Delegates are selected by the State Democratic Executive Committee according to the results of the primary.

The remaining 16 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 16 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 9 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 6 Members of Congress (1 Senator and 5 Representatives).
    • 0 Governors.
    • 1 Distinguished Party Leader (former DNC Chairman David Wilhelm)

These 16 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

Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
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  Ohio House of Representatives
  Ohio Senate
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Media & others
  Chagrin Valley Times
  cleveland.com - Everything Cleveland
  Courier - Findlay
  Dayton Daily News
  Gongwer News Service
  JournalNews - Hamilton
  Lisbon Morning Journal
  Medina Gazette
  Merco Hispano - Westlake
  News-Herald - Willoughby
  NewsLink.org - Ohio Newspapers
  Politics1.com - Ohio
  Sentinel-Tribune - Bowling Green
  Star Beacon - Ashtabula
  The Advertiser-Tribune - Tiffin
  The Free Press - Columbus
  The Lima News - Lima
  The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
  The Vindicator - Youngstown
  Today's Pulse - Liberty Township / Butler and Warren Counties
  Toledo Blade
  Tribune Chronicle - TribToday.com - Warren
  Wapakoneta Daily News
  WBNS TV - CBS - Central Ohio
  WeST LIFE - Westshore
  WEWS TV - ABC - Cleveland - Akron
  WFMJ TV - NBC - Youngstown
  WHIO TV - CBS - Dayton
  WKYC TV - NBC - Cleveland
  WNWO TV - NBC - Toledo
  WTOL TV - CBS - Toledo
 


  Election 2024 - Presidential Primary, Caucus, and Convention Home  
 
  Presidential Candidates  
 
  States Alphabetically  
  Events Chronologically  
  Major Events Chronologically  
  Democratic "First Determining Step" Chronologically  
  Poll Closing Times Chronologically   --   Poll Closing Times Alphabetically  
  Subscribe to iCalendar Feed  
 
  Chronological Cumulative Allocation of Delegates  
  Weekly Delegate Distribution and Availability  
 
Delegate Counts
  Democratic Pledged and Unpledged Summary   --   Republican Pledged and Unpledged Summary  
  Democratic Hard and Soft Summary   --   Republican Hard and Soft Summary  
 
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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