Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012
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January 3 to July 14, 2012 |
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First place finishes by popular vote
Mitt Romney (42)
Rick Santorum (11)
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Newt Gingrich (2)
Ron Paul (1)
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First place finishes by delegate allocation
Mitt Romney (45)
Rick Santorum (6)
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Ron Paul (4)
Newt Gingrich (2)
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First place finishes by convention roll call
Mitt Romney (53)
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Ron Paul (3)
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A line graph showing the top 5 frontrunners in 2011 based on straw poll results.
This is a list of straw polls that have been conducted relating to the Republican presidential primaries, 2012.
Total Straw Poll Victories (Updated March 20, 2012)
Total Straw Poll Victories is as follows:
Straw Poll Victories After Voting Started (Updated March 20, 2012)
The number of Straw Poll victories after voting started is as follows:
Results from the 2011 New Hampshire Straw Poll were as follows:[3]
Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage |
1 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 35% | |
2 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 11% | |
3 | Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty | 8% | |
4 | Palin, SarahSarah Palin | 7% | |
5 | Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann | 5% | |
6 | DeMint, JimJim DeMint | 5% | |
7 | Cain, HermanHerman Cain | 4% | |
8 | Christie, ChrisChris Christie | 3% | |
9 | Santorum, RickRick Santorum | 3% | |
10 | Daniels, MitchMitch Daniels | 3% | |
11 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 3% | |
12 | Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee | 3% | |
13 | Pence, MikeMike Pence | 3% | |
14 | Giuliani, RudyRudy Giuliani | 2% | |
15 | Gregg, JuddJudd Gregg | 2% | |
16 | Johnson, GaryGary Johnson | 1% | |
17 | Trump, DonaldDonald Trump | 1% | |
18 | Barbour, HaleyHaley Barbour | 1% | |
19 | Huntsman Jr., JonJon Huntsman Jr. | 0% | |
20 | Thune, JohnJohn Thune | 0% | |
| Total | 100% | 273 |
Results from the 2011 CPAC Straw Poll were as follows:[4]
Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
1 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 30% | |
2 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 23% | |
3 | Johnson, GaryGary Johnson | 6% | |
4 | Christie, ChrisChris Christie | 6% | |
5 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 5% | |
6 | Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty | 4% | |
7 | Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann | 4% | |
8 | Daniels, MitchMitch Daniels | 4% | |
9 | Palin, SarahSarah Palin | 3% | |
10 | Cain, HermanHerman Cain | 2% | |
11 | Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee | 2% | |
12 | Santorum, RickRick Santorum | 2% | |
13 | Thune, JohnJohn Thune | 2% | |
14 | Huntsman, Jr., JonJon Huntsman, Jr. | 1% | |
15 | Barbour, HaleyHaley Barbour | 1% | |
| Other | 5% | |
| Total | 100% | 3,742 |
Results from the 2011 Tea Party Straw Poll were as follows:
Onsite Poll
Online Poll
Combined Polls
Results from the 2011 Dorchester Conference Straw Poll were as follows:[5]
Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
1 | Daniels, MitchMitch Daniels | 29.33% | 66 |
2 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 22.67% | 51 |
3 | Palin, SarahSarah Palin | 18.22% | 41 |
4 | Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee | 10.22% | 23 |
5 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 6.22% | 14 |
6 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 4.89% | 11 |
7 | Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty | 3.56% | 8 |
8 | Barbour, HaleyHaley Barbour | 2.67% | 6 |
9 | Trump, DonaldDonald Trump | 1.78% | 4 |
10 | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | 0.44% | 1 |
Results from the 2011 National League of Cities Straw Poll were as follows:[6]
Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage |
1 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 53% |
2 | Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee | 9% |
3 | Daniels, MitchMitch Daniels | 6% |
4 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 6% |
5 | Barbour, HaleyHaley Barbour | 3% |
6 | Trump, DonaldDonald Trump | 3% |
7 | Christie, ChrisChris Christie | 3% |
8 | Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman | 3% |
9 | Palin, SarahSarah Palin | 3% |
10 | Ryan, PaulPaul Ryan | 3% |
11 | Turner, TedTed Turner | 3% |
12 | Wilson, JoeJoe Wilson | 3% |
The "50 or so votes" referenced in all articles on this ballot can only mean that there were either 32 or 64 votes given the percentages above (i.e. 3% of the vote is either 1 vote or 2 votes). Human estimation tendencies would lean towards the real answer being 64 votes.
