2024 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses

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2024 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses
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Candidate Donald Trump Nikki Haley Ron DeSantis
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Home state Florida South Carolina Florida
Delegate count400
First choice180 (69.5%)52 (20.1%)15 (5.8%)
Final round187 (74.2%)65 (25.8%)Eliminated

The 2024 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses were held on February 8, 2024, [1] as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. Although the United States Virgin Islands will not participate in the 2024 presidential general election because it is a U.S. territory and not a state, it equally participated in the U.S. presidential caucuses and primaries. The caucus took place the same day as the Nevada caucuses. [2]

Contents

The caucus was won by former President Donald Trump, defeating former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina governor Nikki Haley. Trump won with 187 votes[ failed verification ], winning all of the territory's convention delegates. [3] The Republican Party in the Virgin Islands selected nine delegates[ failed verification ], although the number of delegates seated by the convention may be reduced to as few as four due to alleged violations of national Republican rules. [4]

Procedure

Under RNC Rule No. 16(c)(2), any caucus held prior to March 15 must allocate its delegates proportionally to the number of votes for each candidate. [5] The RNC alleged that using ranked-choice voting before March 15, 2024, was a violation of RNC rules.

Controversy

The number of delegates for the U.S. Virgin Islands may be reduced due to an Republican National Convention (RNC) rule violation. [6]

The Republican Party in the Virgin Islands scheduled its caucus before March 15 [7] and used ranked-choice voting instead of a proportional system. [8] Party leaders attempted to oust chairman Gordon Ackley due to the disagreement, though RNC Chief Counsel Matt Raymer ruled that the meeting was not held in compliance with "party rules". [7]

Candidates

Results

The Republican Party in the U.S. Virgin Islands awarded all delegates to Trump. [6]

Virgin Islands Republican caucus, February 8, 2024 [14] [15]
CandidateFirst ChoiceRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Actual delegate count
Votes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%BoundUnboundTotal
Donald Trump 18069.50%+018069.50%+118169.88%+218371.48%+418774.21%
1
3
4
Nikki Haley 5220.08%+25420.85%+05420.85%+05421.09%+116525.79%
0
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)155.79%+0155.79%+2176.56%+2197.42%−19Eliminated
Perry Johnson (withdrawn)62.32%+172.70%+072.70%−7Eliminated
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)31.16%+031.16%−3Eliminated
Chris Christie (withdrawn)31.16%−3Eliminated
Total259259259256252134
Blank or inactive ballots 0+00+00+33+47—

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