2012 Republican Delegate Allocation: Hawaii
Hawaii delegate breakdown:
- 20 total delegates
- 11 at-large delegates
- 6 congressional district delegates
- 3 automatic delegates
Right off the bat, FHQ should note a couple of things:
- There is no conditionality to the allocation of the delegates in Hawaii. Even if one candidate receives a majority of the vote, the delegate allocation will remain proportional.
- Though the RNC memo cited above indicates that there is a 15% threshold for receiving delegates, there is nothing in the Hawaii rules on delegate allocation signaling that that is in fact the case.2 With the threshold the allocation looks a lot like Mississippi. Without the threshold, Hawaii looks like a cross between Mississippi (congressional district delegates) and Alaska (proportional caucus state with no threshold).