March 20, 2011, Sacramento, California – Republican Liberty Caucus of California Presidential Straw Poll
Republican Liberty Caucus straw poll at the 2011 California Republican convention:[7]
Finishing with less than ten votes were, in order, John R. Bolton (8), Gary Johnson (7), Herman Cain (5), Haley Barbour (4), Rick Santorum (4), Jon Huntsman, Jr. (3), Donald Trump (3), Chris Christie (2), Jim DeMint (2), Marco Rubio (2), Scott Walker (2), Paul Ryan (1), Colin Powell (1), Allen West (1), Tom McClintock (1), Dana Perino (1), and None of the Above (1).[7]
Karger wins St. Anselm straw poll
Finish | Potential candidate | Votes | Percentage |
1 | Karger, FredFred Karger | 79 | 24.6% |
2 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 74 | 23.0% |
3 | Trump, DonaldDonald Trump | 26 | 8.1% |
4 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 24 | 7.4% |
4 | Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty | 24 | 7.4% |
6 | Giuliani, RudyRudy Giuliani | 22 | 6.8% |
7 | Santorum, RickRick Santorum | 20 | 6.2% |
8 | Palin, SarahSarah Palin | 9 | 2.8% |
9 | Cain, HermanHerman Cain | 8 | 2.5% |
9 | Johnson, GaryGary Johnson | 8 | 2.5% |
9 | Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee | 8 | 2.5% |
10 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 7 | 2.2% |
11 | Barbour, HaleyHaley Barbour | 3 | 0.9% |
12 | Daniels, MitchMitch Daniels | 2 | 0.6% |
13 | Bolton, JohnJohn Bolton | 1 | 0.3% |
13 | Paul, RandRand Paul | 1 | 0.3% |
| Other | 6 | 1.9% |
| TOTAL | 322 | 100.0% |
South Carolina straw poll as part of the Grassroots SC campaign:[8]
Also appearing on the ballot but failing to get more than 5% were, in alphabetical order, Haley Barbour, John R. Bolton, Herman Cain, Mitch Daniels, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Gary Johnson, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum.
April 15, 2011, Charleston County - Republican Party Straw Poll
Source of results: CNN[9]
Georgia straw poll as part of the 3rd District Republican convention:[10]
Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
1 | Cain, HermanHerman Cain | 17.3% | 39 |
2 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 17.3% | 39 |
3 | Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee | 15.6% | 35 |
4 | Trump, DonaldDonald Trump | 13.8% | 31 |
5 | Christie, ChrisChris Christie | 8.9% | 20 |
6 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 6.7% | 15 |
7 | Palin, SarahSarah Palin | 4.4% | 10 |
8 | Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann | 3.6% | 8 |
8 | Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty | 3.6% | 8 |
10 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 3.1% | 7 |
| Other | 5.8% | 13 |
May 5–6, 2011, Columbia, South Carolina – South Carolina Republican Party Convention presidential straw poll
Finish | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
1 | Santorum | 150 | 37.5% |
2 | Romney | 61 | 15.25% |
3 | Cain | 44 | 11% |
4 | Trump | 29 | 7.25% |
5 | Bachmann | 22 | 5.5% |
6 | Christie | 22 | 5.5% |
7 | Gingrich | 16 | 4% |
8 | Huckabee | 16 | 4% |
9 | Daniels | 15 | 3.75% |
10 | Paul | 8 | 2% |
11 | Pawlenty | 7 | 1.75% |
12 | Palin | 6 | 1.5% |
13 | Huntsman | 4 | 1% |
[11]
May 6, 2011, Washington state – Washington GOP 29th Annual Spring Gala straw poll
Finish | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
1 | Cain | 54 | 16% |
2 | Romney | 52 | 15% |
3 | Daniels | 51 | 15% |
4 | Christie | 39 | 12% |
5 | Pawlenty | 28 | 9% |
6 | Ryan | 22 | 7% |
7 | Gingrich | 14 | 4% |
8 | Huckabee | 14 | 4% |
9 | Giuliani | 12 | 4% |
10 | Paul | 10 | 3% |
11 | Trump | 10 | 3% |
12 | Bachmann | 9 | 3% |
13 | J. Bush | 8 | 2% |
14 | Santorum | 7 | 2% |
| TOTAL | 330 | 100% |
[12]
May 15, 2011, Kauai County, Hawaii – Hawaii GOP Presidential straw poll
Finish | Candidate | Percent |
1 | Cain | 20.3% |
2 | Romney | 13.6% |
3 | Gingrich | 11.9% |
3 | Pawlenty | 11.9% |
3 | Palin | 11.9% |
6 | Bachmann | 6.8% |
7 | Paul | 3.4% |
7 | Giuliani | 3.4% |
7 | Huckabee | 3.4% |
7 | Trump | 3.4% |
11 | Roemer | 1.7% |
11 | Santorum | 1.7% |
11 | Bolton | 1.7% |
11 | Daniels | 1.7% |
11 | Christie | 1.7% |
[13] Arithmetic shows 59 votes were canvassed in the straw poll (all rounded-percentages above are multiples of 1.69%).
