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]
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 Results by village
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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.
Background
editGuam 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
editReferences
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.