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Jan 15, 2024 · Candidates receive the number of delegates equal to their share of the statewide vote. For example, Ted Cruz’s 28% showing in the 2016 Iowa GOP caucuses translated to eight delegates, compared...
Jan 24, 2024 · Iowa's delegates to the convention are proportionally allocated based on Iowa Caucus results. Iowa Republicans send 40 delegates in total. It's been just over a week since the 2024 Iowa Caucus, and the Iowa GOP has released it's official allocation of Iowa delegates to the Republican National Convention
- Overview
- How do delegates work?
- How many delegates does a candidate need to win the nomination?
- How will the caucuses impact 2024 presidential nominations?
Washington — The first presidential nominating contest kicked off on Monday with the Iowa caucuses, as the Republican White House hopefuls eyed a boost to kickstart the election year ahead and began seeing the results of their campaigning so far.
•What is a caucus and how does it work? What to know about Iowa voting
The delegates are allocated proportionally to each candidate. Those delegates will go on to the county convention, where delegates are elected to the district convention before the process continues for the state convention and finally the national convention, where they will join delegates from other states to select the party's nominee for the November election at the national convention this summer in Milwaukee.
"So, at the beginning of the process, it's a little chaotic," says Rachel Paine Caufield, professor and co-chair of the political science department at Drake University in Des Moines. "By the end of the process, of course, we know generally who the nominee will be, and oftentimes the state party organization at the state convention will direct our delegates to support whoever it is that's going to get the nomination."
A candidate must receive the majority of their party's delegates to win the nomination. For Republicans, there are nearly 2,500 delegates, and a candidate needs 1,215 delegates to win the nomination. For Democrats, there are around 3,900 delegates, and 1,969 are needed to win.
What Iowa lacks in sheer number of delegates, it's historically made up for in outsized influence.
The first-in-the-nation contest generally offers bragging rights and a boost to the winners, while a disappointing performance often sifts out trailing candidates.
Democrats met only to conduct party business on Monday, and Iowa Democrats are voting by mail, with results to be announced in March, on Super Tuesday. Iowa's caucuses mainly present a high-profile test for the Republican presidential hopefuls by virtue of being first.
Trump, who had been consistently leading in the polls, was projected to win Iowa, with DeSantis placing second and earning eight delegates, and Haley following closely in third, walking away with seven delegates. DeSantis in particular bet big on Iowa, while Haley's focus has been more on the New Hampshire primary to come on Jan. 23.
DeSantis, who visited all of Iowa's 99 counties and was endorsed by Gov. Kim Reynolds, told "CBS Mornings" on Monday that his campaign felt "really good" heading into the caucuses and said Iowans were still weighing whether to support Trump or him.
"It's about the future of the country," DeSantis said. "I've delivered on 100% of my promises. You know, Donald Trump did not build the wall, did not drain the swamp."
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Jan 15, 2024 · The state’s 40 delegates (just 1.6 percent of Republican delegates nationwide) will be allocated to candidates proportionally based on the final vote count. In pre-caucus polling, former ...
Jan 23, 2024 · Iowa has 40 of the 2,284 bound delegates up for grabs in 2024 to Republican candidates. In raw delegates, Iowa has the 24th highest count followed by Arkansas (40) and Minnesota (39).
Jan 16, 2024 · How many delegates does Iowa have, and how will today's caucuses impact the 2024 presidential nominations? A candidate must receive the majority of delegates to win the nomination.
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