Straw polls for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries explained

See main article: Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012.

Election Name:2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
Country:United States
Type:primary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
Previous Year:2008
Next Election:2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
Next Year:2016
Election Date:January 3 to July 14, 2012
Party Name:no
Image1:File:Mitt Romney by Gage Skidmore 8.jpg
Candidate1:Mitt Romney
Color1:FF6600
Home State1:Massachusetts
States Carried1:42[1]
Delegate Count1:1,575
Popular Vote1:10,048,134[2]
Percentage1:52.1%
Candidate2:Rick Santorum
Color2:008000
Home State2:Pennsylvania
States Carried2:11
Delegate Count2:245
Popular Vote2:3,938,527
Percentage2:20.4%
Image4:Ron Paul by Gage Skidmore 3 (crop 2).jpg
Candidate4:Ron Paul
Color4:fed105
Home State4:Texas
States Carried4:4
Delegate Count4:177
Popular Vote4:2,099,441
Percentage4:10.9%
Image5:Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg
Candidate5:Newt Gingrich
Color5:800080
Home State5:Georgia
States Carried5:2
Delegate Count5:138
Popular Vote5:2,737,442
Percentage5:14.2%
Republican nominee
Before Election:John McCain
After Election:Mitt Romney

This is a list of straw polls that have been conducted relating to the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries.

Total Straw Poll Victories (Updated March 20, 2012)

Total Straw Poll Victories is as follows:

Rank Potential candidate Victories
1 28
2 17
3 8
4 3
5 2
6 2
7 2
8 4

Straw Poll Victories After Voting Started (Updated March 20, 2012)

The number of Straw Poll victories after voting started is as follows:

Rank Potential candidate Victories
1 5 (55.6%)
2 3 (33.3%)
3 0 (0%)

January 22, 2011, Derry, New HampshireNew Hampshire Straw Poll

Results from the 2011 New Hampshire Straw Poll were as follows:[3]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage
1 35%
2 11%
3 8%
4 7%
5 5%
6 5%
7 4%
8 3%
9 3%
10 3%
11 3%
12 3%
13 3%
14 2%
15 2%
16 1%
17 1%
18 1%
19 0%
20 0%
Total 100% 273

February 10–12, 2011, Washington, D.C. – CPAC Straw Poll

Results from the 2011 CPAC Straw Poll were as follows:[4]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 30%
2 23%
3 6%
4 6%
5 5%
6 4%
7 4%
8 4%
9 3%
10 2%
11 2%
12 2%
13 2%
14 1%
15 1%
Other 5%
Total 100% 3,742

February 27, 2011, Phoenix, ArizonaTea Party Straw Polls

Results from the 2011 Tea Party Straw Poll were as follows:

Onsite Poll

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 22%
2 16%
3 15%
4 10%
5 6.5%
6 5.6%
Other 24.9% 620

Online Poll

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 49%
2 12%
3 8.7%
? 4.4%
Other 25.8% 996

Combined Polls

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 36% 581
2 16% 256
3 9.2% 149
4 8.8% 143
Other 30.1% 1616

March 6, 2011, Seaside, Oregon – Dorchester Conference Straw Poll

Results from the 2011 Dorchester Conference Straw Poll were as follows:[5]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 29.33% 66
2 22.67% 51
3 18.22% 41
4 10.22% 23
5 6.22% 14
6 4.89% 11
7 3.56% 8
8 2.67% 6
9 1.78% 4
10 0.44% 1

March 15, 2011, Washington, D.C.National League of Cities Straw Poll

Results from the 2011 National League of Cities Straw Poll were as follows:[6]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage
1 53%
29%
36%
4 6%
53%
6 3%
7 3%
8 3%
9 3%
10 3%
11 3%
12 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]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 17.8% 36
210.9% 22
37.9% 16
4 6.9% 14
56.4% 13
6 5.4% 11
6 5.4% 11
6 5.4% 11
9 5.0% 10
9 Undecided 5.0% 10

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]

March 31, 2011, Goffstown, New Hampshire - St. Anselm College Republicans Straw Poll