Source of results: Republican Leadership Conference[14]
Finish | Candidate | Percentage | Votes |
1 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 40.77% | 612 |
2 | Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman | 25.45% | 382 |
3 | Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann | 12.72% | 191 |
4 | Cain, HermanHerman Cain | 6.93% | 104 |
5 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 4.93% | 74 |
6 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 4.60% | 69 |
7 | Santorum, RickRick Santorum | 2.00% | 30 |
8 | Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty | 1.20% | 18 |
9 | Johnson, GaryGary Johnson | 0.67% | 10 |
10 | Roemer, BuddyBuddy Roemer | 0.60% | 9 |
11 | McCotter, ThadThad McCotter | 0.13% | 2 |
Finish | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
1 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 15 | 25% |
2 | Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann | 9 | 15% |
3 | Santorum, RickRick Santorum | 8 | 14% |
4 | Perry, RickRick Perry | 6 | 10% |
5 | Cain, HermanHerman Cain | 5 | 8% |
6 | McCotter, ThaddeusThaddeus McCotter | 4 | 7% |
6 | Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty | 4 | 7% |
6 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 4 | 7% |
9 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 2 | 3% |
9 | Palin, SarahSarah Palin | 2 | 3% |
[15]
July 22, 2011, Ohio Republican Party - Ohio Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll
Source of results: Politico[16]
Source of results:[17]
Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
1 | Cain, HermanHerman Cain | 48% | 246 |
2 | Perry, RickRick Perry | 13% | 67 |
3 | Santorum, RickRick Santorum | 10% | 50 |
4 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 10% | 49 |
5 | Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann | 9% | 44 |
6 | Bolton, JohnJohn Bolton | 4% | 20 |
7 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 2% | 12 |
8 | Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty | 1% | 7 |
9 | Palin, SarahSarah Palin | 1% | 5 |
10 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 1% | 3 |
11 | McCotter, ThaddeusThaddeus McCotter | 0% | 2 |
12 | Huntsman Jr., JonJon Huntsman Jr. | 0% | 1 |
13 | Johnson, GaryGary Johnson | 0% | 1 |
14 | Ryan, PaulPaul Ryan | 0% | 1 |
15 | Giuliani, RudyRudy Giuliani | 0% | 0 |
- | Total | 100% | 508 |
August 4, 2011, Harrington, Delaware - Delaware State Fair GOP Straw Poll
Source of results:[18]
Source of results: Washington Examiner and National Journal[19][20]
^1 The day after the poll, on August 14, Tim Pawlenty announced his withdrawal from the race after his third-place finish.[21]
^2 Rick Perry, who was not on the poll ballot and only appeared as a write-in candidate, formally announced his candidacy while in South Carolina on the same day that the poll took place.[22]
^3 In June, two months before the poll, presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who had won the 2007 Ames Straw Poll, announced that he would skip the 2011 Ames Straw Poll.[23]
August 15, 2011, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Wisconsin State Fair straw poll
Source of results:[24]
August 20, 2011, New Hampshire - New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw Poll
Source of results: Hampton-NorthHamptonPatch[25]
August 27, 2011, Georgia - Georgia State GOP Straw Poll
Source of results: Politico[26]
September 9, 2011, Maryland - Maryland GOP Straw Poll
Source of results: Republican Party of Maryland[27]
September 12, 2011 Cincinnati Tea Party Straw Poll
A straw poll was held at the September 12 Republican debate, to find out who the debate audience thought were the front runners, both before and after the debate. Before the debate, Ron Paul came first, Rick Perry came second, and Michele Bachmann came third. After the debate, Ron Paul was still first, Michele Bachmann came second, and Herman Cain came third.[28] CNN have not released the full results of this poll, instead holding an online poll which omitted Ron Paul from the choices. The winner of the online poll was Mitt Romney.
