2016 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses

The 2016 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses took place on March 10 in the U.S. territory of the United States Virgin Islands as one of the Republican Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

2016 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses

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9 delegates to the Republican National Convention (6 bound, 3 unbound)
 
Candidate Donald Trump Uncommitted Ted Cruz
Home state New York N/A Texas
Delegate count 8 1 0
Popular vote 104 1,063 191
Percentage 6.4% 65.3% 11.7%

 
Candidate Marco Rubio Ben Carson
Home state Florida Florida
Delegate count 0 0
Popular vote 161 108
Percentage 9.9% 6.6%

While on the same day, neither the Republican Party nor the Democratic Party held any other primaries, the Democratic Party's own Virgin Islands caucuses took place only on June 4.

Six of Virgin Islands' nine Republican delegates were elected during a Presidential caucus. Territorial Caucuses met from noon to 6 p.m. Atlantic Standard Time on St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John as a Convention to vote for Presidential Preference and select at-large delegates to the Republican National Convention.

Three party leaders -- the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Virgin Islands's Republican Party -- attended the convention by virtue of their position. On election day all six delegates were voted to be uncommitted to the national convention in Ohio. [1] All 6 delegates were disqualified by the territorial party and were replaced. Rubio received 2 delegates, 2 delegates were uncommitted, Ted Cruz received 1, and Donald Trump received 1. At the convention, nominee Donald Trump received 8 of 9 total delegates.

Results

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Virgin Islands Republican territorial caucus, March 10, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Uncommitted 1,063 65.3% 1 0 0
Ted Cruz 191 11.7% 0 0 0
Marco Rubio 161 9.9% 0 0 0
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 108 6.6% 0 0 0
Donald Trump 104 6.4% 5 3 8
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 1,627 100.00% 6 3 9
Sources:[2][3]

Trump’s 5th place finish was his worst performance in the Republican primaries, although all the delegates decided to back him after he was determined as the presumptive nominee.

Delegates

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RNC Delegates

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  1. John Canegata (Republican Party Chairman) (automatically a delegate)
  2. Lilliana Belardo de O'Neal (RNC Committeewoman) (automatically a delegate)
  3. Holland Redfield, II (RNC Committeeman) (automatically a delegate)

Original

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  1. John P. Yob (uncommitted)
  2. Gwendolyn D. 'Gwen' Hall Brady (uncommitted)
  3. Warren B. Cole (uncommitted)
  4. Erica L. Yob (uncommitted)
  5. George H. Logan (uncommitted)
  6. Lindsey Eilon (uncommitted)

Replacements

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  1. David Johnson (uncommitted)
  2. Valerie L.Stiles (Marco Rubio)
  3. Andrea Lee Moeekel (uncommitted)
  4. Humberto O’Neal (Marco Rubio)
  5. Steven K. Hardy (Donald Trump)
  6. Robert Max Schanfarber (Ted Cruz)

References

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  1. ^ "U.S. Virgin Islands | Decision Desk HQ". Archived from the original on 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  2. ^ Yob, John [@strategic] (Mar 10, 2016). "My tally sheet from USVI...far left and far right: 1st - Yob, 2nd Brady, 3rd Cole, 4th Yob, 5th Logan, 6th Eilon" (Tweet). Archived from the original on Mar 17, 2020 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Virgin Islands Republican Delegation 2016". The Green Papers. Archived from the original on Apr 18, 2024.