Karger wins St. Anselm straw poll

Finish Potential candidate Votes Percentage
1 79 24.6%
2 74 23.0%
3 26 8.1%
4 24 7.4%
4 24 7.4%
6 22 6.8%
7 20 6.2%
8 9 2.8%
9 8 2.5%
9 8 2.5%
9 8 2.5%
10 7 2.2%
11 3 0.9%
12 2 0.6%
13 1 0.3%
13 1 0.3%
Other 6 1.9%
TOTAL 322 100.0%

April 3, 2011, York County, South Carolina - South Carolina Straw Poll

South Carolina straw poll as part of the Grassroots SC campaign:[8]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 23%
211%
310%
4 8%
57%
6 7%
- Total 100% 152
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]

PlaceCandidatePercentageVotes
1Haley Barbour22%
2Mitt Romney12%
3Rick Santorum11%
3Donald Trump10%
5Michele Bachmann9%
5Mike Huckabee9%
7Ron Paul6%
7Herman Cain6%
9Tim Pawlenty5%
10Newt Gingrich
10Sarah Palin
12Mitch Daniels
13John Bolton
Gingrich, Palin, Daniels, Bolton10%
Total100%148

April 16, 2011, Georgia's 3rd congressional district - Georgia 3rd District Convention Straw Poll

Georgia straw poll as part of the 3rd District Republican convention:[10]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 17.3% 39
217.3% 39
315.6% 35
4 13.8% 31
58.9% 20
6 6.7% 15
7 4.4% 10
8 3.6% 8
8 3.6% 8
10 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%).

June 16–18, 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana – Republican Leadership Conference Straw Poll

Source of results: Republican Leadership Conference[14]

Finish Candidate Percentage Votes
1 40.77% 612
225.45% 382
312.72% 191
4 6.93% 104
54.93% 74
6 4.60% 69
7 2.00% 30
8 1.20% 18
9 0.67% 10
10 0.60% 9
11 0.13% 2

June 19, 2011, Clay County, Iowa - Republican Party Straw Poll

Finish Candidate Votes Percentage
1 15 25%
29 15%
38 14%
4 6 10%
55 8%
6 4 7%
6 4 7%
6 4 7%
9 2 3%
9 2 3%
[15]

July 22, 2011, Ohio Republican Party - Ohio Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll

Source of results: Politico[16]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 25%
216%
315%
4 (write-in) 14%
59%
6 5%
6 5%
8 3%
9 2%
- Other write-in 6%
- Total 100% 264

July 31, 2011, Denver, Colorado - Western Conservative Summit

Source of results:[17]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 48% 246
213% 67
310% 50
4 10% 49
59% 44
6 4% 20
7 2% 12
8 1% 7
9 1% 5
10 1% 3
11 0% 2
12 0% 1
13 0% 1
14 0% 1
15 0% 0
- Total 100% 508

August 4, 2011, Harrington, Delaware - Delaware State Fair GOP Straw Poll

Source of results:[18]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage
1 18%
215%
215%
412%
- Total 100%

August 13, 2011, Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa - Iowa Straw Poll

Source of results: Washington Examiner and National Journal[19] [20]

PlaceCandidateVotesPercentage
1Michele Bachmann4,82328.6%
2Ron Paul4,67127.7%
3Tim Pawlenty2,29313.6%
4Rick Santorum1,6579.8%
5Herman Cain1,4568.6%
6Rick Perry (write-in)7184.3%
7Mitt Romney5673.4%
8Newt Gingrich3852.3%
9Jon Huntsman690.4%
10Thaddeus McCotter350.2%
Scattering2181.30%
Total16,892100%

The day after the poll, on August 14, Tim Pawlenty announced his withdrawal from the race after his third-place finish.[21]

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]

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]

PlaceCandidatePercentageVotes
1Rick Perry36%
2Ron Paul23%
3Michele Bachmann18%
4Sarah Palin13%
5Herman Cain8%
6Mitt Romney2%
7Jon Huntsman0%
8Rick Santorum0%
Total100%

August 20, 2011, New Hampshire - New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw Poll

Source of results: Hampton-NorthHamptonPatch[25]

PlaceCandidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul45%
2Mitt Romney10%
3Thaddeus McCotter8%
3Rick Perry8%
5Gary Johnson6%
6Michele Bachmann5%
6Herman Cain5%
8Rick Santorum3%
8Buddy Roemer3%
8Jon Huntsman3%
11Newt Gingrich1%
11Paul Ryan1%
11Rudy Giuliani1%
14Fred Karger0%
Scattering1%
Total100%302