Pre-Debate Poll
Post-Debate Poll
Former senator Rick Santorum won first place in a straw poll among Pennsylvania Republicans, winning 36% of the vote. Governor Mitt Romney won 25%, and Governor Rick Perry won 18%.[29]
September 17 California GOP Straw Poll
The California Republican Party held a straw poll in mid-September 2011, which was won by Ron Paul. The full results were:
Source of results: Politico[30]
September 24 Florida GOP Presidency 5 Straw Poll
The Florida Republican Party held a straw poll at the end of September 2011,[31] which was won by Herman Cain. Political analysts attributed Cain's win to Perry's poor debate performances, but others pointed to the fact that Cain won the Florida straw poll after campaigning in-person throughout the state more than Perry.[32]
The full results were:
Source of results:[33]
Source of results:[34]
[35]
Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
1 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 50.81% | 346 |
2 | Perry, RickRick Perry | 16.74% | 114 |
3 | Cain, HermanHerman Cain | 8.5% | 58 |
4 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 7.7% | 52 |
5 | Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann | 4% | 27 |
6 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 3.5% | 24 |
7 | Santorum, RickRick Santorum | 3.4% | 23 |
8 | Huntsman, Jr., JonJon Huntsman, Jr. | 2% | 13 |
9 | McCotter, ThaddeusThaddeus McCotter | 0.73% | 5 |
| Other | 2.82% | 19 |
| Total | 100% | 681 |
Source of results:[36]
[37]
Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
1 | Cain, HermanHerman Cain | 48.9% | |
2 | Perry, RickRick Perry | 14.1% | |
3 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 13.3% | |
4 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 12.5% | |
5 | Santorum, RickRick Santorum | 6.9% | |
6 | Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann | 1.4% | |
7 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 0.6% | |
8 | Johnson, GaryGary Johnson | 0.4% | |
9 | Huntsman, Jr., JonJon Huntsman, Jr. | 0.2% | |
| Undecided | 1.8% | |
| Total | 100% | 505 |
October 1, 2011, TeaCon Midwest Straw Poll
Source of results:[38]
Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
1 | Cain, HermanHerman Cain | 77.5% | 379 |
2 | Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann | 9.4% | 46 |
3 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 3.8% | 19 |
4 | Perry, RickRick Perry | 3.0% | 15 |
5 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 2.6% | 13 |
6 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 1.6% | 9 |
7 | Santorum, RickRick Santorum | 1.4% | 7 |
8 | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | 0.2% | 1 |
9 | Johnson, GaryGary Johnson | 0.0% | 0 |
10 | Huntsman, Jr., JonJon Huntsman, Jr. | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 100% | 489 |
The vote for Obama was attributed to a vote by one of the media members present for the event by the announcer.[39]
October 3–9, 2011, South Carolina - Orangeburg County Fair Straw Poll
Source of results:[40]
Finish | Potential candidate | Votes | Percentage |
1 | Cain, HermanHerman Cain | 2438 | 38.4% |
2 | Perry, RickRick Perry | 2292 | 36.1% |
3 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 728 | 11.5% |
4 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 337 | 5.3% |
5 | Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann | 194 | 3.1% |
6 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 137 | 2.2% |
7 | Santorum, RickRick Santorum | 107 | 1.7% |
8 | Palin, SarahSarah Palin | 54 | 0.9% |
9 | Trump, DonaldDonald Trump | 53 | 0.8% |
10 | Huntsman Jr., JonJon Huntsman Jr. | 5 | 0.1% |
11 | Johnson, GaryGary Johnson | 2 | 0.0% |
| Total | 6,347 | 100% |
Source of results:[41]
October 8, 2011, Saint Paul, Minnesota - Republican Midwest Leadership Conference Straw Poll
Source of results:[42]
Source of results:[43]
Note: the percentages only add to 83.5% because results for 3 contenders (likely Ron Paul, Rick Santorum and Gary Johnson) are unknown, but they polled somewhere in between Romney and Bachmann.
