South Carolina Democratic Delegation 2024

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.

South Carolina Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Saturday 3 February 2024¹
County Conventions: Friday 1 March - Saturday 16 March 2024
Congressional District Caucuses: Wednesday 8 May 2024
State Convention: Saturday 18 May 2024

Candidate	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Soft Pledged	Soft Unpledged	Soft Total	Hard Total
(available)	`55.0 100.00%`	`8.0 100.00%`	`63.0 100.00%`	`63 100.00%`
Total	`55.0 100.00%`	`8.0 100.00%`	`63.0 100.00%`	`63 100.00%`

Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Open Primary.

63 total delegate votes - 36 district / 12 at large; 7 Pledged PLEOs; 8 Unpledged PLEOs

States Chronologically States Alphabetically

Democratic Convention
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Republican Convention
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South Carolina Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress

South Carolina State and Local Government

Delegate Selection Plan from the South Carolina Democratic Party.

1 to 10 November 2023: Presidential candidate filing.

2 December 2022: The Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee recommended a "pre-window" start date of Saturday 3 February 2024. The date was confirmed by the Party on 15 April 2023. The date has not been confirmed with the State Election Commission.

Participation is open to all registered voter who wish to participate as Democrats and have not participated in the Presidential nominating process of any other political party.

Saturday 3 February 2024: South Carolina Primary. Hours reportedly 7:00a-7:00p EST (1200-0000 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Open Primary.

Primary (preliminary)
Included in Nationwide vote.

Candidate	Pop Vote	%
Total

55 of 63 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's South Carolina Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

36 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 7 congressional districts.
In addition, 19 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
- 12 at-large National Convention delegates
- 7 Pledged PLEOs

Primary

Contest
	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del
CD1			6
CD2			5
CD3			3
CD4			4
CD5			5
CD6			8
CD7			5
PLEO			7
At-Large			12
Total Delegates			55

Friday 1 March - Saturday 16 March 2024: County Democratic Conventions. The County Conventions elect delegates to the State Democratic Convention.

Wednesday 8 May 2024: Congressional District Caucuses. Hours 9:00a-9:00p EDT (1300-0100 UTC). National Convention District delegates are elected according to the results of the primary. Voting is conducted electronically.

Saturday 18 May 2024: State Convention.

National Convention Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates are elected according to the results of the primary.

The remaining 8 National Convention delegates consist of

8 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

7 Democratic National Committee members.
1 Member of Congress (0 Senators and 1 Representative).
0 Governors.
0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 8 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.

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