August 27, 2011, Georgia - Georgia State GOP Straw Poll

Source of results: Politico[26]

PlaceCandidatePercentageVotes
1Herman Cain26%232
2Ron Paul25.7%229
3Rick Perry20%179
4Newt Gingrich18%162
5Mitt Romney6%51
6Michele Bachmann3%29
7Rick Santorum.4%4
8Jon Huntsman.3%3
9Thad McCotter.1%1
10Buddy Roemer0%0
10Gary Johnson0%0
Total100%890

September 9, 2011, Maryland - Maryland GOP Straw Poll

Source of results: Republican Party of Maryland[27]

PlaceCandidatePercentage
1Rick Perry25.8%
2Mitt Romney21.2%
3Ron Paul16.8%
4Michele Bachmann12.5%
5Sarah Palin7.2%
6Herman Cain5.0%
7Other/Write-in4.4%
8Newt Gingrich2.3%
9Jon Huntsman2.2%
10Buddy Roemer0.5%
11Gary Johnson0.3%
11Thad McCotter0.3%
Total100%

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

Finish Candidate
1
2
3

Post-Debate Poll

Finish Candidate
1
2
3

September 16, 2011 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania straw 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]

PlaceCandidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul44.9%374
2Rick Perry29.3%244
3Mitt Romney8.8%74
4Michele Bachmann7.7%64
5Jon Huntsman2.0%17
6Herman Cain1.8%15
7Newt Gingrich1.7%14
8Thad McCotter0.8%7
9Rick Santorum0.8%7
10Gary Johnson0.2%2
11Fred Karger0.1%1
Write-ins1.8%15

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]

PlaceCandidatePercentageVotes
1Herman Cain37.11%986
2Rick Perry15.43%410
3Mitt Romney14.00%372
4Rick Santorum10.88%289
5Ron Paul10.39%276
6Newt Gingrich8.43%224
7Jon Huntsman, Jr.2.26%60
8Michele Bachmann1.51%40

September 23–25, 2011, Michigan Republican Party Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference Straw Poll

Source of results:[34] [35]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 50.81% 346
2 16.74% 114
3 8.5% 58
4 7.7% 52
5 4% 27
6 3.5% 24
7 3.4% 23
8 2% 13
9 0.73% 5
Other 2.82% 19
Total 100% 681

October 1, 2011, National Federation of Republican Women Straw Poll

Source of results:[36] [37]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 48.9%
2 14.1%
3 13.3%
4 12.5%
5 6.9%
6 1.4%
7 0.6%
8 0.4%
9 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 77.5% 379
2 9.4% 46
3 3.8% 19
4 3.0% 15
5 2.6% 13
6 1.6% 9
7 1.4% 7
8 0.2% 1
9 0.0% 0
10 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:

Finish Potential candidate Votes Percentage
1 2438 38.4%
2 2292 36.1%
3 728 11.5%
4 337 5.3%
5 194 3.1%
6 137 2.2%
7 107 1.7%
8 54 0.9%
9 53 0.8%
10 5 0.1%
11 2 0.0%
Total 6,347 100%

Source of results:

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 36.9% 732
2 22.5% 447
3 16.3% 323
4 8.4% 167
5 7.9% 157
6 4.4% 88
7 2.7% 54
8 Undecided 0.7% 13
9 0.1% 2
Total 100% 1,983

October 8, 2011, Saint Paul, Minnesota - Republican Midwest Leadership Conference Straw Poll

Source of results:

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 52.6% 237
2 12.2% 55
3 11.1% 50
4 10.7% 48
5 4.0% 18
6 3.3% 15
7 2.0% 9
8 0.9% 4
9 0.2% 1
Total 100% 450

October 13, 2011, Los Angeles County, California - RPLAC Straw Poll

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 53.4% 55
2 14.6% 15
3 12.6% 13
4 5.8% 6
5 4.9% 5
6 3.9% 4
7 3.9% 4
8 1.0% 1
9 0.0% 0
Total 100% 103

October 15, 2011, Columbia, South Carolina - Tea Party Straw Poll

Source of results:

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 55% 110
2 14.5% 29
3 8% 16
4 3% 6
5 2% 4
6 1% 2
Total 100% 200
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.