Source of results:[44]
October 18, 2011, Charleston, South Carolina - Charleston County Republican Party
Source of results:[45]
October 18, 2011, Mississippi College Straw poll
Source of results:[46]
October 21, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada - Nevada GOP Straw Poll
Source of results:[47][48]
October 22, 2011, Columbus, Ohio - Ohio GOP Swing State Straw Poll
Source of results:[49]
Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
1 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 53.50% | 229 |
2 | Cain, HermanHerman Cain | 25.47% | 109 |
3 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 8.88% | 38 |
4 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 5.37% | 23 |
5 | Perry, RickRick Perry | 2.80% | 12 |
6 | Huntsman, Jr, JonJon Huntsman, Jr | 2.10% | 9 |
7 | Santorum, RickRick Santorum | 0.93% | 4 |
8 | Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann | 0.47% | 2 |
| Write-in | 0.47% | 2 |
| Total | 100% | 428 |
October 25, 2011, Anderson County, Tennessee - East Tennessee GOP straw poll
Source of results:[50]
October 29, 2011, Des Moines, Iowa - National Federation of Republican Assemblies Presidential Straw Poll
Source of results:[51]
Tally 1 (Iowa voters only):
Tally 2 (non-Iowa voters)
October 29, 2011, Tuscaloosa, Alabama - West Alabama Straw Poll
Source of results:[52]
November 5, 2011, Illinois - Illinois Straw Poll
Source of results:[53]
Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
1 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 52% | 1,907 |
2 | Cain, HermanHerman Cain | 18% | 670 |
3 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 14% | 515 |
4 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 9% | 332 |
5 | Perry, RickRick Perry | 2.5% | 87 |
6 | Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman | 1.5% | 54 |
7 | Santorum, RickRick Santorum | 1.2% | 43 |
8 | Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann | 1.1% | 41 |
| Total | 100% | 3,649 |
Source of results:[54]
According to KSFY/ABC "dozens" of people participated in this straw poll. No definitive number was given.[55]
November 14, 2011, North Charleston, South Carolina - Charleston County Republican Party Straw Poll
Source of results:[56]
November 14, 2011, San Diego, California - San Diego GOP Straw poll
Source of results:[57]
November 19, 2011, Springfield, Missouri - Missouri Tea Party Straw poll
Source of results:[58]
November 19, 2011, North Carolina - North Carolina Republican straw poll
Source of results:[59]
Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
1 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 52.2% | 329 |
2 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 22.1% | 139 |
3 | Cain, HermanHerman Cain | 13.3% | 84 |
4 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 3.6% | 23 |
5 | Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann | 2.8% | 18 |
6 | Perry, RickRick Perry | 1.9% | 12 |
6 | Santorum, RickRick Santorum | 1.9% | 12 |
7 | Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman | 0.6% | 4 |
8 | Johnson, GaryGary Johnson | 0.3% | 2 |
9 | , OtherOther | 1.3% | 7 |
| Total | 100% | 630 |
November 19, 2011, Rockford, Illinois - Winnebago County GOP straw poll
Source of results:[60]
December 1, 2011, Dubuque, Iowa - Dubuque Tea Party straw poll
Source of results:[61]
Finish | Candidate | Percentage | Votes |
1 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 71% | 59 |
2 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 29% | 24 |
| Total | 100% | 83 |
Note: This was an unusual straw poll in which voter's preferences were matched against each other for five rounds, with the less popular candidate being removed at each stage. There were initially 6 available choices, which were whittled down to two, with the final result being as shown above.
