2016 Republican Delegate Allocation Rules by State

Convention: State will bind delegates to the national convention at a state/territory convention. Other conventions will leave the delegation unbound.

Proportional: State will proportionally allocate delegates based either on the statewide primary/caucus vote or on the combination of the statewide and congressional district votes. 

Proportional with Trigger: State will follow above proportional rules but allows for a winner-take-all allocation if a candidate wins a majority of the vote statewide or at the congressional district level.

Hybrid: State will follow some form of winner-take-more plan (i.e.: winner-take-all by congressional district) or directly elects delegates on the primary ballot.

Winner-take-all: State will award all delegates to the plurality winner of the primary or caucus.

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Asterisks [*] indicate that there is more nuance to the rules than can be condensed to tabular form. When in doubt, read the full discussion of the state's plan by following the link in the table. 

Detailed 2016 Republican Delegate Allocation
February
State	Contest Date	Contest Type	Number of Delegates	Allocation Method	Qualifying Threshold1	Winner-take-All Threshold2	Backdoor Winner-Take-All3	Number of Ballots Bound4	Winner's Rounding5	Pooled Delegates6
Iowa	Feb. 1	caucus	30	proportional	none	none	no	1st*	no	yes
New Hampshire	Feb. 9	primary	23	proportional	10%	none	no	Until release	yes	yes
South Carolina	Feb. 20	primary	50	hybrid	n/a	n/a	n/a	1st*	n/a	no
Nevada	Feb. 23	caucus	30	proportional	none	none	no	n/a	no	yes
March
State	Contest Date	Contest Type	Number of Delegates	Allocation Method	Qualifying Threshold1	Winner-take-All Threshold2	Backdoor Winner-Take-All3	Number of Ballots Bound4	Winner's Rounding5	Pooled Delegates6
Alabama	March 1	primary	50	hybrid	20%	50%	yes	Until release*	yes*	no
Alaska	March 1	caucus	28	proportional	13%	none	yes	2nd*	yes	yes
Arkansas	March 1	primary	40	hybrid	15%	50%	no	1st	yes*	no
Colorado	March 1	caucus	37	unbound*	n/a	n/a	n/a	*	n/a	n/a
Georgia	March 1	primary	76	hybrid	20%	50%	yes	1st	yes	no
Massachusetts	March 1	primary	42	proportional	5%	none	yes	1st	yes	yes
Minnesota	March 1	caucus	38	proportional	10%	85%	yes	1st	yes	no
Oklahoma	March 1	primary	43	hybrid	15%	50%	yes	n/a	n/a	no
Tennessee	March 1	primary	58	hybrid	20%	67%	yes	2nd	yes	no
Texas	March 1	primary	155	hybrid	20%	50%	no	2nd*	yes	no
Vermont	March 1	primary	16	hybrid	20%	50%	yes	1st	yes	yes
Virginia	March 1	primary	49	proportional	none	none	no	1st	no	yes
Wyoming	March 1	caucus	29	unbound*	n/a	n/a	n/a	*	n/a	no
Kansas	March 5	caucus	40	proportional	10%	none	no	Until released	yes	no
Kentucky	March 5	caucus	46	proportional	5%	none	no	1st	no	yes
Louisiana	March 5	primary	46	proportional	20%	none	no	1st	no	no
Maine	March 5	caucus	23	proportional	10%	50%	yes	1st	yes	yes
Hawaii	March 8	caucus	19	proportional	none	none	no	1st	yes	no
Idaho	March 8	primary	32	hybrid	20%	50%	yes	1st	n/a	yes
Michigan	March 8	primary	59	hybrid	15%*	50%	yes	1st	yes	yes
Mississippi	March 8	primary	40	proportional	15%	50%*	yes	Until released*	no	no
Virgin Islands	March 10	caucus	9	directly elected	n/a	n/a	n/a	1st	n/a	no
Washington, DC	March 12	convention	19	proportional	15%*	50%	yes	1st	no	yes
Florida	March 15	primary	99	winner-take-all	n/a	n/a	n/a	3rd	n/a	yes
Illinois	March 15	primary	69	hybrid	n/a	n/a	no	1st*	n/a	no
Missouri	March 15	primary	52	hybrid	n/a	50%	n/a	1st	n/a	no
Northern Marianas	March 15	caucus	9	winner-take-all	n/a	n/a	n/a	1st	n/a	yes
North Carolina	March 15	primary	72	proportional	none	n/a	n/a	Indefinitely*	no	yes
Ohio	March 15	primary	66	winner-take-all	none	n/a	n/a	--	n/a	yes
Arizona	March 22	primary	58	winner-take-all	none	n/a	n/a	1st	n/a	yes
Utah	March 22	caucus	40	hybrid	15%	50%	no	Indefinitely*	n/a	yes
April
State	Contest Date	Contest Type	Number of Delegates	Allocation Method	Qualifying Threshold1	Winner-take-All Threshold2	Backdoor Winner-Take-All3	Number of Ballots Bound4	Winner's Rounding5	Pooled Delegates6
