Election Name: | 2008 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses |
Country: | United States Virgin Islands |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | United States Virgin Islands Republican caucuses, 2004 |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Election: | United States Virgin Islands Republican caucuses, 2012 |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Candidate1: | John McCain |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State1: | Arizona |
Popular Vote1: | 102 |
Percentage1: | 31.5% |
Candidate2: | Mitt Romney |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State2: | Massachusetts |
Popular Vote2: | 60 |
Percentage2: | 18.5% |
Candidate3: | Ron Paul |
Party3: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State3: | Texas |
Popular Vote3: | 9 |
Percentage3: | 2.8% |
The 2008 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican territorial meeting, also known as the Republican caucuses, took place on the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix and St. Thomas on April 5, 2008. Virgin Islands Republicans could select six pledged delegates for the 2008 Republican National Convention; three party leaders also attended the convention as unpledged delegates. However, the delegates chosen in the meeting did not support any presidential candidate, so all nine Virgin Islands delegates attended the convention as unpledged delegates.[1]
The turnout, around 150 people, did not match the comparatively staggering number of voters in the Democratic Territorial Meeting, but it was still a record turnout for the Virgin Islands Republican Party. Caucus-goers voted for delegates rather than candidates. Of 25 people who sought delegate spots, the majority, 16, were not committed to any presidential candidate.[2]
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Uncommitted | 153 | 47.2% | 6 | |
102 | 31.5% | 0 | ||
60 | 18.5% | 0 | ||
9 | 2.8% | 0 | ||
Total | 324 | 100% | 6 |