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The 2024 United States Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses will be held on February 8, 2024,[1] as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. Four delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention will be allocated on a selection basis.[2] The caucus will use ranked choice voting.[3]

Procedure

The number of delegates for the U.S. Virgin Islands was reduced from nine to four due to an RNC rule violation. Under RNC Rule No. 16(c)(2), any caucus held prior to March 15 must allocate its delegates proportional to the number of votes for each candidate.[4] U.S. Virgin Islands scheduled its caucus before March 15 and planned to use a ranked-choice voting scheme instead of a proportional system. The chairman and executive director of the Republican Party in the Virgin Islands were ousted due to the mishap.[5]

Under RNC Rule No. 17(b), because of this violation, the Republican National Convention will set the rules of the election so that delegates will be allocated proportional among the candidates who received more than 10% of the votes cast in the primary.[4][5]

Candidates

Main article: 2024 Republican Party presidential candidates

Declared candidates

Former President Donald Trump[6] and former South Carolina Governor and Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley have announced their candidacies for president.

Results

Virgin Islands Republican caucus, February 8, 2024
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump
Nikki Haley
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)
Chris Christie (withdrawn)
Perry Johnson (withdrawn)
Total: 100.00% 4 0 4
Source: "2024 Virgin Islands Republican Caucus". Republican Party of the Virgin Islands. Retrieved December 6, 2023.

See also

References

  1. ^ Schilke, Rachel (October 1, 2023). "Eight Republican presidential candidates qualify for Virgin Islands caucus as date is announced". Washington Examiner. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  2. ^ González Gómez, Martín; Zhang, Christine (December 6, 2023). "2024 Republican Presidential Primary Calendar". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "2024 Virgin Islands Republican Caucus". Republican Party in the Virgin Islands. June 17, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "The Rules of the Republican Party" (PDF). Republican National Convention. 2020.
  5. ^ a b Cobb, Sian (November 15, 2023). "V.I. Republicans Oust Party Leaders in Fight Over Caucus Plans". St. Thomas Source. Retrieved January 13, 2024. As submitted, the Virgin Islands Rule No. 16(f) filing will result in the size of the delegation being reduced from 9 delegates to 4 delegates...At the national convention, the 4 delegate votes will be allocated in accordance with RNC Rule No. 17(b)...
  6. ^ Singman, Brooke (November 15, 2022). "Donald Trump announces 2024 re-election run for president". Fox News. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
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