North Dakota	April 1-3	caucus	28	unbound	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Wisconsin	April 5	primary	42	hybrid	n/a	n/a	n/a	Until released*	n/a	no
New York	April 19	primary	95	hybrid	20%	50%	yes	1st	yes	no
Connecticut	April 26	primary	28	hybrid	20%	50%*	yes*	1st	no	no
Delaware	April 26	primary	16	winner-take-all	n/a	n/a	n/a	1st	n/a	yes
Maryland	April 26	primary	38	hybrid	n/a	n/a	n/a	2nd*	n/a	no
Pennsylvania	April 26	primary	71	hybrid*	n/a	n/a	n/a	1st	n/a	no
Rhode Island	April 26	primary	19	proportional	10%	none	yes	1st	n/a	no
May
State	Contest Date	Contest Type	Number of Delegates	Allocation Method	Qualifying Threshold1	Winner-take-All Threshold2	Backdoor Winner-Take-All3	Number of Ballots Bound4	Winner's Rounding5	Pooled Delegates6
Indiana	May 3	primary	57	hybrid	n/a	n/a	n/a	1st*	n/a	no
Nebraska	May 10	primary	36	winner-take-all	n/a	n/a	n/a	2nd*	n/a	yes
West Virginia	May 10	primary	34	hybrid	n/a	n/a	n/a	Until released*	n/a	no
Oregon	May 17	primary	28	proportional	3.57%*	none	none	2nd*	no	yes
Washington	May 24	primary	44	proportional	20%	50%*	yes*	1st	no	no
June
State	Contest Date	Contest Type	Number of Delegates	Allocation Method	Qualifying Threshold1	Winner-take-All Threshold2	Backdoor Winner-Take-All3	Number of Ballots Bound4	Winner's Rounding5	Pooled Delegates6
California	June 7	primary	172	hybrid	n/a	n/a	n/a	2nd	n/a	no
Montana	June 7	primary	27	winner-take-all	n/a	n/a	n/a	1st	n/a	yes
New Jersey	June 7	primary	51	winner-take-all	n/a	n/a	n/a	1st	n/a	yes
New Mexico	June 7	primary	24	proportional	15%	n/a	yes	1st	no	yes
South Dakota	June 7	primary	29	winner-take-all	n/a	n/a	n/a	1st	n/a	yes
1 Qualifying threshold: Some states require candidates receive a certain percentage of the vote either statewide or on the congressional district level to qualify for at-large (statewide) and/or congressional district delegates. By rule, that threshold can be no higher than 20%. 2 Winner-take-all threshold: In a number of states, there is, as allowed by the rules of the Republican Party, also a percentage of the vote that a candidate can hit statewide and/or on the congressional district level and be allocated all of the at-large  and/or congressional district delegates. That threshold can be set no lower than 50%, a simple majority. 3 Backdoor winner-take-all: Under the rules in some states, it is possible for a candidate to win all of the at-large and/or congressional district delegates if that candidate is the only one over the qualifying threshold. Such a backdoor route to a winner-take-all or winner-take-more allocation is prohibited in some states.  4 Number of ballots bound: The RNC rules defer to the state parties the ability to bind delegates and the length of that binding. For the majority of states that point is after the first ballot. There is, however, some variation in this across states. Some extend it, while other states keep the delegates bound until released by the candidates to whom they are bound.  5 Winner's rounding: There is also variation in rounding rules across states in the event of over- or under-allocated delegates. In a number of states, those rounding rules favor primary/caucus winners or those at the top of the order to the detriment of those candidates at the bottom of the order (just above the qualifying threshold). Other states have different rounding rules, based on the distance from the rounding threshold (typically .5). 6 Pooled delegates: Some states opt to pool and allocate all of their delegates as a block (with either proportionally or in a winner-take-all manner) while other states divide the allocation (again either proportional or winner-take-all) across both the statewide and congressional districts. This distinction is particularly relevant when it comes to either the winner-take-all threshold or the various backdoor winner-take-all scenarios that are possible. It means the difference between winning some larger fraction of delegates or all of them in some cases.  -- For those wanting to read ahead, summary details on later states can be found in the RNC process book.

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