2024 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses

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]

2024 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses

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4 Republican National Convention delegates
Candidate Donald Trump Nikki Haley Ron DeSantis (withdrawn) Home state Florida South Carolina Florida Delegate count 4 0 0 First choice 180 (69.5%) 52 (20.1%) 15 (5.8%) Final round 187 (74.2%) 65 (25.8%) Eliminated

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 a 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

Main article: 2024 Republican Party presidential candidates

• Donald Trump
• Nikki Haley^[9]
• Chris Christie (withdrawn)^[10]
• Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)^[11]
• Perry Johnson (withdrawn)^[12]
• Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)^[13]

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]

Candidate	First Choice			Round 1			Round 2			Round 3			Round 4		Actual delegate count
	Votes	%	Transfer	Votes	%	Transfer	Votes	%	Transfer	Votes	%	Transfer	Votes	%	Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	180	69.50%	+0	180	69.50%	+1	181	69.88%	+2	183	71.48%	+4	187	74.21%	1	3	4
Nikki Haley	52	20.08%	+2	54	20.85%	+0	54	20.85%	+0	54	21.09%	+11	65	25.79%	0
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)	15	5.79%	+0	15	5.79%	+2	17	6.56%	+2	19	7.42%	−19	Eliminated
Perry Johnson (withdrawn)	6	2.32%	+1	7	2.70%	+0	7	2.70%	−7	Eliminated
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)	3	1.16%	+0	3	1.16%	−3	Eliminated
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	3	1.16%	−3	Eliminated
Total	259			259			259			256			252		1	3	4
Blank or inactive ballots	0		+0	0		+0	0		+3	3		+4	7		—

See also

• 2024 U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic presidential caucuses
• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2024 United States presidential election
• 2024 United States elections