October 15, 2011, Bismarck, North Dakota - Tea Party Straw Poll

Source of results:[40]

Finish Candidate Percentage
1 55.5%
2 9%
3 8%
Total 100%

October 18, 2011, Charleston, South Carolina - Charleston County Republican Party

Source of results:

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 51% 35
2 17% 12
3 12% 8
4 8% 5
5 5% 3
6 3% 2
7 2% 2
8 0% 0
1% 1
Total 100% 68

October 18, 2011, Mississippi College Straw poll

Source of results:

Finish Candidate Percentage
1 55%
2 30%
3 19%
4 17%
5 6%
6 6%
7 4%
8 Other 3%
Total 100%

October 21, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada - Nevada GOP Straw Poll

Source of results:

Finish Potential candidate Percentage (approx.) Votes
1 31%
2 29%
3 21%
4 10%
5 4%
1%
< 5%
Total > 550

October 22, 2011, Columbus, Ohio - Ohio GOP Swing State Straw Poll

Source of results:

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 53.50% 229
2 25.47% 109
3 8.88% 38
4 5.37% 23
5 2.80% 12
6 2.10% 9
7 0.93% 4
8 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:[41]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage
1 59%
2 16%
3 11%
4 5%
5 4%
6 3%
7 1%
8 1%
Total 100%

October 29, 2011, Des Moines, Iowa - National Federation of Republican Assemblies Presidential Straw Poll

Source of results:[42]

Tally 1 (Iowa voters only):

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 82% 353
2 14.7% 63
3 1% 5
4 0.9% 4
5 0.5% 2
5 0.5% 2
7 0.2% 1
8 0.0% 0
8 0.0% 0
Total 100% 430

Tally 2 (non-Iowa voters)

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 26% 26
2 25% 25
3 16% 16
3 16% 16
5 11% 11
6 6% 6
7 1% 1
8 0% 0
8 0% 0
Total 100% 101

October 29, 2011, Tuscaloosa, Alabama - West Alabama Straw Poll

Source of results:[43]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 50.7% 176
2 45% 156
3 1.4% 5
3 1.4% 5
5 0.9% 3
6 0.3% 1
6 0.3% 1
8 0% 0
8 0% 0
Total 100% 347

November 5, 2011, Illinois - Illinois Straw Poll

Source of results:[44]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 52% 1,907
2 18% 670
3 14% 515
4 9% 332
5 2.5% 87
6 1.5% 54
7 1.2% 43
8 1.1% 41
Total 100% 3,649

November 5, 2011, Sioux Falls, South Dakota - South Dakota Straw Poll

Source of results:[45]
According to KSFY/ABC "dozens" of people participated in this straw poll. No definitive number was given.[46]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage
1 35%
2 23%
3 20%
4 7%
5 5%
6 4%
7 3%
8 3%
Total 100%

November 14, 2011, North Charleston, South Carolina - Charleston County Republican Party Straw Poll

Source of results:[47]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 38.26% 44
2 28.70% 33
3 13.04% 15
4 7.83% 9
5 4.35% 5
6 3.48% 4
7 1.74% 2
8 Other 1.74% 2
9 0.87% 1
Total 100% 115

November 14, 2011, San Diego, California - San Diego GOP Straw poll

Source of results:[48]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 30.5% 112
2 22.6% 83
3 17.4% 64
4 16.1% 59
5 5.7% 21
6 3.5% 13
7 2.2% 8
8 1.9% 7
9 0% 0
Total 100% 367

November 19, 2011, Springfield, Missouri - Missouri Tea Party Straw poll

Source of results:[49]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 32% 320
2 28% 282
3 28% 276
4 3% 32
5 3% 31
6 3% 30
7 1% 13
Other2% 11
Total 100% 995

November 19, 2011, North Carolina - North Carolina Republican straw poll

Source of results:[50]

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 52.2% 329
2 22.1% 139
3 13.3% 84
4 3.6% 23
5 2.8% 18
6 1.9% 12
6 1.9% 12
7 0.6% 4
8 0.3% 2
9 1.3% 7
Total 100% 630