December 5, 2011, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Oklahoma GOP straw poll
Source of results:[62]
December 8, 2011, Chatanooga, Tennessee - Hamilton County Young Republican straw poll
Source of results:[63]
Results from the 2011 Drake University Straw Poll were as follows:[64][65]
Finish | Candidate | Percentage | Votes |
1 | Paul, RonRon Paul | 35% | 429 |
2 | Romney, MittMitt Romney | 25% | 311 |
3 | Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich | 10% | 128 |
4 | Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman | 8% | 98 |
5 | Other | 8% | 98 |
6 | Perry, RickRick Perry | 5% | 63 |
7 | Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann | 3% | 37 |
8 | Santorum, RickRick Santorum | 2% | 29 |
9 | Karger, FredFred Karger | 1% | 12 |
10 | Johnson, GaryGary Johnson | 1% | 11 |
11 | Roemer, BuddyBuddy Roemer | 1% | 7 |
| Total | 100% | 1,223 |
The poll was distributed to Drake students via email to coincide with the December 10 Republican presidential debate, held on campus.
December 13, 2011, Pasco County, Florida – Pasco County GOP straw poll
Results:[66]
December 13, 2011, Cedar Valley, Iowa – Cedar Falls Tea Party Straw Poll
Results:[67]
January 2–4, 2012, Online - Idaho Straw Poll
Results:[68]
January 6, 2012, Boise, Idaho – Idaho Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll
Results:[69]
Note: Rick Perry's campaign asked not to be included on Straw Poll Ballot.
January 14, 2012: Saddle Up Texas straw poll
Results:[70]
Paper ballots:
Text message voting:
January 20, 2012: Connecticut GOP straw poll
Results:[71]
January 28, 2012, Arizona Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll
Results:[72]
February 2–4, 2012, Online – Idaho Straw Poll II
Results:[73]
February 10–12, 2012, Washington, D.C. – CPAC Straw Poll
Results:[74][75][76]
February 18, 2012, Coweta County Republican Presidential Straw Poll
Results:[77]
March 1–3, 2012, Online - Idaho Straw Poll III
Results:[78]
Candidate Totals
Zip Code Totals
Zip Code | Ron Paul | Mitt Romney | Gary Johnson | Rick Santorum | Virgil Goode | Buddy Roemer | Newt Gingrich | Barack Obama | Other | Total |
83201 | 90 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 156 |
83642 | 11 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
83709 | 21 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
83440 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
83401 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
83202 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
83705 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 |
83646 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
83704 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
83714 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
83713 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
83706 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
83350 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
83702 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
83402 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
83204 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
83203 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
83406 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
83616 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
83814 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Zip Code | Ron Paul | Mitt Romney | Gary Johnson | Rick Santorum | Virgil Goode | Buddy Roemer | Newt Gingrich | Barack Obama | Other | Total |
83815 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
83205 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
83318 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
83654 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
83835 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
83687 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
83301 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
83206 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
83843 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
83686 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
83651 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
83605 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
83607 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
83404 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
83703 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
83712 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
83634 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
83274 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
83221 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
83648 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Zip Code | Ron Paul | Mitt Romney | Gary Johnson | Rick Santorum | Virgil Goode | Buddy Roemer | Newt Gingrich | Barack Obama | Other | Total |
83858 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
83716 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
83501 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
83544 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
83701 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
83801 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
83861 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
83435 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
83200 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
83655 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
83669 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
83254 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
83263 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
83316 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
83338 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
83434 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
83638 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
83639 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
83876 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
83226 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Zip Code | Ron Paul | Mitt Romney | Gary Johnson | Rick Santorum | Virgil Goode | Buddy Roemer | Newt Gingrich | Barack Obama | Other | Total |
83837 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
83220 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
83442 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
83241 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
83451 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
83619 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
83210 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
83229 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
83237 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
83278 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
83420 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
83546 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
83647 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
83846 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
83854 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
83864 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
83873 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
83211 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
83617 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
83223 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Zip Code | Ron Paul | Mitt Romney | Gary Johnson | Rick Santorum | Virgil Goode | Buddy Roemer | Newt Gingrich | Barack Obama | Other | Total |
83336 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
83213 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83234 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83261 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83262 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83281 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83340 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83455 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83460 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83530 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83549 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83604 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83611 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83612 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83628 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83629 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83631 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83660 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83676 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Zip Code | Ron Paul | Mitt Romney | Gary Johnson | Rick Santorum | Virgil Goode | Buddy Roemer | Newt Gingrich | Barack Obama | Other | Total |
83680 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83707 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83850 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83857 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83869 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83870 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83877 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83346 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83427 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83448 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83462 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
83632 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 525 | 358 | 40 | 33 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1022 |
City Totals
See also
External links
References
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