2020 United States Virgin Islands general election

2020 United States Virgin Islands general election
	Congressional election
	Legislative election
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Last updated June 16, 2024

The 2020 United States Virgin Islands general election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, to elect the non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives and all fifteen seats in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands.

Delegate to the United States House of Representatives

The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands' at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the larger 2020 United States House of Representatives elections and the general election in the United States Virgin Islands.

The U.S. Virgin Island's non-voting delegate is elected for a two-year term in office. Incumbent delegate Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat who was first elected in 2014, was re-elected to a fourth term.


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Stacey Plaskett	Democratic Party	13,620	87.94
	Shekema George	Independent	1,782	11.51
Write in			85	0.55
Total			15,487	100.00

Total votes			18,130	–
Registered voters/turnout			53,341	33.99
Source: ^[1]

Legislature of the Virgin Islands

The Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands maintained their majority but loss several seats to Independent candidates. This resulted due to an referendum on the Bryan administration, although his good response to the COVID-19 pandemic and popularity among new candidates.^[2]

Primary results for Legislature of the Virgin Islands St. Thomas/St. John^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donna Frett-Gregory (incumbent)	1,422	14.22
	Democratic	Athniel “Bobby” Thomas (incumbent)	1,108	11.08
	Democratic	Milton Potter	1,099	10.99
	Democratic	Carla Joseph	1,090	10.90
	Democratic	Stedmann Hodge Jr. (incumbent)	1,084	10.84
	Democratic	Marvin Blyden (incumbent)	982	9.82
	Democratic	Jonathan P. Tucker Jr.	775	7.75
	Democratic	Jean A. Forde	669	6.69
	Democratic	Shirley Sadler	586	5.86
	Democratic	Lawerence Boschulte	583	5.83
	Democratic	Patrick Simeon Sprauve	537	5.37
	Write-in		66	0.66
Total votes			10,001

Primary results for Legislature of the Virgin Islands St. Croix
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kurt Vialet (incumbent)	1,825	16.23
	Democratic	Novelle Francis (incumbent)	1,175	14.84
	Democratic	Allison DeGazon (incumbent)	957	12.09
	Democratic	Genevieve Whitaker	938	11.85
	Democratic	Oakland Benta (incumbent)	920	11.62
	Democratic	Javan James Sr. (incumbent)	914	11.54
	Democratic	Kenneth Gittens (incumbent)	861	10.88
	Democratic	Troy C. Williams	608	7.68
	Democratic	Andrew John	186	2.35
	Write-in		73	0.92
Total votes			7,917

General election results for Legislature of the Virgin Islands At-large
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Steven D. Payne Sr.	Democratic Party	8,201	94.71
Write in			458	5.29
Total			8,659	100.00

Total votes			18,130	–
Registered voters/turnout			53,341	33.99
Source: ^[1]

General election results for Legislature of the Virgin Islands St. Thomas/St. John
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Donna Frett-Gregory	Democratic Party	4,855	10.34
	Janelle K. Sarauw	Independent	4,827	10.28
	Milton E. Potter	Democratic Party	4,481	9.54
	Carla Joseph	Democratic Party	4,102	8.73
	Marvin Blyden	Democratic Party	4,065	8.65
	Alma Francis-Heyliger	Independent	4,017	8.55
	Dwayne M. DeGraff	Independent	3,538	7.53
	Athneil "Bobby" Thomas	Democratic Party	3,158	6.72
	Stedmann Hodge Jr.	Democratic Party	3,149	6.70
	Stephen "Smokey" Frett	Independent Citizens Movement	2,678	5.70
	Jonathan P. Tucker Jr.	Democratic Party	2,499	5.32
	Ray Fonseca	Independent	2,372	5.05
	Irvin Pudna Manson Sr.	Independent	2,225	4.74
	Wayne "Factsman" Adams	Independent Citizens Movement	733	1.56
Write in			272	0.58
Total			46,971	100.00

Total votes			9,322	–
Registered voters/turnout			27,754	33.59
Source: ^[1]

General election results for Legislature of the Virgin Islands St. Croix
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kurt Vialet	Democratic Party	4,852	10.98
	Genevieve Whiktaker	Democratic Party	3,898	8.82
	Novelle Francis	Democratic Party	3,799	8.60
	Javan James Sr.	Democratic Party	3,735	8.45
	Franklin D. Johnson	Independent	3,437	7.78
	Sammuel Carrion	Independent	3,394	7.68
	Kenneth Gittens	Democratic Party	3,322	7.52
	Oakland Benta	Democratic Party	3,199	7.24
	Allison DeGazon	Democratic Party	2,965	6.71
	Alicia "Chucky" Hansen	Independent	2,941	6.66
	Michael J. Springer	Independent	2,426	5.49
	Clint D. W. Ferris	Independent	1,754	3.97
	Devin Carrington	Independent	1,710	3.87
	Norman Baptiste	Independent	1,153	2.61
	James P. G. "Moonark" Wakefield	Independent	986	2.23
	John McCoy	Republican Party	460	1.04
Write in			158	0.36
Total			44,189	100.00

Total votes			8,808	–
Registered voters/turnout			25,587	34.42
Source: ^[1]

Polling

Congressional election

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Region	Sample size	Margin of error	Stacey Plaskett (D)	Shameka George (I)	Undecided
VI Tech Stack	September 23-27, 2020	St. Thomas/St. John St. Croix	450 250	±4.58% ±6.17%	65% 73%	9% 7%	26% 21%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Region	Sample size	Margin of error	Stacey Plaskett (D)	Shameka George (I)	Undecided
VI Tech Stack	October 24-26, 2020	St. Thomas/St. John St. Croix	450 250	±4.58% ±6.17%	71% 74%	14% 9%	15% 17%

