2024 United States presidential straw poll in Guam
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The 2024 United States presidential straw poll in Guam took place on November 5, 2024. Guam is a territory and not a state, making it ineligible to elect members of the Electoral College. Instead, Guam conducts a non-binding presidential straw poll during the general election.[1]
In the 2024 presidential election, incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden initially ran for re-election and became the party's presumptive nominee.[2] However, he withdrew from the race on July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who launched her presidential campaign the same day.[3] The Republican nominee is former president Donald Trump.[4] This is the first time since 2000 that the straw poll voted for the candidate which lost the national popular vote, and the first time ever that the winner of the straw poll won by a plurality instead of a majority.
Background
[edit]Guam has held a straw poll coinciding with every presidential election since 1980 to gauge residents' preferences and raise awareness regarding the territory's lack of federal representation.[5]
In the 2020 presidential straw poll, Biden defeated then-incumbent President Donald Trump with 55.38% of the popular vote.[6]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | 13,510 | 49.46 |  5.92
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| Republican | 12,624 | 46.22 |  4.31
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| Independent |
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938 | 3.43 | n/a | |
| Green | 119 | 0.44 | 0.26
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| American Solidarity |
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45 | 0.16 | 0.36
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| Socialist |
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44 | 0.16 | n/a | |
| Prohibition |
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34 | 0.12 | 0.19
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| Total votes | 27,314 | 100.00% | |||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Maxedon, Tom (November 6, 2016). "Guam's straw poll: Where America's accuracy begins". The Guam Daily Post. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
- ^ Kinery, Emma (April 25, 2023). "Biden launches 2024 reelection campaign, promising to fulfill economic policy vision". CNBC. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ "Harris says she'll 'earn' nomination as Biden steps aside". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ Gold, Michael; Nehamas, Nicholas (March 13, 2024). "Donald Trump and Joe Biden Clinch Their Party Nominations". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 13, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ Cagurangan, Mar-Vic (October 30, 2020). "The US election that doesn't count: Guam goes to the polls but votes won't matter". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
- ^ "20GE OFFICIAL RESULTS SUMMARY.pdf". Guam Election Commission. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
- ^ "2024 GENERAL ELECTION UNOFFICIAL RESULTS SUMMARY 1.pdf". Google Drive. Guam Election Commission. p. 10. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
