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Primary Rules
See Virginia primary election type, who can vote in primaries, and historical 2024 Democratic and Republican delegate allocation details.
Who Can Vote
Virginia is listed with an Open primary classification for Democratic State, Republican State, Democratic Presidential, and Republican Presidential. Voters can generally choose a party primary under the listed rule, subject to state and party requirements.
Open: Democratic State, Republican State, Democratic Presidential, and Republican Presidential.
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
Virginia has nonpartisan registration. There is no option to affiliate with a political party on the voter registration form. Voters do not declare affiliation with a party in order to vote in primary elections, however they must choose one party's ballot.
Delegates
2024 Democratic Delegates
The Democratic party will send a total of 118 Delegate Votes (99 Pledged, 19 unpledged) and 8 Alternate delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The party will use a proportional representation system based on the results of the Presidential Primary...
2024 Republican Delegates
The Republican party will send a total of 48 Delegate Votes (33 district-level, 12 at-large, 3 RNC) and 45 Alternate delegates to the Republican National Convention. 45 of 48 of Virginia's delegates (33 district, 12 at-large) to the Republican National...
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Questions
Virginia is listed with the following primary type classification: Open.
Virginia is listed with an Open primary classification for Democratic State, Republican State, Democratic Presidential, and Republican Presidential. Voters can generally choose a party primary under the listed rule, subject to state and party requirements.
The model lists 118 Democratic delegate votes and 48 Republican delegate votes for the 2024 presidential cycle.
The delegate totals shown for Virginia 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 Who may vote in primary and www.ncsl.org - Primary Types.