Legislative election

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Region	Sample size	Margin of error	Donna Frett-Gregory (D)	Janelle Sarauw (I)	Undecided	Marvin Blyden (D)	Athneil “Bobby” Thomas (D)	Stedmann Hodge Jr.(D)	Alma Francis Heyliger (I)	Milton E. Potter (D)	Dwayne M. DeGraff (I)	Stephen “Smokey” Frett (ICM)	Carla Joseph (D)	Irvin Pudna Mason Sr. (I)	Ray Fonseca (I)	Jonathan P. Tucker, Jr. (D)	Wayne FactsMan Adams (ICM)
VI Tech Stack	September 23-27, 2020	St. Thomas/St. John	450	±4.58%	16.2%	14.7%	14.3%	8.7%	8.0%	6.0%	5.8%	5.4%	5.1%	5.0%	4.0%	2.1%	1.7%	1.6%	1.4%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Region	Sample size	Margin of error	Kurt Vialet (D)	Undecided	Genevieve Whitaker (D)	Allison DeGazon (D)	Javan E. James Sr. (D)	Novelle E. Francis, Jr. (D)	Michael Springer (I)	Alicia “Chucky” Hansen (I)	Franklin D. Johnson (I)	John McCoy (R)	Oakland Benta (D)	Kenneth Gittens (D)	Devin Carrington (I)	Clint D. W. Ferris (I)	Samuel Carrion (I)	Norman Jn Baptiste (I)	JPG Moonark Wakefield (I)
VI Tech Stack	September 23-27, 2020	St. Croix	250	±6.17%	13.4%	12.0%	11.2%	10.6%	9.6%	9.2%	6.3%	4.5%	4.3%	4.1%	3.4%	3.0%	2.6%	2.2%	2.0%	1.0%	0.7%

Exit poll

St. Thomas - St. John Questionnaire ^[4]
How supportive would you be of the development of a new hotel or casino that would create jobs for VI residents?
Very supportive: 44%, Somewhat supportive: 24%, Somewhat unsupportive: 10%, Very unsupportive: 10%, No opinion: 12%
How supportive are you of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy in which the US Virgin Islands government would support the private sector in rebuilding efforts and economic resiliency for the Virgin Islands, including upgrades to key infrastructure such as the Cyril E. King Airport and WAPA?
Very supportive: 61%, Somewhat supportive: 20%, Somewhat unsupportive: 2%, Very unsupportive: 1%, No opinion: 4%, Unsure: 11%
Do you believe we need more tourism or less tourism in the Virgin Islands?
More tourism: 60%, Less tourism: 18%, Unsure: 22%

2020 USVI general election poll St. Croix ^[5]
How supportive would you be of the development of a new hotel or casino that would create jobs for VI residents?
Very supportive: 62%, Somewhat supportive: 23%, Somewhat unsupportive: 4%, Very unsupportive: 3%, Unsure: 8%
How supportive are you of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy in which the US Virgin Islands government would support the private sector in rebuilding efforts and economic resiliency for the Virgin Islands, including upgrades to key infrastructure such as the Cyril E. King Airport and WAPA?
Very supportive: 56%, Somewhat supportive: 24%, Somewhat unsupportive: 2%, Very unsupportive: 4%, No opinion: 5%, Unsure: 9%
Do you believe we need more tourism or less tourism in the Virgin Islands?
More tourism: 67%, Less tourism: 11%, Unsure: 22%

2020 USVI general election by demographic subgroup^[6]
Party
Republican Party	St. Thomas - St. John	5%	St. Croix	9%
Democratic Party	St. Thomas - St. John	57%	St. Croix	53%
Independent Citizens Movement	St. Thomas - St. John	5%	St. Croix	7%
Non affiliated	St. Thomas - St. John	24%	St. Croix	26%
Unsure	St. Thomas - St. John	9%	St. Croix	5%
Gender
Men	St. Thomas - St. John	48%	St. Croix	48%
Women	St. Thomas - St. John	52%	St. Croix	52%
Age
18-34 years old	St. Thomas - St. John	16%	St. Croix	16%
35-49 years old	St. Thomas - St. John	23%	St. Croix	23%
50-64 years old	St. Thomas - St. John	32%	St. Croix	32%
65+ years old	St. Thomas - St. John	29%	St. Croix	29%

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References

1 2 3 4 "2020 General Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.
↑ "Vialet Holds No. 1 Spot in St. Croix District; DeGazon is Out. Genevieve, Carrion and Johnson Elected". The Virgin Islands Consortium. November 3, 2020.
↑ "2020 Primary Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.
↑ "USVI General Election Polls" . Retrieved 2020-08-18.
↑ "USVI General Election Polls" . Retrieved 2020-08-18.
↑ "St. Croix Questionnaire October 2020" . Retrieved 2020-08-18.

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[2] "Vialet Holds No. 1 Spot in St. Croix District; DeGazon is Out. Genevieve, Carrion and Johnson Elected". The Virgin Islands Consortium. November 3, 2020.

[3] "2020 Primary Election". Election System of the Virgin Islands.

[4] "USVI General Election Polls" . Retrieved 2020-08-18.

[5] "USVI General Election Polls" . Retrieved 2020-08-18.

[6] "St. Croix Questionnaire October 2020" . Retrieved 2020-08-18.

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