November 19, 2011, Rockford, Illinois - Winnebago County GOP straw poll

Source of results:[51]

Finish Potential candidate Votes Percentage
1 32 32.7%
2 20 20.4%
3 17 17.3%
4 15 15.3%
5 8 8.2%
6 4 4.1%
7 1 1.0%
7 1 1.0%
Total 98 100.0%

December 1, 2011, Dubuque, Iowa - Dubuque Tea Party straw poll

Source of results:[52]

Finish Candidate Percentage Votes
1 71% 59
2 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:[53]

Finish Candidate Percent
1 46%
2 25%
3 17%
4 6%
5 3%
6 2%
7 1%
8 <1%
Total 100%

December 8, 2011, Chattanooga, Tennessee - Hamilton County Young Republican straw poll

Source of results:[54]

Finish Candidate Percent
1 50%
2 20%
3 12%
4 10%
5 4%
6 3%
7 1%
Total 100%

December 10, 2011, Des Moines, IADrake University Straw Poll

Results from the 2011 Drake University Straw Poll were as follows:[55] [56]

Finish Candidate Percentage Votes
1 35% 429
225% 311
310% 128
4 8% 98
5Other 8% 98
6 5% 63
7 3% 37
8 2% 29
9 1% 12
10 1% 11
11 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:[57]

Finish Candidate Percentage Votes
1 68% 171
220% 51
312% 30
Total 100% 252

December 13, 2011, Cedar Valley, Iowa – Cedar Falls Tea Party Straw Poll

Results:[58]

Finish Candidate Percentage Votes
1 72% 60
211% 9
36% 5
44% 3
54% 3
62% 2
71% 1
Total 100% 83

January 2–4, 2012, Online - Idaho Straw Poll

Results:[59]

Finish Candidate Percentage
1 73.53%
28.09%
37.35%
45.15%
53.68%
61.47%
70.74%
80.00%
90.00%
Total 100%

January 6, 2012, Boise, Idaho – Idaho Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll

Results:[60]

Finish Candidate Percentage Votes
1 43% 173
234% 135
312% 47
410% 40
51% 4
Total 100% 399

Note: Rick Perry's campaign asked not to be included on Straw Poll Ballot.

January 14, 2012: Saddle Up Texas straw poll

Results:[61]

Paper ballots:

Finish Candidate Percentage
127.9%
223.8%
321.2%
419.4%
56.6%
61.1%
Total 707

Text message voting:

Finish Candidate Percentage
154.4%
215.6%
413.3%
311.9%
54.2%
60.5%
Total 3300

January 20, 2012: Connecticut GOP straw poll

Results:[62]

Finish Candidate Percentage
129%
228%
326%
411%
56%
Total 100%

January 28, 2012, Arizona Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll

Results:[63]

Finish Candidate Percentage Votes
1 85% 256
26.6% 20
35.6% 17
42.7% 8
Total 100% 301

February 2–4, 2012, Online – Idaho Straw Poll II

Results:[64]

Finish Candidate Percentage
145.39%
242.70%
34.49%
43.82%
53.15%
60.45%
Total 100%

February 10–12, 2012, Washington, D.C. – CPAC Straw Poll

Results:[65] [66] [67]

Finish Candidate Percentage Votes
138% ~1295
231% ~1056
315% ~511
412% ~409
Total 100% 3408

February 18, 2012, Coweta County Republican Presidential Straw Poll

Results:[68]

Finish Candidate Percentage Votes
1 40.0% 38
227.4% 26
317.9% 17
45.3% 5
51.1% 1
61.1% 1
7Other 4.2% 4
8Undecided 3.2% 3
Total 100% 95

March 1–3, 2012, Online - Idaho Straw Poll III

Results:[69]

Candidate Totals

Finish Candidate Percentage Votes
1 51.37% 525
2 35.03% 358
3 3.91% 40
4 3.23% 33
5 2.84% 29
6 1.96% 20
7 0.98% 10
8 0.49% 5
9 0.2% 2
Total 100% 1022

Zip Code Totals

Zip Code 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 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 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 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 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 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

City Other Total
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

See also

External links

Notes and References

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