Automatic delegates include members of the Democratic National Committee , Democratic members of Congress, Democratic governors, or distinguished party leaders, including former presidents and vice presidents. They are free to support any presidential candidate of their choosing. Following the presidential election , the Unity Reform Commission was formed to revise the Democratic nominating process, including reducing the number and power of automatic delegates.
The map below compares delegate counts by state. A lighter shade of blue indicates a smaller number of delegates while a darker shade indicates a larger number. The following chart lists the election type, delegate type breakdown, and total delegates for each state and territory. The following chart and table show the percentage of pledged delegates awarded over time following the primary or caucus of each state and territory.
The percentage reflects the percentage of pledged delegates awarded by each date. In response to the coronavirus pandemic , several states have changed their presidential primary or caucus election dates and administrative procedures. As a result, the percentage of delegates allocated over time is subject to change.
The rule says, in part, the following: [19]. A memo sent to members of the party's Rules and Bylaws Committee RBC in March said there could be penalties for postponing a primary past this date. The memo also recommended state parties follow guidance from local health officials. It continued, "We acknowledge the situation is very different in every state and want to give state parties flexibility to adjust their plans to address their own situations and local guidance. The calculation of bonus delegates, awarded for holding primaries later in the election cycle or with other regional states, could also be affected by changes to the election calendar.
On April 10, , political scientist Josh Putnam discussed the challenges of recalculating bonus delegates in a FiveThirtyEight article:. In my conversations with DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee members, I have been told that recalculating the bonus delegates is not a high priority.
And that is mainly because of the problems it introduces. Take Ohio, for example. District delegate slates were nominated there in January. This makes it hard to add delegates on the fly. The same is true of delegate penalties. In New York, district delegate candidates have already filed to be on the June 23 primary ballot. The Delegate Selection Rules for the Democratic National Convention included two provisions regarding the binding of delegates to the candidates they supported at the time of their selection.
Beyond this, the Delegate Selection Rules did not directly address how a candidate's withdrawal from the race before the convention affected the delegates pledged to that candidate. However, in 12 states, statutes established provisions for the release of delegates either upon a candidate's withdrawal or after a specific number of ballots had been taken at the national convention.
The table below identifies these states. In the column titled "Candidate withdrawal or release provision," a "yes" indicates that the statute allowed for the release of pledged delegates either upon a candidate's withdrawal or at the explicit direction of the candidate. In the column titled "Multiple ballot provision," a "yes" indicates that the statute allowed for the release of a pledged delegate after a specific number of ballots had been taken at the convention the number in parentheses indicates the ballot on which the delegates would be released.
The full text of relevant statutes and their citations are also provided. The Republican presidential nominee will be selected by delegates to the Republican National Convention , which will be held August , , in Charlotte, North Carolina. The national nominating convention is the formal ceremony during which the party officially selects its nominee and adopts a party platform.
The delegates are individuals chosen to represent their state or territory at the convention. In , there were an estimated 2, delegates : 2, pledged delegates and unpledged delegates. To win the Republican nomination, a presidential candidate must receive support from a majority of delegates—an estimated 1, delegates.
This page provides an overview of the types of delegates to the convention, their selection and allocation , and a summary of delegates by state. Click here to learn more about Republican Party delegate rules by state.
Ballotpedia features , encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers. Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error. Click here to contact us for media inquiries, and please donate here to support our continued expansion. Share this page Follow Ballotpedia. What's on your ballot? Jump to: navigation , search. There is no Constitutional provision or Federal law that requires electors to vote according to the results of the popular vote in their States.
Some States, however, require electors to cast their votes according to the popular vote. These pledges fall into two categories—electors bound by State law and those bound by pledges to political parties. Supreme Court has held that the Constitution does not require that electors be completely free to act as they choose and therefore, political parties may extract pledges from electors to vote for the parties' nominees. Some State laws provide that so-called "faithless electors" may be subject to fines or may be disqualified for casting an invalid vote and be replaced by a substitute elector.
The Supreme Court decided in that States can enact requirements on how electors vote. No elector has ever been prosecuted for failing to vote as pledged. However, several electors were disqualified and replaced, and others fined, in for failing to vote as pledged.
It is rare for electors to disregard the popular vote by casting their electoral vote for someone other than their party's candidate. Electors generally hold a leadership position in their party or were chosen to recognize years of loyal service to the party. Throughout our history as a nation, more than 99 percent of electors have voted as pledged. The National Association of Secretaries of State NASS has compiled a brief summary of State laws about the various procedures, which vary from State to State, for selecting slates of potential electors and for conducting the meeting of the electors.
You are telling your State which candidate you want your State to vote for at the meeting of electors. There are four types of pledged delegates:. By the end of March , roughly two-thirds of Republican and Democratic delegates will have been allocated. Overall, the RNC and DNC have different methods of determining the number of delegates per state, who the delegates are, and how the delegates vote for the eventual nominee.
Help Center Forward end the culture of gridlock in Washington. Delegate Selection Process Basic. Overview Between now and June , all fifty states and territories will be holding primary elections and caucuses in order to select Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. There are four types of pledged delegates: Pledged district delegates are elected at the congressional district level. There are three district-level delegates in each congressional district.
Pledged at-large delegates are distributed and elected statewide, with 10 at-large delegates in each state. Pledged party leaders are leaders from each state and territory: national committeeman, national committeewoman, and state party chair.
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