Harris Wins Guam Territorial Vote

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Last edited Tue Nov 5, 2024, 01:54 PM - Edit history (1)

Update: Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz took the lead in Guam’s presidential straw poll.

The Democrat team won 13,510 votes, 49.46% of those cast as of 1:30 a.m.

Former President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance took 12,624 votes, 46.22%.

While Guam residents can’t vote for president, Guam votes cast in the presidential straw poll are among the first cast and counted on American Election Day.

Island voters have predicted the winner of the popular vote for president in every race since 1980.


Link: https://www.guampdn.com/news/moylan-wins-reelection-republicans-retake-legislature-in-unofficial-tally/article_5bcb7876-9b7b-11ef-aec7-83497e6acae4.html

Previously...

Voters on Guam will be the first to cast their ballot on American Election Day but the act of voting for president is symbolic and does not count toward the national tally because Guam has no members of the Electoral College.

Guam and other U.S. territories like the CNMI and Puerto Rico are not eligible to elect members of the Electoral College like other states, but Guam instead conducts a non-binding presidential straw poll during the general election that has no impact on who actually wins the U.S. presidency.

And unlike U.S. citizens who live in foreign countries, Guam residents aren’t allowed to vote absentee from states.

To many, this is disenfranchisement and proof that Americans living in the U.S. territories are treated as second-class citizens. They can’t vote for their president, but the U.S. president can send them to wars, among other sentiments.

Amidst this strong sentiment of disenfranchisement and what’s considered meaningless exercise, Guam’s presidential straw poll has predicted the winner of the popular vote since 1980.

https://www.guampdn.com/news/harris-or-trump-guam-votes-in-non-binding-us-presidential-straw-poll/article_b14f3d3c-9a59-11ef-a3b1-e3d8504afe3a.html

Polls closed at 8PM local time, about an hour ago. No results yet.

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1. Guam Partial Vote Count

DEM HARRIS/WALZ 2,752 49.99%
REP TRUMP/VANCE 2,493 45.29%
IND KENNEDY/SHANAHAN 205 3.72%
GRN STEIN/WARE 33 0.60%
AM SOL SONSKI/ONAK 12 0.22%
PRO WOOD/PIETROWSKI 7 0.13%
SOC STODDEN/CHOLENSKY 3 0.05%
Total Votes Cast 5,505 100.00%
Overvotes 122
Undervotes 402
Precincts Reporting 18 of 72

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2. Update 2

TOTAL VOTE %
DEM HARRIS/WALZ 6,820 49.44%
REP TRUMP/VANCE 6,366 46.15%
IND KENNEDY/SHANAHAN 479 3.47%
GRN STEIN/WARE 73 0.53%
AM SOL SONSKI/ONAK 23 0.17%
PRO WOOD/PIETROWSKI 18 0.13%
SOC STODDEN/CHOLENSKY 16 0.12%
Total Votes Cast 13,795 100.00%
Overvotes 293
Undervotes 1,036
Precincts Reporting 39 of 72


...as Guam goes, so does popular vote. A little over half-way through precinct counts and ,La ahead by about 3%.

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3. All Precincts Reporting, Harris Carries Guam

No electoral votes assigned. This is just a "beauty" contest. Margin was closer than 2020.


TOTAL VOTE %
DEM HARRIS/WALZ 13,510 49.46%
REP TRUMP/VANCE 12,624 46.22%
IND KENNEDY/SHANAHAN 938 3.43%
GRN STEIN/WARE 119 0.44%
AM SOL SONSKI/ONAK 45 0.16%
SOC STODDEN/CHOLENSKY 44 0.16%
PRO WOOD/PIETROWSKI 34 0.12%
Total Votes Cast 27,314 100.00%
Overvotes 566
Undervotes 2,113
Precincts Reporting 72 of 72