2024 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses

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| election_name = 2024 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses

| country = United States Virgin Islands

| type = primary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2020 U.S. Virgin Islands presidential caucuses#Republican caucuses

| previous_year = 2020

| next_election = 2028 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses

| next_year = 2028

| election_date = February 8, 2024

| outgoing_members = NV

| elected_members = SC

| votes_for_election = 4 Republican National Convention delegates

| 1blank = First choice

| 2blank = Final round

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| map_size = 250px

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| image1 = TrumpPortrait.jpg

| candidate1 = Donald Trump

| color1 = 283681

| home_state1 = Florida

| delegate_count1 = 4

| 1data1 = 180 (69.5%)

| 2data1 = 187 (74.2%)

| image2 = Nikki Haley (53299447738) (cropped).jpg

| candidate2 = Nikki Haley

| color2 = FE6100

| home_state2 = South Carolina

| delegate_count2 = 0

| 1data2 = 52 (20.1%)

| 2data2 = 65 (25.8%)

| image3 = Ron DeSantis (53299142646) (cropped).jpg

| candidate3 = Ron DeSantis
(withdrawn)

| color3 = A8002A

| home_state3 = Florida

| delegate_count3 = 0

| 1data3 = 15 (5.8%)

| 2data3 = Eliminated

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The 2024 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses were held on February 8, 2024,{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4456585-donald-trump-nikki-haley-virgin-islands-caucus/|title=Trump wins Virgin Islands GOP caucus |work=The Hill|last=Vakil|first=Caroline|date=February 8, 2024|accessdate=February 9, 2024}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/elections/republican-primary-calendar.html|title=2024 Republican Presidential Primary Calendar|date=December 6, 2023|first1=Martín|last1=González Gómez|first2=Christine|last2=Zhang|work=The New York Times}}

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|date=February 2024}}, winning all of the territory's convention delegates.{{Cite web |title=Trump wins US Virgin Islands caucuses, extending Haley's losing streak|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2024-us-virgin-islands-caucus-results/story?id=106645550 |access-date=February 12, 2024|date=February 8, 2024|website=ABC News |language=en|first1=Nadine|last1=El-Bawab|first2=Oren|last2=Oppenheim}} The Republican Party in the Virgin Islands selected nine delegates{{Failed verification|date=February 2024}}, 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.{{Cite web |title=The U.S. Virgin Islands is this week's most interesting election|url=https://abcnews.go.com/538/us-virgin-islands-weeks-interesting-election/story?id=107038823 |access-date=February 13, 2024|date=February 8, 2024|website=ABC News |language=en|first=Nathaniel|last=Rakich}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://prod-static.gop.com/media/Rules_of_the_Republican_Party_090921.pdf|title=The Rules of the Republican Party|publisher=Republican National Convention|year=2020}} 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 a Republican National Convention (RNC) rule violation.{{cite news|date=February 8, 2024|title=Trump wins delegates, VIGOP disputes how many will attend convention|url=https://newsfeed.wtjx.org/podcast/wtjx-newsfeed/2024-02-09/trump-wins-delegates-vigop-disputes-how-many-will-attend-convention|first1=Tom|last1=Eader|website=WTJX}}

The Republican Party in the Virgin Islands scheduled its caucus before March 15{{cite news|date=November 21, 2023|title=Ackley Remains V.I. GOP Chairman Despite Attempted Ouster, RNC Rules|url=https://stthomassource.com/content/2023/11/21/ackley-remains-v-i-gop-chairman-despite-attempted-ouster-rnc-rules/|access-date=February 8, 2024|first1=Sian|last1=Cobb|website=The St. Thomas Source}} and used ranked-choice voting instead of a proportional system.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ranked-choice-voting-presidential-primary-politics/|title=Trump wins U.S. Virgin Islands GOP caucuses, in USVI's first ranked choice contest|first1=Natalie|last1=Brand|work=CBS News|date=February 8, 2024|accessdate=February 12, 2024}} 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".

Candidates

Donald Trump
Nikki Haley{{Cite web|date=June 17, 2023|title=2024 Virgin Islands Republican Caucus|url=https://www.republicanpartyinthevirginislands.com/2024-virgin-islands-caucus |access-date=February 8, 2024 |website=Republican Party in the Virgin Islands}}
Chris Christie (withdrawn){{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/10/politics/chris-christie-ends-presidential-campaign-2024/index.html|title=Chris Christie ends 2024 presidential campaign|publisher=CNN|date=January 10, 2024|accessdate=January 10, 2024|last=Krieg|first=Gregory|archive-date=January 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110223044/https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/10/politics/chris-christie-ends-presidential-campaign-2024/index.html|url-status=live}}
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn){{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-planning-drop-presidential-bid-sunday-rcna134953|title=Ron DeSantis suspends his presidential bid and endorses Trump|publisher=NBC News|last1=Hernández|first1=Alec|last2=Dixon|first2=Matt|last3=Burns|first3=Dasha|last4=Allen|first4=Jonathan|date=January 21, 2024|accessdate=January 21, 2024|archive-date=January 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121202226/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-planning-drop-presidential-bid-sunday-rcna134953|url-status=live}}
Perry Johnson (withdrawn){{cite news |last1=Tabet |first1=Alex |title=Perry Johnson drops out of 2024 presidential race |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/perry-johnson-drops-2024-presidential-race-rcna121476 |access-date=November 3, 2023 |publisher=NBC News |date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107173837/https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/perry-johnson-drops-2024-presidential-race-rcna121476 |url-status=live }}
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn){{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/vivek-ramaswamy-ends-2024-presidential-campaign-4b794ed3fbb41cc7f2a6a95d20458843 |title=Vivek Ramaswamy suspends his 2024 Republican presidential bid and endorses rival Donald Trump |last=Barrow |first=Bill |publisher=Associated Press |date=December 16, 2024 |access-date=January 16, 2024 |archive-date=January 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116043127/https://apnews.com/article/vivek-ramaswamy-ends-2024-presidential-campaign-4b794ed3fbb41cc7f2a6a95d20458843 |url-status=live }}

Results

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

References

Category:United States Virgin Islands Republican caucuses

Republican presidential caucuses

United States Virgin Islands