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Primary Rules
See Arizona primary election type, who can vote in primaries, and historical 2024 Democratic and Republican delegate allocation details.
Who Can Vote
Arizona lists multiple primary classifications: Closed: Democratic Presidential and Republican Presidential. Open to Unaffiliated: Democratic State and Republican State. Eligibility can depend on the party, office, ballot type, and election cycle.
Closed: Democratic Presidential and Republican Presidential. Open to Unaffiliated: Democratic State and Republican State.
Primary rules can vary by party, office, and election cycle. Confirm your current ballot eligibility with state election officials, your local election office, or the relevant political party.
The delegate totals on this page are historical 2024 presidential cycle data. They help explain the last presidential allocation cycle but should not be treated as current-cycle delegate counts.
Primary Type
Arizona has a closed primary system, but independents and unaffiliated voters can vote in any party's primary in state and local elections. The Democratic and Republican presidential primaries in Arizona are both closed.
Delegates
2024 Democratic Delegates
The Democratic Party in Arizona uses a proportional representation system based on the results of the Presidential Preference Election (Primary) for apportioning delegates to the Democratic National Convention. A Presidential Candidate must receive a 15% of...
2024 Republican Delegates
The Republican Party in Arizona uses a Winner-Take-Most system based on the results of the Presidential Preference Election (Primary) for apportioning delegates to the Republican National Convention. Arizona elects 43 delegates and 40 alternates to the...
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Questions
Arizona is listed with the following primary type classification: Closed, Open to Unaffiliated.
Arizona lists multiple primary classifications: Closed: Democratic Presidential and Republican Presidential. Open to Unaffiliated: Democratic State and Republican State. Eligibility can depend on the party, office, ballot type, and election cycle.
Arizona can list different classifications for presidential, state, congressional, Democratic, Republican, or nonpartisan contests. The page lists the model breakdown as: Closed: Democratic Presidential and Republican Presidential. Open to Unaffiliated: Democratic State and Republican State.
The model lists 86 Democratic delegate votes and 43 Republican delegate votes for the 2024 presidential cycle.
The delegate totals shown for Arizona are historical 2024 presidential cycle data where listed. Confirm current-cycle delegate plans with official party materials or state election sources.
Use state election materials, party materials, and selected reference links where available. This page links to Arizona Elections Calendar and www.ncsl.org - Primary Types.